Uttar Pradesh: News
Uttar Pradesh, created as the United Provinces during British rule is the most populous state in India. Uttrakhand was carved out from the Himalayan region of UP in 2000 and hence a new state of Uttrakhand was formed. Lucknow is the capital of the state with Hindi being the official language of the state. Yogi Adityanath is the current chief minister of UP.
20 Nov 2024
VaranasiMonkey jumps on car, breaks through sunroof
A monkey in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, made quite a scene by smashing the sunroof of a parked car.
20 Nov 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)UP woman's body found in sack; family blames Samajwadi Party
The body of a young Dalit woman was discovered inside a sack near the Kanjara River bridge in Karhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday.
20 Nov 2024
Akhilesh YadavUP bypolls: ECI suspends 2 cops after Akhilesh Yadav's complaint
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended seven police officers in Uttar Pradesh for flouting voter ID guidelines in the ongoing bypolls.
20 Nov 2024
Akhilesh YadavUP bypolls: BJP flags burqa voters, SP reacts
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expressed concerns over verifying voter identity in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, especially for those wearing burqas.
20 Nov 2024
Social MediaVideo: Guests shower ₹20L cash during wedding procession in UP
A wedding procession in Siddhartnagar, Uttar Pradesh, has become the talk of the town after guests reportedly showered ₹20 lakh in cash during the event.
19 Nov 2024
Politics'Kumbhakarna was technocrat, not a long sleeper': UP governor Anandiben
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has made some shocking claims about Kumbhakarna, a character from the Hindu epic Ramayana.
19 Nov 2024
AIMIM'Create ruckus...': UP AIMIM chief's statement on Kanwariyas sparks row
Shaukat Ali, the Uttar Pradesh president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), has stirred a controversy with his comments on Kanwariyas, Moneycontrol.in reported.
17 Nov 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Ex-BJP MLA Anil Jha joins AAP after Kailash Gahlot's exit
Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Anil Jha joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday.
17 Nov 2024
DNAJhansi hospital fire: Probe committee rules out foul play
A two-member committee has ruled out any criminal conspiracy or foul play in the fire at Rani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
16 Nov 2024
IndiaWoman's body found in suitcase on Delhi-Lucknow highway
A woman's body was found inside a red suitcase on the Delhi-Lucknow Highway in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district on Saturday morning.
16 Nov 2024
Jhansi'Shameful': Opposition denounces VIP reception for minister at Jhansi hospital
Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh have denounced the state government over alleged preparations for Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak's visit to Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, where a fire claimed 10 newborns' lives.
16 Nov 2024
Children'Saved other babies...couldn't help own': Jhansi hospital fire victims' parents
A massive fire at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi killed 10 newborns on Friday night.
16 Nov 2024
Community Health CenterUP: Newlywed, 5 others killed in accident due to fog
A newlywed couple and five others lost their lives in a tragic accident on National Highway-74 in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.
16 Nov 2024
Akhilesh Yadav'Nurse lit matchstick...': Eyewitness recounts Jhansi hospital fire horror
A devastating fire at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi killed 10 newborns on Friday night.
16 Nov 2024
Akhilesh Yadav10 newborns killed in Jhansi hospital fire; 16 critically injured
A massive fire broke out at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday night, killing 10 newborns.
15 Nov 2024
Madhya PradeshMP: Probe launched after 10 elephants die mysteriously at Bandhavgarh
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has launched an investigation into the mysterious deaths of 10 elephants at Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
14 Nov 2024
YouTubeMeet Nisha Madhulika, India's richest female YouTuber
Nisha Madhulika, a former teacher from Uttar Pradesh, has taken YouTube by storm with her simple home-cooked recipes.
14 Nov 2024
DelhiDelhi vendors asked to display names, numbers on carts: Why
Street vendors at the vegetable market in Najafgarh, Delhi, have been asked to display their names and phone numbers on their carts.
14 Nov 2024
Ajay Devgn'Singham Again' maintains pace; earns ₹218cr in 13 days
The Ajay Devgn-starrer Singham Again has crossed the ₹300 crore mark at the worldwide box office in just 13 days, achieving a major milestone.
11 Nov 2024
Anurag KashyapHow police nabbed Baba Siddique's murder accused after a month
Shiv Kumar Gautam, the main accused in the murder of Maharashtra politician Baba Siddique, was arrested from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
10 Nov 2024
Ajit PawarBJP's 'batenge toh katenge' won't work in Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar
Ajit Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, has expressed his opposition to Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign slogan "batenge toh katenge" in Maharashtra.
10 Nov 2024
DY Chandrachud'Bulldozer justice unacceptable, unknown to any civilized system': Supreme Court
In his last judgment before retirement, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud vehemently denounced "bulldozer justice," stating that such justice is "unknown to any civilized system of jurisprudence."
08 Nov 2024
PrayagrajUP government to install 1.5L toilets for Maha Kumbh
The Uttar Pradesh government is taking major steps to enhance sanitation and accommodation facilities for the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj.
