Uttar Pradesh

Noida: One more dies of COVID-19, toll 85

7:24 pm December 8, 2020

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to COVID-19 that pushed the district’s death toll to 85, while its tally surged to 23,655 with 114 new cases on Tuesday, official data showed. Active cases in the district came down further to 965 from 990 the previous day, according to data […]

Adityanath attacks oppn parties for ‘politicising’ farm bills

5:47 pm December 7, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday lashed out at opposition parties for “politicising” farm bills. At a hurriedly convened press conference at his official residence here, the chief minister charged the Congress with indulging in “double speak”. “The opposition parties are betraying the spirit of values, ideologies and principles in politics by unleashing anarchy […]

UP minister inspects ongoing work for Vrindavan Kumbh

11:50 pm December 6, 2020

Mathura: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued directions for the renovation of five bathing stretches on the Yamuna riverbank for the upcoming Vrindavan Kumbh fair near here, besides building roads and 17 parking lots for the visitors, a state Cabinet minister said on Sunday. Talking to reporters after inspecting the ongoing work to improve facilities […]

55-year-old man shot dead by neighbour in UP’s Ghaziabad

11:31 pm December 6, 2020

Ghaziabad : A 55-year-old man was shot dead at home by his neighbour over an argument in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. Rajesh (55) was shot in his stomach outside his house at SLF Ved Vihar Colony in Loni Kotwali police station area on Saturday night, they added. The accused and […]

SC to pronounce verdict on plea of TV anchor against FIRs lodged for his remarks on sufi saint

8:05 pm December 6, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on a plea of TV news anchor Amish Devgan seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him for his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in a show telecast on June 15. A bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, had on September 25 […]