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IAS officer on election duty for UP Legislative Council polls dies of heart attack

6:26 pm December 5, 2020

Lucknow: An IAS officer on election duty for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls in Varanasi died after suffering a heart attack, an official said on Saturday District Magistrate of Varanasi Kaushal Raj Sharma said that Ajay Kumar Singh (50) was deployed as an observer Singh suffered a heart attack at around 9.30 am on […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Dry weather, foggy conditions across UP

7:27 pm November 28, 2020

Lucknow: The weather remained dry across Uttar Pradesh with shallow to moderate fog occurring at isolated places in the past 24 hours, the meteorological office here said on Saturday. The day temperatures fell appreciably in Varanasi division and rose significantly in Bareilly division but there was no large change in the remaining divisions of the […]

Parts of Uttar Pradesh receive very light rains

7:22 pm November 26, 2020

Lucknow: Very light rains occurred at isolated places over western districts of Uttar Pradesh, while the weather remained dry over eastern parts with shallow to moderate fog at isolated places in the past 24 hours, the MeT office here said. There was no large change in maximum temperatures in Uttar Pradesh. The maximum temperature remained […]

UP Cabinet approves ordinance against conversions for marriage

8:12 pm November 24, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved the draft of a stringent law to deal with religious conversion for the sake of marriage, which BJP leaders refer to as “love jihad” An official spokesperson said the approval for the ordinance was given at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi […]

2,840 new COVID cases, 20 deaths in UP

9:02 pm November 20, 2020

Lucknow: Twenty more people died from the novel coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, taking toll to 7,500 on Friday, while the tally rose to 5.22 lakh with 2,840 new cases, an official said. There are 23,357 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 4.91 lakh people have recovered after 2,220 more people recuperated, Additional Chief […]