Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanath Meets Family Of Soldier Killed In Pulwama Terror Attack

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 17, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today visited the family CRPF constable Pankaj Tripathi, who was killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday. He assured the soldier's family of all possible help.

Bengaluru-Based NGO Hopes To Achieve '5 Billion Meals' Milestone By 2021

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 17, 2019

Bengaluru-based NGO Akshaya Patra, that distributes meals to school kids across 12 states, is now aiming for its 5th billion meal by 2021, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended an event to mark its 3 billion milestone. The organization is also seeking to expand in Uttar Pradesh and make debut in Delhi, Bihar and West Bengal

Vande Bharat Express Begins First Commercial Run

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 17, 2019

The train manufactured by the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) broke down on Saturday morning at the Chamraula station in Uttar Pradesh

CRPF Man Worried About Not Being Able To See 2-Year-Old Daughter Grow Up

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Saturday February 16, 2019

A father to two young girls, a husband, a man fondly remembered by everyone in his village in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, 35-year-old Ajit Kumar was one of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed when terrorists attacked a convoy with an SUV laden with explosives in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday.

"When A Minister Cannot Have A Say": OP Rajbhar's Dig At Yogi Adityanath

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 15, 2019

UP Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Thursday said he is giving up the charge of the backward class welfare department, expressing disappointment that his recommendations on appointment of state backward castes panel members have been "ignored".

"Grown Old": Mamata Banerjee Jabs Mulayam Singh For Praising PM

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday February 14, 2019

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee took a sharp jibe at Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha, saying the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister had grown old.

Arms Supplier Held In Delhi, Over 100 Pistols Seized

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 14, 2019

A 30-year-old illegal arms supplier was arrested and ten illegal pistols were recovered from his possession, the Delhi Police said on Thursday.

Blog: Priyanka Factor Should Worry Modi More Than The Gathbandhan

Blog | Aunindyo Chakravarty | Friday February 15, 2019

Will Priyanka generate enough of a groundswell to upset electoral equations in the state? And who will the Priyanka Factor dent, if at all? Will she eat into the upper-caste, better educated, more affluent urban vote share and cause problems for the BJP? Or will she take away a sizeable chunk of the Muslim vote and hit the SP-BSP combine?

Rajnath Singh Flags Off Inaugural Flight From Lucknow To Najaf

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 14, 2019

Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Thursday flagged off the inaugural flight from Uttar Pradesh's capital city to Najaf in Iraq.

Mayawati Blasts Congress Again, Delivers Message In Alliance Season

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday February 14, 2019

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today ripped into the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh - where her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the ruling party's ally - over a recent incident of accused in cow slaughter being charged under the National Security Act. She compared the Congress government with that of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and questioned, ...

No Proof Of Sedition Against Aligarh Students In Early Probe: Police

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday February 14, 2019

The police in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh said there is no evidence of sedition in the early investigation against 14 students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) who were charged with sedition yesterday. The charges will be dropped if there is no evidence to back the claim, the police said.

For Priyanka Gandhi's Second 15-Hour Workday, Workers Get Food From Home

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday February 14, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia ended meetings with Congress workers in Uttar Pradesh at 2.30 am on Thursday morning, clocking in two 15-hour workdays as they attempt to revive the party in India's most politically vital state ahead of the national election, due by May.

Posters In Lucknow Hail Mulayam Singh For Praising PM Modi In Parliament

India News | ANI | Thursday February 14, 2019

Posters thanking Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav were put up in Lucknow on Wednesday after the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament and said that he hopes to see him back in power after the general elections this year.

UP Government Given 4 Weeks For Vision Document On Taj Mahal Preservation

Agra News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 14, 2019

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a vision document for protection and preservation of the Taj Mahal in Agra within four weeks, saying it was difficult to proceed in the matter without it.

Congress To Gain From Mulayam Singh's Comment On PM Modi, Says Leader

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Mulayam Singh Yadav's comment in parliament that he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes PM again will benefit the Congress, party's leader in Uttar Pradesh, Pramod Tiwari said on Wednesday.