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Noida reports first Covid-19 case in months as man tests positive

A Noida resident has tested positive for Covid, in a first case of the infection in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar after several months, officials said. The patient is a 54-year-old male who lives in Noida but works at a multinational company in Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Sharma said on Thursday. "His test sample has been sent to Delhi for genome sequencing. The result is awaited," Sharma said. District Surveillance Officer and public healthcare expert Dr Amit Kumar said the patient travelled to Nepal earlier this month and also went to work at his Gurugram office after returning. "The patient is asymptomatic and went for the COVID-19 test on his own," Kumar said, adding that this is the only confirmed case in Gautam Buddh Nagar so far. CMO Sharma said testing for the virus had come down in the district this year. People can get themselves tested for Covid at primary and community health centres here and the district hospital, he added. The

13 states raise Rs 19,692 crore; Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh top list

The cut-off yield on the 10-year state bond was set in a range of 7.62-7.63%, against 7.71-7.74% in the previous week

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC rejects Muslim side's maintainability plea

The Allahabad High Court dismissed petitions of Sunni Central Waqf Board and Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, and allowed suits seeking restoration of temple at Gyanvapi

Allahabad HC's verdict on pleas challenging Gyanvapi survey on Tue

The Allahabad High Court is likely to pronounce its judgment on Tuesday on five petitions challenging the maintainability of a civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking the restoration of a temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque exists. The petitions filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (AIMC) and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board have also challenged a Varanasi court order of April 8, 2021 to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque. On December 8, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had reserved judgment after hearing the counsels of the petitioners and the respondent. The AIMC, which looks after the management of Gyanvapi mosque located adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi, has challenged the maintainability of a suit filed before a Varanasi court, wherein the Hindu petitioners have sought restoration of a temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque presently exists. According to Hindu side plaintiff, the Gyanvapi mosque is a

BJP glorifying perpetrators of rape, turning Kashi into mall: UP Cong chief

The Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai has accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of "glorifying" perpetrators of rape and also turning Kashi into a shopping mall. Interacting with reporters at Mahadeva Mela here on Sunday, he said the BJP MLA from Duddhi was already facing trial for rape under the POCSO Act when his party gave the ticket to fight the polls and become a legislator. "This shows the BJP's thinking towards women. The perpetrators of rape are being glorified in the BJP government. The victim got justice from the court," the UP Congress chief said. An MP-MLA court of Sonbhadra on Friday sentenced BJP MLA from Duddhi assembly constituency Ramdular Gond to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl nine years ago. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh which will help in the victim's rehabilitation. Rai, who along with Congress office-bearers attended the closing ceremony of the Mahadeva Mela and performed Jalabhishek at Lodheshwar Mahadev ...

UPSSSC UP PET Result 2023: Everything you need to know about result

To know about the PET 2023 results, compare the obtained marks in the written exam with the UPSSSC PET cut off marks to know about your final results

Mukhtar Ansari gets 5.5 years jail term for death threat to coal trader

A special court here on Friday sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to five-and-a-half year's imprisonment for death threat to a coal trader in 1997. Along with the imprisonment, the MP-MLA court of Ujjawal Upadhyay also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ansari after convicting him for threatening to kill Mahaveer Prasad Ranguta, the victim's counsel Vidhan Chandra Yadav said. Ansari had threatened to blast Ranguta, a Varanasi resident, and his house in January, 1997, Yadav said. The court completed the hearing in the case on December 5 but reserved its judgment. The bench convicted Ansari and announced the quantum of punishment on Friday, he added. Ansari attended the court proceedings via video conferencing from Banda jail, Yadav said. Ansari, who is an accused in several cases, is lodged in Banda jail since 2021 after being brought from a Punjab Jail. According to information provided by UP police headquarters, Mukhtar has 65 cases, including that of murder, extort

1,000 acres of defunct textile mills in UP to give way for new firms

These defunct units collectively owe liabilities of almost Rs 3,000 crore to different agencies, including financial institutions, and have little chances of revival

Telecom infrastructure providers flag permission issues in Uttar Pradesh

Industry body Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) has flagged "critical issues" faced by telecom infrastructure players in securing permissions for deploying infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in Noida and Ghaziabad. DIPA has urged the Uttar Pradesh Government to clear all the pending applications at the earliest for faster rollout of 5G services in the state. Raising the issue, DIPA's Director-General T R Dua said that telecom infrastructure providers are unable to get permissions for deploying infrastructure in the state, especially in Noida and Ghaziabad. This, despite applying over the online portal 'Nivesh Mitra', the single window system, providing all the necessary documents and depositing the application fee, the association said. DIPA members include ATC Telecom, Indus Towers, Ascend Telecom, Summit Digitel, Sterlite Technologies, Crest Digitel, Suyog Telematics, Signotox Towers, iBus Infrastructure, Applied Solar Technologies (AST), CloudExtel a