08 Nov 2024
Yogi AdityanathUP women's body: Men shouldn't tailor women's clothes/cut their hair
The Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission has suggested men shouldn't be allowed to tailor clothes for women or cut their hair.
05 Nov 2024
Allahabad High Court'UP madrassas can function...': SC sets aside Allahabad HC order
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004.
04 Nov 2024
AgraIAF's MiG-29 crashes near Agra, pilot ejects safely
A MiG-29 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an open field in Songa village, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
04 Nov 2024
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)How biscuits helped eliminate top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in Kashmir
In a recent anti-terror operation in Khanyar, Jammu and Kashmir, security forces neutralized Usman, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander.
03 Nov 2024
Indian RailwaysVande Bharat with Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar onboard attacked
A Vande Bharat Express train was pelted with stones on Sunday morning, shattering a window pane.
03 Nov 2024
MaharashtraWoman arrested for threatening to kill Yogi 'like Baba Siddique'
A 24-year-old Mumbai woman, Fatima Khan, has been arrested for allegedly sending a death threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
03 Nov 2024
BaghpatVideo shows Congress leader flashing a woman; party fires him
The Congress has sacked Yunus Chaudhary from his post as the Baghpat district president in Uttar Pradesh.
02 Nov 2024
Farooq Abdullah'Terrorists shouldn't be killed...but captured,' says Farooq Abdullah; ignites debate
Farooq Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader, has sparked a controversy with his latest remarks on counter-terrorism strategies.
30 Oct 2024
India17-year-old's head chopped off, mother sits with it for hours
A 17-year-old boy was brutally murdered on Wednesday in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.
30 Oct 2024
Ayodhya'No Deepotsav invite...': Ayodhya MP accuses BJP of politicizing festivals
Samajwadi Party leader and Faizabad's MP, Awadhesh Prasad, on Wednesday alleged he was not invited to the Deepotsav event in Ayodhya.
30 Oct 2024
NoidaMassive fire at Noida banquet hall kills 1, building collapses
A massive fire engulfed the Lotus Grandeur Banquet Hall in Noida Sector 74, Uttar Pradesh, early on Wednesday morning.
28 Oct 2024
Yogi Adityanath'₹300 cheque...': Yogi government trolled for Sanskrit scholarship scheme
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been criticized for giving cheques of ₹300 to ₹900 at the launch of the Sanskrit Scholarship Scheme.
28 Oct 2024
BaramullaIndian Army vehicle attacked in J&K's Akhnoor
An Indian Army vehicle came under attack on Monday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, but alert soldiers successfully foiled it.
27 Oct 2024
PuneCCTV shows Kanpur woman at gym before trainer murdered her
The body of a woman, who had been missing since June 24, was found near the Kanpur District Magistrate's bungalow in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
27 Oct 2024
KanpurKanpur: Gym trainer kills woman, buries her near DM's residence
A gym trainer has been arrested by the Kotwali police for abducting and murdering a businessman's wife in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
26 Oct 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Delhi BJP chief hospitalized after dip in Yamuna
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendra Sachdeva was hospitalized on Saturday, nearly 48 hours after he took a dip in the heavily polluted Yamuna River.
26 Oct 2024
DelhiAfter detonators, cylinders, wood now found on rail-tracks; sabotage suspected
A passenger train in Uttar Pradesh hit a huge piece of wood on the tracks late Thursday night, in what appears to be another sabotage attempt.
25 Oct 2024
IndiaUP man performs 'shradh' of living wife to marry girlfriend
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj has been accused of bigamy and deceit after he allegedly married another woman while his first wife was alive.
25 Oct 2024
Box Office'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3' vs 'Singham Again': Kartik-starrer wins first round
The upcoming horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, starring Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, and Triptii Dimri will release in theaters during the Diwali 2024 weekend.
24 Oct 2024
PulwamaUttar Pradesh laborer injured in terrorist attack in Kashmir
A Uttar Pradesh-based laborer, identified as Shubam Kumar, was shot and injured by terrorists on Thursday in South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
23 Oct 2024
Bahujan Samaj PartyUP man arrested for making 'objectionable' video on Mayawati
A 27-year-old man was arrested in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly making and circulating an "objectionable" video of a poster of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati.
23 Oct 2024
Box Office'Vicky Vidya Ka...' remains modest; earns ₹35.5cr in 12 days
The Rajkummar Rao, Triptii Dimri, and Mallika Sherawat starrer comedy film Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video has crossed the ₹35cr mark at the box office in its second week.
22 Oct 2024
Durga Puja'Risk...': SC's warning to UP over bulldozer action
The Supreme Court has put a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government's demolition drive in Bahraich, after communal violence on October 13.
22 Oct 2024
DelhiDelhi's AQI 'very poor', GRAP stage II measures implemented
Delhi's air quality index (AQI) has plunged to the "very poor" category with an average AQI of 310.
21 Oct 2024
Delhi'Kanda Express' brings 1,600 tons of onions to Delhi
In a bid to tackle skyrocketing onion prices, the Indian government has launched an unusual initiative, "Kanda Express."
