Uttar Pradesh

Japanese machines worth Rs 5 crore to revive ‘Gita Press’- world’s largest ‘Hindu’ religious texts publisher

The Chief Minister Yogi will inaugurate this machines coming from Japan. Gita Press is the world’s largest religious book publishing organization. 50 thousand books are sold every day. Gorakhpur, 28 November: Gita Press, the organization that publishes the world’s most religious books, will soon have Japanese machines equipped with modern...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

UP STF arrests 12 solvers including kingpin in Delhi Police recruitment exam

Lucknow, November 28: The UP Special Task Force (STF) team has arrested 12 accused, including a kingpin Mahendra Singh, who hired people to write in the constable (executive) male and female recruitment examination -2020 in Delhi Police. According to in-charge Senior Police Officer STF Anil Singh Sisodia, the STF unit...

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Character verification of all liquor vendors, shopkeepers mandatory

Prayagraj, November 27: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Excise Sanjay R. Bhoosreddy has issued a directive for the character verification of Excise contractors, shopkeepers and vendors of all districts of the state. This order has been issued on the instructions of Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Kumar Awasthi. Illegal alcohol consumption...

Uttar Pradesh

Azam Khan stares at more trouble as SIT to file chargesheet in Jal Nigam recruitment scam

Lucknow, November 27: The Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament (MP) and former Minister of Uttar Pradesh Government Mo. Azam Khan’s troubles seemed to have increased further as now he has been found guilty in the Jal Nigam recruitment scam. The Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the case has sent...

Uttar Pradesh

Besides PM Modi, CM Yogi set to campaign for Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections

Lucknow, November 26: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received winning results in the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections; the demand of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also been made mandatory in the Municipal Corporation elections of Hyderabad. He will hold his first public meeting there on November...

Uttar Pradesh

Flipkart Group presents 50 thousand PPE kits to CM Yogi

Lucknow, 25 November: The Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was presented fifty thousand Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits by Singaporean e-commerce company Flipkart Group at his government residence on Wednesday. On this occasion, Chief of Flipkart Group Rajnish Kumar interacted with the Chief Minister through virtual medium. The Chief Minister appreciated...

Uttar Pradesh

UP Govt imposes ESMA for 6 months due to Covid-19 surge

Lucknow, 25 November: The Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Mukul Singhal issued an order letter on Wednesday to implement Essential Services Maintenance Act  (ESMA) in the state. After this, no government department employees will be able to strike for the next six months. Due to the rising cases of...

Uttar Pradesh

Nandababa Temple Namaz Case: Court dismisses bail pleas of Faizal Khan and Chand Mohammed

Mathura, 24 November: The court of Additional District Sessions Judge II on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas in the case of offering Namaz at the Nandababa temple in Mathura. After Tuesday afternoon, a two-hour debate on the bail plea by the government advocate was held and in the late evening,...

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi cabinet passes ordinance related to curbing forced-conversion to check ‘love-jihad’, jail upto 5 years

Lucknow, 24 November: The Yogi cabinet approved the ordinance related to effective curb on unlawful conversion to monitor ‘love-jihad’ cases in the state on Tuesday. In the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 21 proposals including conversion have been approved. In this way, it will now be compulsory...

Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad High Court directs to monitor mandatory rule of wearing mask in 6 districts through drone cameras

Prayagraj, 24 November: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed to strictly monitor the mandatory rule of wearing masks in the six districts most affected by the coronavirus infection. The court has said that these districts should be monitored seven days a week, round the clock with drone cameras. The...

Entertainment

Bombay High Court stays arrest of actor Kangana Ranaut, sister

Mumbai, November 24: The Bombay High Court has issued an order not to arrest film actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel till December 8. The High Court has also issued an order to both of them to go to Bandra Police Station on December 8 and file a...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Love-Jihad: SIT submits investigation report to IG, charges against 11 youths

In three of the 14 cases involved in the investigation, the women made statements in favor of the accused boys. No evidence of foreign funding found, no clue of organized conspiracy found. Kanpur, 23 November: So far, 14 cases of ‘love-Jihad’ were reported in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh...

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Only 100 attendees to be allowed in marriage, public functions, stringent action on violation

Ban on bands and DJs at wedding programs, mandatory to follow Covid protocol. Lucknow, November 23: After the impact of rising cases of coronavirus infection in Delhi, including NCR region, the Yogi government has now taken a crucial decision to again limit the number of people who attend marriage, public...

Uttar Pradesh

Coronavirus infection among elderly people on the rise in Uttar Pradesh

Corona recovery rate is 94.07 and CFR is 1.43 percent. Lucknow, 23 November: So far, 2,067 new cases of highly transmissible disease Covid-19 have been reported in the state in the last twenty four hours. Meanwhile, 2,060 patients have recovered after being cured at various hospitals and home isolation. On...

