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UP CM Adityanath reviews law and order situation ahead of festive season

Ahead of the upcoming festive season, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reviewed the law and order situation in the state, and directed that police patrolling should be increased, an official statement said. "The one month of the festivals is going to be sensitive, and in view of this, special alertness has to be maintained, and all the necessary security arrangements have to be ensured, and police patrolling be increased," Adityanath said. According to the statement, the chief minister held the law and order review meeting through video conferencing with senior police and administrative officials of the state at his residence here, in view of Navratra, Durga Puja, Barawafat and Deepawali. Speaking about Ramlila, he said, "Ramlila is a part of our ancient culture. Adequate security arrangements have to be made, since Ramlila is staged till late in the night." The chief minister also directed that talks should be held with Durga Puja organising committees, and idols of the Go

Record production of food grains in UP proved farmers' potential: CM Yogi

Despite their dependence on nature, the farmers of Uttar Pradesh have proved their potential by producing record quantities of foodgrains, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Surge in retreating rains may hit harvest for UP, Haryana farmers

On September 25, according to the IMD, western Uttar Pradesh received around 29.7 mm of rain, 889 per cent more than the normal for the day

Demolitions destroy more than just homes: Activists question legal basis

The trend of demolishing properties of alleged criminals and rioters has put the spotlight on hardships suffered by their immediate family members, while social activists and a section of politicians have raised questions over legality of such punitive actions. In the last few months, Madhya Pradesh has seen a number of instances where people accused of involvement in heinous crimes and violence have seen their unauthorized houses and shops being swiftly bulldozed by government agencies. Earlier this month, the Bhopal district administration demolished the illegal house of a bus driver who allegedly raped a minor girl, a nursery student of a renowned private school. After the driver was arrested by the police, officials from the local administration reached his two-room temporary home in Ajay Nagar in the state capital and flattened it without giving any opportunity to his family members to shift to some other place. The family alleged no prior notice was given before pulling down .

JD(U) UP unit hopes Nitish Kumar will reconsider to contest LS polls

Days after JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar denied the possibility of contesting the 2024 general elections from Phulpur, the party's Uttar Pradesh unit remains hopeful that he will reconsider the decision to send a larger message of Opposition unity against the BJP. Some Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders also welcomed the idea. Dismissing speculation over his candidature in the Lok Sabha elections from the Phulpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh, Kumar said on September 20 that he is only interested in uniting opposition parties ahead of the parliamentary polls. The Bihar chief minister also asserted that his efforts should reap benefits for the younger generation, "for people like (his deputy) Tejashwi Yadav". Uttar Pradesh JD(U) president Anoop Singh Patel said the party state unit hopes that Kumar will reconsider his decision. "We had given a proposal to him (Nitish Kumar) at the party's recent national convention in Patna to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Phulpur, Mirzapur or ..

18 die in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in 2 days, says govt

As many as 18 people died in rain-related incidents and after falling into a borewell in Uttar Pradesh in the last two days, the state government said in a statement here on Saturday. Five people died due to heavy rains. This includes two in Muzaffarnagar, and one each in Fatehpur, Aligarh and Gorakhpur, it said. Seven people died after being struck by lightning. This includes three in Prayagraj, and one each in Chandauli, Sitapur, Aligarh and Hardoi. One person each died in Fatehpur, Agra and Amethi due to drowning, the statement said. While two people died in Mathura after falling into a borewell, one person died in Sultanpur due to a snakebite, it said. According to the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the kin of the deceased have been given financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh, the statement said. Amid heavy rains in the state, 67 teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations in 44 districts in view of the danger of floods, it said. The chief minister has issue

Lumpy disease: UP bans cattle trade with 4 states; limits animal movement

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned cattle trade with four neighbouring states and also imposed a "lockdown" on the intrastate movement of animals from 28 districts to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease, Animal Husbandry Minister Dharampal Singh said Friday. He said the lumpy skin disease has spread to animals in 14 states of the country and it is "fatal to animals like coronavirus" is to human. The viral disease entered Uttar Pradesh through states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, the minister told the fifth day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Assembly. "In view of this, the import of animals has been banned by sealing the interstate borders for cattle movement," he said. He said 26,197 cows have been infected with the disease in the state out of which 16,872 have been treated. He said 28 districts of Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly divisions are affected by this disease in western Uttar Pradesh. "So a lockdown has

Samajwadi Party boycotts UP assembly session, protests on varied issues

Main opposition Samajwadi Party on Friday boycotted the assembly session and staged a protest alleging the government failed to discuss raging issues of inflation and unemployment in the House. Led by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the party legislators staged a walkout soon after the House proceedings started on the last day of the five-day monsoon session and took out a march to the party headquarters. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MLAs also walked out of the assembly following their ally, Samajwadi Party. At the party office, Yadav told reporters that the government is trying to run away from discussing basic issues in the House by keeping the session for a shorter period. Samajwadi party, during the march alleged that the government has failed to discuss raging issues of inflation, unemployment, corruption and poor law and order due to the short duration of the monsoon session. Jayant Chaudhary led RLD has eight MLAs in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly presently. This protest march

CBI, ED no more 'caged parrot' but 'jewels of law': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that the CBI and the ED were no more a "caged parrot" but have now become a "jewels of law" which are performing their duties fairly without any bias. Speaking to reporters in Moradabad and Rampur, Naqvi slammed the opposition parties for accusing the government of misusing the probe agencies to target them. He said those raising such questions are themselves in dock for committing "wrong deeds." These "champions of corruption" are in trouble today that is why they are levelling baseless and unsubstantiated statements against the agencies, Naqvi said. He also parried criticism of the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to survey madrassas and waqf properties, saying its critics are raising a "bogey of fear and fallacy" only for emotional exploitation of people. "Everyone's constitutional rights are absolutely safe and secure. "Some organisations like PFI are involved in a criminal and communal .

