Tag: Saharanpur

  • Nine killed as tractor falls into drain in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur

    By PTI

    SAHARANPUR/LUCKNOW: A tractor-trolley fell into a drain near Redhibodki village in the Saharanpur district, leaving nine people dead, four of them children, police on Thursday said.

    The incident took place Wednesday evening in the Tajpura area when a tractor carrying around 50 devotees was on its way to Randaul village for a religious event, Superintendent of Police, City, Abhimanyu Manglik told PTI.

    On Wednesday, police recovered four bodies from the drain.

    The victims were identified as Sulochana, 58, Manglesh, 50, and Aditi and Arjun, both aged five and 12.

    Five bodies recovered on Thursday are yet to be identified, Manglik said.

    Several people were washed away due to a strong current in the river.

    A rescue operation is still on to retrieve one missing person, the SP said.

    The spot was visited by Saharanpur District Magistrate Dr Dinesh Chand and SSP Dr Vipin Tada.

    Tada told PTI that the villagers had been told not to take the route but the driver disregarded the warning.

    An excavation machine has been called in to assist in the rescue work, the SSP added.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the deaths and asked the Saharanpur administration to immediately grant Rs 4 lakh each to victims’ kin, an official statement said.

    SAHARANPUR/LUCKNOW: A tractor-trolley fell into a drain near Redhibodki village in the Saharanpur district, leaving nine people dead, four of them children, police on Thursday said.

    The incident took place Wednesday evening in the Tajpura area when a tractor carrying around 50 devotees was on its way to Randaul village for a religious event, Superintendent of Police, City, Abhimanyu Manglik told PTI.

    On Wednesday, police recovered four bodies from the drain.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    The victims were identified as Sulochana, 58, Manglesh, 50, and Aditi and Arjun, both aged five and 12.

    Five bodies recovered on Thursday are yet to be identified, Manglik said.

    Several people were washed away due to a strong current in the river.

    A rescue operation is still on to retrieve one missing person, the SP said.

    The spot was visited by Saharanpur District Magistrate Dr Dinesh Chand and SSP Dr Vipin Tada.

    Tada told PTI that the villagers had been told not to take the route but the driver disregarded the warning.

    An excavation machine has been called in to assist in the rescue work, the SSP added.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the deaths and asked the Saharanpur administration to immediately grant Rs 4 lakh each to victims’ kin, an official statement said.

  • NEET aspirant dies after being hit by truck in UP’s Saharanpur

    By PTI

    SAHARANPUR: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant on his way to an exam centre was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a truck in Sarsawa area on Sunday, police said.

    The National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) was conducted on Sunday.

    Ruchit Kamboj, a resident of Mohalla Durga Colony, was travelling to Deoband with his friend when the accident occurred, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain told PTI.

    Kamboj sustained serious head injuries while his friend escaped with minor injuries, he said.

    A police team took Kamboj to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.

    The driver of the truck abandoned the vehicle and fled, police said, adding that the body has been sent for postmortem.

    SAHARANPUR: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant on his way to an exam centre was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a truck in Sarsawa area on Sunday, police said.

    The National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) was conducted on Sunday.

    Ruchit Kamboj, a resident of Mohalla Durga Colony, was travelling to Deoband with his friend when the accident occurred, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain told PTI.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Kamboj sustained serious head injuries while his friend escaped with minor injuries, he said.

    A police team took Kamboj to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.

    The driver of the truck abandoned the vehicle and fled, police said, adding that the body has been sent for postmortem.

  • Uttar Pradesh polls: PM Narendra Modi seeks vote for peace for all, security of women in Saharanpur

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Commencing his poll campaign by addressing first physical rally in Saharanpur, the western tip of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the voters to support riot-free and peaceful state, criminals behind the bars and security for women.

    The Prime Minister addressed his rally while the first phase of voting was on over 58 seats across 11 western UP districts including those adjoining Saharanpur like Shamli and Muzaffarnagar. In all, the fate of 623 candidates was at stake in the first phase of voting on Thursday.  

