Aligarh

1,600 workers at Aligarh University on strike over non-payment of salary

Administrative work at the Aligarh Muslim University remained hamstrung on Saturday as nearly 1,600 non-teaching employees carried on their protest on Saturday over the non-payment of their wages. The protest, which was reported to be peaceful, entered its second day on Saturday. The protesters, most of them temporary workers employed on a daily wage basis, gathered near the Vice Chancellor's office on Saturday to convey their pain. According to authorities, security arrangements at all the entry points of the campus have been beefed up as a precautionary measure. Rihan Ahmad, the secretary of the Technical Staff Association of the University, told reporters that about 1,600 non-teaching temporary staff have not received their last month's salary. Ahmed said that a large section of the protesting staff has been working on a temporary basis for as long as a decade and AMU relies heavily on them for a lot of its work. AMU Proctor Mohammad Waseem told the media that the representati

At least 50 children ill after DPT vaccination; CMO says all recovered

At least 50 students of a government primary school in a village here were taken ill after being administered the DPT vaccine. They were rushed to the nearby government primary health centre where they were treated till late evening and later discharged. The incident occurred on Friday at village Nai ka Nagla under Dadon Police station. On Saturday, Chief Medical Officer (CMO)of the district Neeraj Tyagi, however, told reporters that the affected children were only suffering from "routine reactions" from such vaccination. He said that a team of doctors had been sent to the affected village on Saturday morning " and all the children have recovered". The issue stirred a controversy after a number of parents alleged before mediapersons and social workers who arrived at the health centre that the vaccines were administered forcibly to their children without informing them. "The gates of the school were locked when some students tried to run away from the school to avoid the vaccinati

Gas leak: BJP demands immediate arrest of meat processing plant owner

A delegation of BJP leaders on Friday met District Magistrate Inder Veer Singh, demanding the immediate arrest of the owner of a meat processing plant, where over 50 workers fell ill following the leakage of ammonia gas. The incident had taken place on Thursday morning at the meat plant run by Haji Zaheer Qureshi. The general secretary of the BJP's city unit, Sanju Bajaj, said his party demanded that the plant be sealed and a high-powered inquiry be ordered into its functioning. They told mediapersons that if Qureshi is not arrested within 24 hours, their party will intensify its stir. Earlier, police had booked seven members of the factory staff, including the owner, for negligence. Barring the owner, who is absconding, the other six officials were arrested. Fifty-nine workers were taken ill after the incident at the meat processing plant on the outskirts of Aligarh city. All workers are out of danger and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident, District Magistrate Inder

Dozens fall ill due to gas leak in meat factory in UP's Aligarh

Dozens of persons reportedly fell ill following gas leak in a meat factory in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district

AMU entrance test results 2022 declared for UG courses; check details here

AMU entrance test results 2022 has been declared for various undergraduate (UG) programmes, including- BA LLB, BTech, BSc and BCom courses

1 dead, several injured after bus falls off flyover in UP's Aligarh

One person died and several people were injured as a bus veered off a flyover in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh in morning

9 officials of Aligarh coaching institutes arrested for Agnipath violence

"The coaching operators had provoked the anti-social elements and triggered to carry out such acts during the protests amidst the (armed forces) aspirants," Naithani said.

College in UP's Aligarh bans entry of students without prescribed uniform

Students are not allowed to wear a saffron stole or hijab inside college premises: College principal

India moving towards becoming significant defence exporter: PM Modi

Aligarh will work to safeguard the borders of India in the 21st century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday

Cabinet to discuss renaming Aligarh airport after Kalyan Singh: Yogi

Recently, according to reports, after the demise of Kalyan Singh, BJP leaders in Aligarh reiterated their demand to name the newly-constructed mini airport in Aligarh after Kalyan Singh

Vials of coronavirus vaccine missing from Aligarh's primary health centre

Aligarh police registered a case of missing vials of COVID-19 vaccine from the PHC in Naurangabad

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Factory owner, 9 others arrested in police raids

Ten more people were arrested here for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with the Aligarh hooch tragedy

ANM booked in Aligarh for throwing Covid vaccine filled syringes in dustbin

An ANM of a primary health centre in Aligarh was booked for allegedly disposing of 29 syringes filled with Covid vaccine without administrating them to the beneficiaries

8 people dead, 5 hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in Aligarh

Eight people died on Friday and five more are hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor supplied by a contracted vendor, police said here

Covid-19: Aligarh's lock industry hit hard by lockdowns, seeks urgent help

Aligarh's lock industry which employs nearly 1.5 lakh skilled and unskilled workers has demanded prompt steps from the Yogi Adityanath government for its "revival" in the face of persistent hardships

UP govt sends two ADG, DIG level special officers to Hathras, Aligarh Range

The Uttar Pradesh government sent two ADG and DIG of Police level special officers to Hathras district and Aligarh Range for seven days

Aligarh Smart City project should be expedited: Adityanath tells officials

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said the Aligarh Smart City project should be fast-tracked as the city has to play an important role in realisation of the dream of 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat'. He was reviewing development projects in Aligarh division -- comprising Aligarh, Kasganj, Etah and Hathras districts -- through video conferencing from his official residence in Lucknow. Twenty-five projects worth over Rs 50 crore are underway in the division, the UP government said in a statement issued here on Tuesday. Adityanath said that Aligarh, one of the six nodes of the ambitious Defence Corridor project, is a hub of hardware manufacturing, including the lock industry, and holds immense potential for industrialisation and job creation in the state. The Chief Minister asked for a departmental review of the construction of a 'No Frills Airport' at Aligarh, the statement said. The CM asked officials to prepare an action plan to take ODOP (one district one product) scheme

Aligarh youth injured in anti-CAA protest dies, security beefed up in city

A Special Investigation Team has begun investigations into the violent clashes and asked those with any information including video evidence to come forward

Anti-CAA protests: Prohibitory notices issued to 4,000 people in Aligarh

The police have issued notices to 200 people with a criminal background under Section 110 (G) of the CrPc and initiated process of the Goonda Act against 50 persons.

Clashes break out between police and anti-CAA protesters in Aligarh

Deputy Inspector General of Police (Aligarh range) Preetinder Singh, meanwhile, told PTI that police have also detained some persons after the violence