Lucknow

Even as the results of the bypolls are not likely to affect the majority in the UP assembly, however, it will send out a political message for the upcoming assembly elections as bye-elections are often touted as the semifinal to the assembly elections.

Lucknow recorded 720 fresh cases, which is the highest in the state, followed by Kanpur city with 387 cases, Prayargraj with 354 cases, Gorakhpur with 259 cases, Varanasi with 242 cases, Shahjahanpur with 181 cases, Ghaziabad with 122 cases and Gautam Bud...

Some senior office-bearers are said to be among those who tested positive, but the party officially did not give any detail in this regard.

Soon after coming to know of Khan's arrest in Delhi on Friday night, an ATS team of Uttar Pradesh police swooped on his village Badhya Bhaksai in Balrampur district on Saturday to make enquiries about his criminal antecedent, the official said.

In his address to the UP Assembly House, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attacked the opposition parties on Brahmin politics and narrated a story saying there is no fundamental difference between Ram and Parashuram.

Chairman of India Islamic Centre and cleric Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali hoisted the flag on the occasion, and sang the National Anthem at Aishbagh Eidgah.

Preparations are in full swing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5.

The rakhis sent for prisoners by their family members would be provided to them in envelopes after ensuring proper sanitisation, stated the order.

The kidnappers allegedly identified themselves as volunteers distributing masks and sanitizers and grabbed the child.

Around a week ago, the kidnappers had escaped with a bag full of money in front of the police, after which SSP Kanpur Dinesh Kumar met the victim's family and assured them of the recovery of the youth within four days.

Additional District Judge D N Singh directed their release on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each along with two sureties with the same amount.

Yadav also demanded that the call detail records (CDR) of slain gangster Vikas Dubey for the past years be made public.

The family has alleged that the officer was being pressured into releasing payment for work without tender.

In the video, Vikas is heard saying that he has no relations with crime and criminals and the cases against him were a result of his growing popularity which made his rivals jealous.

He alleged the government is claiming that the work people are doing in villages as the jobs it has provided.

While Advani will depose on June 30, Joshi on July 1, Singh on July 2, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das on June 23, R.N. Srivastava on June 22, Jai Bhagwan Das on June 24, Amar Nath Goel on June 25, Sudhir Kakkad on June 26 and Acharya Dharmendra Dev on June 29.