Prisoner shoots down two, including Mukhtar Ansari's close aide, in UP jail
Lucknow/IBNS: An Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot jail inmate shot dead two gangsters, one of them a close aide of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, and held five other prisoners hostage before he was killed by a police team on Friday morning, according to media reports.
UP: Doctors in Unnao's govt hosps quit for being blamed for rise in Covid cases
Lucknow/IBNS: Over a dozen doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district have resigned from their posts in rural hospitals, alleging that they are being made scapegoat for the surge in Covid-19 cases in the district, said media reports.
Uttar Pradesh: Cleric's funeral in Badaun flouts Covid norms, case filed
Badaun/IBNS: A Muslim cleric's funeral on Monday led to a massive gathering and procession in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun, flouting norms of Covid-19 at a time the country is grappling with the huge spike in infections, media reports said.
Record 994.83 MT oxygen supplied in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow/UNI: Oxygen supply in Uttar Pradesh stood at a record 994.83 metric tonnes in the past 24 hours.
UP govt orders free cremation of Covid victims
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh government has issued a Government Order (GO) making cremation of people dying due to Covid-19 free of cost.
Two policemen, truck driver killed in UP accident
Hardoi/UNI: Two policemen and a truck driver were killed when the vehicle fell in the Garra river after jumping the railings of a bridge on Pali-Shahabad road in the district on Thursday.
UP govt extends weekend curfew till May 10 morning
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday extended Corona curfew till May 10 morning, to contain the virus which is wreaking havoc in the second wave.
Uttar Pradesh: Ruling BJP gets big jolt in panchayat polls
Lucknow/UNI: Even as the BJP was yet to swallow the defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls, the panchayat poll results in Uttar Pradesh has given a big jolt to the ruling party.
Last phase of UP panchayat polls tomorrow
Lucknow/UNI: Voting for the fourth and last phase of the three-tier panchayat polls will be held on Thursday amid the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases.
UP: Five member of family buried alive after roof collapses in Mirzapur
Mirzapur/UNI: Five members of a family buried alive after the roof collapsed in Choti Gudri area under Kotwali police station area early Wednesday morning.
BJP obsessed with elections than saving lives amid pandemic: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is more obsessed with elections than saving the lives of the common people reeling under the second wave of the devastating pandemic.
Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order calling for lockdown in five UP cities
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold the Allahabad High Court's order to put five cities of Uttar Pradesh under a weeklong lockdown to check the rise in Covid-19 cases, media reports said.
No lockdown in five UP cities: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold the Allahabad High Court's order to put five cities of Uttar Pradesh under lockdown to check the rise in Covid-19 cases. The five cities are Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur districts.
UP govt refuses to follow Allahabad High Court's order to impose lockdown in 5 cities
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday refused to follow the Allahabad High Court's order which called for lockdown in five cities - Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur - from Monday night till April 26 amid the rising cases of coronavirus.
Uttar Pradesh: Peaceful polling underway in second phase of panchayat polls
Lucknow/UNI: Polling for the second phase of the three-tier panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh covering 20 districts were underway on a peaceful note on Monday.