Uttar Pradesh, July 10 : Eighteen people died and 19 were injured when a double-decker sleeper bus hit a milk tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway here on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place around 5 am near Jojikot village in Behta Mujhawar police station area. District Magistrate Gaurang Rathi said prima facie the bus, […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, JULY 9 : The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended the local SDM, a circle officer and four others based on the SIT report on the Hathras stampede, which did not rule out a “big conspiracy” behind the incident. The SIT report also flagged lapses on the part of the local administration that led […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, July 4 : The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday said that six people have been arrested in connection with the stampede that occurred in Hathras following a satsang. They all are members of the organising committee involved in conducting the satsang, police said. A total of 121 people, mostly women, died and 31 […]Continue Reading
HATHRAS, JULY 3 : The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras has risen to 122, a senior official said on Wednesday.According to the Office of the Relief Commissioner, the number of people injured in Tuesday’s incident stands at 28.Of the total fatalities, 19 are yet to be identified, […]Continue Reading
HATHRAS: At least 27 people were killed and several more injured in a stampede at a religious congregation in a village in Hathras district on Tuesday, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Etah, Rajesh Kumar Singh said the incident occurred at a ‘satsang’ in Pulrai village. “Twenty-seven bodies have arrived in Etah hospital. Among those […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH,JUN 23 : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday has reinstated her nephew, Akash Anand, as the party’s national coordinator and declared him her political successor. The decision was announced during a meeting with the party’s office bearers in Lucknow. In May this year, Mayawati had removed her nephew from the post of […]Continue Reading
VARANASI, JUN 22: Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, the chief priest who had performed the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, died Saturday morning. Family members said Dixit, 86, was not well for the last few days. His last rites will be conducted at Manikarnika Ghat. Lord Ram’s idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, JUN 19 : A constable of Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force (UPSSF) deployed at Ayodhya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi complex, died after getting injured by a gunshot fired from his own rifle on early Wednesday morning. Senior police officers, who visited the spot, said they were trying to ascertain if it was a case of […]Continue Reading
VARANASI, JUN 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released Rs 20,000 crore as part of the income support scheme for more than 9.26 crore farmers. Modi released the amount during the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan in Varanasi. It was his first visit to his Lok Sabha constituency after assuming office as prime minister for […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JUN 1: Extreme temperatures in the Northwest India have induced dust storms and may reduce the intensity of rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted dust storms over Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and adjoining regions in the next three days. The IMD said that a dust storm is very likely over East Rajasthan from […]Continue Reading
