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UP CM assures kin of slain Hindutva leader all help

President of UP political outfit found murdered at home

8:40 pm October 18, 2019

Lucknow: The president of a little known Hindu Samaj Party was found murdered at his home in the congested Naka Hindola area of the city here, police said on Friday. Kamlesh Tiwari (45) was earlier associated with a faction of the Hindu Mahasabha, they said. “Kamlesh Tiwari was found murdered inside his house. Two persons […]

UP govt doing away with 25,000 home guards

7:38 pm October 15, 2019

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is doing away with 25,000 home guards, saying the state cannot afford the new allowances the Supreme Court has asked it to pay. The daily allowance for the home guards is now Rs 672, up from the Rs 500 before the court order in July. The government said this would […]

BJP candidate Sudhanshu Trivedi elected unopposed to RS

6:45 pm October 9, 2019

Lucknow: BJP candidate Sudhanshu Trivedi was on Wednesday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He has been elected to the Rajya Sabha on the seat which fell vacant following the death of BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley. Trivedi, who had filed his nomination papers on Friday, was declared elected unopposed on Wednesday, the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UP: Six more deaths in rain-related incidents

9:29 pm October 2, 2019

Lucknow: Six more people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the state, an UP government official said on Wednesday. With this, the number of total deaths has gone up to 117. Of the six deaths reported on Wednesday, three died in a house collapse due to heavy rainfall in Amethi. One person sustained injuries. […]

Priyanka attacks Modi on lack of empathy for Assam

Rape accused being protected in UP: Priyanka

7:55 pm October 2, 2019

Lucknow: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged on Wednesday that rape accused were being protected in Uttar Pradesh and demanded lodging of a rape case against BJP leader and former Union minister Chinmayanand. “Atrocities are being committed against women, especially in Uttar Pradesh. Rapists are being protected. It is our demand that in the Shahjahanpur […]