National

Nitish, Tejashwi to take oath as CM, Dy CM at 2 pm on Wednesday

Patna, August 09 (HS): The five-year-old BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar broke on Tuesday. With this, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Governor Fagu Chauhan. Along with this, he also presented the claim of forming the government of the Grand Alliance by giving the letter of support of 160...

Uttar Pradesh

PM Modi’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ slogan has become a mass movement: Yogi

Lucknow, August 09: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched an awareness rally on Tuesday with the aim of massive public participation in the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign organized under ‘Independence Week’ from August 9, Kranti Diwas to August 15, Independence Day, to commemorate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. In the program organized...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Swami Prasad had provided stickers of UP assembly, reveals Shrikant Tyagi during grilling

NOIDA, 09 Aug: Shrikant Tyagi, accused of abusing and assaulting a woman who opposed ‘illegal construction’ carried out by him at common area of Grand Omaxe housing society arrested from Meerut was presented in front of the media in a press conference.   During this, Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar...

Uttar Pradesh

Alleged tampering of Tricolour during Muharram, probe on

Kanpur, 9 Aug: The Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have accused the Muslims of tampering with the Tricolour while participating in a Muharram procession here. They have requested that the Police Commissioner investigate this situation and file a case. “Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad addressed the commissioner...

Uttar Pradesh

ISIS terrorist Sabauddin in UP’s Azamgarh lands in ATS net

Azamgarh, 9 Au: In Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) apprehended an ISIS suspect who was preparing an assault on Independence Day. He was identified as Sabauddin Azmi and had direct touch with an ISIS recruiter. In addition, the ATS found IED-making materials in the suspect’s possession. They also...

National

SC issues notice to Centre on enactment of population control law

New Delhi, 8 August: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government on the petition of religious leader Devkinandan Thakur seeking to enact a law on population control. The court will also hear this issue along with the already pending application of lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay. The petition...

Uttar Pradesh

UP BJP to woo Muslim via ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’

Hoist tricolour on madrasas and dargahs Lucknow, 8 Aug: The Uttar Pradesh BJP Minority Morcha plans to reach out to approximately five lakh minority homes beginning August 12, under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in an attempt to win the trust of Muslim population. Basit Ali, head of the UP...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Crime: UP cop, 5 others arrested for blackmailing man

Meerut 7 Aug: Officials said on Sunday that five people were arrested for allegedly blackmailing a man after they made his objectionable video, including three women and an Uttar Pradesh Police constable. According to them, the arrested constable has been suspended. Rohit Singh Sajwan, Senior Superintendent of Police in Meerut,...

National

ISRO Update: School girls designed satellite launched to celebrate Independence

New Delhi, 7 August: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launching its first Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Developmental Flight-1 (SSLV) and AzadiSat satellite, designed by the girls of government schools across the country, to mark the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. The Small Satellite...

National

PM Modi chairs NITI Aayog meet

New Delhi, 7 August: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired the 7th Governing Council meeting of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog at the Cultural Center of Rashtrapati Bhavan to exchange views on key policy issues between the Center and the states. Chief Ministers of states, Lieutenant...

National

CUET canceled, to be held b/w Aug 24-28

New Delhi, 7 August: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday said the Combined University Entrance Test (CUET), which was canceled at some centers last week due to a technical snag, will now be held from August 24 to 28. NTA issued a release saying that due to administrative and...

Uttar Pradesh

UP Govt minister refutes charges of leaving court hearing

Lucknow 7 Aug: A minister in Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh cabinet is accused of leaving a Kanpur court following a guilty verdict in a 1991, case before the extent of sentence could be decided. Rakesh Sachan, the minister in-charge of the medium, small and micro businesses, and khadi departments in...

Crime National

Suspected terrorist Mohsin Ahmed in NIA custody for 1 day

New Delhi, August 7: Patiala House Court on Sunday granted the National Investigative Agency (NIA) one-day custody of ISIS terrorist Mohsin Ahmed, arrested on August 6 from Batla House. The NIA produced Mohsin before the duty magistrate of Patiala House Court and sought seven days but the court granted only...

Uttar Pradesh

61 cows die mysteriously, 7 arrested; UP minister visits cow shelter

Lucknow, 5 August: Animal Husbandry Minister Dharam Pal Singh reached Amroha after 61 cows died mysteriously at a cow shelter in the Hasanpur region. The fatalities which started on Thursday, led Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to initiate an investigation and urge Singh to travel to Amroha. District Magistrate BK Tripathi...

National

SC refuses to hear plea against sikh employees carrying ‘Kirpan’ at airports

New Delhi, 5 August: The Supreme Court has refused to hear a plea against allowing Sikh employees posted at airports and Indian flights operating from domestic terminals to carry Kirpans of the prescribed limit. A bench headed by Justice Abdul Nazeer asked the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court....

