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Displeased speaker tosses headphones, adjourns House for 10 minutes

LUCKNOW, Feb. 14 -- The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly was adjourned briefly on Friday, the fifth day of the budget session, as speaker Satish Mahana was displeased over the House witnessing an up... Read More


'Dhool chehre pe.:' Yogi quotes Ghalib to attack Opposition

Lucknow, Feb. 14 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath's over two-hour speech in the legislative assembly on Friday was laced with verse and wit. Attacking the Opposition, Yogi quoted a couplet by Urdu po... Read More


Yogi says not everyone canassume Shankaracharya title

Lucknow, Feb. 14 -- Weeks after a row between the Mela administration and Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati during the Magh Mela in Prayagraj, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said Shankarach... Read More


Nasimuddin ready for new start with PDA card

LUCKNOW, Feb. 14 -- A year before of the 2027 assembly elections, former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Nasimuddin Siddiqui, who quit the Congress on January 24, will join the Samajwadi Party (SP) alo... Read More


Bar Assn opposes SC proposal to appoint five retd HC judges on ad hoc basis

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 14 -- The High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Allahabad, has sent a communication to the President of India, with a copy to the Union law minister and the Chief Justice Of India, expres... Read More


Four booked in Ayodhya for selling dead man's land

AYODHYA, Feb. 14 -- A case has been registered at Bikapur tehsil kotwali police station in Ayodhya district against four unidentified individuals for allegedly selling off a piece of land in Koro Ragh... Read More


Officials under scrutiny afterdelays in power connections

LUCKNOW, Feb. 14 -- Officials of Amausi zone have come under scrutiny after delays were reported in providing time-bound electricity connections to consumers. As many as 647 connections are pending in... Read More


Suspended Bareilly magistrateforms party, to contest polls

AGRA, Feb. 14 -- Suspended Bareilly city magistrate Alankar Agnihotri on Friday announced the formation of a new political party that he said would contest elections. Agnihotri, who was in Vrindavan, ... Read More


Iconic Green Park set for Rs.350-cr structural overhaul

Kanpur, Feb. 14 -- A witness to the genius of Jasu Patel, Gundappa Viswanath, Mohd Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar and others, the iconic Green Park stadium in Kanpur is set for a Rs.350-crore structural... Read More


Police foil 'mahapanchayat' over interfaith marriage in Meerut

MEERUT, Feb. 14 -- A call for 'mahapanchayat' by Hindu organisations to oppose the interfaith marriage of Akanksha Gautam, 29, and Shahvez Rana alias Sahil, 25, led to heavy police deployment, prevent... Read More