International National

Zelensky thanks Modi for willingness to hold peace talks

Kyiv, 5 Oct: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking an initiative for talks between Russia and Ukraine for establishing peace. Zelensky, however, refused to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said that Putin never agreed to talks with Ukraine and deliberately weakened diplomatic relations....

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Two headless bodies found, 3 arrested from Sambhal

Sambhal, 5 Oct: The decapitated headless bodies of two men from Bulandshahr’s Kaivalna village were found in the Rajpura area of Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. The bodies were found over the last two days, and authorities are now looking for their heads. According to police reports, both men were slain...

Uttar Pradesh

UP sets record with over 1 lakh tap connections on Gandhi Jayanti

Lucknow/New Delhi, October 3: On the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Yogi government gifted clean drinking water from tap to more than one lakh rural families. Uttar Pradesh created history in the country by giving tap connections to 1,07,774 poor families on this...

Uttar Pradesh

Darul Uloom Deoband students barred from part-time business

Muzaffarnagar, 3 Oct: Darul Uloom Deoband’s education department has issued an edict barring students from performing part-time work or risk losing facilities like education subsidies, free food and accommodation, and possibly expulsion from the seminary. In another directive, final-year students’ scholarships will be “withdrawn” if they are missing from class...

National

ECI gets Pankaj Tripathi as brand ambassador

New Delhi, 3 October: The Bihar State Election Commission brand ambassador Pankaj Tripathi will don the cap for the Election Commission of India also. Announcing this in a programme held on Monday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that actor Pankaj Tripathi establishes a smooth rapport with the citizens. With...

National

Unorganized sector employees to get holiday on polling day, EC in talks

New Delhi, October 3: In order to make voters aware, All India Radio and the Chief Election Commission jointly started the Voter Junction programme. The 52-episode weekly series was launched in the event held on Monday. The 15-minute Voter Junction program will be broadcast on all AIR channels from October...

Uttar Pradesh

Mohammd Shoaib’s Garba Nights in Lucknow sparked controversy

Lucknow, 30 September: Controversy erupted regarding the Garba program to be held in the capital on October 1. In the invitation letter, the first name of the main organizers of the program was ‘M. Shoaib’, which Hindu Mahasabha has termed as a conspiracy of love jihad, calling it non-religious. Garba...

Uttar Pradesh

Hathras: Lord Hanuman idol found in excavation of BSA office premises

Hathras, 30 September : An idol of Lord Hanuman was found in the excavation of the land of Basic Education Office (BSA) in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The excavation was done here after the dream of an elderly resident of the village. Villagers say that forty years...

Sports

Winning team of ICC T20 World Cup to get $1.6 mn (INR 13 cr)

Dubai, 30 September: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the prize money for the ICC T20 World Cup. The team that will win the World Cup title in Melbourne on November 13, will be given an amount of $ 1.6 million (Rs 13 crore). The total prize money...

Uttar Pradesh

SC refuses to hear 3 new FIRs registered against Azam Khan

New Delhi, 30 September: The Supreme Court refused to hear Azam Khan’s plea giving him no relief in case of three new FIRs registered in the Jauhar University case. The Supreme Court has asked Azam Khan to approach the Allahabad High Court for relief. Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Azam...

National

Central Vista lions not in violation of Emblem Act: SC

New Delhi, 30 September: The Supreme Court has said that the lions on the national emblem in the Central Vista do not violate the State Emblem of India Act. A bench headed by Justice MR Shah dismissed the petition filed by two lawyers. The petition was filed by Supreme Court...

National

Every woman has right to abort safely, legally: SC

New Delhi, 29 September: The Supreme Court has said that every woman has the right to safely and legally remove the fetus. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said that every woman, whether married or unmarried, has the right to remove a fetus between 20 and 24 weeks. An...

International National

F-16 maintenance only to fight against terrorism: USA assures India

Washington, 28 September: The US again explained to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar that the financial assistance to Pakistan for Fighter Planes F-16 maintenance is for fighting terrorism. The US extended financial help of $450 million for maintenance of F-16, to which India raised objection. The US stated that “strengthening Pakistan...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

UP: Mohd Wasim posing as ‘Hindu’ arrested for love jihad

Lucknow, 28 Sept: In yet another example of ‘love jihad,’ a 30-year-old man was detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district for marrying a woman while pretending to be a Hindu and then tormenting her. Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan, Superintendent of Police (Sitapur), stated that a case had been launched under applicable...

Crime National

Headless body of TMC worker found in West Bengal

Hooghly, September 28: The headless body of a Trinamool Congress worker was found near Takipur Halt railway station under Pursura police station in Hooghly district of West Bengal on Wednesday. The head of the deceased was found at a distance of about six hundred meters from the headless cropse. On...

