Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday confirmed 25 deaths due to flood in Bihar. The situation continues to remain grim with over 2.5 million people affected, officials said. Nitish Kumar had carried out an aerial survey of the flood-affected Seemanchal and Koshi regions on Sunday and Monday. He told the Assembly on Tuesday that […]
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Swatantra Dev Singh is new UP BJP chief
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister for Transport Swatantra Dev Singh has been appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president, replacing Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey. Pandey, who was also earlier the deputy chief minister, was inducted in the Union Cabinet, necessitating a change of guard in the state. Singh, 54, has been the OBC face of […]
Dimple Yadav, Jaya Prada may contest UP’s Rampur by-polls
Lucknow: The by-polls on Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur Assembly seat is likely to witness a high profile contest as the BJP and SP are likely to field Jaya Prada and Dimple Yadav, respectively. The by-elections is necessitated after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohd Azam Khan was elected to the Lok Sabha. Khan, who held the seat […]
ED begins questioning Gayatri Prajapati in illegal sand mining case
Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Tuesday started questioning Gayatri Prajapati, mining minister in the former Akhilesh Yadav government, in Uttar Pradesh’s illegal sand mining scam case. A senior ED official told IANS, “We started questioning Prajapati at 11 a.m. under the Prevention of Money laundering Act.” Prajapati, who is under judicial custody in […]
CRPF troopers praised for saving girl from drowning in J&K
Srinagar: The brave efforts of two CRPF troopers who saved a girl from drowning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district was praised by locals and the twitterati on Tuesday. On Monday, the troopers, M.G. Naidu and Nalla Upendra, immediately jumped into the stream when they saw 14-year-old Nigeena being washed away by powerful currents. We […]
Helmets made compulsory on Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has made wearing helmets mandatory for two-wheeler riders on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The move comes days after the UPEIDA made it compulsory for commuters not to complete the 302-km journey in less than three hours. The state government also announced that those covering the stretch from Lucknow […]
Muslims, Dalits to apply for arms licenses in self-defence against mob lynchings
Lucknow: Muslims, Dalits and tribals will now start applying for arms licenses for self-defence, following increase in incidents of mob lynching. The pan-India movement will commence from Lucknow on July 26. Shia cleric and General Secretary of Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad will be organising the first camp in Lucknow on the suggestion of Supreme Court lawyer […]
Is Bihar Governor a puppet, asks civil service exam paper
Patna: A question in a paper of the ongoing main examination of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has sparked off a controversy, after it sought to know from the civil service aspirants if the state Governor was “merely a puppet”. The second question in the first part of the General Studies Paper II, held on […]
Flood havoc continues in Bihar, over 18 lakh people affected
Patna: From villages to cities, entire north Bihar is facing a serious flood situation, forcing people to abandon their inundated houses to seek shelter at safer places, even as water levels of rivers in the area continues to rise. The worst-affected districts are Araria, Kishanganj, Supaul, Darbhanga, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Madhubani, and Muzaffarpur. According […]
New-born baby found in dry drain in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A new-born boy was found lying in a dry drain in the Dasna area of Ghaziabad district on Monday, police said. According to the police, the baby was spotted by Shabnam, a woman living in the neighbourhood that comes under the Masuri police station. “I was going to collect fodder for my cattle around […]