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UP CM removes DGP Goel for 'inefficiency', assigns Civil Defence dept

Goel was removed from the post of DGP for neglecting official work, not taking interest in departmental work and inefficiency: Civil Defence department

Need to expose people who create division in society, says UP CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath He asked people to trust the present government, saying under the leadership of the BJP dispensation at the Centre and the state, the country is continuously moving forward

Power crisis: Kanpur tanneries see input costs rise by more than 50%

The third part of a series captures the travails of tanneries from ground zero

Smriti Irani promises Amethi girl visit to ISRO; assures help to students

Union Minister Smriti Irani here on Tuesday promised a polytechnic student, who wants to become a scientist, a visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation next month.

UP officials don't respect orders, approaching against HC is routine: SC

Supreme Court on Monday said it has become a routine affair that Uttar Pradesh officials are approaching it against the Allahabad High Court orders and they do not respect orders of the court.

Akhilesh's 2024 challenge: Keep the flock together or risk migration

If he loses Western UP, SP chief will have onerous task of corralling 34 Muslim MLAs for next five years

SKM delegation visits Lakhimpur, urges withdrawal of cases against farmers

A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha visited Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh and met the families of those who died in the October 3 incident there, an official statement said on Thursday. The delegation also met those who have been 'unjustly' arrested on murder charges, it said. The visit comes in the wake of the Supreme Court cancelling the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. Eight people, including four protesting farmers, were killed after Mishra's cavalcade drove through the farmers' protest on October 3, 2021. "Right from the beginning, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has been in regular touch with the affected families and has given them all help, including legal aid, in the Supreme Court," the statement said. The SKM delegation met the district magistrate (DM), district superintendent of police (SP) and other officials, and raised the demand of withdrawal of murder charges and other cases against farmers. The

Aam Aadmi Party seeks CBI probe into Chandauli and Lalitpur cases

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the Chandauli and Lalitpur incidents in UP, saying that justice is not possible otherwise as policemen are involved in these cases.

Bengal takes action against wrong regardless of political colour: Mamata

Attacking the BJP-led central government for hiking prices of petrol and diesel, Banerjee said, "The Centre is defrauding common people by fuel prices.

UP tops in ease of committing crime, not business: Akhilesh Yadav

Listing a number of incidents of crime that have been taking place, the SP president said: "Criminals are having a free run in the state while the police are looking the other way."

Shivpal Yadav waits for Azam Khan's release, to form new political front

Estranged Samajwadi Party MLA and president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) Shivpal Singh Yadav is set to form a new political front with another senior SP MLA Mohd Azam Khan.

Uttar Pradesh govt to reactivate Covid Command Centre in Meerut

Health officials said that the surveillance teams have also been asked to gear-up and an intensive checking campaign will be conducted across the district.

Akhilesh doesn't talk about erecting Parshuram's statue anymore: BJP leader

Former Union Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday took a dig at Akhilesh Yadav saying he has stopped talking about erecting an idol of Lord Parshuram, a deity of Brahmins

66% adolescents in UP fully vaccinated, 315 mn doses administered in state

63 per cent of children in the 12-14 years age group have taken the first dose, said health officials on Tuesday.

'Illegal' property worth Rs 21 cr belonging to UP ex-MLC's aide attached

A joint team of police and revenue department on Sunday attached alleged illegal property worth Rs 21 crore registered in the name of former MLC Haji Iqbal's aide. The property was registered in the name of Naseem and it was attached under the provisions of the Gangster Act, police said. Iqbal was a Bahujan Samaj Party MLC from 2010 to 2016. Iqbal, who headed the gang, was indulged in smuggling wood, illegal mining, threatening people and using fraudulent means to purchase government and non-government land, and registering them in the names of his aides, family members, relatives and even servants, Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar told PTI. He had amassed money from criminal activities and purchased a number of properties in Behat area of Saharanpur, the SSP said. In another case, property worth Rs 4 crore in Barabanki district, belonging to drug smuggler Mohammad Saheem alias Kasim, too, was attached on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police, Barabanki, Manoj Kum

Administrative reshuffle: 16 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh

Narendra Bhushan, who was the CEO of Greater Noida has been made the new principal secretary of the Public Works Department

54,000 unauthorised loudspeakers removed from religious places: UP Police

The UP police said it has removed 53,942 loudspeakers from religious places in the state so far following an Allahabad HC order, and has set to permissible limits the volume levels of over 60,200 more

Section 144 imposed in UP's Gautam Budh Nagar amid rise in Covid cases

In view of the upcoming festivals and increasing Covid-19 infections, Section 144 CrPC has been enforced in Gautam Budh Nagar from May 1 to 31.

2 killed, 10 injured in autorickshaw-car collision in UP's Hardoi

Two minor brothers were killed and at least 10 other people injured after an autorickshaw collided with a speeding car, police said.

UP govt to develop 'Mahabharata Circuit' to boost historical tourism

Its purpose is also to increase people's awareness of the state's rich historical heritage and remind them of the lost and forgotten saga of its heroes such as Rani Laxmibai and Maharaja Suheldev