Topic: Uttar Pradesh / State

After Diwali, the traditional Moniya Vrat has begun in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh, with devotees setting out barefoot in silence for a 12-village parikrama.

Dr. Sanjay Nishad targeted Akhilesh Yadav in Gorakhpur, saying a “philosophy of votes” is hidden in his darshan.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has refused to stay in the quarantine barrack in jail, while his wife alleged poor jail conditions.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said serving cows brings happiness and prosperity to homes, stressing cattle protection and the role of gaushalas.

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said the next Uttar Pradesh election will be women and youth versus the BJP.

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said the next Uttar Pradesh election will be women and youth versus the BJP.

Discussion has intensified over Pankaj Chaudhary’s name as a possible chief ministerial face in Uttar Pradesh, alongside remarks on leaders leaving the BJP.

Statement-making has once again intensified in Uttar Pradesh politics over the firing on kar sevaks, after a Samajwadi Party MP said the action was taken to save the Constitution.

/ Agencies: Discussions have intensified in Uttar Pradesh over political statements and separate incidents.

Air quality is steadily deteriorating in several cities of Uttar Pradesh, with ten cities reaching the poor category and severe cold likely after three days.

A bus full of passengers went out of control and fell into a ditch on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway. Three people were killed and around 40 passengers were injured.

Security force personnel in Bastar celebrated Diwali and sent the message of a Naxal-free India in areas affected by Naxal activity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with security forces personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, praising their contribution and warning that ideological Naxalism remains a threat.

A four-year-old child was killed in Jashpur, with allegations that the accused removed organs to sell them for financial gain.

A family returning home to celebrate Diwali drowned after their car fell into the Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district. Four people died.

A grand Deepotsav was organised in Ayodhya on Diwali, with around 30 lakh diyas lighting up ghats, temples and roads across the Ramnagari.

In Kanpur, a Thar driven by a woman learning to drive went out of control, hitting several people. One person died and police are gathering information.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated Diwali in Ayodhya with devotion, offered prayers to Ramlalla and visited a Dalit settlement.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in Ayodhya that lathis and bullets will no longer be used against Ram devotees, and called protecting their dignity a government priority.

Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district is known for changing political equations, with the SP, BSP and BJP all registering influence over successive elections.