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More farmers pour into protest site at Ghazipur border, extra forces withdrawn

2:54 pm January 29, 2021

Ghaziabad: Crowds swelled on the Ghazipur border on Friday as around 1000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh joined the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members who have stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to demand repeal of agri laws, while several farmers from Haryana decided to move towards Delhi borders to join the stir. Notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to the protestors to vacate the UP Gate protest site, more farmers from […]

Cold day conditions prevail in eastern UP

9:37 pm January 28, 2021

Lucknow: Cold to severe cold day conditions prevailed at a few places in eastern Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places over the western part of the state during the past 24 hours, MeT officials said on Thursday. They said dense to very dense fog also occurred at many places in the state. Cold conditions also […]

UP govt taking necessary steps to promote sports: Adityanath

10:17 pm January 23, 2021

Noida/Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is taking all necessary steps to promote sports in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday as he inaugurated a state-of-the-art indoor stadium in Noida. Inaugurating the newly built facility in Noida’s Sector 21A virtually from Lucknow, the chief minister said ”team spirit” cultivated through sports has been helpful in handling of the COVID-19 […]

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

Cold wave, thick fog in parts of UP

7:35 pm January 15, 2021

Lucknow: Parts of Uttar Pradesh experienced a severe cold wave and dense fog during the last 24 hours, the Met office said on Friday. Day temperatures fell appreciably in Varanasi, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Allahabad, Kanpur, Agra, and Jhansi divisions, while they saw a rise in Bareilly, and Agra divisions, they said. Churk was the coldest […]

Godhra woman sent to seven-day police custody in spying case

11:28 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: A court on Wednesday sent Anas Gitauli, an associate of ex-serviceman Saurabh Sharma who had been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for allegedly spying for Pakistan, to police custody for seven days. Special Judge Vijay Chandra Yadav accepted the plea of the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking remand of Gitauli, who has been accused of giving money […]