Uttar Pradesh Government

Explained: The significance of the alvida namaz and the tension over it in Uttar Pradesh

Muslim clerics have appealed to people to offer the alvida namaz only in designated places, and not on roads, to avoid causing any inconvenience to others

Face masks compulsory in Lucknow, six Uttar Pradesh districts neighbouring Delhi as COVID cases rise

According to the Uttar Pradesh health department, 65 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 20 in Ghaziabad and 10 in Lucknow

UP government, Punjab Congress Twitter handles hacked; spammed with NFT trading posts

The Twitter handles of Uttar Pradesh government and state information department were restored within minutes, while it took longer time fix Punjab Congress' Twitter page

Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur arrested for 'abetting' suicide of rape victim, her friend

The woman, who had accused Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai of rape in May 2019, died on 24 August after she and her friend Satyam Rai set themselves afire outside the Supreme Court complex

Kanwar Yatra called off in Uttar Pradesh after Supreme Court intervention

The top court had taken suo motu cognisance and said it cannot allow the UP government "to hold 100 percent physical Kanwar Yatra in view of COVID"

'Let no one die of hunger': Allahabad HC quashes UP govt's order on allotment of fair price shops

On 7 July 2020, the Yogi Adityanath government had instructed officials to give preference to self-help groups in the allotment of fair price shops

COVID-19 surge: Allahabad HC raps Uttar Pradesh govt over rise in cases, orders curbs in five cities

Passing restrictions for Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur cities, the court said these curbs are 'nowhere close to a complete lockdown'

Mukhtar Ansari denied food, water during Punjab-UP transfer, alleges brother; UP govt says no health issues

The Uttar Pradesh government said a team of doctors of the Banda Medical College examined Mukhtar Ansari at the jail and found no "immediate" health issues

2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Court allows withdrawal of cases against BJP leaders

The state counsel had moved an application stating that the Uttar Pradesh government had decided in public interest not to proceed further with the prosecution of the BJP leaders

NHRC asks Uttar Pradesh govt for report on rehab of man found 'not guilty' in rape case 20 years after conviction

The man was found guilty in the 1999 case by a lower court in Lalitpur District of the state, but exonerated of all charges by the Allahabad HC in January 2021