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HC slams 'perfunctory' probe, says CBI should take over investigation

JAMMU, Dec. 19 -- Expressing displeasure and anguish over 'perfunctory' exercise in the name of probe into the mysterious death of a minor girl by Jammu Police, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and L... Read More


Three arrested for hurting religious sentiments in Doda

JAMMU, Dec. 19 -- Police have arrested three men, who allegedly committed a sacrilegious act in Doda district's Sersi village during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, said officials. Th... Read More


Azam acquitted in inflammatory speech case filed in 2019

MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan was on Thursday acquitted in an inflammatory speech case registered against him by Aam Aadmi Party state spokesperson Faisal Kh... Read More


Bateshwar to be upgraded from halt to 'B' class rly station

AGRA, Dec. 19 -- A week ahead of former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee's birth anniversary on December 25, Indian Railways' Agra division has proposed the conversion of his paternal village Bateshwar from a ... Read More


'Bengal job scheme to be named after Mahatma'

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government will rename a state-funded job guarantee scheme after Mahatma Gandhi. The development comes amid an ... Read More


Repertwahr Fest: Music, theatre, lit and more

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- The four-day Repertwahr Festival, a major cultural event in Lucknow featuring music, literature and theatre, began at Janeshwar Mishra Park here on Thursday. On day one, visitors w... Read More


Visibility drops below 50m as dense fog engulfs Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- A thick blanket of dense to very dense fog brought much of Uttar Pradesh to a near standstill on Thursday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue red and oran... Read More


UP among country's top threerevenue-surplus states: Yogi

Lucknow, Dec. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said there is no shortage of resources in Uttar Pradesh and it has emerged as one of the country's top three revenue-surplus states due t... Read More


Man pastes plaint on chest, flags delay in mobile tower shifting

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- In a bizarre protest, an elderly man pasted a complaint letter on his chest, seeking to get a private mobile tower near his house removed, during the LDA's Janata Adalat on Thursda... Read More


Court order prompts police to file FIR 2 months after doc's death

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- Lucknow police on Wednesday night registered a murder case against a woman and her family members in connection with the mysterious death of a 28-year-old doctor at a city hotel on... Read More