Uttar Pradesh

Man held for attacking wife with sickle

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

A man who fled after attacking his estranged wife with a sickle has been arrested from his home village in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in Punjabi Basti in Nangloi area of west Delhi on Saturday night, police said. The man, identified as Dharmendra, a truck cleaner, was held from his house inRead more

Goat eats owner's currency notes worth Dh3,500

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Leaving your pet hungry could cost you dearly, as a farmer in Uttar Pradesh realised the hard way. Much to the shock of Sarvesh Kumar Pal, his goat chewed up currency notes worth Rs62,000 (Dh3,537) kept in the pocket of his trousers while he had gone for a bath. The incident occurred on Monday in Siluapur village in Talgram areaRead more

New Uttar Pradesh DGP takes charge, vows to crush 'goondagardi'

Lucknow - Emirates Voice

The new police chief of Uttar Pradesh, Sulkhan Singh, on Saturday vowed to crush hooliganism and warned that no one will be allowed to take law into their hands in the name of cow protection or tackling eve-teasing. "Those indulging in goondagardi (hooliganism) and criminal activities will be dealt with without mercy. They cannot escape and even VIPs will not be spared,"Read more

Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena's Amit Jani arrested for anti-Kashmiri hoardings

Meerut - Emirates Voice

Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief Amit Jani has been arrested in connection with the anti-Kashmiri hoardings that were put up in the city. Partapur police station in-charge Dinesh Sharma said Jani was arrested from the Delhi-Doon highway near Partapur bypass when he was on his way to Dehradun from the capital on Saturday night. Banners calling for boycott of KashmirisRead more

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath orders ban on cow smuggling

New Delhi - Arab today

Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a blanket ban on cattle smuggling and directed state police chief to prepare an action plan to shut down illegal slaughterhouses. Sources in the local administration confirmed the order came from the CM himself on Wednesday. The order came at the same time when three shops selling meat andRead more

India: BJP springs surprise, Yogi Adityanath to be the new Uttar Pradesh CM

Lucknow - Arab today

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Yogi Adityanath will be sworn in on Sunday afternoon, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said in Lucknow Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah are expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony here, Naidu told reporters. BJP state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma will beRead more

6 killed, 13 injured as building collapses due to gas explosion in northern India

New Delhi - ArabToday

At least six persons have been killed and 13 others injured after a building collapsed due to an explosion that was triggered by a gas leak in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town Wednesday, a senior police official said. "The explosion took place inside a cold storage facility in Kanpur's Shivrajpur area and within minutes the buildingRead more

Indian main share index hits record

MUMBAI - Arab today

India’s NSE index rose as much as 2.1 per cent to a record high on Tuesday as investors saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh as endorsing his economic reform agenda. Modi’s win, announced on Saturday, strengthened his claim to a second term in national elections in 2019, and investors are betting itRead more

Narendra Modi’s BJP sees bigger India mandate in 2019

New Delhi - Arab Today

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party expects national elections in 2019 to deliver an even bigger mandate than in 2014, its leaders said on Sunday, buoyed by a thumping victory in the country’s most politically important state. As well as winning Uttar Pradesh with the biggest majority for any party since 1977, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is moving closerRead more

Narendra Modi’s party claims victory in four Indian states

New Delhi - Arab Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party won a landslide victory in India’s most important battleground state on Saturday, in a personal triumph that will strengthen his claim to a second term as national leader. Wresting control of Uttar Pradesh is a ringing endorsement of Modi’s stewardship of Asia’s third-largest economy after his high-risk decision last November to scrap high-value banknotes worthRead more