Lucknow Bench sentences Mukhtar Ansari five-year jail in Gangster Act case

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced former MLA Mukhtar Ansari to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangster Act. Justice D K Singh passed the order overturning the acquittal by a special MP-MLA court in 2020. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Ansari. State counsel Rao Narendra Singh said the FIR was lodged with the Lucknow's Hazratganj police in 1999 and a special court had acquitted Ansari in 2020. The state had filed an appeal against acquittal in 2021. The High Court on Friday allowed the state government's appeal and sentenced Ansari to five years in jail, he said. On Wednesday, Mukhtar Ansari was awarded seven-year jail in another case for threatening a jailer and pointing a pistol at him. In 2003, the then Lucknow district prison jailer SK Awasthi had lodged an FIR with the Alambagh police alleging that he was threatened for ordering a search of people who came to meet Ansari. A trial court had acquitted A

SP boycotts Assembly session over Allahabad University fee hike agitation

The Samajwadi Party staged a walkout from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after its members were disallowed to raise the issue of students' agitation in the Allahabad University over steep fee hike

India's first MotoGP to be held in Noida's Buddh circuit in 2023

In a statement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that it is a matter of great pride for the state to host such a globally prestigious mega sports event

BJP spent over Rs 340 cr on poll campaigns in five states, maximum in UP

The Bharatiya Janata Party spent over Rs 340 crore in the assembly polls in five states held earlier this year, while the Congress shelled out more than Rs 194 crore for its campaigning in these states, according to the election expenditure reports of the two parties. According to the report filed by the BJP and put in public domain by the Election Commission, the party spent more than Rs 340 crore on its campaigns for the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab assembly elections held early this year. The BJP's spending report showed that it spent over Rs 221 crore in Uttar Pradesh, over Rs 23 crore in Manipur, Rs 43.67 crore in Uttarakhand, more than Rs 36 crore in Punjab and Rs 19 crore in Goa. According to the report filed by the Congress, it spent over Rs 194 crore for campaigning and related expenditure in the five states. The BJP and Congress are recognised national parties. Parties contesting Lok Sabha and assembly polls are mandated to file their election ...

BJP's expenses on assembly polls in five states up 58% to Rs 344 cr

In 2017, BJP had spent Rs 218.26 crore on the elections in the five states. In 2022, the expense was Rs 344 crore. Congress's bill rose from Rs 108.14 crore to Rs 194.80 during the same period

Students' complaint misdirected, says Allahabad University VC amid protest

Amid the ongoing protest by students against fee hike, Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Sangita Srivastava on Wednesday said their complaint was "misdirected" and promised to waive off the entire fee of those hailing from poor background and orphaned during Covid. The students have been protesting against an alleged 400-times fee hike at the university. A student protesting the fee hike also attempted self-immolation on Monday but the act was foiled by the police deployed on the spot. Srivastava's message shared on the university's official Twitter handle said the fee per student annually for the past several decades was Rs 975 which comes to Rs 81 per month. The university fee has been enhanced to Rs 4,151 per year -- Rs 333 per month, she said. The process has gone through rigorous deliberation and decision making at several levels -- the Finance Committee, Academic Council and Executive Council -- states the message. "What is being spread is that there is a 400-times incre

Former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari gets 2 years in prison for threatening jailer

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday convicted former MLA Mukhtar Ansari and sentenced him to two years in prison for threatening a jailer and pointing a pistol at him. Justice DK Singh passed the order while allowing an appeal by the Uttar Pradesh government. The case dates to 2003 when Lucknow district prison jailer SK Awasthi lodged an FIR with Alambagh police alleging that he was threatened for ordering a search of the people who came to meet Ansari in prison. Awasthi also alleged that Ansari had pointed a pistol at him while abusing him. A trial court acquitted Ansari in this case, but the government filed an appeal. Ansari is currently lodged in Banda jail.

Sanskrit teachers to be trained for online teaching in Uttar Pradesh

Sanskrit teachers in all government schools of Uttar Pradesh will be trained to take online teaching.

UP CM Yogi orders investigation of all properties registered under Waqf

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to undertake a probe of all the properties recorded under Waqf

Lucknow to get all-women market to promote female entrepreneurs, traders

Lucknow will soon get an all-women market which is designed to promote female entrepreneurs and traders.

UP CM writes to female legislators ahead of women-only session on Sept 22

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday sent a letter to the female legislators of the state Legislature ahead of the women-only occasion on the session of September 22