Topic: Uttar Pradesh / State

Political statements have intensified in Uttar Pradesh over Karwa Chauth, MLC election results and the 2027 Assembly election, with Ravi Kishan taking a dig.

Akhilesh Yadav distanced himself from Swami Prasad Maurya and announced that the Samajwadi Party will give more tickets to women in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

After Legislative Council results in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, debate has intensified over Bhumihar wins in Bihar and Brahmin candidates among BJP winners in UP.

Minister Dayashankar Singh questioned the Samajwadi Party’s MLC result claims, saying SP had not really won and BJP could have performed better.

Azam Khan and Abdullah Azam Khan received bail from the Allahabad High Court in the two PAN cards case, but the court refused to stay their conviction.

Panic spread late Wednesday night in Puranpur town of Pilibhit district after a wild elephant entered a residential area and broke a cemetery wall.

The Uttar Pradesh government has implemented a new recruitment policy allowing provisional appointment before police verification is completed for selected candidates in general posts.

SP’s Legislative Council performance in Uttar Pradesh has put focus on Akhilesh Yadav’s candidate choices, PDA outreach and monitoring of counting.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state now has 10 operational expressways, metro services in seven cities and expanded air connectivity.

Juzela from the Philippines runs a restaurant in Gorakhpur, speaks Bhojpuri and plans to observe a nirjala Karwa Chauth fast for her husband.

Gold medalist shooter Rishabh Shukla is accused of killing three Tiwari family members in Lucknow after a dispute over parking and a platform.

In Amethi, an elderly man with a leg disability says his UDID card wrongly records low vision, leaving him without the assistive support he needs for five years.

Administration seals main accused Rishabh Shukla’s house in Lucknow triple murder case; six accused arrested and legal action continues.

SP candidate Dr Akash Agarwal won the Agra division teachers’ MLC election after controversy over his emotional Islam remark and allegations during polling.

Minimum wage rates in Uttar Pradesh have been increased for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers in 74 scheduled employments, effective from October 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027.

BJP won four of six declared Uttar Pradesh MLC seats by the afternoon of October 28, 2026, while SP won two and counting continued on five seats.

Police arrested a domestic help and her alleged lover in connection with theft of cash and jewellery from a sports businessman’s bungalow in Meerut.

Dhruv Tripathi led in the Gorakhpur MLC election after first-preference votes, with independent Rajiv Yadav close behind and Dr. Sanjayan Tripathi third.

Crores in FDs have allegedly gone missing at a Greater Noida PNB branch, with five employees including the branch manager suspended as police investigate.

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