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  • After Assam, JDU likely to go it alone in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

    Express News Service
    PATNA: JDU, the BJP’s political ally in Bihar, will turn political foe to the saffron party during the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2022.

    Almost determined to go alone in the 2022 UP assembly polls suited to make political presence felt.

    According to party sources,  KC Tyagi-national general secretary of party will be in-charge of JDU in UP elections in 2022 after contesting in West Bengal, Assam and other states going to poll this year.

    The JDU will try to consolidate its position in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh more than other parts primarily because of the areas being close to Bihar border. 

    The constituencies, which have a considerable population of ‘Kurmi, Koeri, and EBCs in addition to upper castes, will be preferred to be contested by the JDU. After Assam, UP will be the second state with BJP government in which JDU will go against the BJP.

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    “The JDU has turned more aggressive than ever before after the recent Arunachal Pradesh incident of defection of its six MLAs to BJP. After that, the party has become obdurate to contest without being in alliance with the BJP outside Bihar,” said JDU source.

    In UP, the JDU may contest at least 100 to 120 seats depending upon the situation till then.

    To contest in UP assembly elections in 2022 alone was also decided unanimously at the meeting of party national executive in Patna recently. 

    KC Tyagi has also confirmed this to a section of media in New Delhi stating the decision to contest in the upcoming UP elections has nothing to take with the alliance with BJP in Bihar.

    “Alliance in Bihar with BJP is limited to Bihar only. In Jharkhand also, the JDU had fought alone earlier,” a JDU leader. 

    The JDU has also decided in principle to project KC Tyagi as the leader of party and CM candidate in Uttar Pradesh, if the party is voted to power in future.

  • Mamata Banerjee hails from ‘demoness’ culture, has faulty DNA: BJP MLA in UP

    Singh was referring to Banerjee taking offence at the chanting of slogans of quot;Jai Shri Ram quot; at a programme held in Kolkata on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

  • Kidnapped medical student rescued, three held after gunfight: Uttar Pradesh STF

    By PTI
    NOIDA: A medical student who was kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on January 18 for ransom has been rescued and three people, including a doctor who allegedly plotted the conspiracy, arrested, police said on Friday.

    The accused were held following an exchange of gunfire at the Zero Point here on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway while the trio was in a car, the police said.

    “The abducted student, Gaurav Haldhar, was rescued safely from the car in the joint operation by the Noida unit of the Special Task Force (STF) and the Gonda Police,” according to an official statement.

    Haldhar, a resident of Kashipur in the Payagpur area of Bahraich district, is pursuing Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS) from the SCPM College of Nursing and Medical Sciences, Haripur in Gonda and was residing in the hostel.

    The trio has been identified as mastermind Dr.Abhishek Singh, who has a BAMS degree from an institute in Bengaluru, Nitesh Bihari and Mohit Singh, the STF said.

    The accused had demanded a ransom of Rs 70 lakh from Haldhar’s father over a phone call, a day after the student’s kidnapping, prompting his family to approach the police.

    Haldhar was honey-trapped by a woman known to the conspiracy’s mastermind and she had called him for a meeting in Gonda on January 18 but instead he was kidnapped and brought to Delhi by the accused, according to the STF.

  • Uttar Pradesh Minister Gulab Devi tests positive for COVID-19

    By PTI
    SAMBHAL: Uttar Pradesh Minister Gulab Devi on Friday said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated herself at home.

    In a statement, the minister of state for secondary education said she is doing fine.

    “I want to bring to your notice that I had a cough for two days. I got myself tested in Lucknow and have been found positive for coronavirus. I appeal to all those who came in contact with me to get themselves tested,” the BJP MLA from Chandausi said.

    “I am doing fine and will be available to serve you soon,” Devi said.

    As of Thursday, Uttar Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally stood at 5,97,823 and the death toll at 8,597.

  • 15-year-old girl found dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot, rape suspected

    By PTI
    CHITRAKOOT: A 15-year-old girl was hacked to death with an axe allegedly after being raped and her four-year-old nephew attacked in a village here, following which one person was arrested, police said on Friday.

    The incident took place on Thursday when the girl was returning home after giving food to her father in the field, they said.

