Uttar Pradesh

Adityanath recommends CBI probe, Gandhi’s make it to Hathras victim’s home

11:28 pm October 3, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, which triggered nationwide outrage. The decision was announced by the Chief Minister’s Office minutes after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wound up their visit to the home of the victim’s family at a village in Hathras district. Hours earlier, […]

UP Dy CM tests positive for coronavirus infection

1:12 pm October 3, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has tested positive for COVID-19. After testing positive for the infection, the minister on Friday urged everyone, who came in his contact in the last few days, get themselves tested for COVID-19 and quarantine themselves. Maurya, 51, who holds the portfolio of PWD ministry, said in […]

Hathras SP, four other cops suspended over Dalit woman’s gangrape-murder case

11:49 pm October 2, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday suspended Hathras SP Vikrant Vir and four other policemen over the gangrape-murder case of the Dalit woman, a senior official said. The official said the action has been taken on the basis of a preliminary inquiry report of the SIT. Besides Vikrant Vir, the other suspended […]

Protests across UP over Hathras incident

11:44 pm October 2, 2020

Lucknow: Prayer meetings and protests were held across Uttar Pradesh on Friday with political parties and AMU students seeking justice for the 19-year-old Hathras woman who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital after she was allegedly raped over a fortnight ago. The Congress organised prayer meetings across the state. Senior party leaders, including […]

Cops in UP didn’t push Rahul, he fell down due to crowd: Danve

9:02 pm October 2, 2020

Jalna: Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Friday said it was not true that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was pushed by the police in Uttar Pradesh when he was on his way to meet the family of Hathras victim as he fell down due to the jostling crowd. The BJP leader was speaking to reporters outside his residence here. “It is not […]