New Delhi: In the eleven-seat Uttar Pradesh legislative council elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata party won five and the Samajwadi party three. The latter won two of the three seats in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Polls of 11 seats in the state’s Upper House were …
Read More »‘Bhagyanagar’s fate rises’: Yogi’s tweet on GHMC election results fuels the name row
Several BJP leaders used Bhagyanagar’s name when tweeting about updates to the GHMC election count on Friday. After the results that placed BJP in second position in the local Hyderabad poll, ahead of the local AIMIM party, were announced, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter and fanned …
Read More »UP Police Reopen ‘Resolved Issue’ To Register First Case Under Yogi’s New Anti-Conversion Law
New Delhi: Hours after Governor Anandiben Patel enacted the controversial Uttar Pradesh Illegal Conversion of Religion Prohibition Ordinance, 2020, the state police filed the first case in Bareilly. But questions are already being asked about the case, which seems tailor-made to justify the swift enactment of the law. In an …
Read More »French Ambassador meets with Adityanath and says he’s interested in partnering with UP
France is ready to collaborate with the Uttar Pradesh government on its ambitious plans to develop sustainable cities, defense industry and aerospace, said French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain. Ambassador Lenain’s comments came after he paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Adityanath on Wednesday. In a tweet, the prime minister said: …
Read More »Adityanath visits Kedarnath before the winter closing ceremony
Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Adityanath, along with his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat, arrived in Kedarnath on Sunday afternoon to attend Monday’s closing ceremony for the shrine portals. Adityanath flew to Dehradun and later accompanied Rawat to Kedarnath, where they also assessed the ongoing reconstruction work in the city of …
Read More »Ayodhya lights up in Deepotsav with 6,06,569 diyas to set another Guinness world record
Ayodhya set a new Guinness World Record on Friday by lighting 6,06,569 earth lamps (diyas) at the majestic Ram Ki Paidi ghat on the banks of the Saryu River and other ghats in the temple city during the fourth Deepotsav. Ram Ki Paidi, a series of ghats, sported a heavenly …
Read More »Bihar is writing the history of progress and prosperity under Nitish Kumar: Adityanath – bihar choice
The prime minister of Uttar Pradesh and one of the BJP’s star activists, Adityanath, began his campaign for the Bihar assembly elections on Tuesday by praising his counterpart Nitish Kumar for ushering in progress and prosperity in the state. His comments came at an election rally in the Ramgarh constituency, …
Read More »BJP leader allegedly shoots dead man in presence of officials, Adityanath suspends SDM and police
One man was shot and killed, allegedly by a BJP leader, and six others were injured by gunfire and hitting bricks during an open meeting called for the allocation of two fair price stores in the Ballia district of eastern Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, police said. A police officer said …
Read More »Kerala Journalists Union Condemns Arrest of Reporter Allegedly Linked to PFI
Uttar Pradesh police detained a journalist and three other men allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India on Monday night as they headed to the Hathras district, where the gang and brutal assault of a Dalit woman has sparked outrage across the country, NDTV reported. This came hours after …
Read More »SC seeks response from UP government on witness protection, postpones hearing until next week
the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday to provide a response by Wednesday on its witness protection plan and whether the family of the 19-year-old Dalit gangrape victim from Hathras has access to a lawyer Living law reported. Four upper caste Thakur men had brutally raped and …
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