    “The body of the girl was found in a village on Thursday. She was hacked to death with an axe,” Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal said.

    Her nephew was also attacked.

    He was rushed to the hospital where he died during treatment, he said.

    Circle Officer Subodh Gautam said the girl was attacked when she was returning home after giving food to her father in the field.

    A 30-year-old man from the girl’s village has been arrested in connection with the incident, he said.

    “Accused Chilua has been arrested by the police. The motive behind the crime is being probed,” the officer said.

    Gautam said the teenager’s family has alleged that she was raped before being murdered.

    It will be confirmed after the post-mortem examination.

    “The post-mortem report is awaited,” he said.

    Meanwhile, an official spokesperson in Lucknow said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken note of the incident and announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the victim’s family.

  • Death of man during raid: Uttar Pradesh court orders registration of murder case against 12 policemen

    By PTI
    PRATAPGARH: A local court has ordered lodging of a murder case against 12 policemen for allegedly beating to death an elderly man during a raid here last year.

    The order was passed by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Kamal Singh on Wednesday, prosecution sources said.

    Ramzan Khan of Lalganj Kotwali had moved court alleging that his father Maqbool was beaten up by policemen on the night of September 19, 2020 leading to his death, they said.

    The last rites were also performed under pressure of the police, the complainant had alleged.

    He had named the then SHO of Sangipur, Pramod Singh, sub inspectors Ramadhar Yadav, Ganesh Dutt Patel, constables Ram Milan, Shravan Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Ram Nivas and five unnamed constables in the case.

  • Three arrested for rape, murder of 18-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba

    By PTI
    MAHOBA: Three people were arrested in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for allegedly raping and killing a Dalit woman, whose body was found hanging from a tree here, police said.

    The 18-year-old victim, who was in Class 12, left home to buy vegetables on Saturday afternoon but did not return.

    Later, her family members found her body hanging from a tree in the Belatal area, Circle Officer Rampravesh Rai had said.

    An FIR was registered against the trio, Rohit, Bhupendra and Tarun, on charges of rape and under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, SHO, Kulpahad police station, Ravindra Tiwari had said.

    Further investigation is underway, he added.

    The woman’s aunt told the police on Sunday that she was being harassed by a man in their locality, who was making phone calls to her for the last one month.

    She alleged that the victim’s body was hanged from the tree after she was killed, the officer had said earlier.

  • Highest number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Uttar Pradesh on first day of inoculation

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Of the 1.91 lakh beneficiaries administered COVID-19 vaccine shots on the first day of the countrywide vaccination drive, the highest number of inoculations were carried out in Uttar Pradesh with 21291 people taking the jab.

    The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday.

    Of the 208826 total active COVID-19 cases in the country, Kerala has the highest number at 68633 followed by Maharashtra at 53163, UP at 9162, Karnataka at 8713, West Bengal at 7151, and Tamil Nadu at 6128, according to the Health ministry data.

    More than one crore cases and 1.5 lakh fatalities later, India took its first steps out of the pandemic with shots of the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines being administered at medical centres across the country.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the vaccination drive while reassuring the country that emergency use authorisation was given to two Made in India vaccines only after scientists were convinced of their safety and effectiveness, and urged people to beware of propaganda and rumours.

    According to the Health ministry data, the highest number of vaccines were administered in UP at 21291 followed by Andhra Pradesh at 18412, Maharashtra at 18328, Bihar at 18169, Odisha at 13746, Karnataka at 13594, Gujarat at 10787, Rajasthan at 9279, West Bengal at 9730, Madhya Pradesh at 9219, Kerala at 8062.

    Besides, 5592 people in Chhattisgarh, 5,589 in Haryana,  4,319 in Delhi, 3653 in Telangana, 3528 in Assam, 3096 in Jharkhand, 2276 in Uttarakhand, 2,044 in Jammu and Kashmir, 1,517 in Himachal Pradesh and 1319 in Punjab were administered the vaccine on the first day.

    Of the first day beneficiaries, 585 people were vaccinated in Manipur, 561 in Nagaland, 509 in Meghalaya, 426 in Goa, 355 in Tripura, 314 in Mizoram, 274 in Puducherry, 265 in Chandigarh, 225 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 120 in Sikkim, 80 from Dadra And Nagar Haveli, 79 from Ladakh, 43 from Daman and Diu and 21 from Lakshadweep.

