Prayagraj, May 22 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious concern over widespread violations of arms licensing norms in Uttar Pradesh, observing that district administrations and police authorities in all 75 districts were not adhering to government orders and statutory provisions governing the grant and renewal of firearm licences. A single-judge Bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar, while hearing a writ petition filed by Jai Shankar alias Bairistar, directed the state government to fur…
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New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ajay Rai was caught on camera on Friday making highly objectionable and filthy comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The incident, in utterly bad taste, is set to snowball into a major political firestorm with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking strong offence to it.In the video that has gone viral on social media, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Ajay Rai is seen making distasteful remarks while waving to a group of people…
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 …
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) In a horrifying suspected honour killing case, the Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested three people, including the father of a 16-year-old girl, whose mutilated body was found stuffed inside a box in the S1 coach of the Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express at Gomti Nagar Railway Station in Lucknow.The accused have been identified as the victim’s father Viggan Ansari (44), her aunt Noorjahan (55), and her uncle Mojibulla Ansari (65). All three were arrested from Kushinagar…
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) A Bangladeshi national who had allegedly been living illegally in Lucknow for nearly 14 years was arrested by police from the Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) area. The accused has been identified as Arup Bakshi, a native of Devbhog in Bangladesh’s Narail district. According to the BKT police, the accused had been residing in India after illegally entering the country in 2012 through Nepal and the Lakhimpur Kheri route. Police said that he managed to stay in the country by obtainin…
Jaipur, May 20 (IANS) After being introduced in cities such as Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Chandigarh, the cooperative-model “Bharat Taxi” service is now set to expand to Jaipur and other cities, with its Jaipur launch scheduled for the first week of June. The service aims to provide affordable and safe transport to commuters while ensuring better earnings and ownership rights for taxi drivers.Rajasthan Minister of State (MoS) for Cooperation (Independent Charge), Gautam Kumar Dak, said on Wednes…
Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a jab at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for opposing ‘namaz’ on public roads, saying “will the government stop us from holding press conference on road”.Yadav attended a ‘bhandara’ at the Lucknow’s Hazratganj area where he distributed ‘prasad’ during the ongoing ‘Jyeshtha’ month celebrations.Addressing the media at the event, the SP Chief asserted that the country and its Constitution are equal…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Tuesday said the selectors will rely on the Indian team physio’s feedback to determine the availability of senior players Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, adding that though both are ‘on track,’ they will still be reassessed closer to the matches.Though Rohit and Pandya are in the ODI mix, their availability for the games against Afghanistan in Dharamshala, Lucknow, and Chennai on June 14,…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Pacer Gurnoor Brar and Prince Yadav, along with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Harsh Dubey, have been handed maiden call-ups for India’s three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. India’s ODIs against Afghanistan will be in Dharamshala (June 14), Lucknow (June 17), and Chennai (June 20).The squad, led by Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, serving as the vice-captain, features senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, though the former’s inclusion is subject to fitne…
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) A day after nearly 240 allegedly illegal lawyers’ chambers and shops were demolished outside the district court premises in Lucknow following orders from the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, tensions escalated further on Monday as members of the Bar Association accused the administration of carrying out a brutal lathi-charge on protesting advocates. The demolition drive, conducted by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation with heavy police deployment on Sunday, had tr…