New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Meteorologists on Thursday attributed hot winds as the reason for rising temperatures in different parts of the country, with Uttar Pradesh’s Banda recording the highest temperature the day before at 48.2 degrees, followed by Wardha, in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, with 47.1 degrees.Talking to IANS, meteorologist Mohammad Danish said that a lot of hot westerly winds are coming in from desert areas. “The hot winds are strong enough due to which the temperature has been …
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Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) Calling it a “rarest of rare” case of unparalleled depravity, a Special POCSO Court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, on Friday, sentenced to death a government junior engineer (JE) and his wife after holding them guilty of sexually assaulting as many as 33 children, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said. Rambhawan, employed in the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation department, and his wife Durgawati, were sentenced to death for the various offences under the Indian Penal Co…
Lucknow, Jan 24 (IANS) The Congress suffered a major political jolt on Saturday as former minister and senior party leader Nasimuddin Siddiqui resigned along with dozens of his associates, sending ripples throughout Uttar Pradesh.Announcing his resignation, Siddiqui said he is a grassroots worker but was unable to effectively carry forward his political struggle within the Congress.In his written resignation letter, Siddiqui said he was relinquishing his primary membership and all organisational…
Mathura, Jan 22 (IANS) Chaos erupted on the Yamuna Expressway early Thursday morning when a moving bus suddenly burst into flames near Milestone 110 in the Raya police station area in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district.Panic gripped the passengers after a massive fire broke out in a Raj Kalpana (Sanskar Travels) bus that was heading towards Noida.Passengers were seen screaming as thick smoke and flames engulfed the vehicle, but they managed to escape by jumping out through windows and doors before…