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Om Birla said that while members should raise their issues strongly and with emotions, they should do so with discipline and with parliamentary dignity.

According to the tentative programme, Joshi would deliver the keynote address on “capacity building of the legislators for scrutinising budgetary proposals” on January 16, while Naqvi would speak on “enhancing focus of Legislatures on Legislative business” on January 17.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who presided over the cabinet meeting, told reporters that an ADG-level officer will be the police commissioner of Lucknow and Noida. The commissionerate will also have an SP-level woman officer to deal with cases of crimes related to women.

Saying that she heard the “plight” of those arrested during the protests in Varanasi, she added that “injustice” was done to those who were raising their voice peacefully.

In the elections held on Wednesday, the NSUI candidates won the top four posts — president, vice-president, general secretary and library secretary — of the students union, leading to celebrations by Congress workers in Varanasi as well as in Lucknow.

Sources said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is likely to start his Ganga Yatra from Bijnor on January 27, may visit Hastinapur, where he could take part in “Ganga Arti” and address a public meeting.

A discussion on Article 29 and 30 of the Constitution, which talks on the protection of interest of minorities, is also likely to take place. The saints may also stress on the need for the same law for all citizens.

Attacking the Congress, Adityanath said it would have been better “had Priyanka met and consoled the aggrieved mothers instead of indulging in politics in UP”.

Swatantra Dev Singh alleged that misperceptions are being created about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and NPR.

Priyanka’s remarks prompted a counter from Adityanath in the evening, stating that anyone interrupting a sanyasi’s “relentless efforts for public welfare” will be “punished”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue in Lucknow on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while people have the right (adhikar) to education, healthcare and secure environment, they also have duties  (kartavya) and responsibilities (dayitva) towards teachers, doctors and the police force.

Nand Kishore Gujjar, MLA from Loni in Ghaziabad, alleged that he was being harassed by officers in the government and demanded that they be summoned in the Assembly.

On December 12, 2018, the younger of the two sisters was allegedly raped by two men, one of them allegedly the man she loved. Then, on December 5, as the family fought the case in Rae Bareli, the 23-year-old was waylaid by five men, two of them allegedly her rapists, and set on fire.

They also wanted Adityanath to announce that the culprits will be sent to the gallows within a week.

Priyanka Gandhi asked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to own to the responsibility for the crimes against the women and demanded explanation on actions taken so far.

Mamta had gone to a hospital to meet the family members of a 23-year-old gangrape victim who was set on fire by five men in Unnao district Thursday. Chaudhary alleged that she was not allowed to meet the victim’s family members.

In June 2018, members of a foundation that runs a cow rehabilitation centre near Jaipur had announced plans to start a safari where visitors would learn about “indigenous breeds”. It’s yet to start, though, with organisers now claiming a January launch.

At the Akhara, whose suit over the disputed Ayodhya site was rejected by the Supreme Court, teenage residents accept the verdict as Ram’s wish, call for better education to help secure their future.