North India News

In yet another evidence of the rampant criminalisation of Uttar Pradesh and their brazen functioning, suspected criminals ran a truck over a police sub-inspector in Deoria district, killing him and critically injuring a police constable, police said.

Haryana's main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal on Wednesday held a demonstration here to protest alleged sexual, mental and physical exploitation of inmates at a local shelter home and demanded a judicial probe into complaints in this regard.

Punjab NRI Commission on Wednesday issued notice to the Jalandhar Commissioner of Police and sought a report within three weeks on a complaint filed by an NRI woman against her husband.

District administration in Meerut has barred private flights from Partapur airstrip, four days after a Delhi-based businessman was fatally hit there by his light plane while clicking pictures from close range.

Terming the state BJP government as anti-farmer, hundreds of Congressmen on Wednesday protested outside the collectorate here demanding wheat procurement at minimum support price from farmers in Madhya Pradesh, party sources said.

The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has decided to equip the local circuit house here with solar energy for better utilisation of alternate energy sources.

Four persons, including a child, were killed and as many injured on Wednesday when a dumper rammed into a car near Bheria in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was admitted to PGIMER on Wednesday night here after his blood sugar level fluctuated.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday visited the under-construction site of the All India Institute of Medical College Sciences (AIIMS) and directed its early completion.

The Credit Deposit Ratio (CDR) in Bihar which stood at 34.9 per cent on March 31 was far lower than the national average at 77 percent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Wednesday.