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Man held for sharing objectionable posts on social media

7:23 pm August 25, 2019

Lucknow: A man was arrested here for allegedly posting objectionable comments and images on social media to hurt religious sentiments of people, police said on Sunday. The accused was arrested on Saturday for sharing objectionable posts and images relating to a Hindu deity on Facebook, police said in a statement. A case has been registered […]

Four killed in road accidents in UP

2:31 pm August 20, 2019

Lucknow: Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. Two persons were killed while three others sustained serious injuries, when a truck hit a car in Faridpur area of Bareilly district, police said. The accident took place on Monday night when the five youth were returning from a […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

UP: Two criminals killed in separate police encounters

1:52 pm August 10, 2019

Lucknow: Two criminals were killed in separate police encounters in Uttar Pradesh, a senior official said on Saturday. According to Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, three policemen were also injured in the encounters that took place in Baghpat and Saharanpur. In Baghpat, the encounter took place early Saturday morning, in which a criminal, identified […]

Celebrate I-Day with pomp: UP govt to madrasas

5:30 pm August 8, 2019

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education has issued an advisory to all madrasas in the state to celebrate Independence Day with traditional fervour, but the missive has not gone down well with the representative teachers’ body. There are 16,461 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh. “You should direct all madrasas in your divisions and districts […]

BSP makes Jaunpur MP its leader in Lok Sabha

8:58 pm August 7, 2019

Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday made its Jaunpur MP Shyam Singh Yadav its legislature party leader in the Lok Sabha, while appointing Ambedkar Nagar MP Ritesh Pandey as the party’s deputy leader in the house. In a major organisation reshuffle, the party also made its former Rajya Sabha MP Munquad Ali its Uttar […]