Allahabad

Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna’s granddaughter dies of burns

4:59 pm November 17, 2020

Allahabad: The granddaughter of Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi has died of burns received during bursting of crackers, a close aide of the BJP leader said on Tuesday. She was six-year-old. The MP’s aide said Kiya died around 2 am on Tuesday at the city hospital where she was admitted following the incident on Monday […]

Sexual abuse case: Law student disowns statement against ex-Union minister Chinmayanand

11:27 pm October 13, 2020

Lucknow: The woman law student who had accused former Union minister Chinmayanand of sexually exploiting her disowned statement before a special MP-MLA court in Lucknow on Tuesday. The LLM student categorically denied that she had levelled any allegation against the former Union minister as the prosecution had charged. Angered at this, the prosecution immediately moved an application […]

Beds in COVID hospitals should be increased: Adityanath

7:27 pm September 14, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Monday to increase the number of beds in the COVID hospitals being run under the Health Department. All the medical colleges and hospitals in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Meerut have been asked to work at full capacity. The drug controller has been […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

HC asks all DMs to vigorously enforce social distancing

10:32 pm August 19, 2020

Allahabad: Amid the ongoing anti-COVID fight, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked all district administrations in Uttar Pradesh to vigorously enforce the social distancing norms and wearing of masks among people. The court also appointed two advocate commissioners and directed them to submit their joint report on measures being taken by the government to […]

61 deaths, 4,586 fresh virus cases in UP; total count 1,08,974

8:02 pm August 6, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Thursday recorded its highest daily increase in coronavirus numbers with 61 more deaths and 4,586 fresh infections. So far, 1,08,974 cases, including 1,918 fatalities, have been reported from the state. The maximum 16 deaths were reported from Jaunpur; 10 from Kanpur Nagar; five from Varanasi; four from Gorakhpur; three each from […]