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Ex-IAS officer booked for spreading misinformation: Police

11:32 pm May 15, 2021

Unnao: A former IAS officer has been booked for spreading misinformation by tweeting a seven-year-old photograph of dead bodies floating in the Ganga in Unnao and claiming them to be recent ones spotted in the river in Ballia, police said on Saturday. Police said the 1982-batch, UP-cadre officer Surya Pratap Singh was booked on May 13 after […]

Chitrakoot prison shootout: Three inmates killed, two jail officials suspended

11:58 pm May 14, 2021

Chitrakoot: Three prisoners, including a member of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s gang, were shot dead inside the Chitrakoot district jail on Friday after which the Uttar Pradesh government suspended two jail officials, police said. The three inmates gunned down in the district jail at Ragauli were identified by police as Anshu Dixit, Merazuddin alias Meraj Ali and Mukeem Kala, belonging to Sitapur, Ghazipur and Shamli, respectively, in Uttar Pradesh. […]

Cong asks PM why he is not adopting “India First” approach in vaccination

11:51 pm May 14, 2021

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he is not adopting ”India First” approach in vaccinating its citizens and questioned why six crore vaccine doses were exported out of the country when Indians were not getting them. Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said at a virtual press conference that the government should bring […]

BJP councillor complains to GDA against builder for not constructing hospital

11:29 pm May 14, 2021

Ghaziabad: BJP councillor here complained to the vice-chairman of the Ghaziabad Development Authority against a builder for not constructing a hospital, for which 2,200-metre area was allotted. Councillor Abhinav Jain from Vaibhav Khand of Indira Puram also tagged his complaint to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Twitter, demanding action against the builder. Jain in his complaint said in 2001, a memorandum of […]

Man held for torturing autistic son

11:21 pm May 14, 2021

Kochi: A 45-year-old man was arrested on Friday for beating up his autistic teenaged son at their house at Mattancherry here, police said. The incident came to light when the video of the assault, recorded reportedly by the teen’s mother, was widely circulated and tagged to the police by hundreds of people. The clippings show Sudheer hitting […]