Uneasy calm prevailed in areas around Jawaharbagh in Mathura a day after violent clashes between police and members of a sect claimed 24 lives as a large posse of police and paramilitary personnel kept strict vigil forcing locals to stay indoors.
Sons-in-laws of prominent politicians are rising against their in-laws, observes M I Khan
Ahead of the Union Cabinet expansion on Wednesday, several Union Ministers, including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar resigned from their posts.
Engineers quit their jobs in Bihar's Darbhanga district after their colleagues were shot dead for refusing to pay protection money to local goons.
Manoj Bajpayee, Vidyut Jamal, Rajpal Yadav and Dalip Tahil are also a part of the film.
The Comptroller and Auditor General in 2012-13 had made certain observation in a report and 'we are improving it', he said.
Among the major political parties, chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United is contesting in 35 of the 71 seats, followed by its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (29), while the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal has fielded its candidates in 42 and its coalition partner Congress is in the fray in 20 assembly segments.
In remarks which can create controversy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a Congress leader had pressed her to give diplomatic passport to coal scam accused Santosh Bagrodia.
Legislative assembly elections in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state are due next year.
Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua) will make an unexpected exit from reality show Bigg Boss.
Two men from her village have been arrested. National Security Act will be invoked against the accused.
This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.
Why did the district magistrate take over an hour to order retaliatory firing on the murderous SBVS mob?
As the news of the children's death came in, locals forced closure of shops and other business establishments in Chitrakoot town
A local court on Saturday directed the police to register a case of murder against Uttar Prasdesh dairy development minister Avadhpal Singh Yadav.
As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.
The five others arrested on similar charges include three journalists and two Gorakhpur residents while the police are looking for one each in Kannauj and Basti.
A Delhi court on Thursday sent four Uttarakhand policemen, allegedly involved in the July 2009 killing of a 22-year-old MBA student in a staged shootout near Dehradun, to judicial custody till May 9.
Strengthening the portfolios of the home minister and the finance minister is a message that should not be missed, points out A K Bhattacharya.
As Akhilesh did not visit martyr's family, BJP leaders during assembly polls made it a political issue.
Two persons, including a guard of the Mathura jail, have been arrested in a firing incident, believed to be a fallout of gang war, that took place inside the jail premises two days ago.
The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar which so far had BJP, JD-U and the LJP as its constituents will now have another dalit-centric party HAM as a member.
The BJP's quest for dominance over the states political scene, evident from a seat-sharing deal as part of which it clinched nearly as many constituencies as the Janata Dal-United its senior partner so far- resonated during the election campaign.
Vikas Dubey, who met with a gory end in an encounter with the UP Special Task Force near Kanpur on Friday, conjured the image of a typical don who dabbled in real-estate, won a district-level election and rubbed shoulders with political figures.
In the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 23, 116 seats spread across 13 states and two Union Territories, will go to the polls.
The reshuffle had politics at its heart, so the biggest complement of new ministers, both Cabinet rank and below, came from UP, which will see assembly elections in a few months.
Two sisters, who were declared dead after their bodies being identified by family members, have been found alive in Ghaziabad, following which the police have detained their parents.
1980-batch IPS officer Sulkan Singh, who was DG-Training, will replace Ahmed, a 1984-batch IPS officer, who has been shifted as the DG of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary, a senior home department official said.
There will be total of 51 seats going to polls spread across 7 states in the fifth phase.
The opposition on Friday created ruckus in Parliament over the issue of regional language aspirants having disadvantage in Civil Services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
The body was taken to Vankar's hometown Unjha in Mehasana district, where his last rites will be performed later on Monday, Subodh Parmar of the Dalit Adhikar Manch said.
A bench issued the notice while hearing a review petition filed by one Manoj Narula seeking reconsideration of the court's earlier order dismissing his PIL on the issue.
Shaili Devi was being treated in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna.
The notices were issued on a petition filed by Pal's wife Pooja Pal seeking a probe into the case by an independent agency.
Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
The first encounter took place when a police team was approaching to arrest Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter facing 60 criminal cases, in Dikru village under the Chaubeypur police station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police said.
Hitting out at the SP-led Uttar Pradesh government, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the episode is a 'stark reminder of deteriorating law and order situation in the state'.
After posting 348 in the first innings, they reduced Bengal to 153 for 4 by close of day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
The Madhya Pradesh high court on Saturday set aside the provision of reservations in promotion in the state government services.
Mayawati was outmanoeuvred by the BJP in the race for the Rajya Sabha in Uttar Pradesh just days after she helped the Samajwadi Party snatch two Lok Sbaha seats from the saffron party in bypolls.
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