Uttar Pradesh
Victory in UP Zila Panchayat polls blessing for development: Modi
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "BJP's glorious victory in the Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat polls is the blessings of ‘Janta Janardan' for development, public service and rule of law. The credit for this goes to the policies of Chief Minister Yogi ji and the tireless hard work of the party workers. Hearty congratulations to the UP government and the BJP organisation for this."
Trouble looms for BJP as JD-U, RPI seek share in UP pie
Both the parties have announced their decisions to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. RPI state President Pawan Gupta said: "A large number of people from the Bahujan Samaj Party are joining the RPI. Our president Ramdas Athawale has held talks with BJP President J.P. Nadda on contesting UP elections and the response has been positive."
UP: 2 arrested clerics found involved in another conversion case
The case involves the conversion of a Hindu girl in Shahjahanpur district. The 29-year-old girl had married a Muslim youth after converting to another religion. She is in Delhi with her husband and ATS sleuths are trying to reach her, sources said. Mohammed Umar Gautam, the founder of Islamic Dawah Centre (IDC), which has its office in Delhi's Batla House, in known to help people in converting to Islam.
BJP wins 21 zila panchayat seats in UP, SP gets 1
The seats were won, after the rival contestants, either withdrew from the fray or turned their support to the ruling party. The State Election Commission (SEC), in a late-night release on Tuesday, confirmed the results. The 17 districts where the BJP candidates got elected unopposed were Chitrakoot, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Mau and Varanasi.
BJP working to balance social equation in UP
The saffron camp believes that it will clear the air about the false narrative that the BJP is ignoring some communities or favouring some and so social equation will play an important role in next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls to repeat the party's 2017 performance. Apart from some major caste groups, there are many who have influences in different parts of the state.
UP: Four corners in a state of shifting loyalties
The state seems to be heading for a four-cornered contest, with caste playing a dominant role. Friends will turn foes and foes will turn friends, but the play will still remain largely between four players. The ruling BJP, confident of its return to power, is working towards consolidating its vote base, mainly among Hindus, and setting its own house in order.
Indore, Surat win the Smart City Award, UP wins state award
Indore and Surat got the award jointly in the urban category, while Uttar Pradesh won the state award. The three urban missions were announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25, 2015. According to the results, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu stood second and third respectively in the state category, while Chandigarh bagged the UT award.
ED registers money laundering case to probe UP conversion racket
A senior ED official here said that the financial probe agency has registered a case on the basis of the FIR registered by the ATS into the alleged conversion racket with its links from foreign countries. The official said that the agency has also named Delhi residents -- Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam -- as accused in the case, who were arrested by the ATS.
Yogi Adityanath to be CM face in UP, BJP's Rajasthan CM face to be decided by party: Arun Singh
Speaking to the media during his visit to Jaipur, Singh said that Yogi Adityanath is doing a good job, so why should he be removed from CM's position. Also, speaking on Rajasthan CM face amid the ongoing tussle between state organisation and former CM Vasundhara Raje group, he said, "The parliamentary board will decide the CM face for the assembly polls to be held in 2023."
Yogi orders NSA against accused in conversion racket
Two persons had been arrested from Delhi on Monday for forcibly converting over 1,000 people to Islam, police said. The Chief Minister has ordered stringent action and asked the agencies to further probe the racket and dig deeper to arrest all those who are involved. The state government has also ordered the authorities to seize the properties of the accused.
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