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Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a groom in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district ran away from the marriage venue as he did not get the required dowry, police said. The incident took place at a mass marriage event in Sharifapur village of the district in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Minister Dharam Pal Singh. The groom […]
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Lucknow: In a shocking revelation, it has been found that minors have been at the forefront of the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad. According to a senior police official , majority of the protesters in Kanpur, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Moradabad are minors. ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar admitted […]
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Lucknow: Protests broke out at several places in the state after the Friday prayers over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s controversial remark on Prophet Mohammad recently. A senior official at the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters in Lucknow said sloganeering took place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow. People raised slogans and pelted stones in the […]
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Hyderabad: The Gopalapuram police on Friday arrested six persons of an Uttar Pradesh-based gang and seized 43.25 tolas of gold ornaments, 27 tolas of silver and Rs.4.13 lakh, altogether worth Rs.26.5 lakh. The arrested persons, Ishaq, Mohd Gulshed, Mohd Juned Alam, Abdul Ansar Ali, Riyasad and Bablu Ahmad, were nabbed from near the Secunderabad Railway […]
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Meerut: An Army Major has been accused of cutting his wife’s finger demanding dowry from her in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The Major’s wife, who is in her early 30s, approached police with the finger injury and alleged that her husband has been harassing her “mentally and physically” for dowry since 2014 when they got married. […]
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Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): A Muslim village head and two others have been booked for putting up tiles with pictures of Lord Shiva in a toilet. Two of the accused have been arrested, while the village head Reshma is absconding. According to reports, the incident took place in Barra Berora village. The tiles in the toilets […]
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Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother in a fit of rage here after she refused to allow him to play PUBG. The boy shot his mother with his father’s licensed revolver and kept the body hidden in one of the rooms of the house. He sprayed room freshener in […]
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Hapur: The death toll in the blast incident at a factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur has risen to 13 on Sunday. The police have booked two persons for culpable homicide in the incident. The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered an FIR under sections 286 (Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance), 287 (Negligent conduct with […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on his 50th birthday and lauded him, saying the state has scaled new heights of progress under his “able” leadership. A five-time MP from Gorakhpur, the monk politician has made rapid strides in politics after being picked by the BJP […]
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Hyderabad: After a delegation from West Bengal Chief Minister’s Office visited the State on Thursday to study MeeSeva operations and other e-Governance initiatives of Telangana, a team from Uttar Pradesh Commercial Taxes department held a meeting with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Commercial Taxes Commissioner S Ministhy led the delegation of senior […]
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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who attended a special screening of period action drama “Samrat Prithviraj” with his cabinet colleagues, on Thursday declared the movie tax-free in the state. The screening of the movie was held at Lok Bhawan here, and Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, female lead Manushi Chillar and director Chandra Prakash […]
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Lucknow: Despite the crackdown on mafia and criminals by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, the gun culture continues to prosper. Well-known British firearms manufacturing company, Webley & Scott, which has an exclusive manufacturing unit in Sandila in Hardoi district, will now increase production to 400 revolvers per month in view of growing demand. […]
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make it mandatory for all dog owners to get licences for their pets. It began with Lucknow and will soon be extended to all cities in Uttar Pradesh. In case of no licence, a fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on the owner and the dog […]
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Kanpur: Brides in Uttar Pradesh are getting bolder and more demanding. In the past few weeks, brides have turned away their groom because either he came drunk or was bald. Now a bride has refused to marry because the groom forgot to bring along a photographer. The incident was reported from a village in Kanpur […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s foresight and efficient management of the power sector has virtually made the State a neighbours’ envy. While several States are reeling under power shortage and have been declaring power holidays this summer season, Telangana, contrary to doomsday predictors, has been supplying 24×7 quality and uninterrupted power to all sections of consumers. At a […]
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New Delhi: Continuing to raise the issue of unemployment, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday said over 60 lakh sanctioned central and state government posts are vacant in various sectors when joblessness is at its highest level in three decades. The MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh Saturday tweeted a chart mentioning government jobs sector-wise. […]
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Warangal: Inavolu police arrested a three-member interstate cybercrime gang and recovered Rs 10.07 lakh cash from them, said Warangal Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi here on Thursday. The arrested were Manoj Jaiswal, Gnanendra Yadav of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and Raj Kumar of Warisaliganj in Bihar. He said that the gang had cheated one Bontha […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s lacklustre policies continue to affect the poor, depriving them of an honourable livelihood under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The BJP government at the Centre, which reduced the man-days in Telangana under the scheme from 16 crore to 10 crore impacting the livelihood of labourers in the State, […]
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Kanpur: Fake ornaments gifted to a bride in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur nearly broke up the marriage. The incident took place in Birhar village in Saadh police area of Ghatampur town. The bride saw the ornaments gifted to her by the groom’s family and sensed something was wrong. She spoke to one of her father’s friends, […]
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Siddhartha Nagar: Eight persons were killed and four others seriously injured when an SUV rammed into a stationary trailer on the Naugarh-Bansi road in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddhartha Nagar district on Sunday. All the passengers in the SUV, a Bolero, were a part of a marriage party. According to reports, the passengers were returning after attending a […]
