Uttar Pradesh: News

02 Dec 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Police won't interfere in child-marriages: BJP candidate promises before polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Sojat assembly seat in Rajasthan has claimed if voted to power, she will ensure police won't interfere in child marriages.

01 Dec 2018

Gurugram

Humanity dies: Man rapes his three-year-old daughter, arrested now

On Friday, Gurugram Police arrested a man accused of raping his three-year-old daughter.

01 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Rahul Gandhi insulting slain Army soldiers, alleges Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah today alleged that Congress President Rahul Gandhi was insulting slain Army soldiers by claiming that the 2016 surgical strike across the LoC was conducted to win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Delhi traffic-police creates green corridors to help 2 critically-ill patients

The Delhi Traffic Police provided special 'green corridors' to shift two critically-ill elderly patients to hospitals from the airport, police said yesterday.

30 Nov 2018

India

Delhi-restaurant serves dish named 'Sunny Leone Chaap'

In India, small eateries and restaurant owners often ignore the concept of intellectual property or copyright law.

30 Nov 2018

Yogi Adityanath

NCST Official claimed that Lord Hanuman was tribal

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) chairperson Nand Kumar Sai has claimed that Hanuman was a tribal, just days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Lord Rama's ardent devotee was a Dalit.

28 Nov 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Seers oppose proposal to erect Lord Ram's statue in Ayodhya

A three-day 'Param Dharma Sansad' was held in Varanasi, where seers opposed the Uttar Pradesh government's proposal to install a 221-meter statue of Lord Ram on the bank of the Sarayu river in Ayodhya.

28 Nov 2018

India

Viral video: Gangsters inside UP-jail threaten on phone, drink alcohol

There isn't much of a difference in life inside prison and outside, for inmates of Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli jail, a video which has surfaced on social media shows.

26 Nov 2018

Narendra Modi

Opposition unity cocktail of corruption, commission, bad governance: UP minister

Uttar Pradesh Power minister Srikant Sharma today described 'opposition unity' as a demonetization-hit group of corrupt people trying to throw spanners in the welfare schemes run by the Narendra Modi government.

25 Nov 2018

Uddhav Thackeray

#MandirPush: Ayodhya on tenderhooks ahead of VHP, Shiv Sena rallies

Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya has turned into a fortress ahead of mega rallies of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Shiv Sena demanding the construction of Ram Mandir in the disputed land of the temple town.

Mayawati slams BJP for highlighting Ram temple issue before LS-polls

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati slammed the BJP and Shiv Sena today for raking up the Ram temple issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, alleging it to be a "political tactic" to divert attention from their failures.

22 Nov 2018

Suicide

UP: 26-year-old woman commits suicide, case registered, probe on

A 26-year-old woman, embarrassed about a youth barging into her house while her family was away, allegedly committed suicide in Banda district (Uttar Pradesh), police said today.

22 Nov 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Gurugram: Chilling-story of man who killed, raped minors for 'shauk'

In what qualifies as a gruesome crime, a 20-year-old man raped and killed nine girls, aged between three and seven, in New Delhi and three other cities.

19 Nov 2018

Times of India

UP: Shelter home's girls were drugged and 'sent to men'

The minor inmates of shelter home named Maa Vindhyavasini Mahila and Balika Sanrakshan Griha in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria were drugged before they were 'sent' to powerful men, TOI reports.

19 Nov 2018

Narendra Modi

Tributes paid to Indira Gandhi on her 101st birth anniversary

PM Narendra Modi and several other political leaders paid tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi on her 101st birth-anniversary today.

18 Nov 2018

Agra

Agra citizens launch massive drive to rid Yamuna of garbage

Agra citizens, including young boys and girls, Sunday launched a massive cleanliness drive to rid the Yamuna river of garbage dumped in it.

18 Nov 2018

Suicide

Uttar Pradesh: Woman ends life after harassment by loan sharks

A 45-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train after she and her sons were harassed by loan sharks, following which a man was arrested.

17 Nov 2018

Samajwadi Party

Former Uttar Pradesh MLA booked for beating up tehsildar

Two cases were registered against the former MLA of Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) Dilip Verma and his supporters for allegedly beating up a tehsildar in his chamber, police said today.

17 Nov 2018

Murder

UP man kills wife over dowry, given 10 years imprisonment

A fast-track court in Muzaffarnagar has sentenced a man to 10 years' imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry in 2013.

15 Nov 2018

Elections

UP: Shamli DM transferred over discrepancies in by-poll vote counting

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MP, Tabassum Hasan, today welcomed the Election Commission's decision to transfer Shamli (UP) District Magistrate, Inder Vikram Singh, over charges of irregularities during the counting of votes in Kairana by-polls.

