VARANASI,FEB 17 : The Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ of the Congress on Saturday entered Varanasi on the second day of its Uttar Pradesh leg. Gandhi, along with the party’s state president Ajay Rai and other congress leaders, stood atop an open jeep and toured the busy Gudauli area of the temple town. Gandhi […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh,Feb 9 : The situation remains tense in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on Friday as thousands of followers of Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan took to the streets after the Islamic cleric was detained by the police for giving a ‘jail bharo’ call over Gyanvapi case. Stone pelting was reported in the Shahmat Ganj […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, Feb 4 : The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, who was posted at the Indian Embassy in Moscow. Satyendra Siwal has been posted at the Embassy since 2021. A native of Hapur, he worked as MTS (Multi-Tasking, Staff) at the Ministry of External Affairs. […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, FEB 2: The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM), the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, on Friday failed to get relief as the Allahabad High Court refused to allow the committee’s plea seeking an interim stay on puja being performed in the southern cellar of the mosque premises. The High Court, however, issued a directive to the […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, Feb 1 : Hours after the Varanasi district court on Wednesday ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in a cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid, religious ceremonies were performed on the Gyanvapi premises at midnight. According to the details, the preparations for the puja had begun soon after the court’s […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, JAN 31: In a major turn of events, the Varanasi district court has allowed worship of deities inside the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque by the priests of Kashi Vishwanath temple trust here on Wednesday. Varanasi District Court judge Dr AK Vishvesha issued this order while disposing the plea of Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH,JAN 18 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sleeping on the floor and having only coconut water for the 11-day ‘anusthan’ (special ritual) he is observing ahead of the Pran Pratishtha of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, sources told India Today on Thursday. He announced the start of the ritual on January 12 and […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh,Jan 18 : The Centre on Thursday announced a ‘half-day’ for all central government offices, institutions and industrial establishments throughout India on the Ram Mandir ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony that is scheduled for January 22. “The Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya will be celebrated on 22nd January, 2024 across India. To Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, Jan 14: In a first-of-its-kind request made to Uttar Pradesh authorities, a Pratapgarh resident sought permission to hurl abuses at a media agency for “two hours”. The aggrieved individual resorted to the request, seemingly innocent, after an article in the same newspaper alleged his involvement in land grabbing. In the letter addressed to […]Continue Reading