Uttar Pradesh

Former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur was shifted from King George’s Medical University (PGI), Lucknow, to Deoria District Jail on Friday night under tight security. Thakur is currently in jail in connection with a plot allocation fraud case. Thakur, who has been lodged in Deoria Jail since December 10, was admitted to Lucknow PGI after experiencing a sudden health scare on the night of January 6. He complained of chest pain, which prompted the jail authorities to admit him first to Deoria Medical College. Due to the seriousness of his condition, he was referred to Gorakhpur Medical College and later to Lucknow PGI. Following treatment and stabilization, he was returned to Deoria Jail under strict security protocols. Background of the Case Amitabh Thakur, who served as Superintendent ...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has raised serious concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft voter list in the state, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of attempting to manipulate the electoral process by removing genuine voters. Addressing the issue, Akhilesh Yadav said his apprehensions appeared to be coming true ever since the draft voter list was released. He claimed that initially there were fears that nearly three crore voters could be deleted from the rolls. Without naming anyone directly, he pointed out that even the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh had publicly mentioned, much earlier, that around four crore votes would be cut. Questions Raised Over CM’s Statement...

Jhansi: The Jhansi police have cracked the sensational murder case of woman auto driver Anita Chaudhary, revealing that she was shot dead by her lover following a fallout over their relationship. The prime accused, Mukesh Jha, has been arrested, police officials confirmed on Friday night. Mukesh Jha, who was carrying a reward of ₹25,000 on his arrest, confessed during preliminary interrogation that he killed Anita after feeling betrayed in love. Anita Chaudhary was widely known as Jhansi’s first woman auto driver, and her murder had drawn nationwide attention. The National Commission for Women had also taken cognizance of the case and sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police. Murder Initially Passed Off as Accident The incident came to light on the morning...

Barabanki: A wave of grief swept through a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district after a 24-year-old man collapsed and died suddenly while playing cricket. The tragic incident occurred on Friday in Kaitha village under the Mohammadpur Khala police station area. The deceased has been identified as Anuj alias Virat Yadav, who was fielding during a local cricket match when he suddenly fell unconscious while picking up the ball. Fellow players and villagers rushed to his aid and immediately took him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Wedding Preparations Turn Into Mourning Anuj’s sudden death has left his family and the entire village in shock. He was scheduled to get married on February 24, and preparations for the wedding were underway. What was m...

Mathura: In a shocking incident highlighting family opposition to love marriages, a woman bank employee was allegedly abducted, assaulted, and threatened by her own family members in Mathura. The victim, Priyanka, was later rescued safely from Rajasthan after her husband alerted the police. Priyanka, who works as a bank employee in Mathura, had married her colleague Ravindra Singh four years ago against the wishes of her family. Since then, her parents and siblings had reportedly been pressuring her to abandon her husband. Abducted from Outside Bank Branch According to Priyanka’s complaint, the incident occurred on January 8, when she was abducted from outside her bank branch. She alleged that her father and brother forcibly took her away and transported her to Rajasthan. “On t...

Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Water Resources Minister and in-charge of Prayagraj district, Satyadev Singh, on Friday described the new ‘Ji Ramji Yojana’ as a milestone in rural development. The scheme guarantees 125 days of employment for rural workers, introduces weekly wage payments, and provides work breaks during critical sowing and harvesting periods. Minister Singh emphasized that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a developed India by 2047 can be realized only through the holistic development of villages. He added that the Modi government focuses not just on workers and farmers rhetorically, but places their labor, effort, and dignity at the center of policy-making. Singh criticized the existing MGNREGA system for fraudulent job cards, fake payments, and irregularities over ...

A disturbing gang-rape case involving a minor in Kanpur has exposed serious lapses in the city’s police force. In response, Kanpur Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal has placed ACP Panki under suspension and dismissed Bhimsen Police Chowki in-charge Dinesh Kumar. Incident DetailsThe victim, a minor girl from a village in the Sachendi police station area, went missing on Monday evening and returned home late at night in a disoriented state. She told her family that two men forcibly abducted her in a black Scorpio and took her near the Jhansi railway line, where she was allegedly gang-raped inside the vehicle. When the family first approached Bhimsen Chowki for help, they were reportedly turned away. It was only after repeated pleas to senior police authorities that an FIR was registered...

In a late-night accident in Ghaziabad’s Vijayanagar area, a Kia car lost control, hit a divider, and overturned. The car was being driven by the son of a judge posted in Varanasi, though fortunately, he sustained only minor injuries. Accident DetailsThe incident occurred around 3 AM on Tuesday on the service road of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near the Jal Nigam office in Siddharth Vihar. The high-speed vehicle collided with a jersey barrier and flipped in the middle of the road. A sticker on the car indicated “Judge.” According to Vijayanagar police, the car is registered in the name of Saty Nand Upadhyay, with an address at Officer City, Raj Nagar Extension. The investigation revealed that the driver is the son of a judicial officer stationed in Varanasi, whose family resides in Gh...

Kanpur: In a shocking incident that has left the community in disbelief, a 13-year-old girl in Kanpur was allegedly raped by her paternal uncle. The minor was living with her grandfather and uncle following the death of her father and the imprisonment of her mother. Tragic Family CircumstancesThe victim’s mother was convicted and sent to jail four years ago for her husband’s murder, leaving the children in the care of their elderly grandfather and their uncle. To sustain the family, the grandfather was compelled to beg, while the uncle earned a living through labor work. The 80-year-old grandfather, already frail, now bears the responsibility of caring for three young children, highlighting the extreme vulnerability of the household. Incident DetailsAccording to police reports, the c...