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  • Law student stabbed to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr

    By PTI

    BULANDSHAHR: A law student was allegedly stabbed to death in the Khurja area here, police said on Sunday.

    Police have filed a case against eight people, two of which have been arrested.

    Rizwan, a resident of Khirkhani locality of Khurja, said his brother Irfan was at home when on Saturday night Salim of the locality came there.

    He told Irfan that some of his distant relatives have come to his house and arguing.

    On Salim’s request, Irfan accompanied him to his house.

    “When Irfan reached there, a group of six to seven people surrounded and stabbed him,” Rizwan said.

    Irfan was rushed to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

    Rizwan and his younger brother Zubair, who rushed to the spot moments later, were also attacked and sustained minor injuries.

    Superintendent of Police (Rural) Bajrangbali Chaurasia said there was some dispute between Salim and some of his relatives.

    Irfan was called to the house to settle the dispute but it escalated into violence and Irfan was stabbed.

    “Irfan died in the hospital. Two people have been arrested regarding the incident. Efforts are on to arrest the remaining six,” he said.

  • Video of youth’s thrashing: Two nabbed, hunt on to arrest others including local BJP man, say UP Police

    By PTI

    SHAHJAHANPUR: Two persons have been arrested and hunt is on to nab four others, including a local BJP member, after a video of a youth being thrashed by them surfaced on social media, police said here on Saturday.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar said a video in which a youth is seen being thrashed with a stick has come to “our notice”.

    “The victim Rajiv Bhardwaj is a resident of the Shahjahanpur city area. A case has been registered on his complaint against six persons including Kapil and Prateek Tiwari at Sadar Bazar police station,” Kumar said.

    Prateek Tiwari is a member of the local BJP unit in Shahjahanpur.

    Two accused Shantanu and Sonu Gupta have been arrested and hunt is on to nab the remaining accused who are absconding, the officer said.

    The incident happened on Wednesday and the video went viral on Friday, police said.

    Hitting out at the ruling BJP over the incident, Samajwadi Party has demanded strict action against the accused.

    “BJP goons committing atrocities with stick of power in their hands depict the picture of BJP government’s jungle raj…,” a tweet from the official Twitter handle of the SP reads.

  • Former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Radha Mohan Das Agarwal returns as doctor

    By PTI

    GORAKHPUR: Former BJP MLA from Gorakhpur Radha Mohan Das Agarwal has returned to his earlier profession of a doctor.

    Agarwal, who had represented Gorakhpur Urban since 2002, had to vacate his constituency for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

    A trained pediatrician, Agarwal took to social media to announce that he will return to his profession and will see patients from 9 am to 2 pm daily in the Daudpur area.

    He said he was not performing his role as a doctor for quite some time due to his engagements and responsibilities as an MLA.

    “I am now an ex-MLA and I am not required to inspect drainage systems and roads daily. I’ll now give time to my practice as a doctor,” Agarwal told PTI.

    “I was not able to devote time to patients but now I’ll give my time to them and dedicate the remaining time to social work.”

    Agarwal has been winning the Gorakhpur urban seat since 2002.

    He joined the BJP in 2007.

    In 2022, the BJP fielded Adityanath from the seat which he won.

    Agarwal had welcomed the party’s decision and showed full support in the election campaign of Adityanath.

  • Uttar Pradesh: Missing teacher found dead in pond, suspect held

    By PTI

    BHADOHI: The body of a 42-year-old teacher was recovered from a pond in a village here on Sunday morning, with his hands and legs tied up, a day after he went missing.

    Police said they have arrested a 23-year-old suspect in connection with the case.

    The deceased, Arvind Kumar Gautam, was an assistant teacher at a government primary school.

    “One named accused, identified as Abhishek Ranjan, has been arrested, while two others are being interrogated,” Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said.

    According to police, the murder was the fallout of love affair between Abhishek and the victim’s daughter.

    “Arvind had fixed the marriage of his daughter in June, while she was having an affair with Abhishek. The suspect had threatened the victim a number of times to break the marriage.

