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22 Aug

PM Pays Tribute To Kalyan Singh In Lucknow, Says He Lived For “Public Welfare”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh was a valuable personality and a capable leader who became a "symbol of faith" for the common people.PM Modi was speaking to reporters after paying his last respects to the veteran BJP leader at his residence here. Kalyan Singh died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night. He was 89. "The country has lost a valuable personality and a capable leader. To fulfill the void left by him, we should do maximum hard work for his ideals,…

13 Aug

Muslim man assaulted, forced to chant Jai Shri Ram in Kanpur

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A Muslim man was assaulted in the public and allegedly asked to chant “Jai Shri Ram” even as his minor daughter tried to save him, said police here on Thursday. A one-minute video of the incident surfaced on social media on Wednesday. The 45-year-old man is seen being assaulted by some men, who ask him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The victim’s daughter is seen trying to save her father, crying and asking the attackers not to beat him. Later, some policemen took the man to their Jeep. The footage also shows the man being hit while in police custody.…

28 Jul

18 Labourers, Sleeping On Road, Killed As Truck Rams Bus In UP

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Eighteen labourers were crushed to death after a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle in Barabanki. The deceased were sleeping on the roadside when the accident took place. Nineteen people have been seriously injured and have been referred to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. The accident took place in the wee hours of Wednesday. "A truck rammed into a bus near Ram Sanehi Ghat in Barabanki, late last night. About 18 casualties with many passengers sustaining injuries;19 hospitalized. Rescue operation to recover the dead bodies stuck under the bus…

17 Jul

Kanwar Yatra would be in accordance with COVID-19 protocols: UP Government

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Hours after the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider its decision to hold the Kanwar Yatra scheduled to begin from July 25, the government maintained that “if” the yatra took place, it would happen in accordance with Covid-19 protocols and “with the consent of Kanwar associations”.The court had taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and served a notice on the Centre and the state governments of UP and Uttarakhand. While the Uttarakhand government has already cancelled the yatra, the court asked the UP government to reconsider its decision and inform it by Monday. A government spokesperson…

22 Jun

Religious places to open during weekend lockdown in Uttar Pradesh

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The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to allow places of worship to remain open even during the weekend curfew. However, not more than five devotees can be present inside the religious places, at any given time. Earlier, the government had permitted religious places to function only from Monday to Friday. According to a government spokesperson, depending on the area of the premises of such places, a maximum of 50 persons were allowed inside. A government spokesperson said that industrial units would also be allowed to function over the weekend. “While the government has opened up most places from Monday, curfew…

21 Jun

Ram Temple Row: Case Registered Against Journalist & Two Other For Accusing Ram Temple Trust Member

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After Sanjay Bansal registered a complaint against three persons for allegedly trying to 'tarnish' the image of the Ram Mandir trust general secretary, the Uttar Pradesh police has filed an FIR invoking 15 sections of the Indian Penal Code and three sections of the IT Act against a journalist and two others in Bijnor district over an alleged land grab case. Champat Rai and his brothers have been given a 'clean chit' by the Bijnor police chief. In his complaint, Bansal has accused one Vineet Narayan of posting objectionable comments against Rai on Facebook. “On June 18, when the complainant…

14 Jun

Journalist found dead in UP’s Prayagraj, probe on

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastjournalist, murder, uttarpradesh

A journalist of a national news channel was found seriously injured on Katra Road in Pratapgarh district late Sunday night. He was rushed to the district hospital where he was declared dead on arrival by the doctors, police said. "The mysterious death of a TV reporter in an alleged accident is extremely sad. The BJP government in this case should constitute a high-level probe, and tell the family members and the public that despite the apprehension of murder by the liquor mafia expressed by the reporter, why he was not provided security," SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet…

14 Jun

Ram Mandir land bought at below open market price, allegations of fraud politically motivated: Trust secretary

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Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, Champat Rai on Sunday called allegations of fraud in buying land for the Ram Mandir as misleading and politically motivated, adding that all temple land bought so far was at below open market price. "Allegations (of fraud) are misleading and motivated by political hatred. All lands that Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has purchased so far have been bought at a price much less than the open market price," a statement issued by the Trust said. Rai said that after the Supreme Court`s decision on Shri Ram Janmabhoomi in November 2019, people from…

04 Jun

Covid: Uttar Pradesh clocks all-time low positivity rate.

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Uttar Pradesh has clocked an all-time low case positivity rate of 0.3 per cent on Thursday. The positivity rate has been hovering around 0.5 per cent for the past few days. “UP has been on the forefront of Covid testing. Case positivity rate for past 24 hours was in fact 0.3 per cent which is an all-time low,” said a government spokesman.

02 Jun

Man arrested for killing wife for not being served salad

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A man was arrested in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday after two days killing his wife and injuring his son for not being served salad with his meal, police said. Murli Singh, was caught by a police team after he was found hiding in a nearby jungle, they said. Police said,”The killing took place during dinner at the couple's house in Gogwan Jalalpur village under Babri police station area on Monday night.” Murli Singh attacked his wife Sudesh with a spade and their 20-year-old son Ajay, who sustained serious injuries as he tried to save her, they said. The criminal had…