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BJP president Nitin Nabin appointed senior leaders to oversee party affairs in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat ahead of upcoming Assembly elections. Vinod Tawde will handle Uttar Pradesh, Satish Poonia Punjab and Tarun Chugh Gujarat, with Jagdish Patel as UP co-in-charge

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of worsening healthcare, inflation and corruption. He alleged public welfare services had deteriorated and said people were determined to vote the BJP out in the 2027 Assembly elections

A 33-year-old man was allegedly shot dead while returning from a friend’s birthday party in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district. Police said his family suspected the killing stemmed from a dispute with relatives over alleged electricity theft from public transmission lines

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday stressed unity to protect Sanatan traditions, recalling the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and Ayodhya’s transformation. He also highlighted Sambhal’s redevelopment, criticised alleged opposition to Hindu causes and vowed action against wrongdoing

A POCSO court in Mainpuri sentenced a 22-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 16-year-old Class 11 student in 2025. The court acquitted his father and friend, citing insufficient evidence against the two co-accused

A leopard was captured in the Belrayan forest range of Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa buffer zone following recent big cat attacks on villagers. Forest officials said it was trapped in a cage near Murtiha village, marking the fourth leopard captured since August 2

Organisers of proposed ‘shankhnaad’ and ‘karseva’ programmes at Mathura’s Krishna Janmabhoomi site cancelled the events on Sunday, citing Kanwar Yatra participation. Police had issued notices and restricted gatherings, citing court directions and prohibiting new religious traditions at the disputed site

The Allahabad High Court directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to treat a deceased Rural Engineering Department work-charge employee as regularised from the date he became eligible, holding that death cannot extinguish an accrued right. It also ordered consideration of his son’s compassionate appointment

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 14-year-old neighbour in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, police said. The accused allegedly lured the toddler to a secluded spot. He has been detained, while police registered a case under BNS and POCSO provisions

Four people, including two migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, were killed in two separate road accidents in erstwhile Medak district on Friday night. Several others were injured after a DCM and a passenger auto collided with two-wheelers.

The Varanasi Municipal Corporation collected Rs 49,000 in fines from meat sellers violating the Shravan closure order. Civic authorities said inspections will continue to enforce restrictions imposed in view of Kanwar Yatra movement and devotees' religious sentiments

Educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut and Ghaziabad will remain closed till August 12 due to heavy Kanwar Yatra movement. Authorities cited student safety and traffic management, while exempting examinations already scheduled by schools, colleges and universities

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address students at a 'Chhatra Samvaad' in Prayagraj on August 8, focusing on exam paper leaks and employment. The UP Congress said over 1.5 lakh students have registered for the interaction

The body of an 11-year-old schoolgirl, swept away in a drain while returning from school during heavy rain in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, was recovered from the Kali river after a five-day search. Police are probing allegations of school negligence

Police in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, detained a 20-year-old man named Zahid after he allegedly recorded an obscene video call of a 15-year-old girl, threatened her, and circulated the clip online. Authorities registered a case under the BNS and IT Act

Around 1,800 camera traps captured over 1.5 lakh images across Uttar Pradesh's four tiger reserves during the 2026 tiger estimation exercise. Scientists at the Wildlife Institute of India will analyse the data, while Dudhwa expects continued growth in tiger numbers

A 21-year-old Muslim youth from Meerut joined the Kanwar Yatra with his Hindu friend, carrying a 251-litre Kanwar from Haridwar. The duo said their pilgrimage promotes social harmony, friendship beyond religious differences, and the message that humanity unites people

The Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government to include a forensic auditor in the SIT probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The court asked the five-member team to submit a status report within two weeks

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused the Samajwadi Party of creating an identity crisis in Mainpuri before 2017, highlighted his government's development and law-and-order record, and launched 111 projects worth ₹682 crore in the district

The father of a NEET aspirant who died by suicide after the alleged paper leak said no compensation can replace his son, but hoped the agitation and subsequent reforms would create a fairer examination system and prevent similar tragedies for other families