    “On Saturday evening, he called Arvind to meet at a place where he, along with two of his friends, committed the crime,” the SP said, adding that Abhishek has confessed to the crime.

    According to the police complaint lodged by family members, Arvind had left his home on Saturday evening after receiving a phone call.

    When he did not return home after several hours, the family members began searching for him in the morning and found him dead in a pond, a kilometre away from their house, police said.

    “The body was recovered from a pond in the morning. His hands were tied to a large stone and legs were tied with a rope. An FIR of murder has been registered,” Chauri Police Station SHO Brijesh Kumar Maurya told PTI.

  • Children taken ill after eating meal in Budaun school 

    By PTI

    BUDAUN: Twenty-eight students of an all-girls government residential school in the district were taken ill after consuming dinner on Saturday, officials said.

    The affected students — who were in the 10-14 age group– of the Sarvodya School in Samrer block of Budaun district were admitted to a hospital where their condition is stated to be stable.

    Budaun’s Chief Development Officer Rishi Raj told PTI on Sunday,”The dinner was tasted by a committee of three people as per protocol. Those who tasted the food reported uneasiness after which the distribution of prepared food was stopped. However, 28 students had already started their meal by that time.”

    The students started vomiting and complained of stomach ache and dizziness. The school administration took the students to a nearby government hospital. “The students were kept under observation of medical experts and their condition is said to be stable. Officials of the departments concerned have been asked to probe the matter,” said the officer.

    Over 300 students are enrolled in the school run by the social welfare department.

  • Uttar Pradesh government has been successful in ‘eradicating’ encephalitis: CM Yogi Adityanath

    By PTI

    SIDDHARTHNAGAR: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said his government has been successful in “eradicating” encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh and alleged that previous dispensations in the state did not do anything for the prevention of the disease.

    Speaking at the launch of a campaign aimed at controlling communicable diseases here, Adityanath said encephalitis used to be a “curse” for eastern Uttar Pradesh.

    “Due to this, a number of people died every year from 1977 to 2017. In eastern UP, 2,000-3,000 deaths used to take place every year because of this disease. Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state government took on encephalitis, and through the Swachh Bharat Mission and other campaigns, we started working with the World Health Organisation,” he said.

    “Those who had only given assurances for 40 years, could not do anything,” he said referring to previous state governments, and added, “We have been successful in eradicating it (encephalitis) completely. Our forefathers used to say that prevention is more important than cure.”

    Encephalitis is a serious neurological illness that causes inflammation of the brain.

    Its symptoms may include headache, fever, confusion, stiff neck and vomiting.

    The disease most commonly affects children and young adults and can lead to mortality.

    According to the National Health Portal, viruses are the main causative agents in encephalitis cases, although other sources such as bacteria, fungus, parasites, chemicals, toxins and non-infectious agents have also been blamed.

    The chief minister further said, “This is an awareness programme, and if you associate yourself with this programme, then I am of the view that encephalitis, dengue, chikungunya and kala azar will be eradicated. We have also taken a pledge to eradicate filaria and tuberculosis, and we will not allow such diseases to last in Uttar Pradesh.”

    Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh holds the “record” for setting up the maximum number of medical colleges in the last five years.

    “We have established a medical college in Siddharthnagar and students have enroled for the first session. In the coming year, we will set up 17-18 medical colleges in the state so that people can avail services of health experts,” he said.

  • Bill tabled in Lok Sabha to add four communities in Scheduled Tribes list

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill to include certain communities in four newly created districts of Uttar Pradesh in the Scheduled Tribes list. The bill, which was approved by voice vote by the Lower House, amends the Scheduled Tribes Order to recognise Gond community in Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Sant Ravidas Nagar.

    Tabling the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said the Narendra Modi government is committed to the welfare of tribals and has been increasing the budget allocations for the welfare of tribals.

    “The Modi government is committed to the welfare of tribals and this bill is just a way forward,” Munda said, adding that the government was coming up with different bills for reservation as the list of such tribes is different in different states and the issues ought to be deliberated in Parliament.

