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NEW DELHI: Congress leader and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai, 94, passed away on Wednesday in a Noida hospital after battling age-related ailments, her family said. A trailblazer in Indian politics, she served under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, holding key portfolios. Over her distinguished career, she served in all four legislative bodies -- as an MLC, MLA, and MP in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. She was a rare politician, known for her calm, an attribute exemplified in countles ...Read More >
: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Mohsina Kidwai, a distinguished alumna of Women's College and a senior parliamentarian who served the nation for several decades. She passed away on Wednesday, April 8, at the age of 94. Born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, Kidwai (1932-2026) rose from the classrooms of AMU to hold key positions in public life. She served as a union minister under former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. During her career, ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 8 (PTI) Unseasonal rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorm activity covered parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, with the weather department forecasting a gradual improvement from April 9 and dry conditions setting in the next day. According to officials, the ongoing spell has been triggered by an active western disturbance persisting as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir. Its interaction with another cyclonic circulation o ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday mourned the death of former Union Minister and former Member of Parliament, Mohsina Kidwai. They said that through her simplicity, grace, and dignified political career, she inspired generations of women across the country. Rahul Gandhi took to the social media platform 'X' and said, "The news of the passing of former Union Minister and former Member of ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) Rain accompanied by gusty winds and thunderstorms lashed Lucknow and several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday evening, with the capital witnessing cloudy skies, lightning and light showers, officials said. Cloud cover developed over Lucknow in the evening, followed by strong winds and light rain, bringing relief from the day's heat. Similar weather conditions prevailed across large parts of the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the IMD, l ...Read More >
Lucknow: A fresh political poster war has erupted in Uttar Pradesh, with hoardings across Lucknow and several districts portraying Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's tenure as "Lyari Raj" while projecting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as a decisive "Dhurandar" leader. The posters, put up under the banner of 'Youth Against Mafia', have come up at prominent intersections in the state capital, including areas near the chief minister's residence. They depict Akhilesh Yadav in the style of a ba ...Read More >
New Delhi: The weather has taken a sudden turn within just the first week of April, leading to spells of storms and rainfall across numerous locations. Storms and heavy rains have wreaked havoc in several states, including UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Punjab. Farmers' wheat crops have suffered significant damage as a result. Across various parts of the country, the continued activity of Western Disturbances means that storms, rain, and thunderstorms remain a possibility. In several states -- inclu ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: In a sensational daylight robbery on Thursday, a burqa-clad woman looted a jewellery shop in Ayodhya, threatening the man on cash counter with a pistol and decamping with a Rs 3.6 lakh gold chain with the help of her boyfriend who was waiting outside the shop on a motorcycle.On Friday, police arrested both the accused and disclosed that the burqa-clad accused was a Hindu, 21-yearold Payal Kori, and her boyfriend, Rahul Kumar (27). She is pregnant and was carrying a toy gun to commit the ...Read More >
Lucknow: Orders have been issued to conduct an inquiry into the alleged corruption and irregularities prevailing in the Mid-Day Meal scheme across all madrassas receiving grants from the Uttar Pradesh government. Uttar Pradesh Mid-Day Meal Authority Director Monika Rani issued orders in a letter sent to all district magistrates (DMs) across the state on March 23 to investigate the alleged corruption and irregularities prevailing in the Mid-Day Meal scheme currently operational in all 558 state- ...Read More >
