Basti (Uttar Pradesh),  A 40-year-old woman has been booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for the kidnapping and murder of two-year-old child.

The accused woman, Parvati, has been in jail since May.

Parvati had allegedly kidnapped the child, identified as Ritesh, and held

Lucknow, The much-publicised Janeshwar Mishra Park that was touted as one of the achievements of the Akhilesh Yadav government, is now up for renovation.

The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has decided to set up a toy train in the park and start a laser show.

Commissioner L

New Delhi,  Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi government over the increase in fuel prices and said the condition of the government is such that if the rates do not increase then it becomes big news.

In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi, who is Congress Lok Sa

New Delhi, India on Friday recorded 62,480 new cases of Covid and 1,587 fatalities in the last 24 hours, lowest in the last two months, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

This is for the first time in last two months that the death tally has come down below the mark of

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh),  The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UPATS) has arrested two Rohingyas, identified as Mohamed Rafique and Mohammed Amin, from Makdoomnagar area under the Kotwali police station of Aligarh.

The arrest was made on Thursday after it was established that they were living in India

Unnao (Uttar Pradesh),  Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) H.C. Awasthi has sought an explanation after photographs showed policemen using a basket and a plastic chair as a riot gear during a clash.

The UP police chief sought an explanation from SP Unnao, Anand Rao Kulkarni,

Prayagraj (UP),  The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the protection plea of a live-in couple, noting that the woman was already married and in a live-in relationship with another man.

"We fail to understand how such a petition can be allowed since it would be permitting illegality in the society,

Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh),  Boatman Gullu Chaudhary, who had rescued a 21-day-old girl child from a wooden box floating in the Ganga River in Ghazipur district, earlier this week, will be gifted a boat by the state government.

Besides, he will also be given benefits of other schemes as per his eligibility

United Nations, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement which brought an end to the 11-day bloodshed in Gaza Strip late last month.

Responding to a question about the Secretary-General's reactio

Brasilia,  Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development have begun studies for forest concessions in five areas of the Amazon.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said that a total of 2.3 million hectares could be granted concession, with an approxi