Uttar Pradesh

UP madarsa classes to operate for six hours

Lucknow, 28 Sept: The UP madarsa education council has prolonged the schedule of the madarsas in the midst of the current survey of unlawful madarsas in the state. UP madarsas will now be open for six hours a day, from 9 am to 3 pm. Classes used to last until...

National

Plea seeking corruption detials motivated, PMO tells SC

New Delhi, 26 September: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the motive behind seeking details by Indian Forest Service officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi on complaints of corruption against union government ministers is to create pressure. PMO Deputy Secretary Praveen Kumar has said so to the Supreme Court in an affidavit. The...

Uttar Pradesh

KDA may be a Kingmaker in making UP one trillion economy state, claims VC KDA

KDA has key to unlock the way of UP’s economyKDA has key to unlock the room of UTTAM PRADESH Kanpur Development Authority may play an important role in making Uttar Pradesh one trillion economy Kanpur: On the occasion of national conclave on ‘Urban planning’, Vice Chairman of Kanpur Development Authority(KDA)...

National Uttar Pradesh

Gyanvapi case: SC refuses to hear against lower court proceedings

New Delhi, 26 September: The Supreme Court has refused to hear the petition filed against the proceedings in the lower court in the Gyanvapi case. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud asked the petitioner advocate MM Kashyap to approach the High Court. The court said that it will not...

Uttar Pradesh

Family keeping dead body for 18 months in Kanpur puzzles cops

Kanpur, 26 Sept: Kanpur police formed a special squad to investigate an incidence in which a family was discovered living with the body of a 35-year-old man who died during the Covid-19 outbreak around a year and a half ago. Anand Prakash Tiwari, Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP), has formed...

Uttar Pradesh

UP develops SOP for dignified cremation

Lucknow, 26 Sept: The Uttar Pradesh government developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the dignified cremation of remains of people murdered in criminal acts or accidents, and anybody who places a body in a public space or road would face prosecution for disrespecting the deceased. It will be notified as...

Uttar Pradesh

CM Yogi inaugurates auditorium & stadium in Gorakhpur, says contribution of athletes important in new UP

Gorakhpur, 26 September: Lauding the sportspersons in the state for demonstrating the potential of Uttar Pradesh at national and international levels, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Monday said that the state government is determined to support the sports fraternity and promote sports culture by supporting the talented athletes. ?Complete contribution...

Uttar Pradesh

32 detained for protesting against shifting of temple in UP

Shahjahanpur, 22 Sept: Locals and Hindu organisations protested the relocation of a Hanuman temple, located near the under-construction Delhi-Lucknow National Highway. According to Virendra Singh, the in-charge of the Tilhar police station, preventative action has been taken against 32 persons, including temple priests and locals. He said that a huge...

National

SC concludes hearing on hijab row, reserves verdict

New Delhi, 22 September: The Supreme Court has reserved the verdict on Thursday after completing the hearing on the Karnataka hijab case. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia heard the arguments of the Karnataka government and college teachers apart from the pro-hijab petitioners in the last ten...

National

106 people arrested in NIA-ED’s biggest crackdown on PFI

New Delhi, 22 September: A joint team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested 106 suspects since Thursday morning while raiding Popular Front of India (PFI) locations in 11 states even as an important meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah is underway in view of the...

National

Ukraine-returned medical students’ admission impossible in India: Centre to SC

New Delhi, 15 September: The Supreme Court will hear the demand of medical students who returned from Ukraine for admission in Indian colleges. The Central Government has said in its reply that these students either went there because of low marks in NEET, or for cheap studies. Admission of these...

National

1,200 gifts received by PM to be e-auctioned from Sept 17

New Delhi, 15 September: Gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from state heads, sportspersons and politicians as well as people from different walks of life will be e-auctioned. The gifts will be auctioned from September 17 to October 2. The price of the items in this auction can range...

Uttar Pradesh

UP’s self-reliant villages will help realise Gandhi’s Gram Swaraj vision: Yogi

Lucknow, 15 September: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the state must work for the holistic development of gram panchayats and make them self-sufficient in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal to realises Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of ?Gram Swaraj?. ?The soul of India resides in...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Mukhtar Ansari produced before court

Mau, 15 Sept: Mukhtar Ansari, a mafia-turned-politician, was brought before an MP/MLA court here on Thursday in connection with a Gangster Act case, under heavy security. Mani Bahadur Singh, the in-charge government counsel, stated that the special court has ordered Ansari to appear in court in connection with the case...

Uttar Pradesh

FIR lodged against jeweller who thrashes power official, absconding

Varanasi, 14 Sept: A famous jeweller from the Nagra market in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh has fled after police filed a FIR against him for threatening officials, among other allegations. The FIR was filed after Amarendra Babu, alias Bablu, assaulted an engineer from the electricity department and terrorised...