International National

China builds concrete watchtowers 18 km inside India

New Delhi, 5 August: While the dispute over the Depsang plains and hot springs along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has not been resolved till the 16th round of military talks even as the Chinese Army has built concrete watchtowers with multiple CCTVs in their occupied areas at both...

National

India warns China to keep fighter jets away or else?

New Delhi, 5 August: With frequent incursions by the Chinese Air Force and Beijing taking tough posters against Taiwan, India has warned China to keep its fighter jets away from the Ladakh border at a high-level secret military commanders meeting held recently. India also lodged a protest against China’s provocative...

National

Ramlila in Delhi permitted till 12 midnight

New Delhi, 5 Augus: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena permitted to Ramlilas to be performed till 12 midnight. There will also be food stalls and swings in the grounds of Ramlila for the people. The Chief Secretary of Delhi, the Special Commissioner of Delhi Police, Vice-Chairman of DDA, Special Officers...

Uttar Pradesh

PG course in Sanatan Dharma sparks outcry in AMU

Aligarh, 5 August: Only a few days after books by Pakistani writers were removed from the Aligarh Muslim University’s Islamic Studies curriculum in response to complaints to the prime minister from various sources, the university has no run into new controversy. This time, the dispute is about the university’s proposal...

Uttar Pradesh

Grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya 40% completed

Lucknow, 5 August: According to engineers on the construction site, 40 percent of the temple construction work is complete two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The temple’s first floor is planned to be completed by early 2024. “This is...

National

EV prices to be at par with petrol vehicles in 2 years: Gadkari

New Delhi, 4 August: The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, in Lok Sabha on Thursday, said that the government plans to run 50,000 electric buses across the country in the coming times. He said that with this the common man would be able to travel in air-conditioned buses at cheap...

Uttar Pradesh

UP CM slams previous SP Govt for neglecting Azamgarh

Lucknow, 4 August: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed the previous government for neglecting Azamgarh and said the eastern Uttar Pradesh district is now on the path of development. “In Azamgarh, previous governments did not carry out development. Everyone is aware of the situation in Azamgarh seven years ago. So there’s...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

AK-47, ammo recovered from ex-UP MLAs petrol pump

Varanasi, 4 August: On the basis of clues provided by Vishnu Mishra, the son of jailed muscleman politician and former MLA Vijay Mishra, STF personnel recovered an AK-47 rifle, 9mm pistol, several magazines, and over 375 live cartridges from his petrol pump in Gopiganj area of ​​Bhadohi district on Thursday....

International

Frustrated Dragon launches 11 ballistic missiles near Taiwan

Beijing/ Taipei, 04 August: Frustrated by the visit of the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, China fired 11 ballistic missiles in sea near Taiwan borders. The Chinese People?s Liberation Army action is stated to be in response to Pelosi’s visit, defying threats by China. China fired...

National

Illegally Madarsa allegedly involved in jihadi activities demolished in Assam

Morigaon (Assam), 4 August : A private madarsa named Jamiul Huda, which was running illegally in Marabari in Morigaon district, was bulldozed by the police on Thursday morning on charges of indulging in jihadi activities. The madarsa was sealed on July 28. Eight jihadis and members of their sleeper cell,...

National

SC stays EC’s decision on identifying real Shiv Sena

New Delhi, 4 August: The Supreme Court, after hearing the Shiv Sena case on Thursday, ordered the Election Commission not to take any decision on the issue of faction constituted the real party the time being. The court will pronounce its verdict on August 8, whether to refer the matter...

Uttar Pradesh

Six gold bars found from garbage at Lucknow airport

Confiscated gold bars are worth 36.60 lakh Lucknow, 4 August: Customs officers at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow found six gold bars in garbage near the airport’s immigration area. Six gold bars were wrapped in black tape, covered in black polythene, and dumped near the airport’s immigration area,...

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanth dissolves all units of Hindu Yuva Vahini

Lucknow, 3 Aug: The Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), founded in 2002 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is set to be restructured and expanded from its traditional stronghold in eastern Uttar Pradesh to the western part of the state in In order to support the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party...

National

Cong leaders change profile pics of Nehru holding tricolor

New Delhi, August 3: Congress party leaders on Wednesday made the tricolor picture of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as their profile pictures on social media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently appealed to the people to make the tricolor their profile display picture before the 75th anniversary of independence....

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi to strive to make UP $1tril out of $5tril economy dream of Modi

Gorakhpur, August 3: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Wednesday that his government will hire at least one person from every family in the state, and that a skill mapping project will be launched. “During skill mapping, data from households where no one is employed will be compiled. Members of...