Suresh Raina takes a blinder in Ranji Trophy

Suresh Raina is one of the best fielders of all time.

14 Nov 2018

India

PM Modi, Sonia pay tributes to Nehru's birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today paid tributes to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 129th birth anniversary.

14 Nov 2018

Murder

UP: Upset with wife, man kills three minor daughters; arrested

In a gruesome incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh's Veer village of Lalitpur district killed three of his minor daughters by hitting them with a hammer and setting the house on fire.

13 Nov 2018

Sexual Harassment

Muzaffarnagar: Sexual-harassment of minor Dalit girl triggers clashes, 1 held

One person has been arrested and six others booked after clashes broke out between two groups in Aterna village (Muzaffarnagar) over the alleged sexual harassment of a minor Dalit girl, police said today.

13 Nov 2018

Murder

Gurugram: 3-year-old raped, murdered; stick found in private part

In yet another barbaric incident, a three-year-old was allegedly tortured, raped and killed in Gurugram on Sunday.

12 Nov 2018

Dalit

Muzaffarnagar: 25 Dalits convert to Buddhism alleging discrimination

Twenty-five Dalits converted to Buddhism in Shamli district (Muzaffarnagar) in a ceremony performed by Bodh Bhikshu Bhante Pergyashil.

11 Nov 2018

India

RERA: Center to hold workshop with home-buyers, banks on November-15

For effective implementation of the Real Estate Act, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry will hold a day-long workshop for home-buyers, bank representatives, builders and other stakeholders from northern states on November 15.

10 Nov 2018

Akhilesh Yadav

UP: Postmaster who built 'mini Taj Mahal' for wife, killed

An 83-year-old man, who had made the news and had become a sensation for constructing a 'mini Taj Mahal' in memory of his deceased wife, died of a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr late on Thursday night.

10 Nov 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai BJP urges Maharashtra government to ensure smooth Chhath festivities

BJP's Mumbai unit has requested the Maharashtra government to make arrangements for smooth conduct of the 'Chhath Puja', a popular festival celebrated by people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

10 Nov 2018

Lalu Prasad Yadav

11-day puja conducted to resolve Tej Pratap's marital-woes, claims priest

Raj Mishra, a priest of Vindhyavasini Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur, said on Friday a puja of 11 days was held to resolve marital problems of former Bihar minister and elder son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav.

09 Nov 2018

Hyderabad

Hyderabad might get a name change if BJP gets power

Following on the footsteps of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, a BJP MLA from Hyderabad has now promised that the party will change the city's name to Bhagyanagar if voted to power.

08 Nov 2018

BCCI

Watch: The most bizarre 360 degree bowling action

The BCCI and the Indian cricket team shared a video of a bizarre 360-degree bowling action, unlike anything that we have ever seen before.

08 Nov 2018

Meerut

UP: Youth 'jokingly' lights bomb in three-year-old's mouth

Celebrations of Diwali turned sour for a three-year-old and her family in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh after a boy lit a sutli bomb (popular firecracker) in her mouth.

NGT forms committee over private colleges within Agra's bird Sanctuary

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to decide whether two private engineering colleges have been constructed inside Agra's Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary.

07 Nov 2018

Gujarat

Now, Ahmedabad might be renamed to Karnavati

On the back of Yogi Adityanath announcing that Faizabad district would be renamed to Ayodhya, the BJP government in Gujarat has now expressed its interest in renaming Ahmedabad to Karnavati.

07 Nov 2018

South Korea

Korean First Lady wearing saree for Diwali delights Ayodhya people

Draped in an elegant saree, South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook soaked in Diwali festivities in Ayodhya much to the delight of the people of the pilgrim town.

06 Nov 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Faizabad to be called Ayodhya, airport in Lord Ram's name

On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in yet another renaming move, announced that the district of Faizabad would henceforth be called Ayodhya.

06 Nov 2018

Paytm

Delhi: 2 held for cheating shops by fraudulent Paytm transactions

Two men were arrested and a juvenile apprehended yesterday at Mewat (Haryana) for allegedly cheating people through Paytm.

06 Nov 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Man stabbed to death. Reason is a mere shoulder-brush!

A 20-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in Delhi by three-four unidentified men, after his shoulder brushed past one of the accused.

05 Nov 2018

Saharanpur

Fatwa issued against women who apply nail-polish as it's un-Islamic

A fatwa or decree was issued against Muslim women wearing nail polish before offering namaz by the Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh on Monday.