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UP: Muslim families living near Gorakhnath temple asked to vacate homes
Several Muslim families in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur have been reportedly asked by the administrations to vacate their homes citing the security of Gorakhnath Temple. According to local reports, the families were asked…
- India
BJP to bank on Hindutva, national pride, development for 2022 UP polls
Lucknow: As the countdown for the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh begins, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) already has its roadmap laid out.With the elections still more than six months away,…
- Crime
UP: Man dies after neighbours force him to drink poison
Amethi: A 35-year-old man was allegedly killed by his neighbours who beat him up and forcibly gave him poison in Amethi area, police said on Friday. Ram Bharat Srivastava was on Thursday…
- India
Urdu poet Imran Pratapgarhi appointed Cong minority dept chairman
New Delhi: Prominent Urdu poet from Uttar Pradesh, Imran Pratapgarhi has been appointed Chairman of Congress Minority Department replacing Nadeem Javed. Pratapgarhi has been party’s star campaigner and had unsuccessfully contested Lok…
- India
After Yogi & Ramdev, Bashir Badr also in varsity curriculum
Meerut : After UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Yoga Guru Ramdev becoming a part of curriculum, the Meerut university has now decided to include the works of renowned poet Bashir Badr in…
- India
16 peacocks found dead in orchards in UP
Pratapgarh (UP): Sixteen peacocks were found dead in the mango and gooseberry orchards in Baijalpur village in Pratapgarh district. Panic gripped the area as soon as the birds were found dead on Wednesday…
- Offbeat
Afraid of vaccine? This UP woman shows how to hide from it!
In a rather funny yet concerning incident, an elderly woman in Uttar Pradesh, was seen hiding and taking cover behind a drum inside her house as she refused to the COVID-19 vaccine…
- Crime and Accident
Cooking gas cylinder blast kills eight in UP
Gonda: Eight people, including three children, were killed and seven others severely injured when a two-storey building collapsed following a cooking gas cylinder blast here, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place…
- India
Eight deaths in 20 days: A family in shock and grief in UP
Lucknow: Imalia village situated on the outskirts of Lucknow is embedded in silent shock and grief. Seven members of a family died within a span of 20 days between April 25 and…
- India
Plea in SC seeks removal of bodies found floating in Ganga
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and four states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, to take immediate steps to remove the bodies found…
- India
COVID-19: Dogs feed on corpses at riverbank in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi
Uttarkashi: Grisly videos have emerged showing stray dogs eating human corpses at Kedar Ghat on the banks of river Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi in Uttrakhand. Local residents said parts of bodies, some of…
- India
UP man lodges complaint against SII CEO, ICMR chief after taking COVID-19 vaccine
Lucknow: A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow has filed a complaint against Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala and Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research…
- India
COVID-19: 140 more deaths, 1,908 new cases in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 20,346 on Sunday with 140 more fatalities, while 1,908 new cases pushed the infection tally to 16,90,016, an official statement issued here said.…
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Shocking video shows COVID patient’s body being thrown in river
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh): Despite strict instructions by the Yogi Adityanath government against disposal of dead bodies in rivers and other water bodies, video of a body of Covid patient being thrown into…
- India
Baby, born Covid positive, tests negative now
Varanasi (UP): The new-born baby girl, who had tested Covid positive on May 26 just after birth, has now tested Covid negative. The baby was discharged from the hospital before her negative test…
- India
COVID-19 scare: 21 UP convicts refuse parole, feel ‘safer’ in jail
Lucknow: Nearly 21 convicts in different jails in Uttar Pradesh have refused to take parole because they feel ‘safer’ inside the prison. UP DG Jails, Anand Kumar told reporters that 21 convicts in…
- India
60% feel polls should have been postponed in view of Covid wave
New Delhi: Around 60 per cent of people have stated that the Centre should have postponed assembly elections in five states and Panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh in view of the second…
- India
Appeal to philanthropists to help kin of UP teen who died due to police assault
Hyderabad: Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily and Iftekhar Hussain, Secretary of Faiz-e-Aam Trust appealed to philanthropists to help the family of a 17-year-old boy, Faisal who had died in…
- Politics
UP govt following dictatorship: Priyanka Gandhi
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of pursuing dictatorship after the Essential Services Maintenance Act was extended for the third time in the state. She…
- India
11 dead after consuming spurious liquor in UP’s Aligarh
Aligarh: Eleven people died on Friday and some more were taken ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor sold by a licensed vendor here, a senior official said. Taking note of the incident,…
- India
COVID-19: Wrong second vaccine dose given to 20 people in UP
Lucknow: Amidst the second wave of COVID-19 in India, 20 people in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh have been administered the wrong vaccine dosage. The incident took place during a vaccination…
- India
UP: After being thrashed by gau-rakhshaks, Muslim man threatened to withdraw case
Under the current ruling party, ‘cow’ has been taken as a strong political symbol. Several cases of people being thrashed or killed have come to light in the name of cow protection.…
- India
Muzaffarnagar: Another mosque demolished in UP by state govt
Hyderabad: After illegally demolishing a Mosque in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh administration again demolished another Mosque in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar. Locals claim that the property belongs to Muslim Wakf board and the police has…
- India
Bodies wash up on shores of river Sarayu in Uttarakhand; locals shocked
Pithoragarh: Dozens of bodies belived to be COVID-19 victims have washed up on the banks of Sarayu river in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh on Wednesday evoking shock, anger and concern among the locals. Locals…
- Hyderabad News
Yellow fungus: No cases found in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: After black and white fungus, the danger of yellow fungus infection has come to the fore. The yellow fungus infection has been seen in the patients of Uttar Pradesh. Cases of…
- India
CHRI demands investigation into Muslim boy’s custodial death in UP
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international NGO working for the practical realisation of human rights throughout the CW, has issued a statement demanding an impartial investigation into the death of…
- India
Ayodhya mosque plans submitted for approval
Ayodhya (UP): The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), the trust formed for mosque construction in Ayodhya, has submitted the drawings of the plans of its proposed project at Dhannipur with the Ayodhya Development Authority…
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Gau rakshaks assault Muslim man in UP; cops file case against victim
Moradabad (UP): A Muslim man was allegedly assaulted by a group of men led by a person calling himself a ‘gau rakshak (cow vigilante)’. The victim, identified as Mohammed Shakir, is in the…
- India
Death of teachers in UP: Priyanka demands Rs 1 crore compensation, job for kin
New Delhi: Slamming the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over the death of teachers and workers who were on panchayat poll duty, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday demanded that the Uttar Pradesh…
- Bangalore News
Oxygen Express piloted by ‘all-female crew’ reaches Bengaluru with 120 MT of oxygen
New Delhi: The seventh Oxygen Express to Karnataka, which was piloted by an all-female crew, arrived at Bengaluru’s Whitefield with 120 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen from Jharkhand, an official said on…
