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LUCKNOW: In an apparent attempt to pacify farmers ahead of the UP assembly elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced a hike of Rs 25 per quintal in the purchase price of sugarcane in the state. Addressing a meeting of farmers in Lucknow, organised by the BJP’s Kisan Morcha, ...

Image Source : PTI Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with newly sworn-in state ministers, during expansion of the Cabinet ahead of UP Assembly elections, in Lucknow, Sunday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday expanded his cabinet by inducting seven new ministers including Jitin ...

Image Source : FILE PHOTO/ PTI Bharat Bandh: Haryana Police issues advisory for Monday (Representational Image) The Haryana Police has put in place elaborate arrangements to maintain peace and order, during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by farmer unions on Monday (September 27) to protest the Centre’s three farm laws. The call ...

Image Source : PTI Bharat Bandh: ‘In war of right and wrong, can not afford to be neutral’, says Navjot Singh Sidhu Congress stands with farmer unions’ demand for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Monday to protest against three farm laws passed in the Parliament last year, said party’s Punjab unit chief ...

Image Source : FILE PHOTO/ PTI IMD forecasts heavy rain in Bengal Heavy rain is likely to pound most of the districts in southern West Bengal on Tuesday owing to a low-pressure area that is developing in the Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. Some ...

Image Source : ANI UP ATS arrests three associates of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui in religious conversion syndicate. The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested three associates of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, who was arrested for allegedly running religious conversion syndicate across India. Those arrested by the ATS have been ...

Image Source : PTI A health worker collects samples of passengers for Covid-19 test. At least 73 per cent population in 12 districts of Odisha have developed antibodies against Covid-19, said Sanghamitra Pati, director of ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) on Sunday. On the instruction of the Odisha government, ...

Image Source : PTI “The security will be preventive and we are fully alert. There is no call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Delhi, but we are watching the developments and adequate number of personnel will be on ground,” another officer said. The Delhi Police has intensified patrolling and deployed extra ...

Image Source : PTI The Governor will nominate these members. The four members to be nominated are Jitin Prasada (who was also sworn in as cabinet minister on Sunday), Sanjay Nishad, Gopal Anjaan and Virendra Gurjar. The Yogi Adityanath government has recommended four names for nomination to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan ...

Image Source : PTI The CBI had earlier on Friday stepped in to probe the death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) president Narendra Giri. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday filed an application before the court seeking 10-day custody of Anand Giri, Adya Tiwari, and his son Sandip Tiwari, ...