Lucknow, Jan 23 : Protests were held in several towns and cities of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday ahead of the January 25 release of the movie ‘Padmaavat’. In Barabanki town, Muslims protested against the movie’s release and burnt an effigy of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and its posters. The protesters warned that they will not allow […]
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Lucknow school where student was knifed to lose recognition
Lucknow, Jan 23 : A school in the Uttar Pradesh capital where a Class 1 student was critically wounded last week in a knife attack by a senior girl is set to lose its recognition, an Education Department official said on Tuesday. Officials said in the aftermath of the January 16 incident, an inspection was carried […]
Those ignoring majority community won’t be forgiven, Aditynath tells Rahul
Lucknow, Jan 22 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took potshots at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his recent visits to temples and for sporting a ‘janeyu’ (sacred Hindu thread), saying that people will never forgive those who set aside welfare of the majority community. Addressing a function of the Akhil Bharatiya […]
Am with SP ‘for now’, says Shivpal Yadav on 63rd birthday
Lucknow, Jan 22 : Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) head Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday trashed speculation about joining the Congress and said he was “wedded to the wishes and commands” of his elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of his 63rd birthday […]
Akhilesh hints at contesting Lok Sabha polls
Lucknow, Jan 22 : Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hinted he will contest the next Lok Sabha election from Kannauj, the seat now held by his wife Dimple Yadav. Talking to reporters, the Samajwadi Party chief said it was his “sincere wish to contest from Kannauj, a land dear to socialist ideologue […]
Dense fog in UP causes bus-truck collision, 36 injured
Lucknow, Jan 22 : Three dozen passengers, travelling on a Uttar Pradesh roadways bus, were injured on Monday after the vehicle was hit by a speeding truck due to low visibility, police said. The head-on collision took place near the Charpaan turn near Belipaar on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi highway. The impact was so severe that the […]
EC acting as poll agent of BJP, says AAP’s Sanjay Singh
Updated At 23:10 IST Lucknow, Jan 20 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of trying to “murder democracy” and alleged that the Election Commission (ECI) had taken a unilateral and biased decision to recommend disqualification 20 AAP legislators. Addressing a press conference in the […]
Girl detained for stabbing Class 1 boy in Lucknow, principal arrested
Lucknow, Jan 18 : A girl student suspected of stabbing a Class 1 boy in a school in the state capital has been detained while the school principal has been arrested, police said on Thursday. The girl student of Brightland School is being interrogated. She was produced before a juvenile justice board. Senior Superintendent of Police […]
16 children injured as truck hits school van
Lucknow, Jan 18 : Sixteen school children were injured, three of them critically, on Thursday when a truck rammed into a school van in dense fog in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The critically injured students were rushed to a hospital. Police said the truck was trying to overtake the van of City Boys […]
Boy killed as UP Police, criminals exchange fire
Lucknow, Jan 17 : An eight-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday in a firing exchange between police and criminals in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Wednesday, police said. The boy, identified as Madhav, was killed as a bullet hit him. Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of […]