Ensure Durga Puja celebrations are held in line with Constitutional...
Allahabad High Court has directed authorities to ensure that Durga Puja celebrations are held in line with Constitutional provisions which protect people's right to observe their faith without...
View ArticleUPPSC chairman removed after PIL in Allahabad HC
Allahabad high court on Wednesday removed Anil Yadav from the post of chairman, UP Public Services’ Commission (UPPSC) -a move that comes as a big setback to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh...
View ArticleHC seeks expenditure details of BSP chief Mayawati's private bungalow
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh government over a huge amount of public money spent on the construction of the private residence of...
View ArticleTerrorists planting sleeper cells, targetting VHP's Togadia to avenge Dadri...
In a matter of concern of the Indian government and UP administration, Intelligence Bureau warns that terror groups are trying to activate sleeper cells in various cities to plan bomb blasts. Intel...
View ArticleAllahabad HC lashes out at Akhilesh Yadav govt for 'non-transparent' procedures
The Allahabad high court has, of late, been coming down heavily on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government questioning the ‘non-transparent’ procedure adopted by it in making appointments to...
View ArticleOverhead wire snaps, electrocutes two to death
Two persons were electrocuted to death today while three others received serious injuries when they came in contact with a live overhead wire at a village about 30 km off the city, police said.
View ArticleMass campaign to clean Ganga ghats organised in 4 states
Hundreds of activists on Sunday took part in a mass campaign across four states to clean numerous 'ghats' of the Ganges, a spiritual group here said.
View ArticleITBP to join Clean Ganga campaign
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) personnel will join the drive to clean up river Ganga in Kanpur, Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh from Friday onwards, an official said on Tuesday.
View ArticleDon't need your pension, please use it for a good cause: Amitabh Bachchan to...
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, wife Jaya Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan have turned down Uttar Pradesh government's Rs 10,000 monthly pension requesting it to donate the amount to "the poor...
View ArticleUP's Ganga-Jamuna 'tehzeeb': Muslim cleric recites Hindu 'shlokas' during...
Amid small and big communal flashpoints, Hindu-Muslim harmony in Uttar Pradesh, widely called the "Ganga-Jamuna tehzeeb", is still alive in the country's most populous state.
View ArticleVishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal hospitalised
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal was admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon after he complained of breathlessness late Tuesday.
View ArticleBJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi disapproves of VK Singh's 'dog' remark
Disapproving V K Singh's 'Dog' remark on burning of two Dalit children in Faridabad, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said people holding responsible positions "should choose their words...
View ArticleCentre should hike budget allocation for health: Pravin Togadia
VHP leader Pravin Togadia has urged the Centre to raise the country's budget allocation for healthcare and claimed that a "poor country" like Bangladesh was spending more on this vital social sector...
View ArticleCurfews, prohibitory orders make UP a communal tinderbox
Communal flare-ups, curfews and prohibitory orders have become the order of the day in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
View ArticlePIL on UPCA and its secretary Rajiv Shukla "dismissed as withdrawn"
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed as "withdrawn" a Public Interest Litigation seeking to restrain senior Congress leader Rajiv Shukla from functioning as Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Cricket...
View ArticleGovt mulls challenging HC order asking UP officials, politicians to send...
Uttar Pradesh government has yet to decide on whether to challenge the Allahabad High Court verdict asking government servants and others to send their children to primary schools run by the state...
View ArticleNational Green Tribunal asks Uttarakhand, Ganga authority on financing of...
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Uttarakhand government and National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to give details about the financing of schemes for the Clean Ganga project.
View ArticleUttar Pradesh STF nabs three aides of Chhota Rajan
Three alleged members of Chhota Rajan gang were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) from George Town area in Allahabad, an official spokesman said on Tuesday.
View ArticleAllahabad HC seeks UP govt's reply on bail plea of Congress MLA Ajay Rai
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked Uttar Pradesh government to file its counter affidavit on the bail application of Congress MLA Ajay Rai who was arrested last month in connection with a...
View ArticleChild born of rape has right to biological father's property: Allahabad HC
In a breakthrough decision by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, a child born of rape now has inheritance rights to the biological father's property.
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