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Officials rescue 12-foot-long python in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
ANI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 11:42 AM IST
According to forest conservator of Aligarh, coldblooded animals, such as reptiles, amphibians, insects are often sighted during warm days in winter.
BJP fields former IAS officer as its candidate for UP MLC elections
By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 04:17 AM IST
On Thursday, former Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service officer Arvind Kumar Sharma had joined the party after taking voluntary retirement from service earlier this week. He was due to retire in July 2022.
Will go it alone in Uttarakhand, UP, says Mayawati
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 05:57 AM IST
Mayawati, who turned 65 on Friday, said just like 2007, the BSP will form a government in Uttar Pradesh on its own in 2022. “I have never compromised with principles for the sake of getting power. All BSP workers must unitedly start preparing for these elections,” she said.
Ex-IAS officer, close aide of PM Modi named BJP candidate for crucial UP polls
By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 05:19 PM IST
- A senior BJP leader said the party has some big plans for AK Sharma.
Court directs UP police to produce AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in Delhi
ANI
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 02:17 PM IST
Somnath Bharti is currently stated to be in judicial custody in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Bharti was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Monday under section 505/153 IPC for his alleged objectionable remarks on hospitals and the Uttar Pradesh government.
Former Gujarat IAS officer who joined BJP will fight Uttar Pradesh MLC elections
By Smriti Kak Ramachandran | Edited by Arpan Rai
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 12:39 PM IST
Sharma sparked a flurry of speculations prior to joining the BJP, when he sought voluntary retirement last week, which then led to a buzz in the BJP circles that the former IAS officer may be sent to the Legislative Council.
Former bureaucrat Arvind Sharma joins BJP, buzz over his role in UP politics
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 03:18 PM IST
Arvind Sharma, who assumed the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in April last year, took voluntary retirement from service recently ahead of his scheduled superannuation in July 2022.
Massive transformation in field of education in last four years: UP Deputy CM
PTI, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 12:49 PM IST
Massive transformation in field of education in last four years: UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma
Owaisi visits Varanasi, says 'will put up a tough fight in UP polls'
By HT Correspondent, Varanasi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 11:12 PM IST
- The AIMIM and Omprakash Rajbhar’s SBSP would contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls, said Owaisi.
UP teacher forges documents to secure job, suspended
PTI, Ghazipur
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 03:00 PM IST
Basic Shiksha Adhikari (Basic Education Officer) Shravan Gupta on Tuesday said that Munna Kumar Pal got recruited in Ballia in 2010.
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti faces ink attack in Rae Bareli
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Deepali Sharma, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 11, 2021 06:21 PM IST
At a party workers' meeting last week, Bharti had made controversial comments on the condition of hospitals in Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party’s youth connect campaign to take place tomorrow
By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON JAN 11, 2021 03:55 PM IST
The party’s leaders and workers will hold discussions with youths on issues like education becoming costlier, unemployment, closing factories, retrenchment, job losses, etc.
Amid surge in bird flu cases, scientists say risk of spread to humans low
By Zia Haq
PUBLISHED ON JAN 11, 2021 09:28 AM IST
Bird flu epidemics have been confirmed so far by the Bhopal-based NIHSAD in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
For BJP, panchayat polls a ‘test’ match before 2022 UP assembly elections
By Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 09:16 PM IST
- Observers say the BJP is preparing the ground for 2022 UP assembly elections by using the rural polls as a ‘test’ match.
BJP, SP in the fray for UP legislative council polls on Jan 28
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni
PUBLISHED ON JAN 09, 2021 07:35 PM IST
Of the 12 MLCs whose tenure is expiring, six are from the Samajwadi Party, three are from the BJP, three belong to the BSP.
Nobody can interfere in peaceful life of two adults: Allahabad HC
By JItendra Sarin
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2021 10:05 AM IST
The observation holds significance in the backdrop of the recently passed Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020.
Badaun rape-murder: Priest sent to 10-day judicial custody
PUBLISHED ON JAN 09, 2021 09:10 AM IST
A 50-year-old anganwadi worker was gang-raped and murdered by a temple priest and his two aides in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on January 3.
79 of 86 booked under new law are Muslims
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2021 08:59 AM IST
A total of 86 persons were booked in 16 first information reports (FIRs) since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 28 last year.
‘No decision on film city location’: Uttar Pradesh govt tells HC
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 10:58 PM IST
The double-judge bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Saurabh Lavania on Thursday quashed the petition and allowed the petitioner to file the petition again, if required.
Three arrested for beating dolphin to death in Uttar Pradesh
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Pratapgarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2021 10:24 PM IST
According to police, some people killed the dolphin on December 31 in the Sharda canal near Kotharia village in the Nawabganj police station area, about 70 km way from the district headquarters.
‘Will we ensure women’s safety with such behaviour?’: Priyanka Gandhi slams NCW member over Budaun rape
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by: Harshit Sabarwal | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 03:56 PM IST
NCW’s Chandramukhi Devi had stoked controversy when she reportedly blamed the Budaun rape victim, saying if the woman did not go alone, the crime could have been avoided.
42-year-old man held for raping Dalit minor in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Amethi
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 03:31 PM IST
An FIR has been lodged on the basis of the complaint under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the accused.
Farm laws: Centre, farmers’ unions leaders begin eighth round of talks
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 05:26 PM IST
Before the meeting, both farmers’ union leaders and Union agriculture minister Tomar on Friday expressed hope that a solution to the issues will be found.
Uttar Pradesh: Five die after drinking spurious liquor in Bulandshahr
By S Raju | Hindustan Times, Meerut
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 03:18 PM IST
A station house officer, a sub-inspector, and two constables have been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty
UP: 5 dead, 7 hospitalised after consuming illicit liquor in Bulandshahr
By Asian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | Bulandshahr
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 12:46 PM IST
According to the police, over a dozen people had consumed illicit liquor on Thursday night here following which four people died at night. Other seven people are admitted to different hospitals in Noida and Delhi.
UP Congress leaders camp in districts, Priyanka Gandhi monitors progress
By Umesh Raghuvanshi | Hindustan Times, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 11:26 AM IST
Under the programme, the party proposes to set up its units in all the 8,000 ‘nyay panchayats’ wards in urban areas to bolster the party’s chances in the state polls to be held next year.
Man killed for objecting daughter’s harassment, claims family; cops disagree
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kanpur
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 10:44 AM IST
Police said they have registered a case of murder against four people on the complaint of the victim’s son, but denied the man was murdered for opposing harassment of his daughter, a class nine student.
UP: First phase of Covid vaccination to take place at 1,500 centres
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan | Hindustan Times, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2021 09:23 AM IST
The health and family welfare department has also started preparations for the second dry run across UP on January 11
Farmers’ protest: Delhi borders continue to remain closed, traffic diverted
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 09:16 AM IST
The Delhi Police have advised commuters from Uttar Pradesh to take routes passing through Anand Vihar, DND, Loni DND, and Apsara as Chilla and Ghazipur borders are closed
‘For collective good’: UP defends ‘love jihad’
By Utkarsh Anand | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2021 03:49 AM IST
Several activists and legal experts have argued that the law could be used to target Muslims and infringed on the fundamental rights to equality, freedom of religion, and life and personal liberty.