    Rejecting the Opposition charge of politicising the issue, the minister said that bill provides for welfare of tribals in Uttar Pradesh where the elections have already been completed. “This is not linked with elections,” he added.

    Participating in the debate, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the government should come up with a comprehensive bill for reservation of SCs instead of working in a piecemeal manner. Similar issue was raised by NK Premachandran (RSP).

    BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh Guman Singh Damor said some tribals who are very poor and uneducated are being converted by offering inducements. These people are getting converted for inducements and due to this our tribal culture is being “destroyed”, he said.

    Speaking before Damor, Congress MP from Odisha Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka said his party supports the bill and welcomes the necessary steps by the government. “Now they talk of conversion, the Hindu marriage act is not applicable to tribals. A tribal who converts to Christianity is being attacked… they want to do away with reservation, have given away land to industrialists,” he said.

    (With agency inputs)

  • Covid: Around 83 per cent of adult population fully vaccinated in UP, says government

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Around 83 per cent of the adult population in Uttar Pradesh has received two doses of the covid vaccine while “over 100 per cent” have got one dose, a state government statement said on Thursday.

    In the age group of 15-17, around 93 per cent children have received at least one dose. Calling it a milestone, the statement said according to the CoWin portal, around 30 crore doses have been administered in the state till 2 pm on Thursday.

    Uttar Pradesh became the first state in the country to have administered more than 30 crore doses, the government said.

    About 83 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated while “over 100 per cent” has received one dose, the statement said.

    So far, 2,05,03,327 children in the age group of 15-17 and 9,60,066 aged between 12 and 14 have been administered the vaccine in the state, it added.

    Over 24.25 lakh “precautionary doses” have been administered in the state so far. To speed up the vaccination drive for children, CM Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to ensure adequate availability of vaccine doses in Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.

  • Tongues wag as sulking Shivpal meets CM Yogi

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  Shivpal Singh Yadav, the sulking younger brother of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Wednesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, triggering speculation of realignment of political forces. 

    The development comes amid widening rift between Shivpal, who won the recent Assembly election from Jaswantnagar in Etawah on SP symbol, and his nephew and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. After Shivpal took his oath office as an MLA of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, he proceeded to Yogi’s official residence and the two leaders were closeted for about 20 minutes.

    When reporters asked Shivpal whether he intends to join the BJP, he did not refute it, merely saying that he had already taken the oath of the House and did not want to say more than that for now. For the record, Shivpal’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia termed it a “courtesy call” to greet Yogi on his victory and return to power in Uttar Pradesh. 

  • After free rations, Yogi govt prepares to set up community kitchens across Uttar Pradesh

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: After giving an extension to the free ration scheme at its first cabinet meeting, Yogi government 2.0 is proceeding to set up community kitchens across the state in order to provide food that is free of cost or highly subsidised to the poor and deprived.

    The UP government has been distributing free rations to 15 crore beneficiaries every month since 2020. Under the scheme, the beneficiaries get packed 1 kg of whole chana, 1 litre of edible oil, 1 kg of salt besides 5 kg of wheat and rice per unit (family member) per month.

    The community kitchen scheme would be commenced in consonance with the recent order of the Supreme Court, delivered in January, whereby the Centre was asked to start a model scheme for community kitchens across the country providing additional food grain to states to address the issues related to malnutrition.

    As per official sources, the Yogi government has begun preparations to set up community kitchens in urban and rural areas to provide cooked nutritious food for free or at very nominal prices to the poor.

    Then modalities to start the scheme will be chalked out at a high-level meeting shortly this week involving all the departments concerned. Different departments may be given different roles in running such kitchens, said the sources.

    The sources claimed that besides the urban and rural local bodies which will be entrusted with setting up the kitchen in cities and villages respectively, food and civil supplies department will make the food grain for meals available andIntegrated Child Development Services department will ensure nutritional and caloric value of the food cooked in such community kitchens.

    Issues related to the pricing per meal and the criteria of beneficiaries to get access to community kitchen would also be decided in the meeting.

    In UP, the significance of such kitchens can be assessed by the fact that the state figures among over a dozen states which fall in the ‘severe’ category of malnourishment.