A 21-year-old ice-cream vendor was murdered in broad daylight in Barabanki district on Saturday, with the accused allegedly beheading the victim and attempting to burn the severed head at his home, police said. The accused has been arrested and both the head and torso have been recovered, they added. Reports said the incident occurred around noon in the Tikaitnagar police station area. The victim, identified as Bablu, a resident of Para Behata village, had gone out for work when he was attacked ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 16 (PTI) At least 25 people were killed and 59 injured in a series of fog-linked road accidents across Uttar Pradesh, with the worst tragedy unfolding on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, where a multi-vehicle pile-up turned into an inferno, police said on Tuesday. The maximum number of 13 fatalities was reported from Mathura, while four people each were killed in Basti and Unnao and two each in Meerut and Barabanki. According to officials, all the incidents were linked to poor vis ...Read More >
Barabanki (UP), Nov 4 (PTI) Two persons who had sustained serious injuries in the head-on collision between a car and truck near Bishunpur village of Barabanki district on November 3 succumbed to their wounds in Lucknow during treatment on Tuesday morning, taking the accident toll to eight, officials said. Of the deceased, four people belonged to one family. According to police, the incident took place around 10 pm when a speeding truck collided with an MUV without a number plate on the Kalyani ...Read More >
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has registered the highest incidents of stubble burning as compared to other states in north India this season, though the number has dropped as compared to the previous year. The figures raise a concern since stubble burning -- mostly done at the onset of winter -- increases air pollution. According to Consortium for Research on Agro-ecosystem Monitoring and Modelling from Space (CREAMS), an interdisciplinary research carried out by the Indian Agricultural Research Instit ...Read More >
Lucknow: Three women passengers aboard the Rishikesh-bound Doon Express (13009) allegedly turned violent against an on-duty Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) on Thursday evening. The confrontation, triggered by the women's alleged occupation of reserved berths with unreserved tickets, escalated into abuse, physical assault, and public humiliation -- leaving fellow passengers stunned. The altercation erupted between Barabanki and Lucknow in Coach S3. TTE Diwakar Mishra, who was conducting routine ...Read More >
Lucknow: Three women passengers aboard the Rishikesh-bound Doon Express (13009) allegedly turned violent against an on-duty Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) on Thursday evening. The confrontation, triggered by the women's alleged occupation of reserved berths with unreserved tickets, escalated into abuse, physical assault, and public humiliation -- leaving fellow passengers stunned. The altercation erupted between Barabanki and Lucknow in Coach S3. TTE Diwakar Mishra, who was conducting routine ...Read More >
Authorities in Noida and Ghaziabad have seized and destroyed over 1,100 kg of adulterated sweets and other contaminated food products in a large-scale crackdown. Intensified raids ahead of Diwali uncovered unhygienic practices, including fly-infested rasgullas and fungus-laden almonds, with legal action pending lab results. In a large-scale crackdown, food inspection authorities have seized and destroyed over 1,100 kg of adulterated sweets, 145 kg of fly-infested rasgullas, and several other co ...Read More >
Lucknow, Oct 15 (UNI) In the run up to Diwali festival, the Uttar Pradesh government has launched a state-wide crackdown on adulterated food. Under the Chief Minister's directives, the Food Safety and Drug Administration is conducting a special Diwali campaign from October 8 to17. So far, the FSDA has carried out 4,621 inspections, 2,085 raids, and tested 2,853 food samples, resulting in the seizure of 2,993 quintals of adulterated and unsafe food, valued at Rs 3.88 crore. Out of these, 1,155 ...Read More >
Tensions escalated in Barabanki and Mau districts as protests over the 'I Love Muhammad' campaign turned violent in Bareilly with police carrying out overnight house-to-house raids to nab the culprits and arresting a prominent cleric. IMAGE: A protest in front of the Vidhan Bhavan after an FIR was lodged against over 20 people in Kanpur, for putting up 'I love Muhammad' signs during Milad-un-Nabi celebrations, in Lucknow on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo Officials said on Saturday that securi ...Read More >
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said a thorough probe into land deals, murders, fake encounters and involvement of IPS officers in the extortion and blackmailing rackets will prove that the BJP is not functioning as a party but rather as a gang.Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, he mentioned the arrest of Kanpur lawyer Akhilesh Dubey on charges of blackmailing and extortion and claimed a 'proper' probe into the case will expose how the BJP govt was hand-in-glov ...Read More >
