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UP tops in ease of committing crime, not business: Akhilesh Yadav

Listing a number of incidents of crime that have been taking place, the SP president said: "Criminals are having a free run in the state while the police are looking the other way."

Shivpal Yadav waits for Azam Khan's release, to form new political front

Estranged Samajwadi Party MLA and president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) Shivpal Singh Yadav is set to form a new political front with another senior SP MLA Mohd Azam Khan.

Uttar Pradesh govt to reactivate Covid Command Centre in Meerut

Health officials said that the surveillance teams have also been asked to gear-up and an intensive checking campaign will be conducted across the district.

Akhilesh doesn't talk about erecting Parshuram's statue anymore: BJP leader

Former Union Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday took a dig at Akhilesh Yadav saying he has stopped talking about erecting an idol of Lord Parshuram, a deity of Brahmins

66% adolescents in UP fully vaccinated, 315 mn doses administered in state

63 per cent of children in the 12-14 years age group have taken the first dose, said health officials on Tuesday.

'Illegal' property worth Rs 21 cr belonging to UP ex-MLC's aide attached

A joint team of police and revenue department on Sunday attached alleged illegal property worth Rs 21 crore registered in the name of former MLC Haji Iqbal's aide. The property was registered in the name of Naseem and it was attached under the provisions of the Gangster Act, police said. Iqbal was a Bahujan Samaj Party MLC from 2010 to 2016. Iqbal, who headed the gang, was indulged in smuggling wood, illegal mining, threatening people and using fraudulent means to purchase government and non-government land, and registering them in the names of his aides, family members, relatives and even servants, Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar told PTI. He had amassed money from criminal activities and purchased a number of properties in Behat area of Saharanpur, the SSP said. In another case, property worth Rs 4 crore in Barabanki district, belonging to drug smuggler Mohammad Saheem alias Kasim, too, was attached on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police, Barabanki, Manoj Kum

Administrative reshuffle: 16 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh

Narendra Bhushan, who was the CEO of Greater Noida has been made the new principal secretary of the Public Works Department

54,000 unauthorised loudspeakers removed from religious places: UP Police

The UP police said it has removed 53,942 loudspeakers from religious places in the state so far following an Allahabad HC order, and has set to permissible limits the volume levels of over 60,200 more

Section 144 imposed in UP's Gautam Budh Nagar amid rise in Covid cases

In view of the upcoming festivals and increasing Covid-19 infections, Section 144 CrPC has been enforced in Gautam Budh Nagar from May 1 to 31.

2 killed, 10 injured in autorickshaw-car collision in UP's Hardoi

Two minor brothers were killed and at least 10 other people injured after an autorickshaw collided with a speeding car, police said.

UP govt to develop 'Mahabharata Circuit' to boost historical tourism

Its purpose is also to increase people's awareness of the state's rich historical heritage and remind them of the lost and forgotten saga of its heroes such as Rani Laxmibai and Maharaja Suheldev

UP: School principal slapped with charges under NSA in paper leak case

Charges under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) have been slapped against the principal Akshay Lal Yadav of a school in the Uttar Pradesh Board's English question paper leak case.

Yogi govt to provide one job to every farmer family in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Adityanath government has set a target to provide at least one employment opportunity to every farmer family in the next five years.

Don't tell reasons, solve the problem: Akhilesh to UP govt on power crisis

Yadav posted a tweet attaching an excerpt of information given by Energy Minister A K Sharma which spoke about the closure of a few power generation units due to technical reasons

Mayawati mocks Akhilesh for saying he wanted her to become prime minister

How someone who could not fulfil his own dream of becoming the chief minister will manage to realise the aspirations of others: Mayawati

Mayawati slams Akhilesh, says never dreamt of becoming country's president

Mayawati's remarks come a day after Yadav said "BSP has transferred its votes to the BJP in the UP polls. Now it will be interesting to see whether the BJP makes Mayawati President (or not) in return"

Hema Malini says Mathura 'not a very clean place', flags cleanliness issues

Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini on Tuesday flagged the issue of cleanliness in her parliamentary constituency Mathura.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP participated in the inaugural programme of a new government school building in Ishwariya village of Amreli district on Tuesday. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state Education Minister Jitu Vaghani were also present in the programme.Addressing the gathering, Hema Malini said that she recently completed the 'Chaurai Kos Yatra', in which she covered various places associated with Lord Krishna in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states of Haryana and Rajasthan. Malini said during her Yatra, she found that Mathura was not clean enough due to the huge footfall of visitors."In many people's imagination, Mathura is not a very clean place. The reason is that crores of people visit Mathura and the mechanism for maintaining cleanliness there is not all that good. However, we have put in lots of effort and have ...

Markets alongside Ganga in UP to discourage illegal farming, fishing

To encourage the local people in conservation of biodiversity, the Bijnor administration has decided to develop an open-air market and a craft bazar along the river in the area.

Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking UP CM Adityanath's real name

The Allahabad HC has dismissed a PIL seeking direction that Yogi Adityanath may be directed to take the oath of office of the UP CM again in his real name.

ATS gets 7-day custody of man accused of attack at Gorakhpur temple

A special court Monday granted the Anti-Terrorist Squad seven-day custody of Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi in connection with an attack on security personnel at the Gorakhpur temple earlier this month. His custody period would begin Tuesday and end on May 3. The ATS had produced Murtaza in the court of in-charge ATS judge Mohammad Gazali after bringing him from a Gorakhpur jail. It also produced a letter of the Gorakhpur jail superintendent, requesting that Murtaza be sent to a jail in Lucknow. Initially, the court granted his judicial custody till April 30. However, the ATS moved an application seeking Murtaza's custody for seven days. It was submitted that some important data was received from electronic equipment recovered from him, and his social media platform, and it was necessary to take his custody to interrogate him on these. Abbasi, an IIT graduate, tried to forcibly enter the famous Gorakhnath temple premises on April 3 and attacked security personnel with a sickle, injuring tw