Uttar Pradesh

ETAWAH: Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav is set to address media persons in Lucknow on Monday, two days after ally Samajwadi Party said he is “free” to leave the alliance.   In a letter on Saturday, SP said Shivpal was “free to go wherever he gets more respect”. Shivpal is likely to reply […]

‘India is the youngest country in the world and Uttar Pradesh is the youngest state. With the participation of the youth population, we are in the process of making Uttar Pradesh the best state’ – these words are stated by our Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Nothing could be further from the truth in these words. […]

GONDA: Can Indian government officials take action against God? Well, a man sought action against Indra Dev (Rain God)  for deficient rains in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh. A farmer named Sumit Kumar Yadav submitted a complaint against the God of Rain at a Sampurna Samadhan Divas camp organized on July 16. To add […]

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to establish 18 new Nagar panchayats and expand 20 existing urban civic bodies in Uttar Pradesh. Lalganj, Pratapgarh, Manikpur, Bhagwant Nagar, Unnao, Malihabad, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, and Amroha are among the civic bodies whose limits will be expanded. A total of 55 proposals were approved at […]

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday wished the people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima, and appealed to them to celebrate the festival while observing all Covid-related protocols. In his message to the citizens, CM Yogi, who is also the chief priest of the famous Gorakhpur temple, said […]

LUCKNOW: In a clear sign of the growing rift with the Samajwadi Party, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday said that his party will contest local elections on its own. While addressing the party’s one day workshop here, Shivpal said that Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party “will fight the upcoming local body elections on […]

VARANASI/NEW DELHI:  On a day when the Supreme Court is to resume hearing in the Gyanvapi Mosque case in Varanasi , a survey-finding commission report has stated that not just a Shivling but as many as four idols of Hindu gods and goddesses and a Sheshnag have been discovered during digging between barricading of Kashi […]

VARANASI/NEW DELHI:  A civil court in Varanasi on Monday decreed that entry of Muslims would be barred from a site inside Gyanvapi mosque complex while citing the discovery of a  12 x 8 feet Shivling — a representation of Hindu Lord Shiva — three days after a four-member survey team was formed to video-graph the […]

NEW DELHI: Indian family’s desire for sons over daughters, ostensibly to carry on the family lineage, remains strong even in this age. While various government efforts, including the central government’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, have helped spread awareness about the girl child, the age-old habits refuse to die soon. The recently published data from the […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after Rajiv Kumar was announced as new chief election commissioner (CEC), the apex poll body on Thursday declared polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats which will fall vacant during June-August period this year. The elections is crucial for both BJP and regional parties as the saffron party last month become the first […]