    However, Saharanpur will go to polls in the second phase on February 14 when voting would be held on 55 seats across nine districts of western UP.

    Reaching out to other half of the population, the PM stressed that the BJP government was essential for Uttar Pradesh to maintain a secured atmosphere for the women to grow without fear. Claiming that BJP wanted the women to contribute to nation-building, he said that all the sectors were being opened for them. He also raised the issue of triple talaq in Saharanpur where Muslims make around 42 per cent of the population.

    Amid the raging row over hijab in BJP ruled Karnataka, the PM pitched in favour of Muslim women saying the BJP government freed them from the clutches of atrocities in the name of triple talaq by bringing a law against the practice. 

    “When Muslim women started openly supporting Modi government, opponents and self-acclaimed saviors of religion got anxious and started suppressing the voice of Muslim women. But we stand with every Muslim woman,” PM Modi said.

    The PM launched an attack on SP-RLD alliance leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhury respectively over the alleged arrogance and compared them with the SP-Congress alliance in 2017 reminding people of its fate then.

    The PM harped on Muzaffarnagar riot rhetoric of the BJP and reminded people of Saharanpur Muslim-Sikh riots of 2014  urging them to vote for peace and security which, he claimed, would take the state on path of development. The PM repeated the ‘pariwarwadi’ (dynastic politics) jibe on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. 

    “Those who are limited to safeguard the interest of their family will not go beyond it again if given a chance,” said Modi.

    He cited the example of how round-the-clock power supply and infrastructural development were limited to a few native districts of those who were at helm in previous government.

    “Had they been in power during the pandemic, the vaccines would have been sold off somewhere on the way and would not have reached you,” he added. PM claimed that big promises made were usually empty. They [previous governments] promised electricity but kept UP in dark,” he maintained. 

    “What is the harm in making promises as they know that they would not come to power so the question of fulfillment does not arise,” quipped the PM while taking a jibe of opposition for offering freebies.

    Reiterating the BJP tagline of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, the PM claimed that the benefits of the welfare schemes were extended to all sections of society equally in the BJP rule. He reached out to the farmers especially the cane growers promising them that their interests would be taken care of in future as well.

    He claimed that the BJP government was necessary for UP to ensure the poor continue to get houses and free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh at good hospitals.

    “For money to continue to reach farmers’ accounts directly, BJP government is necessary in UP. For the poor to get ration during the pandemic, BJP is necessary,” he said.

    The BJP’s manifesto for UP polls was one of public welfare and that the double engine government had done a lot in the state, said the PM cautioning the people against voting for those who were eyeing an opportunity to take revenge of the action taken on criminals whom they were patronizing.

  • It’s confirmed, Priyanka’s close aide Imran Masood joining SP

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: In a major jolt to the Congress party ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Imran Masood, an influential leader and party face in western UP, has formally announced his plans to switch over to the Samajwadi Party (SP) along with his supporters on Monday. 

    Masood claimed that his decision was driven by the fact that in battleground UP, the fight was straight between the ruling BJP and the SP.

    Notably, Masood had been convincing the Congress leadership to fight the 2022 UP Assembly polls in alliance with the SP. In September last year, he had openly praised Akhilesh Yadav-led SP as the only party capable of giving BJP the fight.

    On Monday, All India Congress general secretary Masood held a meeting with his supporters at his residence in Saharanpur and vowed to win all the seven seats of Saharanpur Parliamentary segment for the SP to “keep the democracy alive and remove the present fascist government.”

    Meanwhile, immediately after the meeting, Saharanpur police lodged an FIR at Qutubsher police station naming Masood and 10 of his supporters along with 300 unidentified persons for violation of Model Code of Conduct and COVID protocol. 