National

Indian Army takes revenge for martyrdom of two Indian soldiers

Pin point attacks on launching pads in Khurirta sector of POK. 4 terrorist launching pads in PoK and one Pakistani army outpost on LoC destroyed. Half a dozen Pakistani soldiers killed in India’s retaliation. New Delhi, November 22: The martyrdom of two Indian soldiers on Saturday in Pakistani army shelling...

Uttar Pradesh

Covid test mandatory for those coming from Delhi to UP, confirms CS, UP

Lucknow, November 22: The impact of the second wave of coronavirus infection in Delhi is also being seen in Uttar Pradesh. Because of this, now those coming to Uttar Pradesh from Delhi will be diagnosed for Covid-19. The Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Rajendra Kumar Tiwari on Sunday said that...

National

Mumbai Police to cooperate with ED in investigation of TRP scam, assures Anil Deshmukh

Mumbai, November 21: The Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is about to start an investigation into matters related to economic transaction in the Television Rating Point (TRP) scam. The Maharashtra Police will extend all possible assistance to the ED in this matter. Anil...

Uttar Pradesh

Canada hands over 100-year-old stolen statue of goddess Annapurna to India

Varanasi, 21 November: An ancient idol of the goddess Annapurna, stolen 100 years ago from temple town of Uttar Pradesh, has been found in the McKenzie Art Gallery in Canada. This stone statue in the art gallery is officially from 1936. Indian-origin artist Divya Mehra caught sight of this idol...

Uttar Pradesh

Illegal liquor business running under the protection of UP Government: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, 21 November: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government has no concern for the health and life of the general public. The illegal liquor business in the state is running under the protection of state power. He said on Saturday that...

National

33 trainee IAS officers corona infected at LBSNAA

Dehradun, 21 November: So far 33 trainee Indian Administration Services (IAS) officers at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie in Uttarakhand have been found infected by global pandemic coronavirus disease (Covid-19). After this, the academy has been closed for two days. All classes will be conducted...

National

Muslim’s largest graveyard runs out of space as Covid toll rises in Delhi

New Delhi, 20 October: The speed of coronavirus infection in Delhi has become uncontrollable. Every day the number of new cases is being reported, while the number of deaths is also on the rise. Meanwhile, condition has become worst that there is a struggle for two yards of piece of...

Uttar Pradesh

Income Tax sleuths raid several locations of pet food manufacturer in UP, seize black money, jewellery

New Delhi, November 20: The Income Tax Department has raided several locations of a top pet food manufacturer in Uttar Pradesh and seized gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 52 lakh. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) gave this information on Friday. The CBDT said the raids were conducted...

National

PM Modi to attend G20 virtual summit to be held on November 21-22

New Delhi, 19 November: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 15th G20 Summit to be held between November 21 and 22 at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the current chairman of a group of countries with 20...

Uttar Pradesh

Traffic signals at 17 intersections in Lucknow stopped operating due to non-payment of electricity bills

Lucknow, November 19: The traffic control office in Lucknow received information at 11 am that the operation of traffic signals at 17 intersections within the city has stopped functioning. On the basis of this information, the traffic management team investigated and the reason for this was found to be the...

Crime National

Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists Abdul Latif and Ashraf Khatana arrested by Delhi Police’s special cell

New Delhi, 17 November: Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists late night, foiling the big terror attack in the capital Delhi. The team of Special Cell got input about these two terrorists. After this, a trap was put to nab both the terrorists. At 10.15 pm on...

Uttar Pradesh

Action against 3,195 people under ‘Mission Shakti’ in UP

 Lucknow, 17 November: In a campaign conducted under ‘Mission Shakti’, anti-Romeo squad of the Uttar Pradesh police took action against 3,195 people under the ‘Gunda Act’ in 15 days. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Law and Order Prashant Kumar said that the anti-Romeo team has taken action from November...

National

Kejriwal government sends proposal to Lt Governor, now 50 people to attend weddings instead of 200 earlier

New Delhi, 17 November: In view of the increasing figures of the coronavirus in the Delhi, the Kejriwal government has once again started imposing restrictions over the movement of public in the Delhi. The Delhi government has decided to allow only 50 people, withdrawing the decision to allow 200 people...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Miscreants demand Rs 50 lakh extortion money from Sarafa businessman in Varanasi

Varanasi, 17 November: A miscreant in Varanasi has demanded extortion money of Rs 50 lakh from a Sarafa businessman in Chowk area. However, as soon as the matter came to light on Tuesday, the Chowk Police has launched a manhunt for the crook through surveillance. According to the aggrieved businessman,...

Uttar Pradesh

President approves appointment of 28 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Allahabad High Court

Prayagraj, 17 November: So far, 28 Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court have been appointed as permanent Judges. However, this appointment has been done by the President Ramnath Kovid. Hence, notification to this effect has been issued by Rajinder Kashyap, Joint Secretary to the Government of India (GOI). Additional...

National

If Congress does not live up to its ideology, it has no future: Mallikarjun Kharge

Bengaluru, November 14: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that if the Congress does not stick to its ideology, it will have no future. He said this during an event organized by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal...