Lucknow: The drive initiated by Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government to identify non-Muslim immigrants in the state seems to have run into rough weather. In Pilibhit, where the maximum number of about 35,000 illegal immigrants has been identified, it has now been found that information is being sought by the state government on an unverified document. […]
Tag: Yogi Adityanath
Now Yogi wants to change name of river Ghaghra to Saryu
Lucknow: After changing the name of two districts and one railway junction, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now decided to change the name of the Ghaghra river. The Chief Minister has sent a proposal to the Union Home Ministry to change the name of Ghaghra to Saryu in Uttar Pradesh. The Saryu river finds […]
Yogi government sends refugees’ list to Centre, UP becomes 1st state to start implementing CAA
Lucknow: Of the 40,000 odd non-Muslim illegal immigrants living in Uttar Pradesh, 30,000 to 35,000 are living in Pilibhit district alone. According to a report prepared by the Yogi Adityanath government that has been sent to the Centre, these are mainly Hindu refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. These refugees are living here for over […]
UP to get police commissionerate system in Lucknow, Noida
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has finally decided to implement the police commissionerate system in the state, despite stiff resistance from the IAS lobby. A proposal to this effect was passed at a cabinet meeting held here on Monday morning. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced this decision after the cabinet meeting and said the decision […]
Officials meet at CM’s house over Commissioner system in UP
Lucknow: To brace up the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, a meeting of top officials held at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence to implement the Police Commissioner system in the state. The meeting which continued till late Friday night was attended by top officials including S.P. Goyal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister; O.P. […]
For effective policing, CM Yogi to introduce Police Commissioner system in UP
Lucknow: In a bid to brace up Uttar Pradesh’s deteriorating law and order situation, the Yogi Adityanath government has planned to introduce the Police Commissioner system in India’s most populated and crime-prone state. Despite a stiff opposition from the influential IAS lobby, Chief Minister Adityanath has decided to introduce the Police Commissioner system, initially in the […]
UP becomes first state to shortlist migrants for citizenship
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the first state in the country to start the exercise of shortlisting migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, eligible for citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The exercise will also identify those who are living illegally in the state. According to additional chief secretary (home) Avanish […]
UP government identifies land for mosque in Ayodhya
Ayodhya: Even as the Sunni Central Waqf Board remains undecided about accepting the five-acre land offer made by the Supreme Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title verdict, the Yogi Adityanath government has shortlisted five sites for the proposed mosque. The five sites are outside the “Panchkosi Parikrama” limits, in accordance with the wishes of […]
Priyanka slams Yogi govt over Meerut viral video
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday mounted an attack on UP’s Yogi Adityanath government and the conduct of some of the senior police officers in the state. From her official Twitter handle, Priyanka tweeted a video in which a police officer in Meerut is seen making communal statements against the Muslim community. […]
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad meets Yogi demands release of innocents
Lucknow: Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Saturday and demanded release of people arrested in “fake” cases related to anti-CAA violence. He also demanded that students arrested from a Shia Madarsa in Muzaffarnagar should also be released and action should be taken against erring officials. The cleric […]