Uttar Pradesh
Yogi-Ration-Law: BJP's YRL formula helps it sweep UP municipal polls
It was 'Y, R and L' that helped the BJP break all obstacles and ride back to power with a more than comfortable majority in the municipal polls. Y, R and L, party sources claimed, are the three factors that have unleashed a pro-incumbency wave in the state in favour of the BJP, election after election.
Polling begins for final phase of UP municipal polls
The counting of votes for both phases is scheduled for Saturday. even municipal corporations (nagar nigams)- Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Aligarh, Kanpur Nagar and Ayodhya - will be electing their mayors on Thursday. Shahjahanpur will vote for the first time as a nagar nigam. Polling is being held for 7,006 posts.
We back action against criminals but not bias in doing so: Akhilesh
He said that the Uttar Pradesh government had failed to provide a list of top 10 criminals in the state despite him having publicly asked for it at various forums. The state government is clearly taking action on the basis of caste and religion of criminals, he added. "The Chief Minister has withdrawn cases that were pending against him.
Human blood stains found in Atiq Ahmed's office, confirms forensic report
The report was handed over to the Special Investigation Team late on Wednesday night. The blood stains and a blood smeared knife was found inside the office in Chakia on Monday after which the forensic team was called in to take the samples. Police sources said that investigations had revealed that the demolished and abandoned building was being frequented by some local drug addicts.
Kanpur youth issues threat to CM Yogi using girlfriend's father's phone, held
The youth, identified as Ameen, had allegedly issued a death threat to Yogi Adityanath by calling on the police's 112 emergency number. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankita Sharma said that he was arrested from Kanpur's Begum Purva area and the mobile phone used to make the call seized.
Confronted by Yogi's 80:20 politics, Akhilesh goes silent on caste census
The regional parties, namely the Samajwadi Party, which is the main opposition parties in UP, had sensed that denting the BJP would be a near impossible task in 2024 since by then the Ram temple would be ready and the BJP's Hindu plank would be reinforced like never before. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had already.
When Atiq Ahmed was arrested in Delhi in BSP MLA's murder case
At that time, Atiq used to be a Member of Parliament and was on the run in connection with the Raju Pal murder case. "Atiq was hiding at Ghalib Apartment. We got a tip-off and a team was formed to nab him. At around 4 p.m. on December 31, 2008, we laid a trap outside Ghalib Apartments. Atiq was about to flee in his Honda City car when he was nabbed," said a source in the police.
No religious event allowed on roads in UP
All district officials in the state have been directed to ensure that religious programmes should be held indoors, and no person should be allowed to block roads. Principal Secretary (Home) Sanjay Prasad and Special Director General of Police (SDGP) Prashant Kumar have issued directives in this regard to all field officers such as ADGs, Inspector Generals (IG), Deputy IGs, district police chiefs, Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates (DMs) during a virtual review meeting, said an official note.
Now mafia cannot threaten anyone in UP: CM Yogi Adityanath
The uttar pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said: "Before 2017, the state was infamous for riots. More than 700 riots rocked the state between 2012 and 2017. But not a single riot broke out after 2017. Earlier, just the names of many districts scared people. Now there is no need to be scared.
Atiq & Ashraf killings: Post-mortem underway, burial later
The post-mortem will be done by a panel of doctors and the entire process will be video-graphed. The burial of the two bodies will take place in the Kasari Masari graveyard amid heavy police security, with only a few distant relatives and locals allowed inside the ground.
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