Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi Video Has Trucks ‘Taking’ Voting Machines: Akhilesh Yadav

Varanasi Video Has Trucks ‘Taking’ Voting Machines: Akhilesh Yadav

Just two days earlier than counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that a truck carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) had been intercepted in Varanasi on Tuesday. The videos of the EVMs in the truck have long gone viral on social media and numerous opposition leaders have tweeted it. However, the District Magistrate of Varanasi has issued a clarification. He said the EVMs, which are considered in the videos, had been not the ones used for balloting and are just being used for hands-on training, mentioned NDTV. The DM additionally accused some…
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UP: Passengers Push Train Away From Burning Coaches, No Casualties In Fire Incident

UP: Passengers Push Train Away From Burning Coaches, No Casualties In Fire Incident

A fireplace broke out in the engine and two coaches of the Saharanpur-Delhi passenger teach these days for the duration of its halt at the Daurala station in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. In a video shared by way of news enterprise ANI on Twitter, passengers were viewed pushing the train in a bid to separate the relaxation of the cubicles from the engine and two cubicles on which the fire broke out. The video shows countless passengers, alongside with the railway station staff, pushing the train away from the blazing coaches and the engine in order to prevent the…
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UP Polls: Political dynasties create obstacles in improvement path, says PM Modi

UP Polls: Political dynasties create obstacles in improvement path, says PM Modi

Campaigning for the sixth segment of Uttar Pradesh elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came down heavily towards the household led Opposition parties, accusing them of being barriers in the improvement course of the state. “Today India has given over 200 million vaccine doses free of cost to its citizens. This is the power of a self-reliant and effective India. But these ‘parivaarwaadis (family-led political parties)’ do now not prefer to see a sturdy India. They preserve creating obstacles. That’s why they have to be defeated as soon as once more in this elections,” said the Prime Minister while…
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Modi vows to tackle stray cattle issue in U.P.

Modi vows to tackle stray cattle issue in U.P.

With homeless cows arising as a significant survey issue in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said another strategy will be acquainted with tackle it after March 10, when political decision results will be reported, adding that pay can be produced using the compost of creatures. Talking in Unnao Sunday, Modi said: "Whole UP is adulating the endeavors of Yogiji's administration to control floods. Aap logon ko chutta jaanvaron se jo pareshani hoti hai, ussey dur karne ke liye, 10 March ke baad nayi vyavasthayen banayi jayengi. Aur Unnao ke simple bhai-beheno, simple ye shabd likh kar rakhiye, ye…
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Ashish Misra, accused of running over farmers, walks out of jail

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Ashish Misra, accused of running over farmers, walks out of jail

Union minister Ajay Misra's son Ashish Misra, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, walked out of jail on Tuesday after he was granted bail. Ashish Misra was released from jail after he was granted bail by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. Ashish Misra's lawyers submitted two bail bonds of Rs 3 lakh each in regards to his bail orders on Monday. Ashish Misra was arrested on October 9 last year in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri. On October 3, 2021, eight people, including four farmers, were…
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BJP manifesto for UP polls promises 10-year punishment for indulging in ‘love jihad’

BJP manifesto for UP polls promises 10-year punishment for indulging in ‘love jihad’

The BJP on Tuesday launched its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election - to begin in less than 48 hours - with a long list of 'freebies' for voters, including the promise of free electricity (for irrigation) for farmers and jobs or self-employment opportunities to at least one member of each family.The release of the manifesto - the 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' - had been postponed as a mark of respect to iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died Sunday at the age of 92. Launched today by Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the manifesto also…
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Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Misra named prime accused in 5,000-page charge sheet

Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Misra named prime accused in 5,000-page charge sheet

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday, January 3, submitted a 5,000-page charge sheet in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The police named Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra Teni’s son Ashish Misra as the prime accused in the case. Eight people were killed on October 3 after violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Four of the dead were people in cars that were part of a convoy of BJP workers who had come to welcome the…
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Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 by a month or two, reported news websites. The court also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the EC to immediately ban rallies and public meetings of political parties in the state amid the rising fears of the highly contagious Covid variant Omicron. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," Justice Shekhar Yadav said. The court made the observations while hearing an unconnected bail petition. The observation comes on the same day when PM Modi…
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Lakhimpur Violence Accused Ashish Misra in Hospital with Dengue Symptoms, Sample Sent to Lab

Lakhimpur Violence Accused Ashish Misra in Hospital with Dengue Symptoms, Sample Sent to Lab

Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, arrested for his alleged role in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh, is dengue positive and is being moved to the district hospital for treatment.Ashish Mishra, who was remanded in police custody on Friday, was moved to the Lakhimpur jail late last night after test results confirmed that he had contracted dengue. He will be treated by a panel of doctors. "Ashish Mishra is being shifted to district hospital. He has tested positive for dengue. Also, he has diabetes," said Shailendra Bhatnagar, CMO, Lakhimpur Kheri. Four farmers and a journalist were run…
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Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Congress forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Congress forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electronic scooty if her party forms a government in the state. "Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic…
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