Lucknow: An FIR was registered against five persons, including a woman and her father and brother, on Friday on charges of abetment to suicide, extortion, and criminal intimidation after a 19-year-old BTech student was found dead at his home in Barabanki.Tushar Verma allgedy died by suicide on July 16.Police said the FIR was lodged on the complaint by Tushar's mother Sushma, who alleged that the accused had been harassing her son for the past three months and demanding Rs 30 lakh under threats o ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress Member of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi, was granted bail by a Lucknow MP/MLA court on Tuesday after he appeared in the court related to a defamation case. The court ordered him to submit two sureties of Rs 20,000 each. The case stems from alleged defamatory statements he made about the Indian Army during the 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra. He is accused of saying, "People will ask about the Bharat Jodo Yatra, but they won't ask once about our sold ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday flagged off the Kalash Yatra for the Jalabhishek of the idol of Lord Surya in Kushinagar district from his official residence in Dehradun. As part of the initiative, water from around 151 sacred rivers across the country is being collected for the Jalabhishek of the Surya idol in Kushinagar. The Kalash Yatra, flagged off by the Chief Minister, includes water gathered from the holy rivers of U ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A delegation led by chief minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy DK Shivakumar and some cabinet colleagues met Union defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday and sought central support for a wide range of proposals -- from setting up two defence industrial corridors and securing defence land for major infrastructure work in Bengaluru, to hosting an Indian Air Force (IAF) air show during this year's Mysuru Dasara celebrations.In a letter to Singh, Siddaramaiah urged the Centre to establish ...Read More >
Lucknow: In another record-breaking feat, a total of 37.21 crore saplings were planted during a 12-hour plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. It broke the last year's record of 36.50 crore saplings planted in a day. The final figure went above the target of 37 crore saplings in a day set by UP govt.The campaign under the theme of 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' was carried out from 6 am till 6 pm. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath kicked off the campaign by planting saplings in Ayodhya and later pla ...Read More >
Lucknow: Pocket knife, hair clips, and dhoti. These were the 'surgical tools' with which an army doctor helped a woman deliver a baby at the Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi railway station on Saturday afternoon. Major Rohit Bachwala, 31, posted at Jhansi Military Hospital, was heading to Hyderabad via Bengaluru on a month-long leave to reunite with his family.While waiting for his train at the railway station, he saw a pregnant woman in severe pain on the footover bridge. Acting quickly, Rohit used hi ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday chaired a high-level review meeting with senior officials to ensure robust law and order, communal harmony, and appropriate public amenities during the upcoming festivals in Uttar Pradesh. The meeting involved extensive discussions with all police commissioners, divisional commissioners, district magistrates, and senior superintendents of police across the state. The chief minister issued clear instructions that all religious events must be c ...Read More >
Gonda (UP), June 6: The police organised the wedding of a young woman here whose family was in dire straits due to the death of its breadwinner among other financial hardships, officials said on Friday. The wedding took place in Dhannipurwa village in the Umri Begumganj area on Thursday night. Uday Kumari lost her brother in a dacoity incident in April, which forced the family to postpone her wedding, originally scheduled for May. Taking the family under their wing, the police took full responsi ...Read More >
Gonda (UP), Jun 6 (PTI) The police in Gonda city organised the wedding of a young woman whose family was in dire straits due to the death of its breadwinner among other financial hardships, officials said on Friday. The wedding took place in Dhannipurwa village in the Umri Begumganj area on Thursday night. Uday Kumari lost her brother in a dacoity incident in April, which forced the family to postpone her wedding, originally scheduled for May. Taking the family under their wing, the police to ...Read More >
Bareilly, June 6: A man believed to have been murdered during a fight over mobile theft on a train was recently found alive in Bihar--three years after an Ayodhya resident had been jailed for "killing" him. Narendra Dubey, a native of Ayodhya's Khemasarai village, had been serving a prison sentence for the alleged murder, which took place in nearby Shahjahanpur district's jurisdiction. However, a video recently surfaced on social media showing the man, identified earlier as the murder victim, al ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Twelve people were arrested in connection with Wednesday's violent protest against an ethanol factory proposed at Pedda Dhanwada village in Jogulamba district. Sub-inspector D Jagadeeswar said the police used video footage to identify those involved in the unrest.In a video statement on Thursday, the SI said notices were issued to five others. "Protesters came armed with sticks and red chilli powder. They pelted stones at the police and set fire to a container and makeshift shelters m ...Read More >
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