Author: Pramod Kumar Singh

LUCKNOW: On a day when Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav took a poll plunge as he filed his nomination papers from Karhal in Mainpuri, BJP stalked him with a plan to pin him to his family borough by fielding a Scheduled Caste (SC) candidate S P Singh, who is a Modi cabinet minister. UP deputy […]

NEW DELHI: On the eve of Republic Day,  the Modi government on Tuesday announced a 128-civilian strong Padma awards, recognising their distinguished talents and works over the last few decades. Among the top honours, late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, both of whom passed away […]

CHANDIGARH:  More troubles are bracing up for Punjab CM Charanjit Channi in the run-up to February 20 Punjab elections after a sting operation has made damning revelations on how gunmen and police gypsy was provided to his nephew Bhupinder alias Honey — who has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate over recovery of Rs 10 crore […]

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: UP Police on Saturday arrested Samajwadi Party’s sitting MLA Nahid Hasan, whose candidature from the seat was announced  two days ago from  Kairana, a communally sensitive high-profile seat that saw accusations of exodus by Hindus in 2014 amid threats of extortion. Kairana goes to polls in first phase that begins on February 10. […]

CHANDIGARH: Congress has decided to bank upon its core team for the poll fray for Punjab as it prepares for February 14 elections with staunch Gandhi family supporters like MP Pratap Bajwa, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Kuljit Nagra making it to the first list of 29 candidates, sources said. The three leaders enjoy close proximity […]

LUCKNOW: UP cooperative minister Mukut Bihari Verma, an MLA from Kaiserganj in Bahraich, has called for caution on inducting any outsiders from two regional parties of the state saying “most of them are opportunists who defect in search of police security, state homes and free servants” even as he trashed his own speculation of defecting […]

UTTAR PRADESH: Uttar Pradesh Police have registered an FIR against Congress leader Imran Masood for violating Covid-19 norms. Masood, the controversial ex-MLA from Nakud assembly seat in Saharanpur district, called a public gathering of his supporters on Monday despite Election Commission of India putting a ban on public rallies till January 15. By calling his […]

KANPUR/LUCKNOW: Asim Arun, a 1994-batch Indian Police Services (IPS) officer, who was untill Saturday holding post of Kanpur Police commissioner has resigned from services, opting for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), to join the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh. “I feel its a matter of privilege that I have chosen to opt my rest […]

NEW DELHI:  Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that model code of conduct (MCC) has come into force with immediate effect as it signalled that elections in five poll-bound states Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand will be held on time. “Situation is very dynamic. Lemme article 172 (1) that every legislative […]

CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: 1987-batch IPS  Viresh Kumar Bhawra, who served at key postings in Punjab and centre at Intelligence Bureau (IB), has been made the new director general police (DGP) of the state. His appointment comes at a time when Punjab is caught in a controversy over security lapse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his […]