Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Feb 14 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party on Monday urged the Election Commission to transfer IG, Lucknow Range, Laxmi Singh for allegedly forcing people to vote for her husband who is contesting the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on a BJP ticket.

In a letter sent to the poll panel by SP state president Naresh Uttam Patel, he said the police official was affecting the polls by asking people to vote for her husband, Rajeshwar Singh, and that she should be transferred to some other district.

Shahjahanpur (UP), Feb 15 (PTI) A booth agent of the Samajwadi Party was allegedly shot dead on Tuesday by a rival group in a village here over a dispute during polling in Tilhar constituency, police said.

A villager was also seriously injured in the incident, they said.

Superintendent of Police (City) Sanjay Kumar said Samajwadi Party booth agent Sudhir Kumar (20) was shot dead in Vikrampur Chakora village on Tuesday morning when he was going to attend nature's call. A villager also sustained serious injuries in the firing and was admitted to the hospital.

Kanpur: "Will you exhibit the punctuality in casting your vote on polling day here?" On hearing this query a middle-aged woman said: "I shall not falter in exercising my right to vote on the day of polling here." 

We are aware of our voting right now. It is a big responsibility for us.

The question was put up only to test the mood of women in the Jajmau area here. As they spend much time in marketing, it was imperative to know their opinion on the voting activity. However, they accepted that they do not escape from their duty to vote.

Lucknow, Feb 13 (PTI) A girl wearing Hijab will become the prime minister of the country one day, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said amid the controversy over Muslim women's headscarves.

"If a girl decides to wear Hijab and asks her parents to do so and when her parents allow her to wear it, who can stop her from wearing it? We shall see, Inshallah," Owaisi is heard saying in a 43-second video of his address in an election rally.

Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Muslim girls feel safe under the administration of the Yogi Adityanath led government here on Monday.

Showing the confidence, he remarked Holi would be celebrated in U P on March 10.

Blasting the Opposition parties like the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, the PM stated that the "Parivaarwadis" would be defeated once more by the people of Uttar Pradesh in this assembly elections.

Ballia (UP), Feb 12 (PTI) Bairiya's BJP MLA Surendra Singh, contesting the UP assembly election as a Vikasheel Insaan Party ticket after quitting his earlier party, has been booked for allegedly violating the model code of conduct.

A case has been registered against Singh and his 100 unidentified supporters at the Haldi police station for violating the poll code during electioneering, police sources said on Saturday.

The FIR has been lodged under various sections of the Epidemic Act and the matter is being investigated, they said.

Lucknow, Feb 13 (PTI) Switching sides has always been a part of the poll scenario and this time is no different with almost all parties in Uttar Pradesh from the major ones like the BJP and Congress to smaller outfits like Apna Dal (Sonelal) seeing some legislators bidding them goodbye and some others joining them.

The maximum gains from this flight of legislators has been to the BJP followed by the Samajwadi Party, while the losers are the BSP and the Congress.

Kanpur: The district administration has thought upon a fresh idea to develop awareness and enable people to cast their vote when the voting begins here on the coming schedule of February 20.

Denizens will collect important information on "Kanpur Votes On 20 Feb" when they will go to purchase packed milk pouches and the bread packets in the next week.

Lucknow, Feb 11 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Home Ajai Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra moved the Allahabad High Court on Friday seeking rectification of his bail order in the case of Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

Ashish Mishra moved the Lucknow bench of the high court seeking insertion of sections 302 for murder and 120 B for criminal conspiracy which were inadvertently not mentioned in the high court order granting him the bail.

Kanpur: With the restoration crate of Rs 1700 crore, the mega leather cluster at Ramaipur in Kanpur will become a major export hub for leather products, footwears and accessories.

The export from this hub will take a growth of at least Rs 1000 crore, almost double from the present.

President, Kanpur Mega Leather Cluster, Mukhtarul Amin, said that the State government in association with Central government will take the Kanpur leather industry to a new height.