Lucknow : An Additional Superintendent of Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) shot and killed himself inside his office on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Rajesh Sahini of the Provincial Police Service (PPS) posted at the ATS Headquarters in the posh Gomtinagar area here, shot himself in the head, said an officer. Additional Director General of […]
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Akhilesh terms EVMs threat to democracy, bats for ballot papers
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday questioned the fairness of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), terming them the “biggest threat to democracy”. Addressing the media here, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister referred to the snags in EVMs in the Kairana parliamentary and Noorpur assembly bypolls on Monday and said that […]
EC orders repolling at 73 Kairana booths on Wednesday
Lucknow : The Election Commission (EC) has ordered repolling on Wednesday at 73 polling booths in Kairana parliamentary constituency where technical snags in EVMs-VPPATs were reported during the by-election on Monday, an official said. Both the opposition and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had alleged that the electronic voting machines at these polling booths were […]
Nine killed in UP thunderstorm
Lucknow : Nine people were killed and over five others injured after a thunderstorm struck some parts of Uttar Pradesh, a state government spokesman said on Tuesday. Of the nine victims, five were from Unnao district. They were struck by lightning on Monday night, the Relief Commissioner official said. The other four deaths were reported from […]
Moderate polling recorded in UP bypolls
Lucknow : Close to 25 per cent polling was registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana parliamentary and Noorpur assembly seats on Monday, a poll official said. In the first five hours the voter turnout has been 23 per cent in the crucial Kairana seat, while that in Noorpur was 24.6 per cent since polling began at […]
UP bypoll: Slow polling in Kairana
Lucknow : In the first two hours the voter turnout has been slow and only 12 per cent polling has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana parliamentary seat on Monday, a poll official said. Voting for Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh and the Noorpur assembly seat began amid tight security at 7 a.m. and will continue […]
Army chief reviews operational preparedness of Cetral Command
Lucknow : Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visited the Headquarters Central Command here Saturday to review operational readiness of the forces. After being briefed by Lieutenant General B.S. Negi, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, the Army chief expressed satisfaction on the efforts being made to ensure capability enhancement and operational effectiveness of the forces […]
Mayawati names new party chief for UP unit
Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday effected a major shake up in the party organization, naming R.S. Kushwaha as the new president of the Uttar Pradesh unit and Ram Achal Rajbhar as the party’s national General Secretary. The decision was taken after a marathon meeting here of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) top brass, […]
Child dies of ‘extreme heat’ in train
Lucknow : A six-month-old child died due to extreme heat wave conditions on Friday in an overcrowded train in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The child was travelling with her parents in a sleeper coach of the Brahmaputra Express. The victim’s family alleged that the coach was packed with passengers and their daughter was […]
Suspected ISI operative arrested from Uttarakhand
Lucknow : A suspected ISI operative, working as a cook with a senior army officer has been arrested in a joint-operation by police and army, officials said on Thursday. The accused Ramesh Singh was picked up by the UP and Uttarakhand police teams from Didihat in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, Inspector General (IG) of the UP […]