Patna: NDA partners BJP and the JD(U) appear divided on the contentious new citizenship law, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserting illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country and the alliance’s CM face for Bihar Nitish Kumar calling such talk “faltu baat”. Notes of dissonance emanated from the JD(U)-BJP stable on Wednesday when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed displeasure […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Congress leader from Haryana Pankaj Punia has been arrested by police in Karnal for allegedly “hurting religious feelings” through a social media post, a police official said on Thursday. Punia, a former secretary of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, was arrested late Wednesday night following a written complaint by a Karnal resident at Madhuban police […]
Read MoreLucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back labourers stranded in other states because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday, and directed officials to prepare an action plan in this regard. At a review meeting with senior officers here, Adityananth asked them to prepare a list of people stuck in […]
Read MoreLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said his government successfully made exams cheating-free in the state in the last over two years. He said the situation was “quite challenging” when a campaign to “cleanse the education system of its anomalies” was launched. “We received full cooperation from principals, teachers, parents, students and […]
Read MoreKanpur: A man and a woman belonging to different communities allegedly committed suicide, fearing that their families would not accept their relationship, police said here on Wednesday. The bodies of Azad Ali (22) and Kanchan (19), who eloped a fortnight back, were recovered along with a suicide note and an empty bottle of a poisonous […]
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