Ancient town Ayodhya now means business, reveals its modern avatar

Houses, shops and eateries on both sides have been shorn of their façades, leaving gaping holes through which the world can get a view of the lives inside

'No will to live': UP judge alleges sexual harassment, CJI seeks report

'I have no will to live anymore. I have been rendered to a walking corpse in the last year and a half,' said the woman judge in her letter to the CJI

UP govt issues guidelines for Education Service Selection Commission

As per an official release, it is mentioned under the rules that for the recruitment process of teachers and instructors

MP to welcome devotees travelling to Ayodhya for Ram temple consecration

The Madhya Pradesh government will welcome devotees travelling to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh for the consecration of the Ram temple, newly-appointed Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said. The consecration ceremony of the Ram temple is expected to take place on January 22, 2024. Yadav, the BJP legislature party leader and MLA from Ujjain South, was sworn in as the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh at a grand ceremony in Bhopal on Wednesday. Talking to reporters on Wednesday after holding his first cabinet meeting, Yadav said several devotees from Madhya Pradesh will be visiting Ayodhya on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration, and they will be welcomed on their way by applying 'tilak' on their forehead. Yadav recalled the difficult times faced by karsevaks during the Ram temple agitation and said now the time has come to provide them all necessary facilities at the time of the fulfilment of their dream of seeing a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. A senior official told PTI that al

Varanasi Sansad Employment Fair 2023: Over 11000 jobs offered to people

Over 11000 people secured jobs in the Sansad Employment Fair that was held on December 9, 10, 11, and 12. The selected candidates have received an appointment letter on December 12, 2023

In relief to passengers, UP govt announces 10% discount on AC bus fares

Notably, this fare relaxation by the state government has been provided as a special winter discount from December 16, 2023, to February 28, 2024

Suspicious four-feet pit found adjacent to Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad

A four-feet deep and wide pit was found adjacent to the boundary wall of the strategically important Hindon airbase here, raising an alert, with the local police saying the possibility of an infiltration attempt cannot be ruled out. A senior police official said on Monday police here have taken a serious note of it and launched an investigation after lodging an FIR. The pit was observed adjacent to the airbase boundary wall near Iqbal Colony and the locals informed the Teela More police station on Sunday night, the official said. Police and Air Force officials reached the spot soon and inspected the pit. Trans Hindon DCP Shubham Patel said the air force officials lodged an FIR. It could be the case of somebody trying to dig a tunnel to enter the premises, he said, adding police have started probing the case from various angles. The possibility of an infiltration attempt by some anti-national elements or some terrorist outfit cannot be ruled out, he said. The pit has been filled

Varanasi court grants one more week to ASI to submit Gyanvapi survey report

The Varanasi district court on Monday gave one more week to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to submit a scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. District Judge A K Vishvesh gave additional time to the ASI and fixed December 18 as the next date of hearing in the matter. This is the sixth time that the court has granted an extension to the ASI to file its survey report. Madan Mohan Yadav, counsel for the Hindu side, said that the ASI in its application expressed its inability to submit the report on Monday citing the ill health of its superintending archaeologist Avinash Mohanty who had suffered a sudden increase in blood pressure and was unable to attend the court. Earlier, the court had granted additional time to the ASI on September 6, October 5, November 2, November 17 and November 30. The ASI started the survey in the barricaded area of the Gyanvapi premises, excluding its sealed section, on August 4, following court orders to determine whether the

Gyanvapi mosque complex: ASI may file survey report in Varanasi court today

On the previous date, the court had given the ASI 10 days' time on November 30 and ordered it to file the report within the "provided time."

'He will prove to be great leader': BSP's Sheeshpal Singh on Akash Anand

Singh on Sunday said Mayawati has shifted focus to the crucial poll battle in 2024 and the move is a step in that direction

BSP chief Mayawati declares nephew Akash as uttaradhikari: Party leader

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday declared her nephew Akash Anand as her "uttaradhikari (heir)", a party office-bearer said. "Akash (Anand) has been declared the 'uttaradhikari (heir)' by Mayawatiji," Udayveer Singh, the BSP's Shahjahanpur district unit chief, told reporters. "He (Anand) has been given the responsibility to strengthen the party organisation all over the country except Uttar Pradesh," Singh added. The party's official statement, however, did not mention any such decision. Singh said Mayawati announced the decision during a meeting in the district that was attended by party leaders from across the country. Singh said, "Unhone (Mayawati) said he (Anand) will be her heir after her.