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Shankaracharya protests, Mela admin says he was not insulted

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 20 -- Even as Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati continued his protest on the second day on Monday over his palanquin having been stopped on the way to the Sangam on Sun... Read More


Crime, corruption continue unabated in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Raising questions over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh while citing some recent incidents of crime, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday allege... Read More


600-km CCTV trail: Hunt intensifies for infant kidnapped from train

KANPUR, Jan. 20 -- A 10-month-old baby's alleged kidnapping from a running train has triggered a sweeping multi-district search across Uttar Pradesh. Railway police are scanning CCTV footage from stat... Read More


Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakurgranted bail in fraud case

GORAKHPUR, Jan. 20 -- The district court in Deoria on Monday granted bail to former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, observing that his continued judicial custody was not required at this stage of the case... Read More


Live wire to guard crops kills farmer, body dumped in forest

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- A dispute over charges of irrigation water led to a 30-year-old farmer dying after coming in contact with a live electric wire illegally installed around a field. Police have arres... Read More


Man held for killing live-in partner, burning body

JHANSI, Jan. 20 -- The UP Police arrested a retired railway employee from Jhansi, who allegedly murdered a woman with whom he was involved in an extramarital affair and whom he considered his third wi... Read More


'FD scam': Bank Mitra, aide held

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Para police in the city on Monday arrested Shiva Rao, a 'bank mitra' (banking correspondent) and his aide Deepak Kumar for allegedly embezzling lakhs of rupees by issuing forged fi... Read More


Rahul Gandhi's first 'MGNREGA Chaupal' in Rae Bareli today

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will address his first public meeting against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee... Read More


SC seeks report on facilities at relief camps in Manipur

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday requested the three-member committee, headed by former chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir high court, justice Gita Mittal, to examine complaints... Read More


Sanyam Srivastava wins Sunita Verma memorial open chess title

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Local boy Sanyam Srivastava of CMS Gomti Nagar Campus 1 won the 4th Sunita Verma Memorial Open Chess Tournament organised by Chess Club Black & White (CCBW) with 6.5/7 points. Pawa... Read More