The Latest Breaking News from UP

Delhi Police arrests two arms suppliers ahead of Republic Day

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Republic Day, the Special Cell unit of Delhi Police has arrested two persons for allegedly involved in the supply of illegal arms, officials said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Ravi Khan (40), a resident of Prayagraj district in UP, and Rahul Singh…

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

UP assembly election: What connects Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav

NEW DELHI: After a long spell of uncertainty, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav’s candidature was announced on Monday by the party for contesting the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly election. UP chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath’s name was already declared by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on January 15.…

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

After Naresh, now Rakesh Tikait calls for 'anti-BJP' vote in Aligarh

AGRA: Farmers' leader and Bhartiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the "Hindu-Muslim and Jinnah rhetoric will be kept alive in the state only till the assembly elections and cautioned his supporters and farmers "not to be influenced by such divisive statements, meant only for political gains".

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

Arsenic in water brings death and disease in UP, Bihar

Around 900 kilometres from Delhi, it is difficult to find a single household unaffected by illness in Tiwaritola village of Ballia﹘a border district cushioned between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Reason: presence of high levels of arsenic in groundwater.

Newslaundry · Jan 24, 2022

UP TET: One held for impersonating candidate in Pratapgarh

Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested a man, who was allegedly appearing in place of a candidate in the UP Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2021 for Rs 20,000 at Pratapgarh district's Saket Girls Inter College.

Dynamite News · Jan 24, 2022

UP assembly polls: Congress veteran Noor Bano's grandson Haider Ali Khan is BJP ally's candidate from Suar

LUCKNOW: In a politically crucial development, BJP ally Apna Dal (S) on Sunday announced the candidature of Haider Ali Khan from Suar assembly seat in UP's Rampur, the pocket borough of Samajwadi Party heavyweight and jailed MP Azam Khan.

The Times of India · Jan 23, 2022

UP TET aspirants denied entry at Noida exam centre for not producing 'valid' documents

Several candidates appearing for UP Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) at a centre in Noida on Sunday were denied entry on not producing valid documents.

Dynamite News · Jan 23, 2022

PariWar in Uttar Pradesh: Politics challenges kinship

LUCKNOW: Is political water really thicker than blood? The UP assembly elections have thrown up cases where differences in leanings within influential political families have come out widely in the open. So, while defection of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, his relatives – Hari Om Yadav…

The Times of India · Jan 22, 2022

'UP mein ie baa': Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya lists out welfare schemes to counter 'UP Mein Ka Ba' song

PRAYAGRAJ: Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday hit back at Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore, who recently launched her new song "UP Mein Ka Ba? (What is there in UP?" in response to BJP MP Ravi Kishan’s number "UP Mein Sab Ba" (UP has everything).

The Times of India · Jan 22, 2022

Uttar Pradesh elections: Akhilesh Yadav takes cue from viral Bhojpuri rap to target BJP

LUCKNOW: Taking a cue from "UP mein ka ba" (What is there in UP), a rap by Bhojpuri singer Neha Rathore, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav used the catchline to rhyme with a series to couplets to target the claims of the BJP government in UP.

The Times of India · Jan 22, 2022