A suspected Bangladeshi terrorist associated with Islamic extremist group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) was on Sunday arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad from Muzaffarnagar. Abdullah was arrested from Kutesara locality in Charthawal area of Muzaffarnagar district by an ATS team, IG, ATS, Asim Arun said. He was living in the area for the past one month and earlier […]
» Read moreIn a jolt to the Samajwadi Party (SP), its member Sarojini Agarwal on Friday resigned from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and joined the BJP in the presence of Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Mahendra Singh. “Agarwal has tendered her resignation,” according to the office of chairman Ramesh Yadav. “I had been party MLC twice due to Netaji [Mulayam Singh […]
» Read moreBSP supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha was accepted on Thursday by chairman Hamid Ansari, a senior official of the Upper House said. The 61-year-old had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, tendering a hand-written one-line letter, he said, wishing not to be named as he was not authorised to comment. Ms. Mayawati had on […]
» Read moreA trader along with his wife and son was shot dead by unidentified assailants in an apparent robbery attempt in the district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when some persons shot food grain trader Suneel Jaiswal (45), his wife Kamini Jaiswal (42) and son Ritik (14) in Civil Lines locality of the city. Superintendent […]
» Read moreA major fire broke out in a chemical factory in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The casualties so far has been the livestock. Two cows and a calf were burnt to death and over a dozen of these animals were injured in the late Sunday night blaze. The fire broke out in the Pandav Nagar industrial area […]
» Read moreAfter months of infighting, compounded by a crushing electoral defeat in UP , the Samajwadi Party (SP) today split, as Shivpal Yadav announced the launch of a new party called the Samajwadi Secular Morcha, which will be headed by brother Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam is the one who founded the SP in 1992. Over the past year, there has been […]
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