Uttar Pradesh criminalises ‘forced’ religious conversions by marriage
LUCKNOW (Reuters) – India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party approved a decree in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday laying out prison terms for anyone compelling others to convert their faith or luring them into these More...
UP engineer suspended after his arrest by CBI for alleged sexual abuse of children
Chitrakoot (UP), Nov 18 (PTI) Authorities have suspended a junior engineer of the Uttar Pradesh irrigation department after he was arrested by the CBI for alleged sexual exploitation of children for last 10 years More...
Supreme Court allows UP govt to fill up 69,000 posts for teachers as per results declared in May
New Delhi, Nov 18 ( PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to fill up vacancies of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in the state as per results declared by it in May. Uttar Pradesh More...
UP CM hands over appointment letters to over 1,400 junior engineers
Lucknow Nov 12 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday distributed appointment letters to 1,438 junior engineers of the Irrigation and Water Resources department pointing out that the youth More...
UP Health Secretary tests positive for COVID-19
Lucknow, Nov 3 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), a More...
29 more COVID-19 deaths, over 2,500 fresh cases in UP
Lucknow, Oct 18 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reported 29 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 2,503 fresh cases. The state’s COVID-19 tally has reached 4,55,146 and the death toll mounted to 6,658. A man prays More...
Two ADG-rank IPS officers transferred in UP
IPS officer Piyush AnandLucknow, Oct 10 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday night transferred two IPS officers of the additional director general of police (ADG)- rank, an official said. ADG establishment More...
Centre issues notification for CBI to take over Hathras case probe
New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) The central government has issued a notification for the CBI to take over probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on More...
UGC declares 24 universities as fake; maximum from UP followed by Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday announced a list of 24 “self-styled, unrecognised institutions” in the country, terming them as “fake” with the More...
Supreme Court directs UP govt to apprise it by Thursday on steps taken to protect witnesses in Hathras gang-rape case
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it by October 8 on the steps taken to protect witnesses in the Hathras case in which a Dalit girl was allegedly brutally More...