Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday rebuked Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ajendra Singh Lodhi over his distasteful and disparaging remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Chief Minister, taking to social media, stated that the unparliamentary language by Mahoba-Hamirpur-Teendwari Lok Sabha MP against the world’s most popular leader, PM Modi, was not only indecent and unforgivable, but it also dealt a serious blow to the country’s democratic valu…
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Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav on Friday urged that live footage of the counting centre should be shared by the Election Commission during the 2027 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.Her reaction comes in the aftermath of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s allegations of miscalculations in vote counting in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls.The SP MP said: “That is why Samajwadi Party has demanded that when elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed disappointment over the slow pace of trial in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and directed the trial court to take lawful measures to secure the presence of witnesses while ensuring compliance with the witness protection scheme.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi highlighted with concern that no prosecution witness had been examined during the last two months despite the issuance of ba…
Nuh (Haryana), May 5 (IANS) Five Uttar Pradesh policemen were killed in a road mishap on Tuesday when a speeding SUV they were travelling in collided with another vehicle on the KMP Expressway in the Nuh district of Haryana, a police official said. The five policemen killed in the incident were posted in UP’s Jalaun district, the police said.The incident took place around 10.30 a.m. near the Dhulawat toll plaza when the driver of the black SUV – coming from the direction of Palwal – tried to…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A plea has been moved before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) alleging large-scale illegal detentions, constitutional violations, and labour rights abuses by Uttar Pradesh Police following the protests by factory workers and migrant labourers in Noida over minimum wage demands earlier this month.Filed by Advocate Subhash Chandran K.R., the complaint has raised serious concerns over the report…
Patna, April 28 (IANS) As the second phase of the highly anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections approaches, BJP Bihar President Sanjay Saraogi on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, stating that the state is facing a difficult situation and that people are in distress under the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saraogi said, “The Prime Minister has rightly pointed out that West Bengal is going through a challenging phase. The peopl…
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), April 26 (IANS) A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 was injured in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Raebareli early on Sunday, officials said. The action was carried out under the police’s ongoing ‘Operation Langda’, a special drive aimed at cracking down on criminals and habitual offenders across the state.According to officials, the encounter took place during routine checking of suspicious individuals and vehicles in the area.Police said the accus…
Lucknow/New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Allahabad High Court on Monday recused himself from hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over allegations of dual citizenship. The development came after the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court took strong exception to certain posts made on the social media platform X by the petitioner, which allegedly cast aspersions on Justice Vidyarthi.Justice Vidyarthi…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is likely to present on Monday his stand in the Allahabad High Court on a petition filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker alleging that the Congress leader is a ‘British national’ enjoying dual citizenship. The crucial hearing before the single-judge bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi will come ahead of the operation of the High Court’s direction to the Uttar Pradesh Police to inquire into the complaint b…
Lucknow/New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a significant turn of events, the Allahabad High Court has deferred passing its final order on a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over allegations of dual citizenship, observing that a prospective accused must be given an opportunity of hearing before any such direction is issued. A single-judge Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi withheld the verdict after it had already been dictated in open cour…