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  • Vehicle carrying pilgrims falls into roadside ditch in UP; 10 dead, 7 injured

    By PTI

    PILIBHIT: Ten pilgrims, including two children, died after their vehicle overturned and fell into a roadside ditch in Gajraula area here Thursday morning, police said.

    Seven people were injured in the incident, they said.

    The vehicle was carrying 17 pilgrims from Haridwar and was heading towards Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh when it met with the accident on the Lucknow highway at around 4 am. It seems the driver dozed off and lost control over the vehicle, police said.

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives and directed the officials to ensure proper relief and rescue work.

    According to police, eight people died on the spot, while two others succumbed to injuries in the hospital.

    “Around 17 people were travelling in the vehicle. The dead include three children, three women and four men, including the driver,” Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) Amitabh Rai said.

    He said three of the injured have been referred from the district hospital to Bareilly.

    The deceased have been identified as Laxmi (28), Rachna (28), Sarla Devi (60), Hersh (16), Khushi (2), Sushant (14), Anand (3), Lalman (65), Shyamsundar (55) and driver Dilshad (35), police said.

  • Demolition row: SC seeks replies from UP government on pleas, says due process should be followed

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Stating that authorities should strictly follow the due procedure under the law, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought replies from the Uttar Pradesh government and its authorities within three days on pleas alleging the illegal demolition of houses of those accused in last week’s violence.

    There must be a sense among the citizens that rule of law prevails in the country, a vacation bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Vikram Nath said, “Everything should be fair. We expect the authorities to strictly follow the due procedure under the law.”

    The bench posted the matter for further hearing on Tuesday.

  • Man arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia for objectionable Facebook post on Prophet Mohammad

    By PTI

    BALLIA: A youth has been arrested in Rasra area here for allegedly posting an objectionable content against Prophet Mohammad on a social media site, a police official said on Monday.

    Krishna Kumar, who had posted the objectionable Facebook post on Sunday, was arrested, Circle Officer (Rasra) Shiv Narain Vaish said.

    The case has been registered against him on the complaint of Sheikh Huzaifa, a member of Jamiat Ulama, who in a tweet on Sunday urged the police to take action against the accused.

    Taking cognizance of the complaint, police on Monday arrested Krishna Kumar, the CO added.

  • Kanpur violence: Five more held, SIT set up to probe

    “We will investigate if they had any links with the PFI (Popular Front of India), which had called for a closure (of shops) in Manipur and West Bengal on the same day,” Kanpur Police Commissioner said

  • Teenage girl gang-raped, killed in Uttar Pradesh village

    By PTI

    CHITRAKOOT: A 13-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped earlier, has died during treatment, police said on Saturday. Three men have been arrested so far in connection with the rape, they said.

    Superintendent of Police Atul Sharma said that the girl, a resident of Pahadi Police Station area, was allegedly gang-raped on Wednesday night when she was sleeping with her family outside her house.

    The family members did not inform the police about the incident immediately and took her to Kaushambi district for treatment.

    The girl succumbed to wounds Thursday night, police said. The SP said that the family did not tell anyone about the incident, and brought her body on Friday. Three people, Nadeem, Adarsh Pandey, and Vipul Mishra have been arrested in this connection, Sharma said.

    He added that the police are waiting for the post mortem report. SHO Ajit Pandey said that the victim was found on Thursday with both her hands tied. He said that the family too will be questioned about why they concealed the matter.

  • Illegal properties of Kanpur violence accused to be demolished

    By ANI

    LUCKNOW (Uttar Pradesh): The illegal properties of the accused involved in the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district will be demolished, said Prashant Kumar, ADG (Law and Order) on Saturday.

    “The situation has been brought under control. Identification of the accused is being done. Action will be taken against them, and their illegal properties will also be demolished,” Kumar said.

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    A tense situation prevailed in Kanpur after a clash broke out between two groups belonging to different communities allegedly over a market shutdown on Friday. Two persons and one policeman were injured in the aftermath of the clashes.

    The incident began after some people tried to shut down shops which were opposed by the other group, said the police.