20 Oct 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Delhi's air quality worsening because of UP buses, says AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government has claimed that buses coming from Uttar Pradesh are a major contributor to Delhi's deteriorating air quality.
19 Oct 2024
Mathura'Baba Siddique wasn't good man, had Dawood links': Arrested gangster
Yogesh alias Raju, a 26-year-old member of the Lawrence Bishnoi-Hashim Baba gangs, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of a Delhi gym owner last month, has claimed that Baba Siddique was "not a good man."
19 Oct 2024
MaharashtraPicture of Baba Siddique's son found on phone of shooter
A week after the assassination of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, a picture of his son, Zeeshan Siddique, was found in the phone of one of the accused.
17 Oct 2024
BahraichAccused in Bahraich Durga Puja violence arrested near Nepal border
The prime suspect behind the Durga Puja violence that broke out in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested near the Nepal border.
17 Oct 2024
Krishna MurariFake blood sold for ₹7,000 at UP medical college
A case of counterfeit blood sale has been reported at Hardoi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh.
17 Oct 2024
Eknath Shinde'Bullets hit me, I won't survive...I'll die': Siddique's last words
Former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique was gunned down outside his son's office in Bandra, Mumbai on October 12.
17 Oct 2024
Mumbai PoliceSuspects made 10 attempts to assassinate Baba Siddique: Report
The suspects in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique had reportedly made over 10 unsuccessful attempts to assassinate him in the past month.
16 Oct 2024
Yogi AdityanathExplained: UP's proposed ordinance penalizes food spitters like serious criminals
The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling the introduction of two ordinances to curb food contamination.
16 Oct 2024
Ayodhya'Magnificent': Israeli ambassador expresses awe at Ayodhya's Ram Mandir
Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday.
16 Oct 2024
MumbaiBaba Siddique murder: Accused watched YouTube for shooting practice
Gurmail Singh and Dharamraj Kashyap, accused of killing former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique, reportedly learned to shoot by watching YouTube videos, the Mumbai Police said, according to news agency ANI.
15 Oct 2024
PrayagrajHigh tension wire found on Uttarakhand rail track; accident averted
A major train accident was averted by a whisker in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district on Tuesday.
15 Oct 2024
Ghaziabad'Spit, urine in food': UP government to introduce strict laws
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is planning to introduce two new ordinances in the wake of a spate of incidents involving unsanitary food practices.
15 Oct 2024
Akhilesh YadavBahraich violence: Yogi Adityanath to meet victim's family today
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will meet the family of Ram Gopal Mishra, the 22-year-old man who was killed during a Goddess Durga idol immersion procession in Bahraich district.
14 Oct 2024
Eknath Shinde'Shooting, shooting...': Video shows moments after Baba Siddique was killed
Former Maharashtra minister, Baba Siddique, was shot dead outside his son's office in Mumbai on Saturday.
14 Oct 2024
DelhiBaba Siddique's son Zeeshan also on Bishnoi gang's hit-list: Report
The Bishnoi gang, which is suspected to be behind the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, had also planned to kill his son Zeeshan Siddique, police sources told NDTV.
14 Oct 2024
BahraichUP: Man shot dead over music during Durga idol immersion
A 22-year-old man was killed and several others injured during clashes that broke out over playing of music at a Durga idol immersion procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.
14 Oct 2024
Mumbai PoliceBaba Siddique murder: What we know about NCP leader's attackers
The Mumbai Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique, who was shot multiple times.
13 Oct 2024
Yogi AdityanathMahakumbh Mela: No 'non-Sanatani' food stalls, IDs mandatory for babas
The 2025 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, which will be held from January 13 to February 26 in Uttar Pradesh, will witness major changes.
13 Oct 2024
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police's SIT to help probe Baba Siddique's murder
The Delhi Police have decided to send a special investigation team (SIT) to Mumbai after the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique.
13 Oct 2024
GujaratAnother possible train-derailment attempt averted; cylinder found on Landaura-Dhandhera track
A gas cylinder was found on a railway track used for army train movements near Dhandhera railway station in Uttarakhand's Roorkee.
11 Oct 2024
Akhilesh Yadav'Nitish, withdraw support...': Akhilesh vs BJP over JP garland row
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday asked Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar to withdraw support from the Narendra Modi government, citing an incident where "a socialist" was barred from garlanding the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan.
10 Oct 2024
ChennaiWhat is the Samsung workers strike in Chennai about
Over 1,500 striking workers at the Samsung Electronics factory in southern India have turned down a settlement offer made by the company.
10 Oct 2024
MuzaffarnagarUP couple sacrifices infant daughter to 'cure' mother's illness
A couple in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has been arrested for allegedly sacrificing their one-month-old daughter.
10 Oct 2024
Akhilesh Yadav'INDIA alliance intact...': Akhilesh after SP's unilateral candidates' announcement
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has assured that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is intact.
09 Oct 2024
Yogi AdityanathAkharas want to ban 'non-Sanatani' food stalls at Kumbh Mela
The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) suggested on Wednesday that "non-Sanatanis" should be prohibited from running food stalls at the 2025 Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
