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  With Yogi in driver's seat, Modi's Varanasi back in focus

  India | April 19, 2017 15:49 IST

  It is now Advantage Varanasi as the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency back on the front burner

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  Communal clash erupts in Kanpur over Navratra procession route, situation under control

  India | April 06, 2017 19:12 IST

  A communal clash erupted in Kanpur’s rural town of Akbarpur today after members of two communities had an argument over the Navratra procession changing its traditional route to pass through a minority-dominated area

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  Actress Kriti Sanon to learn local UP language for upcoming movies

  Bollywood | September 25, 2016 12:30 IST

  Actress Kriti Sanon is excited to start shooting for upcoming films ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ and 'Lucknow Central' for which she will be learning the local language as both the movies are based in Uttar Pradesh.

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  ISIS sympathiser sent to 10 days NIA custody

  India | February 06, 2016 16:15 IST

  New Delhi: Suspected ISIS sympathiser Abdus Sami Qasmi, arrested for allegedly motivating youths to join the dreaded terror outfit, was today remanded in 10 days NIA custody by a Delhi court.Qasmi was produced before District

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  UP:Cases against 7 police inspectors for flouting court orders

  India | January 31, 2016 6:58 IST

  Mainpuri: Cases were today registered against seven police officers of as many police stations here under the Police Act for not complying with court orders and neglecting their dutiesIn an order issued in this regard,

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  Top 5 states by communal incidents

  India | October 07, 2015 18:55 IST

  Uttar Pradesh accounted for a fifth of all religious conflicts–or “communal incidents”, as they are officially called–in India between 2010 and 2014, according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha.As many as 703 religious conflicts

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  Five sleeping labourers crushed to death by truck on pavement

  India | August 17, 2015 17:39 IST

  Chandigarh: Five labourers from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were killed and three others injured when a truck ran over them while they were sleeping on a pavement here.The incident occurred past midnight in Chandigarh's Transport

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  Nepal Maoists burn down Indian school bus along Indo-Nepal border

  India | July 25, 2015 17:53 IST

  Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): An Indian school bus carrying Nepalese children was allegedly set ablaze by a section of protesting Maoists along the Indo-Nepal border, police said. However, no casualties were reported, they said.The school bus belonging

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  Sulabh to help UP brothers who cleared IIT entrance test

  India | June 20, 2015 16:51 IST

  Lucknow : Sanitation NGO Sulabh International on Saturday announced financial assistance and support to two brothers of Pratapgarh to pursue higher studies in the IITs.A spokesman of the NGO told IANS that taking note of

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  Some trying to create confusion in name of religion: Akhilesh Yadav

  National | March 15, 2015 8:32 IST

  Lucknow: In an apparent attack on BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday said that some people create confusion in the name of religion and there was a need to combat that.“Some persons create

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  First women's cricket T-20 tournament in UP

  Cricket | October 13, 2014 13:36 IST

  Mathura: The first all-India women's Twenty-20 cricket tournament will begin Tuesday at Amarnath Vidya Ashram ground in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city."This is the first time that a national level tournament is being held in Mathura,"

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