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From pyre to ire, row erupts over Kashi's Masan Holi

VARANASI, March 8 -- The issue of celebrating Masan Holi with ashes from funeral pyres at Manikarnika Ghat is kicking up dust in Kashi with one side opposing the practice and the other supporting it. ... Read More


Fake address proof cert helped BKI suspect procure Aadhaar card

LUCKNOW, March 8 -- A fake address proof certificate, issued by a medical officer in Punjab's Gurdaspur, helped the suspected member of pro-Khalistan terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)-wh... Read More


Sambhal CO sparks row; Oppn demands action

Meerut, March 8 -- Deputy superintendent of police Anuj Kumar Chaudhary, circle officer (CO) of Sambhal, is the cause of a heated debate following his remarks during a peace committee meeting held ahe... Read More


Play on life of Karna staged by all-women cast

Lucknow, March 8 -- An all-women play 'Karna' was staged at Sant Gadge Ji Maharaj Auditorium of UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday. It was organised by Darpan theatre organisation on International Wom... Read More


IPTA remembers Jitendra Raghuvanshi on 10th death anniv

LUCKNOW, March 8 -- To commemorate theatre artist and former IPTA national general secretary Jitendra Raghuvanshi on his 10th death anniversary, a programme was organised by IPTA and other theatre org... Read More


HC issues contempt notice to Lko police commissioner

Lucknow, March 8 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday issued a contempt notice to Lucknow police commissioner Amrendra Kumar Sengar and another to explain as to why contempt proc... Read More


U.P's 1st CM Pant a towering figure of India's freedom movement: Yogi

GORAKHPUR, March 8 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday paid tribute to Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961), a revered freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, by garlanding h... Read More


SC grants interim bail to AbbasAnsari in Gangster Act case

New Delhi, March 8 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday granted interim bail to Uttar Pradesh legislator Abbas Ansari in a criminal case filed under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activiti... Read More


Ramaipur mega leather cluster gets Centre's nod

Kanpur, March 8 -- The mega leather cluster in Ramaipur has received formal approval from the central government. Union minister for commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, informed Kanpur MP Ramesh Awas... Read More


No more bulldozer surprise in Kanpur, 15-day notice mandatory

Kanpur, March 8 -- In accordance with the Supreme Court guidelines, government departments will now follow a standard operating procedure (SOP) before carrying out any demolition action in Kanpur, a s... Read More