Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow
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Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Classes 1-5 go hybrid in Noida and Ghaziabad as GRAP Stage 3 holds
Schools in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad moved classes up to Class 5 to hybrid mode from Thursday after Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan stayed in force across Delhi-NCR. Delhi's citywide AQI was 307 by Thursday afternoon, with NSUT Jaffarpur at 399.
All 403 seats are ours: Owaisi and Azad name a CM face for 2027
Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party announced the Samajik Parivartan Morcha in Lucknow, naming Azad its chief ministerial candidate and claiming all 403 assembly seats. In 2022 AIMIM contested 95 seats and drew about 0.49% of the vote.
Draft voter rolls out today in 13 states and 3 UTs; one month to challenge a deletion
The Election Commission's Special Summary Revision begins on Thursday, with draft electoral rolls published in 13 states and three Union Territories and claims and objections open till 11 December. Uttar Pradesh's draft roll has been pushed to 17 November. Final rolls for all these states are due on 4 January 2027.
A blast by a police outpost, a claim from an outfit nobody has heard of, and four agencies asking why
An explosion by the Vasundhara police outpost in Ghaziabad injured a food delivery worker on Friday night. A social media account attributed it to a group calling itself Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan, a claim police have not verified.
A first Ram Mandir visit on December 12, and a demand for an apology first
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will visit the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on December 12, his first. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wants an apology for his party's past stance first, and the BJP calls the timing electoral.
Thirty lakh diyas on Ram Ki Paidi as Ayodhya's Deepotsav turns ten
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated Deepotsav 2026 at Ram Ki Paidi on Saturday, with more than 30 lakh diyas planned at the ghats and over 70 lakh across Ayodhya. More than 2,100 indigenous drones depicted scenes from the Ramayana.
No seat, no problem: Akhilesh says he will take CM oath as an MP and skip 2027
The Samajwadi Party president said in Varanasi that he will not contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election and will take oath as chief minister while remaining a Lok Sabha member, as he did in 2012.
₹10.24 crore gone from Greater Noida PNB accounts; CBI arrests clerk and her associate
The CBI has arrested a PNB office assistant, Deepanshi, and her associate Ashutosh Kumar Pathak over the disappearance of ₹10.24 crore from accounts at the bank's Greater Noida branch. Pathak was picked up in Pune and granted transit remand. Complainants say the money taken from savings accounts and FDs was far higher.
Akhilesh Yadav wants preacher Dhirendra Shastri barred from Uttar Pradesh over Ram-Krishna remarks
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded that preacher Dhirendra Shastri be stopped from entering Uttar Pradesh, after remarks comparing Lord Ram and Lord Krishna at a Ram Katha in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district. Shastri has apologised, saying he meant no insult to any deity.
Nadda in Bhopal, Nabin with Yogi in Gorakhpur as BJP's 'save democracy' marches fan out
The BJP is holding 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' marches and rallies in several states on Wednesday, with Union minister J P Nadda leading one in Bhopal and party president Nitin Nabin walking beside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur. A third march is planned in East Delhi, and the ABVP is taking out a 15,000-strong student rally at Delhi University. The campaign runs alongside the BJP-opposition row over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
192 e-SIMs and 'Made in China' boxes: Lucknow police chase a cross-country call-fraud network
Investigators examining six seized 32-port SIM box devices in Lucknow found 192 active e-SIMs running on them, far more than first believed. The devices carry 'Made in China' markings and police suspect they entered India through unofficial channels. They are probing whether the network was used for digital arrest scams and fake investment schemes.
Chargesheet filed, so no CBI probe: Supreme Court closes plea in Ayodhya temple theft
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea for a CBI probe into the donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple, noting that the SIT had filed a chargesheet. Petitioners may assist the magistrate, the court said, adding that it had expressed no view on the merits.
A Taj at Mumbai's T2 and a Ginger in Lucknow: Adani and IHCL line up eight airport hotels
Adani Airport Holdings and Indian Hotels Company have signed a multi-hotel operating agreement for eight hotels with more than 2,000 rooms in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Guwahati. The properties will run under the Taj, Vivanta, Gateway and Ginger brands, mostly within three to four years.
Six to the BJP, five to the SP — and both Varanasi seats go to Akhilesh's party
The final results of Uttar Pradesh's legislative council elections give the BJP six of 11 graduates' and teachers' seats and the Samajwadi Party five, a gain of two for the SP. The SP retained both Varanasi seats, in the Prime Minister's parliamentary constituency, and wrested Lucknow Graduates'. Across four states, the BJP won 13 of 28 council seats.
BJP will bring in UCC in Uttar Pradesh if voted back, Amit Shah says
Home Minister Amit Shah told the BJP's state working committee in Lucknow that a third term in Uttar Pradesh would bring a Uniform Civil Code to the state, after Uttarakhand. He called the BJP 'Angad's foot' in the state and predicted a repeat of 2017. Akhilesh Yadav's reply was a one-liner.
