Uttar Pradesh: News
01 May 2018
EducationMuzaffarnagar girl ends life over 'poor performance' in Class-12 exam
Upset over not securing first division in the Class-12 examinations, a girl at a village in Budhana area in Muzaffarnagar allegedly committed suicide today.
01 May 2018
Yogi AdityanathUP Cabinet Minister begins 5-day US visit to woo investors
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Sidhartha Nath Singh today began his five-day visit to the US with a high-level meeting with Medtronic, one of the largest health companies in the world.
30 Apr 2018
Krishan KumarNoida: 82.7% pass Class 12 and 81.5% pass Class 10
In Gautam Buddha Nagar of Uttar Pradesh, 82.7% Class 12 students and 81.5% Class 10 students passed the UP Board examination.
29 Apr 2018
NoidaThis Indian start-up pays you for your used cigarette butts
If you are a smoker, collecting used cigarette butts might make you some money.
29 Apr 2018
MeerutBride shot dead by robbers on Meerut highway for jewellery
A 22-year-old newly-wed woman was shot dead by robbers on Meerut highway late on Friday night for artificial jewelry they mistook for gold.
29 Apr 2018
Ayushman BharatUP to get 1,000 new hospitals under Ayushman Bharat scheme
The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to construct around 1,000 hospitals under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode to provide good healthcare facilities to people, state Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said.
29 Apr 2018
UberUP minister on five-day US visit to woo investors
To showcase Uttar Pradesh as an ideal investment destination, cabinet minister Sidharth Nath Singh today embarked on a five-day visit to the US to rope in certain reputed companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Amazon for setting up their units in the state.
29 Apr 2018
Greater NoidaWith Jewar airport, UP-towns to be connected to neighboring-cities by-air
Proposed international airport at Jewar in Greater Noida will not only bring places in Uttar Pradesh such as Kanpur and Allahabad closer to NCR under regional connectivity scheme UDAN, it will also benefit locations in neighboring-states, a techno-economic feasibility report for the airport stated.
29 Apr 2018
Samajwadi PartyProtesters attack UP-minister's house for saying Rajputs,Yadavs consume more liquor
Two persons were arrested today for hurling tomatoes and eggs at Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar's official residence in high-security Kalidas Marg area in Lucknow yesterday for saying that Rajputs and Yadavs consumed more liquor than others.
28 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathUP: Protesters throw tomatoes and eggs at minister's home
Protesters hurled tomatoes and eggs today at the home of Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar for saying that Rajputs and Yadavs consumed more liquor than others.
28 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathVan rams into truck in Uttar Pradesh; 12 killed
A speeding van carrying 16 passengers rammed into a stationary truck on the National Highway 24 early this morning in Uchauliya, killing 12 people and injuring four.
27 Apr 2018
Lok SabhaBJP will fight 2019 LS polls on development, governance: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the BJP will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on the issues of development and good governance.
26 Apr 2018
GorakhpurKushinagar accident: Yogi Adityanath asks protesters to stop 'narebaazi', 'nautanki'
After 13 children were killed and eight others seriously injured in a train-school van collision, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath reached the accident spot near Kushinagar on Thursday.
26 Apr 2018
IndiaHere's why UNICEF India is praising Yogi Adityanath's government
UNICEF India on Wednesday appreciated the Uttar Pradesh government led by Yogi Adityanath, for successfully immunizing every child in the state against Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.
26 Apr 2018
Vinay KumarMinor girl raped by relative, found pregnant during medical examination
A young girl was allegedly raped by her relative and found to be pregnant during a medical examination when she complained of an abdominal pain in a village in Ginnaur in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
26 Apr 2018
Piyush GoyalPiyush Goyal orders inquiry into Kushinagar train-school van accident
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today ordered an inquiry into Kushinagar train-school van accident and announced a compensation of Rs. 2L for the kin of deceased.
26 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathCM Adityanath, Akhilesh, Mayawati to address rallies in poll-bound Karnataka
The Karnataka Assembly polls are the new battlefield for political stalwarts of Uttar Pradesh, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav, and BSP chief Mayawati, who will be crisscrossing the state to turn the tide in favor of their respective parties.
26 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathUP: Train rams into school-vehicle at rail-crossing, 13 children killed
At least 13 children were killed this morning when a train rammed into their school vehicle at an unmanned rail crossing in Dudhi near Kushinagar, UP.
26 Apr 2018
Golden TempleNon-NDA states allege political bias in iconic tourism sites shortlist
Multiple non-NDA states have alleged that the Central government's shortlist of 17 tourism destinations to be developed into "iconic tourism sites" reeks of political bias.
