Uttar Pradesh News

Catch the latest updates on Gyanvapi mosque's case at Mint's LIVEBLOG:The Uttar Pradesh police personnel were seen outside the Gyanvapi Complex on Friday morning as the Archaeological Survey of India began the scientific survey of the mosque. The ASI officials started teh work on scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque premises in UP's Varanasi to determine whether 17th-century structure was constructed over pre-existing structure of Hindu temple.A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday morning arrrived at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to conduct a scientific survey.

Masjid Committee moved Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Allahabad High Court's order allowing ASI to conduct a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises. Advocate of the Masjid Committee mentioned the matter before the apex court saying not to allow ASI to carry out the survey.

Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi rejecting the Muslim side's plea of stopping the survey. The court has said that the survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex to start.

Manohar Lal Khattar's government in Haryana over violence in several districts of the state, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati stated that «law and order situation has completely collapsed like in Manipur.» «Such communal incidents are unfortunate. The law and order situation in Haryana has completely collapsed much like in Manipur. Along with that, the state's intelligence system has also failed, which is unfortunate and worrisome,» the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo said.

Prabhakar Chaudhary, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh is in news after he was transferred Sunday night —21 times till date—within hours after he acted against a group of kanwariyas who were adamant to take out a procession through an unauthorised route in the district. Prabhakar Chaudhary was moved as the Army Commander of 32nd Battalion of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Lucknow, just four and a half months of his tenure. This was his 18th transfer in eight years.

Uttar Pradesh is Rs 53.60 crore, the government informed Parliament on Monday. Union Minister for Culture G Kishan Reddy said this in a written response to a query in Lok Sabha.

Amid sky high prices of tomatoes across the country, Uttar Pradesh minister Pratibha Shukla on Sunday said that if tomatoes are expensive, people should grow them at home or stop eating them. “If tomatoes are expensive, people should grow them at home.

Mayawati on Sunday lashed out at the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, saying the minimum guaranteed income bill passed by it is aimed at serving its «political interest» ahead of assembly polls. The Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed a bill to provide minimum guaranteed income to all adult citizens as part of a welfare package for the state.

Adani Wilmar Ltd said it has lodged an FIR through their agency, against the B2B platform for alleged distribution of counterfeit products on the platform. The FIR has been lodged at Badalpur police station in Gautam Budhnagar District, Uttar Pradesh.

Adani Wilmar Ltd on Saturday said it has lodged a police complaint against a B2B platform for allegedly distributing counterfeit products in the name of its 'Fortune' brand. As part of a routine market survey, Adani Wilmar representatives discovered the malpractice.

President Droupadi Murmu seeking Indian citizenship, as she plans to live in India with her children and now husband Sachin Meena.  This comes amid an ongoing investigation by the Uttar Pradesh Police and Anti-Terrorism Squad for her illegally entering India, and increasing demands of her deportation to Pakistan.  The 30-year-old woman from Sindh had crossed over to India illegally in May to be with her partner Sachin Meena in Greater Noida. According to a Hindustan Times report, Haider in her petition to president Murmu has requested permission to stay in India. She claims to have been deeply influenced by Indian culture and traditions.  In her petition, Haider also pleaded for mercy from President Murmu.  Seema (30) and her Indian partner Sachin Meena (22) were questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad on Monday and Tuesday.

Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said it would not be appropriate to say if Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India illegally in May and is staying with her partner in Noida, is a spy «unless we have enough proof». Seema (30) and her Indian partner Sachin Meena (22) were questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad on Monday and Tuesday. They were first arrested by the local police in Greater Noida on July 4 but were granted bail by a court on July 7.

Uttar Pradesh Deepak Singhal on Monday lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that he has no knowledge of technology and water management. Speaking to ANI, the former bureaucrat said, «Kejriwal has no knowledge of technology and water management...He should think about implementing long-term schemes to save Delhi.» Countering Kejriwal's claims that the Eastern and Western Canals of the Yamuna were not opened despite the flooding of the Yamuna at Delhi, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary said that canals are not opened during floods because it may lead to permanent siltation in the canals since floodwater contains a high amount of silt.

₹10,000 crore.  “While the current status of economic loss due to these floods is yet to be estimated still we believe this in the range of ₹10,000 to 15,000 crore," an ecowrap issued by SBI Research said on Monday.  The recent north India floods had severely affected Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi. India has also incurred massive financial losses as the Biparjoy cyclone swept throught Gujarat earlier this year.

kanwariya died from electrocution after a vehicle of the devotees came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in the Bhawanpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district, taking the death toll in the incident to six. Confirming the death of six kanwariyas, District Magistrate Deepak Meena told PTI on Sunday that a magisterial inquiry committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of the additional district magistrate (administration) to investigate the causes of the accident.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to two years imprisonment in a case of provocative speech during the 2019 general elections. Judge Shobhit Bansal convicted Khan and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.

New Delhi: Arvind Kumar , advisor for industries to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, has been appointed as the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC). Kumar succeeds Raj Pratap Singh whose tenure ended in June.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh today, issued an orange alert in the two states. As per IMD, Orange Alert: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar likely to get heavy to very heavy rainfall (115.6 to 204.4 mm) on 14th July. The weather department has also warned of localised flooding in the two stated and have asked citizens to avoid flood prone zone and stay away from vulnerable structures.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued rainfall alerts for several states for the next few days. Uttarakhand is on red alert today and an orange alert during 15-17 July. An orange alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued in Uttar Pradesh, Assam on 14 July.

Kanwar yatra with Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as its theme to a state unit launching a special campaign on the same, the BJP and its leaders are going the extra mile keep the focus on the code in the run up to 2024 polls. Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan will do Kanwar yatra starting on June 11 from Haridwar where he is expected to be joined by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with UCC as its theme.

Uttar Pradesh district for allegedly beating up a Dalit man and forcing him to lick his slippers, police said on Sunday. A video purportedly of the incident had gone viral on social media, they said, adding that the accused has been «terminated from the service». In his complaint submitted to police on July 8, Rajendra Chamar, the Dalit man, said he belongs to the Scheduled Castes (SC) category.