The Latest Breaking News from UP

MUMBAI: In an uncanny parallel with the iconic TV series 'Breaking Bad', a chemistry postgraduate, after holding a respectable job in the city for years, decided to go rogue amidst the dreariness of middle age, ending up as the mastermind of an elaborate drugs supply scam, reports Ahmed Ali.

MEERUT: A joint team of the special operation group (SOG) of UP police and FSDA (food safety drug administration) department inspectors raided shops in Khairnagar market on Wednesday after getting a tip-off that they were allegedly selling “fake” protein supplements in Meerut and nearby districts.

BAREILLY: Eleven people have been arrested and sent to jail for allegedly thrashing and pelting stones at some kanwariyas over playing “loud” music on speakers in Wazirganj area of UP’s Budaun.

LUCKNOW: The nomination papers of the Samajwadi Party candidate for legislative council polls, Kirti Kol, were found to be invalid on Tuesday – in a development that will pave the way for election of both BJP nominees, Dharemndra Singh Sainthwar and Nirmala Paswan, unopposed. With this, the strength of the…

LUCKNOW: Amidst speculations around who would be the next Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief, the party is mulling to shift to west UP in search of a new chief. Though, nothing is final until now, the party think-tank is of the opinion that this time a chief could be…

BHOPAL: Mohammed Anas and Zuber Khan — who were picked up from Bhopal in a joint operation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and IB — were released on Monday after being subjected to several rounds of interrogation.

KANPUR: Fed up with constant harassment, a 27-year-old woman allegedly hacked her 30-year-old alcoholic and abusive husband to death with an axe in Umrar Kheda area of Jalaun district in UP on Sunday night.

LUCKNOW: Lauding BJP for standing at the forefront of “cultural and historical values”, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that his “party was not only giving direction to the country but to the entire world”.

BHOPAL: Two youths were detained in a joint operation led by NIA and Central intelligence bureau from Bhopal in the wee hours on Sunday.

VARANASI: A Bijli Mahotsav (electricity festival) –‘Ujjawal India, Ujjawal Bhavishya, Power @ 2047 was organized at the NTPC Singrauli, Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district on Friday. Under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Power, Government of India is organizing “Ujjawal India, Ujjawal Bhavishya,…

LUCKNOW: UP boy Aditya Lathar has become the first Indian to be elected the post-graduate academic officer at Durham University in the UK. Lathar is the son of former leader of opposition of the UP legislative council, Samajwadi Party member Sanjay Lathar.