25 Apr 2018
Madhya PradeshAll about the FIR that led to Asaram's conviction
In a landmark judgement, self-styled godman Asaram was awarded life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl at his Jodhpur ashram in August 2013 by a special city court on Wednesday.
25 Apr 2018
West BengalUP BJP MLA calls Mamata Banerjee 'Surpanakha', Congress as 'Ravana'
Just days after PM Narendra Modi's advice to BJP party-men to refrain from making controversial statements, Surendra Singh, a BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling her "Surpanakha" while comparing opposition Congress to "Ravana".
25 Apr 2018
Madhya PradeshAsaram rape case: Victim's father happy with court's verdict
The father of the teenager raped by Asaram today expressed satisfaction over the Jodhpur court verdict convicting the self-styled godman and thanked the judiciary and the media for it.
24 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathAmerican firms see an opportunity to invest in UP
American firms are seeing a window of opportunity to invest in Uttar Pradesh, the head of a US business advocacy group said today, underlining that a change in India's most populous state would mean a change in the entire country.
23 Apr 2018
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)In Bareilly, locals receive 'churan label' notes from ATM
At an ATM of United Bank of India in Subhashnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, people who came to withdraw money were in for a shock.
23 Apr 2018
XTo get cops working, Class-X boy creates DGP's fake-Twitter account
Disappointed with police inaction in a case where his brother was duped of Rs. 45,000, a class X boy created a fake account of Uttar Pradesh DGP.
23 Apr 2018
IndiaSubramanian Swamy hails VP Naidu's decision to reject CJI impeachment-notice
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's decision of rejecting the impeachment notice moved by the Congress and seven other opposition parties against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
23 Apr 2018
IndiaMuzaffarnagar: Woman attacked by three men for resisting rape
A woman was attacked allegedly by three men after she resisted their attempt to rape her at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, police said today.
22 Apr 2018
KarnatakaNothing wrong in Siddaramaiah contesting from 2 seats, claims Kharge
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said today there was nothing wrong in Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contesting from two constituencies in the May 12 assembly polls, and expressed confidence he will win both the seats.
22 Apr 2018
MuzaffarnagarIn Muzaffarnagar, two minors sexually assaulted in separate cases
A day after the government approved death-penalty for rapists of children under-12, two cases of sexual assault have been reported from Muzaffarnagar.
21 Apr 2018
MumbaiAbu Salem's parole-application to get married for third-time gets rejected
Authorities have rejected an application of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case convict, Abu Salem, seeking 40-day parole to get married.
21 Apr 2018
Madhya PradeshEngineering colleges' intake to reduce by 1.36 lakh seats
Engineering colleges across seven states have approached All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to reduce the number of seats in B.Tech/M.Tech courses by 1.3 lakh, effective the new session in July.
14 Apr 2018
Indian Premier League (IPL)Three people, including woman, arrested for betting on IPL matches
Three people, including a woman, were arrested on charges of betting on IPL matches in Muzaffarnagar city in Uttar Pradesh.
20 Apr 2018
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath's Facebook page most popular among CMs
The Facebook page of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been judged the most popular among all other chief ministers in the country.
20 Apr 2018
ChhattisgarhTwo more minors raped, murdered at weddings in UP, Chhattisgarh
A minor girl was raped and killed at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Etah on Thursday, just three days after an eerily similar incident caused massive public outrage.
18 Apr 2018
Madhya PradeshCash situation at ATMs improving, availability increased: SBI
The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender said today that cash availability at its ATMs has increased in the past 24 hours following reports of currency shortages and ATMs running dry from different parts of the country.
18 Apr 2018
IndiaAnother minor raped and murdered, this time in UP's Etah
As India continues to simmer in the wake of the horrific rape-and-murders of minors in Kathua and Surat, another girl, 7 years old, was brutally raped and killed during a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Etah on Tuesday.
18 Apr 2018
Sunil Dutt7-year-old killed by father after argument with mother over dowry
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh after her mother left their house following an argument over dowry, the police said.
18 Apr 2018
IndiaWoman confined to basement of house, raped for 2 months
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men after being confined to the basement of a house in the Civil Lines area in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar for around two months.
17 Apr 2018
Dwayne JohnsonSudhir Mishra-directed 'Daas Dev' release postponed to April 27
Sudhir Mishra-directed movie "Daas Dev" will be released on April 27, a week after the scheduled date April 20.
17 Apr 2018
Samajwadi PartyUP: 7-year-old raped and killed; opposition parties slam govt
A seven-year-old girl attending a wedding ceremony was allegedly raped and strangulated to death in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday by a man hired to set up tents on the occasion, police said.
