Yogi ministers, BJP and non-BJP MLAs visit Ram Temple; Samajwadi Party skips again

Lucknow/Ayodhya | Almost three weeks after the Pran Pratistha ceremony of Ram Lalla, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his cabinet ministers along with BJP and several non-BJP legislators visited Ayodhya’s grand Ram Temple on Sunday and paid obeisance. MLAs from other Opposition parties including BSP joined the ‘Team Yogi’ in visiting the holy town […]

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‘He vanished in the air?’: SC criticises UP govt on 82-year-old going missing from Covid hospital

New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with a case, where an 82-year-old Covid patient allegedly went missing from a hospital in Prayagraj. A bench, headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana queried the Additional Advocate General (AAG) representing Uttar Pradesh, as to how could the man go missing, […]

UP govt’s Twitter handle hacked

Lucknow | The official Twitter account of the Uttar Pradesh government was hacked on Monday. This comes two days after the Twitter account of the Chief Minister’s office was hacked on Saturday. Strange tweets were posted from the official account of the Uttar Pradesh handle on Monday. The tweets were deleted shortly thereafter. One of the […]

UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, (File Photo: Twitter)

UP govt issues guidelines for university academic session

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has issued new guidelines regarding the beginning of the next academic session in the state universities. According to an official statement, the admission process to graduation classes will begin from September and classes for first year graduation will start from October 1. Classes for all post-graduation classes […]

Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy (File Photo/IANS)

Swamy backs UP govt on Dubey encounter, calls it ‘self-defence’

New Delhi: After concerted attack by the opposition parties, with terming the Vikas Dubey encounter as ‘cover up, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has come out strongly in support of the Uttar Pradesh government, calling it an act in “self-defence”. Swamy tweeted, “There is howling against UP CM because of the killing of gangster Dubey. Police […]

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SC says no law to back name and shame posters in Lucknow

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday told the Uttar Pradesh government that there is no law currently in place to back its action of naming and shaming the people accused of vandalism during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Lucknow. A vacation bench of Justices U. U. Lalit and Aniruddha Bose told Solicitor General Tushar […]

UP Government moves SC against HC order to remove ‘name-and-shame’ hoardings

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the administration to pull down posters of people allegedly accused in vandalism during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December. A vacation bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and Aniruddha Bose is scheduled to hear […]