Uttar Pradesh News

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After Punjab, Congress high command faces another test in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW Gearing up for the 2027 UP assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced its new working committees across all six organisational regions in the state. The finalised lists, released by the respective regional presidents, were a

All the FIRs are hereby quashed. With that order by a three-judge bench, led by Chief justice of India Surya Kant, a welcome moment of closure was reached on Tuesday. The story began with the students protests at Jantar Mantar against the NEET paper leak

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday accused the previous government of according special favours to alleged Saifai (Etawah) and Rampur syndicates and exploiting outsourced employees. Around 3.5 lakh outsourced employees work in various government depar

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a broadside against the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, accusing it of corruption and mismanagement and raising issues including the condition of expressways, alleged theft of temple offerings in

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar joined the Congress Wednesday. He claimed that AIMIM, under Asaduddin Owaisi, only pays lip service to removing the BJP, but in reality it is fighting against those who seek t

The UP government sounded an alert following a forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting heavy rain, flash floods, thunderstorms and lightning in various parts of the state between September 1 and 6. With many rivers already swelling and

Bhumi Pednekar has reacted strongly to the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl inside a moving sleeper bus in Delhi-NCR. The disturbing incident has once again put the spotlight on women s safety and the security lapses on private buses, with the National Human

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said there is no shortage of sugar in the state and urged consumers not to worry amid concerns about its availability.In a review meeting, Adityanath said 179.38 lakh quintals of sugar are curre

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh and Japan will deepen cooperation in semiconductors, advanced technology, skill development, employment and tourism, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said after meeting Japanese Ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi, here on Friday. The Japanese

Two farmer leaders in Meerut have alleged they were brutally assaulted at the Senior Superintendent of Police s (SSP) office and later at the Special Operations Group (SOG) office, prompting the Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Meerut zone, to orde

The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has seized counterfeit and illegally stored medicines worth around 4.5 crore in the past eight months while cracking an alleged interstate racket. The latest action on July 19 uncovered an alleged il

The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has seized counterfeit and illegally stored medicines worth around 4.5 crore in the past eight months while cracking an alleged interstate racket. The latest action on July 19 uncovered an alleged il

Uttar Pradesh is likely to receive more heavy to very heavy rainfall till August 22 as a well-marked low-pressure area near southeastern UP maintains strong monsoon activity, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.The system is likely to m

For nearly 140 years, Parichha Dam in Jhansi has helped channel the waters of the Betwa river to farms across Bundelkhand. Now, the 19th-century irrigation structure has earned international recognition

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pitched the state as a major investment destination at the UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026 in Delhi. Highlighting UP s 9.6 million MSMEs, 35,000+ large industries and 22,000+ startups, Yogi said the state is moving st

New Delhi, Three wetlands in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district Bastauli Brahmpur, Ram Chhitouni and Sikandarpur Khurd have been entered in the state gazette, extending them legal protection and prohibiting construction, waste dumping and encroachment in the not

Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav questioned the government's stance on E20 petrol. He cited an economic adviser's reported concerns about potential vehicle damage

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at 10 premises in Rampur, Saharanpur, and Delhi as part of its money-laundering investigation into the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur. The searches w

The BJP has assigned senior leaders key election responsibilities ahead of the 2027 assembly polls. General secretary Vinod Tawde will oversee the Uttar Pradesh campaign, while Satish Poonia will handle Punjab and Tarun Chugh will be in charge of Gujarat

The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) has sought a revision of the schedule for finalising examination centres for the 2027 high school and intermediate examinations after the process was disrupted by school closures during the Kanwar Yatra a

A day after announcing BJP national president Nitin Nabin s new team, the party has announced in-charges for three poll-bound states Gujarat, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Three Rajya Sabha MPs, considered strong organisational hands, have been appointed as in-cha

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A total of 4,192 cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs are pending trial across the country with 519 cases pending for more than a decade, according to a report submitted before the Supreme Court by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, appointed amicus curi

The BJP s organisational overhaul signals the return of leaders who had been sidelined, replaces the social media in-charge, and brings in a new youth wing president all changes that are being viewed within the party as a much-needed refresh after the recent C

More than 200 leading Japanese industrialists, CEOs, business representatives and policymakers are expected to participate in the UP Japan Investment Meet 2026 to be held in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi from August 18 to 23, the state government said Monday. The Ja

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a 24-year-old Bihar resident for his alleged links with the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), accusing him of collecting donations in the name of a madrasa and attempting to

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said if his party forms the government in Uttar Pradesh in 2027, it will declare August 16 a public holiday in honour of freedom fighter Avantibai Lodhi and ensure the rights and respect of the Lodhi community. Ad

More than four months into the new academic session, hundreds of students in Classes 1 to 8 at several schools in Uttar Pradesh s Prayagraj district are still waiting for free textbooks and workbooks. School staff are making repeated trips to the basic shiksha

With the arrest of eight individuals, Bazarkhala police in Uttar Pradesh capital city Lucknow claimed to have busted a gang that allegedly targeted train passengers arriving alone at Aishbagh railway station by offering to arrange accommodation and later assau

The Uttar Pradesh transport department has identified 1,660 active black spots on roads across the state based on accident and fatality data for 2023-25, with National Highways emerging as by far the most dangerous road category. The recent data accessed by Hi

In another accident, around 5am on Thursday on the DME near Lal Kuan, involved a Maruti Swift carrying six people, including a police party. The car, travelling on the Ghaziabad-Meerut carriageway, collided with a tanker truck, injuring all six occupants

NOIDA: Electricity theft inspections across parts of Gautam Budh Nagar district have uncovered six cases of power theft, including one in which a consumer allegedly bypassed the meter by altering the cable arrangement, officials said on Thursday, adding that F

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government's treatment of a teacher who has served for 16 years on a contractual basis, observing that a teacher regarded as a "builder of the nation" cannot be left to fend for herself after s

LUCKNOW A severe fly menace in Hardoi s Atrauli area has sparked weeks of protests and two FIRs against villagers, with residents of around 15 villages alleging that waste from a poultry farm has made their lives miserable and created a potential public health

Addressing party workers and supporters after the meeting, Yadav said the SP would take action against those responsible for the alleged injustice if it returned to power. He also said Khan had sent a message from jail asking SP leaders to travel across Uttar

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the state government to extend pay parity and consequential service benefits to special teachers/resource teachers, on contract for several years in government schools. The court held th

Lucknow: Ashish Yadav s silver medal at the just-ended U-20 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Anand s Singh s silver at the U23 Asian Championship in China and Rohit Yadav making it to the final of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games as one of three

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested an absconding former acting principal in connection with the alleged embezzlement of more than 2.66 crore in four Rajkiya Ashram Paddhati schools run by the social welfare department in Pray

Gonda: A week after acquittal in a sexual harassment case, former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday alleged that a conspiracy was hatched against him after he defeated Congress leader Deepender Hooda in the wrest

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh of ruining the law and order situation and leaving women and girls unsafe. Uttar Pradesh s sisters and daughters can never get justice under

With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections still months away, the Congress is pushing for an early start to seat-sharing talks with ally Samajwadi Party (SP), arguing that the alliance should be built around winnable seats rather than the number of constit

New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and the state groundwater department to file a fresh compliance report regarding illegal vehicle washing centres in Noida and Greater Noida. The green body is hearing

A compliance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged irregularities in payment of non-practising allowance (NPA) to government doctors in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of cases involving payments beyond the prescribed limits betw