Avaneesh Mishra

In the letter, a copy of which has been sent to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Ayodhya District Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha, Das alleged that an organisation formed by Mahant Janmejay Sharan of Janki Ghat, and several other such outfits had been cheating the devotees of Hindu deity Ram.

Supreme Court had expressed concern over gatherings in pandemic, said health of citizens and their right to life is paramount

The Kanwar yatra, as confirmed by senior police and administrative officials in Uttar Pradesh, will be held from July 25 to August 6.

Uttarakhand's decision to suspend the yatra comes even as the administration in UP has started preparing for the yatra -- "with restrictions".

In a letter to the UP State Law Commission, VHP working president Alok Kumar stated that while they support the aim to stabilise the population by promoting two-child norm, sections 5, 6(2) and 7 of the draft Bill that incentivise public servants and others to have only one child “go well beyond the said objects”.

The draft Bill, on which suggestions have been invited from the public until July 19, proposes to bar people with more than two children from contesting local bodies elections, applying for government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who celebrated the victory at the BJP office, said the conduct of the polls had shown "individuals and parties can contest elections peacefully" in UP.

While the Opposition SP and Congress accused the ruling party of indulging in violence and misusing official machinery, the BJP denied the charge, and claimed to have won 276 of the 825 block pramukh posts unopposed.

According to party insiders, the document was prepared to counter the Opposition’s narrative about the government’s mishandling of the pandemic during the second Covid wave in April and May.

On March 18, according to the legal documents, the trust had purchased a 1.208 hectares plot for Rs 18.5 crore from property dealers Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari, who in turn had purchased it from landowners Harish Pathak and Kusum Pathak for Rs 2 crore the same day.

He hailed the country’s democratic system for making this possible.

On Saturday, the eve of Ram Nath Kovind's first visit to Paraunkh since taking over as Head of State, the road to it stood freshly repaired as the village dressed up to receive him.

It is to be noted that the UP government had asked IIT-Kanpur and other institutions to conduct the study.

No mock drill under which oxygen supply stopped, no proof of this: report.

On March 18, the Trust purchased the larger plot, 1.208 hectares, for Rs 18.5 crore from Sultan Ansari and property dealer Ravi Mohan Tiwari, who in turn had purchased it from the Pathaks for Rs 2 crore.

This a day after Trust general secretary Champat Rai said that the land was purchased at the rate of Rs 1,423 per sqft, “much less than the market price of nearby area” and the payment was made through the bank.

Defending its purchase of a piece of land in Ayodhya for Rs 18.5 crore, alleged at an inflated rate, Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai on Monday said the deal was “transparent” and those making the allegations are trying to create confusion in the society.

AAP’s Sanjay Singh claimed the stamp papers for the first purchase were bought at 5.11 pm, and for the second at 5.22 pm. He demanded this be probed by the CBI or ED as it concerns religious beliefs of crores of people.

In his letter to the PM, Brijesh Kumar Prajapati, the BJP MLA from Tindwari, alleged that the university issued two separate advertisements to fill 40 vacant posts for professors, associate professors and assistant professors with a “devious” attempt to “conduct serious irregularities in reservation”.

Officials said the constable told them that he down convict Dhruv Kumar’s 34-year-old son Praveen Singh as some recent arguments between them had turned physical, and he feared for his life.

Agra District Magistrate Prabhu Narain Singh confirmed that the person in the video clip was the hospital owner, Dr Arinjay Jain. The incident is reported to have occurred on the morning of April 26, and the video was made on April 28.

However, the state government on Monday said that with a sharp decline in Covid cases in the last few days, the black fungus cases have also started to decline.

The local BJP leader accused of freeing the criminal from the police team was identified as Narayan Singh Bhadauria.

The administration was stirred into action after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared the viral clip.