Uttar Pradesh

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‘Love jihad’ serious problem, states should act: BJP

7:22 pm November 22, 2020

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday termed ‘love jihad‘ a “serious problem” and backed the decision of its state governments to enact laws against it. BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have expressed their intention to bring a law against ‘love jihad’, a term coined by Hindutva groups for Hindu girls being allegedly forced […]

PM lauds UP govt for pace of development

6:48 pm November 22, 2020

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the pace of the development despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the stone laying of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing, Modi said the projects are an […]

Three of family killed by relatives after dispute over waste disposal

11:37 pm November 21, 2020

Banda: Three members of a family, including an Uttar Pradesh Police constable, were killed allegedly by their relatives over disposal of garbage in Gayatri Nagar area here, police said on Saturday. Nine people have been arrested and police personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order following the Friday night incident, they said. […]

46,232 new COVID-19 cases in India, tally reaches 90.50 lakh; death toll mounts to 1,32,726

11:15 am November 21, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 90.50 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to over 84.78 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.67 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,50,597 with 46,232 infections being reported […]

2,840 new COVID cases, 20 deaths in UP

9:02 pm November 20, 2020

Lucknow: Twenty more people died from the novel coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, taking toll to 7,500 on Friday, while the tally rose to 5.22 lakh with 2,840 new cases, an official said. There are 23,357 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 4.91 lakh people have recovered after 2,220 more people recuperated, Additional Chief […]