    The Health Ministry said 3,352 vaccination sessions were held and 1,91,181 beneficiaries vaccinated on the first day.

    The 11 states and union territories where both Covishield and Covaxin were administered were Assam (65 sessions), Bihar (301), Delhi (81), Haryana (77), Karnataka (242), Maharashtra (285), Odisha (161), Rajasthan (167) Tamil Nadu (160), Telangana (14) and Uttar Pradesh (317).

    The sessions in states where Covishield was administered include 2 sessions in Andaman and Nicobar, 332 in Andhra Pradesh, 9 in Arunachal Pradesh, 4 in Chandigarh, 97 in Chhattisgarh, 1 each Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, 7 in Goa, he said.

    Covishield was administered in 161 session in Gujarat, 28 sessions in Himachal Pradesh, 41 in J-K, 48 in Jharkhand and 133 from Kerala, 2 in Ladakh, 1 in Lakshadweep, 150 in Madhya Pradesh, 10 each in Manipur and Meghalaya, 5 in Mizoram, 9 in Nagaland, 8 in Puducherry, 59 in Punjab, 2 in Sikkim, 18 in Tripura, 34 in Uttarakhand and 183 in West Bengal.

  • Dalit woman found hanging from tree in Uttar Pradesh, suicide suspected

    By PTI
    MAHOBA: In a suspected case of suicide, the body of a Dalit woman was found hanging from a tree here, police said on Sunday.

    However, the woman’s family alleged that she was being harassed by a youth in their locality and her body was hanged after murder.

    Preeti (18) left home on Saturday afternoon to buy vegetables but did not return.

    Later, her family members found her body hanging from a tree in Belatal area, said Circle Officer Rampravesh Rai.

    Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, he said.

    However, the woman’s aunt told the police that she was being harassed by a youth in their locality who was had been making calls to her for the past one month.

    She alleged that Preeti’s body was hanged from the tree after murder, the officer said.

    The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death, Rai said.

    (Assistance for those having suicidal thoughts is available on Tamil Nadu’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044- 24640050)

  • When will poor will get free COVID vaccine, asks former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: As the coronavirus vaccine was launched on Saturday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav sought to know from the government how the drive will be conducted and when the poor will get the shot free of cost.

    The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said he has faith in doctors of the country but not the government.

    He also suggested that the BJP people should first line up in queues and get themselves vaccinated as the party conducts all programmes in a grand manner.

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    “After one year, when the SP will come to power, we will ensure free vaccine for all,” he said while asking from the government when the poor will get free vaccines.

    Earlier in the month, Yadav had triggered a controversy, saying he will not get himself injected with a ‘BJP vaccine’ against coronavirus.

    Later, Yadav had tried to make amends, saying he was not referring to the scientists.

    On Saturday, he sought to know if the staff put on vaccination duty has been given proper training and all logistics regarding the vaccine have been taken care of.

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    “I would also like to know if proper funds are being given for vaccination centres, else how the work will be done? We also want to know if there are proper arrangements for storage and transportation of the vaccine. We have full faith in our doctors but not in the government.”

    “It is good that coronavirus vaccine has come out but only believe what the doctors say, not Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,” he said.

    He also attacked the state government over allegations of fake encounters, custodial deaths and crime against the women.

    The SP chief alleged that his party workers have been framed in fake cases.

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    Reiterating his party’s support to the farmers’ agitation, Yadav said the three new farm laws will ruin the poor.

    To a question on the induction of former IAS officer A K Sharma into the BJP, Akhilesh hoped that now the works started by his government, including the road projects in Sharma’s native Mau district, would be speeded up.

    However, he exuded confidence of grabbing the power in the assembly elections next year, claiming that people have decide to uproot the BJP government.

    He also alleged corruption in a scheme for toilets.

    When asked about a drive to collect funds for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Akhilesh termed it a ‘political programme’ of the BJP.

    “There is a tradition of taking donations for religious purposes in all faiths. But the BJP is now making it a political event,” he said.

    The BJP has made it a political programme to divert people’s attention from the shortcomings regarding the vaccination drive, job creation and other issues, he added.