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Covid-19: UP Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma, wife test positive for coronavirus

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus

5 Covid-19 patients die at UP hospital, families allege oxygen shortage

Five coronavirus patients died at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh allegedly due to a shortage in oxygen supply

5 dead as train rams into vehicles at open level crossing in Uttar Pradesh

Five people were killed and one person was injured after a train rammed into some vehicles at a manned level crossing here whose gates were allegedly not closed at the time of the incident

Inquiry commission gives clean chit to UP Police in Dubey encounter case

The three-member inquiry commission probing the encounter killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and five of his alleged associates has given a clean chit to Uttar Pradesh Police because of lack of evidence

UP announces free Covid-19 vaccination for all above 18 years from May 1

Uttar Pradesh will provide the Covid-19 vaccine free of cost from May 1, as India's vaccine net widens to include all people over the age of 18

Covid: HC asks UP govt to consider 'complete lockdown' in 5 cities

Reacting to the order, the UP government said there will be no 'complete lockdown' in the cities for now

Amid Covid surge, Allahabad HC orders lockdown in 5 UP cities till April 26

All shopping complexes and malls shall remain closed during this period and all grocery shops and other commercial shops, excluding medical shops, with more than three workers shall also remain closed

Polling begins for second phase of UP Panchayat elections amid Covid-19

Voting for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections began on Monday with COVID-19 protocols in place.Over three crore voters will decide the fate of the candidates in 20 districts of the state including, the state capital Lucknow.The polls are being held for the posts of members of zila panchayats, and kshetra panchayats.Voting has started from 7 am and will end at 6 pm where 3,23,69,256 voters will exercise their franchise.The second phase assumes significance as state capital Lucknow and Varanasi will go to polls in this round.People were seen queued up wearing masks on faces to cast vote for the Panchayat polls at Koirajpur Primary School in Varanasi.Apart from Lucknow and Varanasi, polling will be held in Amroha, Azamgarh, Etawah, Etah, Kannauj, Gonda, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Budaun, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur and Sultanpur districts.The first phase of the polls was held on April 15. While ..

UP not to shut industrial units during weekend lockdown, says CM

Yogi Adityanath has issued several instructions including to keep the industrial units operational during the curfew

Coronavirus: Sunday lockdown in UP, Rs 1,000 fine for not wearing mask

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced a lockdown across the state on Sunday. To enforce wearing of masks, the state government has doubled the fine to Rs 1000 for those caught without masks for the first time and 10 times the fine amount for those caught again. "There will be a weekly closure in all rural and urban areas of the state on Sunday.Only sanitation, sanitisation and emergency services will operate during this period. Necessary awareness works should also be done in this regard," an official statement said here quoting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath . "A fine of Rs 1000 will be imposed if someone is caught without mask for the first time. If caught for the second time, a penalty of ten times the fine amount should be imposed," he said. The state on Thursday reported 104 deaths and 22,439 fresh cases, pushing the fatality count to 9,480 and the total infection number to 7,66,360. The chief minister said that last year, the MLA develop

Uttar Pradesh sees record daily rise of 27,426 coronavirus cases on Friday

Uttar Pradesh's daily COVID-19 cases surged to a record high of 27,426 on Friday, taking the state's cumulative tally to 7,93,720, an official said.

Covid-19: Lucknow's iconic Bada Imambara, other monuments closed for public

Iconic Nawabi-era structure the Bada Imambara and other monuments in the Uttar Pradesh capital have been closed for public till further orders due to the Covid-19 situation

UP CM to act against hospitals refusing admission to Covid-19 patients

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered action under the Epidemic Act against hospitals that refuse admission to Covid-19 patients

Noida to increase random testing of people commuting to and from Delhi

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration has decided to increase the number of random coronavirus tests for people commuting to and from Delhi

UP Panchayat polls: BJP expels 11 party workers for supporting opposition

The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP has expelled 11 party workers, including former cabinet minister Ramvir Upadhyaya's son Chirag Upadhyaya, for supporting opposition candidates in the Panchayat polls

Covid: Schools in UP shut till May 15; night curfew imposed in 10 districts

This comes amid a spike in cases

Fate of UP Education Board students remains undecided: Details here

With 17 out of 19 officials, responsible for conducting the UP Education Board examination, testing positive for Covid-19, the fate of over 56 lakh UP students now hangs in balance

UP Panchayat polls: BKU asks farmers to choose candidates 'other than BJP'

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has issued a statement asking people to choose any candidate, other than those from the BJP in the Panchayat elections that begin on Thursday

Uttar Pradesh to set up quarantine centres for returning migrant workers

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to set up quarantine centres in all those districts of the state that are receiving migrant workers

UP Panchayat elections begin today amid deteriorating Covid-19 situation

The four-phased elections that began on Thursday morning will elect around eight lakh rural representatives