Lucknow: Dec 25,Condemning violence over the new citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the problem over the Citizenship Amendment Act was one of “legacy issues”, asserting that “we will challenge the challengers”. More than a dozen people ...
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Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has re-opened the issue of renaming Ahmedabad as ‘Karnavati’, days after his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj and mooted the idea of changing Faizabad to Ayodhya. Soon after offering ...
Read More »Enact law to pave way for Ram temple: RSS
Thane (Maharashtra) : The RSS on Wednesday reiterated its demand for enacting a law or promulgating an ordinance to enable the speedy construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. RSS Joint General Secretary Manmohan Vaidya said ...
Read More »1987 Hashimpura massacre: 16 UP PAC men get life
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment 16 personnel of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) for killing 42 people in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre in Meerut. In doing so, the court set ...
Read More »SC likely to pronounce verdict on Ayodhya on Thursday
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will likely pronounce on Thursday its verdict on the plea by Muslim litigants seeking direction that a larger Constitution bench hear the batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict which directed ...
Read More »Modi inaugurates Bansagar canal project in Mirzapur
Mirzapur : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a number of projects including the much awaited Bansagar canal which is expected to provide a big boost to irrigation. The Prime Minister arrived in Mirzapur on Sunday, on the second ...
Read More »UP questions Muslims’ ‘belated concern’ on 1994 SC judgment on namaz
New Delhi : The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday questioned the Muslim litigants in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case for making “belated efforts” seeking a relook at the 1994 Ismail Farooqui judgment that had said that mosques were not ...
Read More »VHP chief visits Ayodhya, says Ram temple will be reality soon
Ayodhya : Newly elected Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje on Monday visited the make-shift temple of ‘Ram Lalla’ here in Uttar Pradesh and said that the dream of billions for a grand Ram temple here will soon ...
Read More »UP by-polls a litmus test for ‘Maharaj-ji’, ‘Bua’ and ‘Babua’
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : In the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh, by-polls have never attracted so many eyeballs as the ones slated for Sunday when voters in Phulpur (Allahabad) and Gorakhpur cast their votes to send their representatives to ...
Read More »Cabinet approves agri mechanisation promotion for crop residue management
New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved promotion of agricultural mechanisation for in-situ management of crop residue in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi to address ...
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