    ALSO READ: Yogi directs strict action as clashes erupt in Kanpur

    Police informed that a total of 36 persons were arrested and three cases have been registered in the Kanpur violence case so far. The security in the area was also beefed up between Yateem Khana and Parade crossroads in Kanpur to maintain the situation.

    “…36 people have been arrested while three FIRs have been registered so far. More people are being identified on the basis of the video,” said Police Commissioner, Vijay Singh Meena.

  • BJP announces 4 more candidates for RS polls, fields party’s OBC wing head K Laxman from Uttar Pradesh

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday announced four more candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.

    The BJP’s OBC wing chief K Laxman has been fielded from Uttar Pradesh, Sumitra Valmiki from Madhya Pradesh, Lal Singh Sirhoya from Karnataka and Mithilesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, according to a statement issued by the party.

    With this, the BJP has announced a total of 22 candidates for the election on June 10 to fill 57 Rajya Sabha seats from various states.

    The BJP had on Sunday announced 18 candidates for the polls.

    Names of some prominent BJP leaders, including Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Prakash Javadekar and O P Mathur, were missing from the list.

  • 2024 LS election: Yogi sets target of winning 75 seats in Uttar Pradesh

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  Exhorting the BJP cadre to be battle-ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday set a target of winning 75 of the 80 seats in the state. 

    Addressing the saffron party’s first day-long state executive after the Assembly polls, Adityanath said that the “historic mandate” earned by the party in the Assembly election was a clear indication of people’s changed perception about the parties and that the electorate valued transparency in administration and clean governance.

    In 2019, the BJP had won 62 Lok Sabha seats in UP while its ally Apna Dal (S) had registered victory on two seats despite a grand alliance of SP and BSP mounting a formidable challenge. “With people’s overwhelming support and our diligence, we got better results in the Assembly polls. In 2024, under the leadership of PM Modi, we have to march ahead with the target of winning 75 seats in Uttar Pradesh,” the CM said.

    Claiming that UP has become “free from communal conflagrations”,  Adityanath said all recent festivals, including Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, Parashuram Jayanti and Eid, passed off peacefully in UP while several states witnessed tension.

    The CM claimed that for the first time, Alvida Namaz was not held on roads this year. “Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti went off peacefully. For the first time, the last Friday namaz before Eid was not held on the streets. For namaz there is a place of worship. Religious functions can be held at mosques.” BJP state chief Swatantra Dev Singh congratulated PM Modi and Home minister Amit Shah and other leaders for the recent election victory.

  • Five held in Uttar Pradesh for using unfair means in CISF exam

    By PTI

    SONBHADRA: Five people were arrested for using unfair means in a written exam for recruitment of personnel in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), police said on Sunday.

    Superintendent of Police Amrendra Prasad Singh said that three of the accused forged documents to appear in the physical exam while two of them hired solvers to sit in the written exam in their place.

    The exam was conducted on Saturday.

    The CISF officials have lodged a case regarding the matter at Shaktinagar police station.

    The arrested accused were identified as Bharat Kumar Yadav, Adarsh Kumar Yadav, Durgesh Chauhan, Vikas Kumar and Rakesh Kumar Yadav.

    The accused, booked under relevant sections of IPC, were arrested with joint efforts of district police, vigilance department and CISF officials.

  • 2021 gang rape of 17-year-old in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur: Gangsters Act against 22 of 28 accused

    By PTI

    LALITPUR: The police have slapped the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act against 22 out of 28 accused in the last year’s gang-rape case of a 17-year-old girl in Lalitpur.

    The gang rape took place in October last year.

    On the basis of the complaint lodged by the survivor, 28 people were made accused in the case.

    The accused also include her father and uncle.

    Station House Officer (SHO) of Kotwali police station Vinod Mishra said, “The Gangsters Act has been imposed against 22 accused in the case including the main accused Tilak Yadav, Deepak Ahirwar, the father and uncle of the victim along with other accused. The action was taken on the direction of Superintendent of Police Nikhil Pathak.”

    Yadav is a former state president of the Samajwadi Party (SP) while Ahirwar is a former state president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

    The duo were arrested soon after the incident and were lodged in jail.

    The two, according to police sources, came out of jail in April on bail.

    According to the girl’s complaint, she was raped for five years in different parts of the city.