Uttar Pradesh

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

GST collection should be highest in UP: CM Adityanath

6:33 pm December 24, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh, being the most populous state in the country, should register the highest collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday and directed officials to make efforts to raise revenue receipts. He said at a review meeting that strict action should be taken against those involved in […]

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

FIR against 8 UP officials after cattle deaths

3:25 pm December 24, 2020

Lalitpur (UP): Police have booked eight officials, days after 10 animals were found dead and not disposed of properly at a cow shelter in UP’s Lalitpur district, authorities said on Thursday. The cattle had died under mysterious circumstances last week at the temporary cow shelter in Saujana in Mahroni tehsil. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Wanted criminal’s house attached in UP’s Meerut

10:36 pm December 23, 2020

Muzaffarnagar : A wanted criminal’s house in Meerut worth over Rs 1 crore was attached by Muzaffarnagar district police on Wednesday, officials said. The police have attached a house of notorious criminal Bhupendra Bafar on the orders of Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate Selvakumari J. On the recommendation of police, the DM ordered the house valued at […]

Asaram hospitalised after complaining of chest pain

Probe ordered into UP jail event ‘glorifying’ godman Asaram

10:15 pm December 23, 2020

Shahjahanpur: Prison authorities in Uttar Pradesh have ordered a probe into allegations that an event at the district jail here “glorified” godman Asaram, who is serving a sentence for rape. The rape victim’s father made the demand following reports that the self-styled godman’s two followers had come from Lucknow, distributed blankets and held a prayer meeting […]

Two people dead in road accident in UP’s Firozabad

6:35 pm December 23, 2020

Firozabad: Two labourers working on a bridge were run over by an unidentified vehicle in a town in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The deceased, both aged around 26, were working on a bridge in Shikohabad when the accident took place, Circle Officer Baldev Singh said. He said efforts were underway to identify […]