    “Imran Masood had held a meeting drawing a huge assemblage of his supporters at his Ambala Road residence. He had not secured permission to organize the meeting as the model code of conduct is in force. Moreover, those present in the meeting did not follow the COVID guidelines. No one was wearing the mask nor were they following the social distancing norms. So a case has been registered against Masood, 10 of his named supporters and 300 unidentified people present on the spot under relevant sections of IPC and Epidemic Act,” said a senior police official.

    The case has been registered under Sections 188 171-H, 269 and 270 of IPC along with Sections 3 and 4 of Epidemic Act. Those named in the FIR include Imran Masood, Masood Akhtar, Shadan Masood, Chaudhury Irshad, Umesh Tyagi, Gulfam Ansari, Ompal Singh, Vivek Kant, Sukhvinder Sharma, Jabar Singh and 300 unidentified persons.

    Imran Masood became an independent MLA from Muzaffarabad assembly seat in 2007. He defeated Jagdish Singh Rana of SP. He has also won the election of Saharanpur Municipality Chairman. In 2012, he contested the assembly elections from Nakur in Saharanpur but lost to Dharam Singh Saini who had contested on BSP ticket. In 2017 Masood tried his fate again from Nakur assembly segment but lost to Dharam Singh Saini who was contesting on a BJP ticket.

    Masood had courted controversy at the time of 2014 Lok Sabha elections when he threatened to kill Narendra Modi who was the BJP PM face. Masood was arrested for the comments. With adverse publicity from the controversy, Masood lost from Saharanpur in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

    This will be the return of the western UP leader to SP fold after seven years. He had joined the SP in 2013, only to return to the Congress the following year. However, the exodus in Congress continues as many senior leaders including Jitin Prasada and Satyadev Tripathi switched over to BJP recently. Also, Congress Raebareli (Sadar) MLA Aditi Singh and party Harchandpur MLA Rakesh Singh had recently switched over to the BJP.

    Previously, another close aide of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Harendra Malik along with his son and party’s state vice-president and former MLA Pankaj Malik quit Congress to join the SP.

  • ‘Congress will scrap new farm laws if voted to power’: Priyanka Gandhi at mahapanchayat

    By ANI
    SAHARANPUR: Congress will scrap new farm laws if voted to power, said General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at a kisan mahapanchayat in Saharanpur on Wednesday.

    Earlier, she offered prayers at Shakumbhari Devi Temple situated at a distance of 40 km to the north of Saharanpur.

    “I will be in Saharanpur to listen, understand, and share my feelings with the farmers as well as support their struggle. The BJP government will have to withdraw the black agriculture laws,” she had tweeted on Wednesday morning.

    District Magistrate Saharanpur had issued an order imposing section 144 in the area till April 5 ahead of her visit.

    कांग्रेस महासचिव श्रीमती @priyankagandhi जी शक्तिपीठ शाकुंभरी देवी मंदिर में ध्यान की मुद्रा में।#JaiJawan_JaiKisan pic.twitter.com/x6DIF5UbZG
    — Congress (@INCIndia) February 10, 2021

    The Congress leader is also expected to also conduct a dialogue with farmers in Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar districts on February 13. Congress had earlier extended its full support to the call for ‘chakka jam’ from farmers for three hours last week. The grand old party and the other opposition parties have raised their concern against the new farm laws.

    Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.  

  • Priyanka Gandhi to attend ‘kisan panchayat’ in Saharanpur on Wednesday: Uttar Pradesh Congress

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: Amid the agitation against the Centre’s agri laws, the Congress will on Wednesday launch its outreach campaign in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attending a ‘kisan panchayat’ in Saharanpur.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be participating in the kisan panchayat at Chilkhana under the party’s ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ campaign that will be started in 27 districts of the state, media convenor of UP Congress Lalan Kumar said.

    He said that several prominent party leaders will be participating in the 10-day programme.

    The campaign is starting in 27 districts including Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Budaun, Bareilly, Rampur, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheir, Sitapur and Hardoi, Lalan said.

    The Congress has been vociferously supporting the farmers’ agitating against the new agri laws and is hoping to make inroads in the state where assembly elections are due next year.