Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Akhilesh Yadav over the condition of the state’s power sector during the previous Samajwadi Party government. His remarks came amid a political controversy triggered by unidentified posters calling Akhilesh Yadav a “Katiyabaaz” in different parts of the state.Sharma alleged that…
Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay has sparked controversy by deeming popular English nursery rhymes ‘Johnny Johnny, Yes Papa’ and ‘Rain Rain Go Away’ as detrimental to Indian culture LUCKNOW: Higher education minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogendra Upadhyay has triggered a controversy by describing two popular English nursery rhymes – ‘Johnny Johnny, Yes Papa’…
Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants. KOLKATA: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath has arrested three people and widened its probe across multiple states, with cops suspecting that hired sharpshooters brought in from outside West Bengal…
Bhupendra Chaudhary takes the blessings of governor Anandiben Patel as Yogi Adityanath and other newly sworn-in ministers look on. LUCKNOW: In a bid to blunt the PDA (backwards, Dalits, minorities) push of the Samajwadi Party in the run up to the next big battle, BJP on Sunday inducted six new ministers with three of them…
LUCKNOW: In a bid to blunt the PDA (backwards, Dalits, minorities) push of the Samajwadi Party in the run up to the next big battle, BJP on Sunday inducted six new ministers with three of them backwards and two Dalits.Two junior ministers who were promoted are also backwards while the sole upper caste face in…
Lucknow: Late Saturday, police arrested two individuals of a gang that allegedly stole nearly 72 streetlight poles across the city and sold them to scrap dealers over time.According to police, the accused, Anjeet Rawat (23) and Shobhit Yadav (19), both residents of Baghamau village were arrested near Bandha road with aluminium streetlight worth around ₹25,000…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Police on Sunday claimed to have cracked the brutal murder of a 28-year-old contractual sanitation worker employed at SGPGI within 24 hours, arresting a young man and detaining his minor relative for allegedly killing him over his relationship with the accused’s mother.Police said the accused not only meticulously planned the murder but…
Lucknow: A fire broke out in the kitchen area of a restaurant near Atal Chowk in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area on Sunday evening, said fire officials.According to fire department, control room at Hazratganj fire station received information at 6:58 pm that a blaze had erupted on ground floor of the restaurant.“The restaurant is owned by Prafull…
Lucknow: Two to four incidents of verbal abuse or physical intimidation are reported every month across major govt hospitals in UP, though several cases go unreported, said Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday. He said such incidents usually occur during emergency care when treatment outcomes do not meet attendants’ expectations.Dr Singh was speaking at ‘Ek Surgeon…
Lucknow: Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh’s public outreach campaign, ‘Aapka Vidhayak Aapke Dwar’, continued to gain momentum in his constituency, with residents raising civic and welfare-related issues during the 167th edition of the programme held in the Malak area of Neelmatha on Sunday.Officials said a total of 26 complaints and applications related to police matters,…
