UP man seeks MEA intervention to save daughter on death row in UAE

The father of Shahzadi Khan, the UP woman facing a death sentence in the UAE, approached the Delhi high court on Saturday seeking a directive to the ministry of external affairs and authorities to......

UP CM issues fresh directives after Kumbh stampede

Following the stampede at the Maha Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya Wednesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued a slew of guidelines on crowd management, traffic flow, prevention of build-up of......

Maha Kumbh: World's largest religious gathering begins

A thick blanket of fog could not blur their vision, the cold breeze failed to reduce their energy levels and the bone-chilling water of river Ganga in Sangam area could not dampen their excitement,......

Portion of 185-year-old UP mosque demolished for highway widening

Amid tight security, a portion of the 185-year-old Noori Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district was demolished by local authorities on Tuesday claiming it was illegally constructed two-three......

1,500 acres of defunct textile mills' land in UP on offer for investors

The Uttar Pradesh government is ramping up the inventory of an industrial land bank of an estimated 1,500 acres in the state ahead of the global investors’ summit early next year.......

Google announces Internet education campaign for women in UP

Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a two-month Internet education campaign to make around 500,000 women and girls across Uttar Pradesh digitally literate. The announcement in Lucknow......

Bundelkhand may hit fortune in diamond mining

The people of Bundelkhand, who have been facing a drought-like situation for the past five years, may have good times ahead. Technicians and officials of global diamond major DeBeers and the......

'Madhuri has never met me, I will stop Gulaab Gang no matter what'

'I started Gulabi Gang when I was just 20 years old.' 'Our village is very underdeveloped, and people were not educated. Men did not treat women well -- they were lower than shoes for them.' 'I......