THE CBI has booked former TMC MP K D Singh and his son in connection with an alleged chit fund scam in Uttar Pradesh. The agency has alleged that a company floated by Singh promised investors returns up to 10 times of investment but many investors never got paid. SinghRead More →
Portraits of Prime minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were found in garbage collected at the Kosi Kalan power plant, officials said on Sunday. The portraits of the two leaders were disposed off in ‘kabad’ by some employees of the power plant while the office wasRead More →
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on compliance of its order by which it had stayed the bail condition imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan that land adjoining Jauhar University campus will be attached in an alleged enemy property grabbing case. Khan alleged thatRead More →
Almost two months after the government announced a cut in wheat allocation of 10 states under the National Food Security Act, 2013, at least two BJP-ruled states – Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat – have asked the Centre to allocate them more quantity of wheat and urged change in their ratioRead More →
A pickup van carrying 17 pilgrims from Haridwar rammed into a tree in Gajraula area here Thursday morning, killing 10 people and injuring seven others, police said. The accident took place after the driver lost control of the vehicle, they said. The injured passengers were rushed to a hospital, policeRead More →
Denying allegations of illegal demolition of private properties in the state following violent protests over remarks on the Prophet, the Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that action was “carried out by the Kanpur Development Authority and Prayagraj Development Authority strictly in accordance with the Uttar Pradesh UrbanRead More →
A minor girl was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man at a village in Meerut late Tuesday night. The alleged incident took place at the girl’s house where her three younger brothers were also present. The girl’s father, a contractual labourer, has lodged an FIR stating that he was outRead More →
Refuting claims that the recent “demolitions” of some private properties in Kanpur and Prayagraj were without following the due process of law, the Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that the actions were “carried out by the Kanpur Development Authority and Prayagraj Development Authority strictly in accordance withRead More →
The bulldozer brought in by the Uttar Pradesh government in Prayagraj on Sunday to raze the house of Mohammad Javed is part of a familiar playbook: the issue is under substantive challenge in three courts, the Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court and the Madhya Pradesh High Court. And in allRead More →
Uttar Pradesh Assembly recently concluded its first paperless session — a feat many had deemed challenging given the strength of the House. Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana speaks to Maulshree Seth about the challenges that the House faced in adopting a new system and the state government’s plans to construct aRead More →
