UP

Night curfew imposed in Noida, Ghaziabad till April 17

9:17 pm April 8, 2021

Noida/Ghaziabad: Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, a night curfew has been imposed in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad districts of Uttar Pradesh, both adjoining Delhi, according to official orders issued on Thursday. The restrictions will be in force from 10 pm to 5 am till April 17 from Thursday night, but the movement of […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

UP BJP leader resigns over farm laws

3:22 pm April 7, 2021

Muzaffarnagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Priyamvada Tomar resigned from the party on Wednesday in support of the farmers agitation. She also resigned as member of the Uttar Pradesh Women Commission ahead of the panchayat polls in the state. In her resignation letter to state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, she alleged that the BJP-led […]

Adityanath got CM's post by chance: Akhilesh Yadav

BJP doing politics of intimidating people: Akhilesh Yadav

12:15 pm February 24, 2021

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the BJP of doing politics of intimidating people, a day after Amazon Prime Video’s India Originals Head recorded her statement here in connection with an FIR over alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu deities in web series ”Tandav”. ”Today, the way the BJP government is strangling the […]

UP ‘love jihad’ law completes one month; 35 arrests, dozen FIRs

12:46 pm December 26, 2020

Lucknow: Having apprehended about 35 people so far, the Uttar Pradesh police have made more than one arrest a day since the controversial anti-conversion ordinance came into effect a month ago. Meanwhile, nearly a dozen FIRs have been lodged since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 27. Eight […]

Farm fires continue to deteriorate Delhi’s air quality

7:50 pm November 8, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital’s air quality was recorded in ‘severe’ category on Sunday as stubble fires continued to be reported in Punjab and nearby regions. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) mobile app SAMEER, Delhi’s overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 426 which falls in the ‘severe’ category. The Ministry […]