Uttar Pradesh

Additional police force withdrawn from Delhi borders

11:34 pm February 8, 2021

New Delhi: Police withdrew on Monday its additional force who were deployed across the borders in Delhi during the farmers’ tractor parade. According to an order issued by Special Commissioner of Police (Operation and Licensing) Muktesh Chander, as desired by the police commissioner, the entire staff will go back to their respective districts or units with effect from […]

Major natural disasters of Uttarakhand

4:25 pm February 7, 2021

Dehradun: These are the major natural disasters that Uttarakhand has faced over the last three decades: * 1991 Uttarkashi Earthquake: An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit the undivided state of Uttar Pradesh in October 1991 in which at least 768 people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. * 1998 Malpa Landslide: The small village […]

R-Day violence: Man who climbed Red Fort tomb arrested

R-DAY violence: Notice served on gurdwara functionary in UP’s Pilibhit

11:23 pm February 6, 2021

Shahjahanpur : On the lookout for those responsible for the violence at the Red Fort during a farmers’ tractor parade on the Republic Day in the national capital, a team of the Delhi Police on Saturday served a notice on a functionary of a gurdwara in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district. The police team arrived at Puranpur adjoining Shahjahanpur and served notice on granthi Gurtej […]

Major farmers’ meet in Shamli as clamour against farm laws grows in west UP

7:00 pm February 5, 2021

Noida: Thousands of farmers turned up for a meeting in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh on Friday amid a growing clamour against the Centre’s agri-marketing laws in the region. People from Shamli and nearby districts started reaching Shamli’s Bhainswal village on tractors, two- and four-wheelers and on foot for a ‘kisan panchayat’ being held there by the Rashtriya […]

Man kills elderly parents over land dispute in Uttar Pradesh

3:20 pm February 3, 2021

Balrampur : Aman allegedly killed his elderly parents over a family land dispute in Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, Sonalal beat up his parents — Mayaram (62) and Munni Devi (60) — with a stick when they tried to stop him from attacking his younger brother’s wife over the land dispute in the […]