Uttar Pradesh

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

Kaushambi jail inmates stitching body covers for cows draw PM’s praise

11:14 pm December 27, 2020

Lucknow : The stitching of body covers for cows out of old blankets by Kaushambi jail inmates on Sunday drew Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s praise in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme, the Uttar Pradesh government said. ”In Kaushambi jail, the inmates have been making body covers for cows using old and worn-out blankets, so that […]

24-year-old man killed, 4 injured in bus-van head-on collision

10:12 pm December 27, 2020

Fatehpur: One person was killed, while four others were injured when a van in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus of the Uttar Pradesh Roadways. The accident occurred around 10.30 am near Datauli village in the Lalauli police station area, Station House Officer Sandeep Tiwari said. Narendra, 24, succumbed to the injuries on the […]

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

Noida: Active COVID-19 cases drop below 500

9:19 pm December 27, 2020

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 19 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed the district’s infection tally to 24,818 on Sunday, official data showed. Active cases in the district came down to 477 from 522 the previous day as the recovery rate rose to 97.71 per cent, according to the data released by the […]

Another accused held in Haridwar rape-murder case

8:09 pm December 27, 2020

Haridwar (Uttarakhand): A second accused in the rape and murder case of an 11-year-old girl here a week ago was arrested on Sunday from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Rajeev, who had been on the run since Monday last, was arrested on the basis of clues provided by his younger brother who was taken […]

Homeguard dies in road crash in UP’s Greater Noida

7:57 pm December 26, 2020

Noida (UP): A Homeguard deployed in Uttar Pradesh‘s Gautam Buddh Nagar died in a road crash while returning home after work, police said on Saturday. Rohtas, a resident of Dankaur area in the district, was on a two-wheeler which was hit by an unidentified vehicle in Greater Noida, the police said. “He died in the […]