Uttar Pradesh

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.

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.

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.

A retired official of Municipal Corporation Delhi was found dead in his house here under mysterious circumstances.

Seven people, including two children and three teenagers, were on Wednesday buried alive in two incidents as earth caved in while they were doing construction works in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said here.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said better facilities would be provided to Haj pilgrims this year and he would write a letter to the Centre to increase the state's quota of pilgrims.

A woman and her brother-in-law allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison in Pawai-Laadpur village here, as they were upset over opposition to their illegitimate relationship, police said on Wednesday.

In the biggest reshuffle till date on a single day, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday transferred a whopping 20,324 constables. Officials said the transfers were ordered following a government order of March 20 wherein the new Samajwadi Party government had lifted the ban on posting of constables in areas adjoining their home town.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that the state government would soon decide in which form an inquiry should be conducted into alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore in installation of statues in memorials.

At least 30 CRPF recruits have been admitted to a private hospital here after they fell ill while undergoing training in hilly and forest regions along the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border, official sources said on Tuesday.