NEW DELHI, APR 5: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed an interim stay on an order of the Allahabad High Court that declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, “unconstitutional” and violative of the principle of secularism. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notices to the Centre, […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, MAR 29 : Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail, Umar Ansari, the son of the gangster-turned-politician who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, alleged early Friday. The charge has been denied by authorities. Mukhtar Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, MAR 26: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district early Tuesday after he complained of abdominal pain. According to a medical bulletin issued by the Banda Medical College, Mukhtar’s condition is stable “Mukhtar Ansari was admitted there at 3.55 am with complaint of pain in the Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH, MAR 24 : A person was arrested and three were detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor on Sunday for harassing a Muslim family by forcibly applying colours on them. The police action came after a viral video showed some men forcefully applying colours and throwing water at a Muslim family who were passing through […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, Mar 20 : A barber in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun allegedly hacked two children to death living in the neighbourhood and critically injured another, the police said on Tuesday. The barber was later killed in an encounter by the police. The incident took place in the Baba Colony under the Mandi Samiti police station. […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH, MAR 13 : A major fire broke out at a roadside eatery in the Bisrakh area of Greater Noida West, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The blaze that erupted at Shere Punjab Dhaba has spread to the neighbouring shops in Gaur City. Thick black smoke filled the sky as the flames engulfed the restaurant, […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW,FEB 27: Samajwadi Party MLA Manoj Kumar Pandey on Tuesday resigned from the post of party chief whip a day after he skipped a meeting called by party chief Akhilesh Yadav on the Rajya Sabha elections. Voting was underway in the elections for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with eight […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH, FEB 26 : The Muslim side filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Gyanvapi verdict given by the Allahabad High Court. The High Court had, earlier in the day, dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee’s twin appeals. The appeals were, in turn, directed against a Varanasi district court’s decision to permit […]Continue Reading
KAUSHAMBI, FEB 25 : At least seven people were killed and half a dozen were injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district on Sunday, police said. The incident happened around 11.30 am under the Kokhraj police station limit. Several fire brigade teams and ambulances rushed to the spot soon […]Continue Reading
AGRA, FEB 25: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in Agra on Sunday, days after the two parties reached a seat-sharing arrangement in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls. Party workers of the SP and the Congress raised slogans in their support as the two leaders, […]Continue Reading