Gold slips away in the last 30 seconds, but Neelam and Kajal take world silvers
Neelam Sirohi and Kajal Dhochak won silver at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana, the first time two Indian women have reached finals at the same edition of the senior worlds. Neelam, 26, lost the 50kg final to Japan's Yui Susaki; Kajal, 18, went down 6-8 to Ukraine's Anastasiya Alpyeyeva in the 76kg final.
NDA takes 16 of 28 Council seats, SP sweeps Varanasi, Jan Suraaj opens account
The BJP-led alliance won 16 of the 28 Legislative Council seats decided across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka, with the BJP alone on 13. The Congress managed one seat and lost all four in Karnataka, while the Samajwadi Party took five in UP, two of them in Varanasi. The Jan Suraaj Party won its first Bihar MLC seat.
Azam Khan gets bail in PAN card case, but 10-year sentence stands
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a dual PAN card case, while refusing to stay the sentence. A Rampur trial court had sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Justice Samit Gopal heard Khan's revision petition.
All 403 Uttar Pradesh seats now under voter-roll audit as EC orders Form 6, 7, 8 scrutiny
The Election Commission has put under mandatory scrutiny every name added, deleted or amended in Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls through Forms 6, 7 and 8 fed by computer assistants, across all 403 assembly constituencies, after the Special Intensive Revision ended on April 10. The order follows anomalies in districts including Pilibhit and Azamgarh. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has alleged the EC refused an RTI query on the SIR software.
Acquitted in Sultanpur, then a pile-up on the expressway: Rahul Gandhi's morning
A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur acquitted Rahul Gandhi in a 2018 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Amit Shah, holding that the complainant was not an aggrieved person and the statement was not defamatory. Hours earlier, five vehicles and an ambulance in his convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway. UP Police have formed an SIT.
One line in Patna, protests in five cities: BJP takes Kharge's 'baap' jibe to the street
A day after the Congress president's remark in Patna, the BJP staged protests at state headquarters across the country on Monday. Effigies were burnt in Patna, a march was stopped in Delhi and protesters were detained in Bengaluru. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called the remark an insult to the country.
CBI detains two ED officials in ₹5-lakh bribe case in Lucknow
The CBI has apprehended two officials from the Enforcement Directorate's Lucknow office for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹5 lakh in a bank fraud case. A sting operation led to the arrest of a head constable on deputation from the CRPF.
Modi begins two-day Varanasi-Kedarnath trip, IAF air show to light up Namo Ghat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day Varanasi and Kedarnath visit on Saturday. In Kashi he will inaugurate an Arvind Mills unit at Mirzamurad and watch the IAF's 'Wings Over Ganga' air show at Namo Ghat on Sunday, with nearly 100 aircraft and about 12,000 security personnel in place.
C-DOT sets up 6G and AI research centre at IIT (BHU) Varanasi
The Centre for Development of Telematics, the telecom R&D arm of the Department of Telecommunications, has set up its sixth Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi. The centre will focus on 5G Advanced and 6G, AI-driven communication, quantum and cybersecurity.
Shiva Sharma case: Shraddha Dubey and two others in custody till October 31
A Lucknow court sent model Shraddha Dubey, her sister Rashmi and driver Tanveer Ali to judicial custody till October 31 over the death of cafe owner Shiva Sharma. Police questioned the three separately for about seven hours.
Congress and SP open seat talks with a 170-seat claim for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh polls
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party have begun seat-sharing talks for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with the Congress putting forward a claim for about 170 of the state's 403 seats. The SP has not announced any formula so far.
Voting under way for 28 MLC seats in four states, with UP billed a semi-final before 2027
Polling opened at 8 am on Friday for 28 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka, with graduates and teachers voting in their own constituencies. Ballots are on paper, and counting is set for October 27. The Election Commission says the process ends by October 31.
NIA arrests two more in ₹17.29-crore fake currency racket traced to a PNB chest
The NIA has arrested two alleged key conspirators in a counterfeit currency case linked to the recovery of fake notes worth ₹17.29 crore from a Punjab National Bank currency chest in Saharanpur. Seven people have been arrested so far.
Voter-list fraud: 10,470 entries wrong, two officers face action in Pilibhit
Uttar Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer has ordered legal action against two serving and former Electoral Registration Officers and the dismissal of a computer assistant after 10,470 voter entries in the Pilibhit Assembly seat were found faulty. Some EPIC numbers threw up other electors' details.
Held in Ranchi, a firm's CEO faces a Rs 250-crore trail of broken policies
Uttar Pradesh Police's Economic Offences Wing has arrested Madhumita Kaur, director and CEO of V-Care Multitrade Private Limited, in an alleged Rs 250-crore insurance and investment fraud. She was picked up in Ranchi, brought to Lucknow and produced in court. Twenty-six criminal cases are registered against her and others across four states.