Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party President Jagat Prakash Nadda will be inaugurating party's district office in Gorakhpur and in another 9 districts on June 10.

Nagpur Mar 24 PTI A labourer was killed allegedly by a teenager for breaking the latters mobile phone in the Wathoda area of Nagpur city police said on ThursdayThe deceased has been identified as Saliram alias Rinku Kumar 31 and the teenager has been detained after the incident which took place on late Wednesday night they saidKumar and the accused originally hailed from Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh and resided in the city the police saidThe victim had to make a phone call to his relatives in his native village and asked the teenager for his mobile phone but the latter refused leading to a verbal fight After sometime Kumar made a call from the teens mobile phone and later broke the device by hitting it on the ground they saidThe teenager got angry and fatally attacked Kumar the police said PTI COR RSY RSY

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI): Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad on Thursday announced in the state Assembly that the redevelopment of Kamathipura, the oldest part of Mumbai, will begin in the next three months.

Mumbai Mar 24 PTI The proposed development of Dharavi the countrys biggest slum is not making headway as railway land has not been handed over to the state government yet Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in the state Assembly on ThursdayThe issue of land in Mumbai which is under the control of various central ministries must be taken up with the Union government he saidDharavi located in central Mumbai is spread over 21 sq km and is home to over six lakh peopleDharavi has to be developed But its development cannot take place because unfortunately we are in talks with the Centre about the railway land Around Rs 800 crore have been given I have spoken to the railway minister two-three times But that land has not been transferred to us yet Thackeray told the HouseHe also praised Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad for taking initiatives to ensure that working class people get home in MumbaiNobody thought about Mumbai this seriously until now the chief minister saidHis government has introduced an amnesty scheme keeping in mind the interest of people who havent got possession of their flats due to stalled slum rehabilitation projects Thackeray saidThe government also expedited long-pending Patrachawl Siddharth Nagar and BDD chawl redevelopment projects he saidWe are constructing hostels for working women in Mumbai and also for girl students coming to the city for education We are also giving relief to people by staying non-agricultural tax he addedThe government he said is also constructing houses for sanitation workersThe Maha Vikas Aghadi government does not just speak It does what it says added Thackeray who heads a coalition of the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress He also mentioned the state governments decision to construct houses in the city for 300 MLAs from across the parties who represent constituencies outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region PTI ENM KRK KRK

Mumbai Feb 22 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday e-inaugurated the construction of Siddharth Nagar Patra Chawl redevelopment project in Goregaon here Thackeray took part in the inaugural event via an online platform while NCP president Sharad Pawar Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad and others attended it physically In his address the chief minister urged the chawl tenants to not forget their struggle for homes and urged them to not sell the houses later and leave Mumbai Awhad said MHADA will ensure people get their homes in the next three years PTI ENM BNM BNM

The third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections is scheduled to be held on February 20 on 59 seats in 16 districts. In the Yadav-dominated area, the Bharatiya Janata Party is once again trying to repeat the charisma of the year 2017. The BJP had captured 49 of the 59 seats in the last […]

Lucknow Jan 27 PTI With the declaration of its third list of 56 candidates on Thursday Samajwadi Party has so far declared 254 candidates for the 403 seats Uttar Pradesh assembly polls The list names BSP turncoats Ram Achal Rajbhar and Lalji Verma from Akbarpur and Katehari seats respectively of Ambedkar Nagar Vinay Tiwari from Chillupar and Leader of opposition Ram Govind Chowdhury from his Bansdeeh seat of Ballia district Senior SP leader Beni Prasad Vermas son Rakesh Verma has been fielded from Kursi seat Barabanki while former minister Arvind Singh Gope and Fareed Mehfooz Kidwai got tickets from Dariyabad and Ram Nagar seats respectively of Barabanki district Former assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey has got ticket from Etwa Siddharth Nagar while former MLA Abhay Singh and Lucknow Yadav son for former minister Parasnath Yadav were once again fielded from Gosaiganj seat Ayodhya and Malhani Jaunpur seats respectively PTI ABN RCJ

Lucknow Jan 22 PTI Major political parties are paying special attention towards 47 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where the victory margin was less than 5000 votes in the last assembly election According to the Election Commission data of these 47 seats out of total 403 23 were won by BJP 13 by Samajwadi Party eight had gone to Bahujan Samaj Party BSP and one each had fallen in the kitty of Congress Apna Dal and Rastriya Lok Dal Considering the fact that a little vote-swing could help them corner these seats parties have been meticulously selecting right candidates there to improve their tally All political parties are giving special focus on these seats thinking that with a little more push they can win these seats and increase the tally Victory is everything in politics but margin matters Higher margin shows acceptability of the leaders so political parties this time are finalizing their candidates keeping these factors in mind political analyst Siddharth Kalhans said Internal surveys of the parties on a specific seat are playing an important role in finalization of candidates he said The BJP is confident that their Hindutva plus development push in the current elections could fetch them good results across seats Akhilesh Yadav too with his newly forged alliances with some caste-based regional parties is upbeat that results would be in his favour across constituencies The SP is buoyant over defection of Backward castes leaders like Swami Prasad Maurya Dara Singh Chauhan and Dharam Singh Saini to its side OBC section constitutes around 50 per cent of the states population and is an important factor in tilting the balance in the high-octane battle for ballots in UP In 2017 polls the lowest victory margin was on Dumariyaganj seat in Siddharth Nagar where BJP candidate Raghvendra Pratap Singh had won by a slender margin of 171 votes defeating BSPs Sayeda Khatoon BJPs Avatar Singh Bhadana who has now joined RLD had also won by 193 votes beating his nearest rival Liyakat Ali of SP Shyam Sunder Sharma of BSP had won Mant seat in Mathura by 432 votes defeating his rival RLD candidate Yogesh Chowdhury There were three seats where the victory margin was less than 1000 votes These were Gohna Rampur Maniharan Saharanpur and Mubarakpur Azamgarh In Gohna BJPs Sriram Sonkar had won by 538 votes beating his rival Rajendra Kumar of BSP while in Rampur Maniharan Devendra Kumar Nim of BJP had scored victory by 595 votes over BSPs Ravindra Kumar Malhu In the Mubarakpur seat BSPs Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali had won the seat by a margin of 688 beating the SPs nominee This time Guddu has walked out of BSP and is trying for an SP ticket Another case is Kannauj SC seat which BJP had lost in 2017 by 2500 votes The saffron party has this time fielded IPS-turned-politician Asim Arun from the constituency When asked about the victory margins and partys preparations for winning such seats which it lost in 2017 SP MLC Rajpal Kashyap said We are taking all steps to convince voters From ticket selection to ground survey all aspects are being taken care of As the resentment is brewing among people against the BJP we are set to gain on all such seats Also our cadre remained active in all such constituencies and was with the people during difficult times including COVID pandemic Kashyap said BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said despite all opposition gimmicks Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are still hot favorites among the voters We are going to form the next government after March 10 Work done by both the centre and state governments are before all to see he said PTI ABN SNS VN VN

New Delhi, August 27: In a shocking incident, a man in Mumbai allegedly stabbed his12-year-old daughter with a knife after he had a fight with his wife. Reports inform that the 34-year-old accused suspected his wife of infidelity and in a fit of rage he attacked his daughter five times with a knife and fled from […]