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ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Editors Guild condemns arrest of journalists

7:15 pm June 9, 2019

New Delhi: The Editors Guild Sunday condemned the arrest of a journalist, and the editor and head of a television channel over alleged objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, describing the police action as an “authoritarian misuse of laws” and an effort to intimidate the press. An FIR was registered against […]

25 IPS officers transferred in UP

5:46 pm June 8, 2019

Lucknow: In a first major reshuffle in the police department after the Lok Sabha polls, the Uttar Pradesh government transferred 25 IPS officers, including police chiefs of Ayodhaya, Agra, Mathura and Rampur. According to the transfer list released by Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar late Friday night, Agra SSP Amit Pathak has been shifted to […]

3 suspects held over killing of BJP worker in Amethi

Smriti Irani aide in Amethi shot dead

4:18 pm May 26, 2019

Amethi: In the first incident of post-poll violence in Uttar Pradesh, a close aide of Smriti Irani, the newly elected MP from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, was shot dead by two men, with police not ruling out the possibility of it being a “political murder”. Surendra Singh (50), a former head of Baraulia village, was […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

BJP leads in 58 seats in UP

12:09 pm May 23, 2019

Lucknow: The BJP forged ahead of its rivals in 58 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh while the BSP-SP alliance was leading in 19 seats as counting of votes progressed, according to Election Commission trends. In Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was leading by over 55,000 votes against his SP rival. In […]

Mayawati meets Akhilesh, discuss exit polls projections

2:17 pm May 20, 2019

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met here on Monday after exit polls indicated gains for their alliance in the politically important state of Uttar Pradesh. Yadav, who had formed a coalition with the BSP and the RLD to take on the BJP, drove to the residence of Mayawati and the […]