Sarvesh Kumar Singh

The Azamgarh police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three persons accused in the murder of former MLA and BSP leader sarvesh kumar singh alias Sipu Singh and his companion Bharat Rai last month.

Based on the confession of 40-year-old Rajkumar, alias Raju, a team of Delhi Police officials recovered Rs 22 lakh in cash from an agricultural field in Ratupura village under Thakurdwara Kotwali police station here on Saturday evening. The money belongs to BJP MP from Moradabad, sarvesh kumar singh, and was stolen from his official residence in New Delhi by his trusted domestic help Rajkumar

The man who was allegedly injured in the police firing during the violence that erupted after the killing of BSP leader sarvesh kumar singh alias Seepu in Agamgarh district on July 19, succumbed to injuries at a private hospital in Varanasi on Tuesday.

Amar Singh today claimed he was receiving text messages warning him not to come to meet slain former MLA sarvesh kumar singh Seepu's family, as "he could also meet the same fate".

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday attacked the Samajwadi Party government over the murder of her party leader, saying that there is total lawlessness in the state and that the Centre should intervene to improve the situation.

The vigilance investigation bureau sleuths on Friday unearthed cash and assets worth more than Rs4.3 crore allegedly disproportionate to the known sources of income of Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited (BRPNNL) executive engineer Ravindra Kumar (40).

Taking note of the representation sent by Lucknow University Teachers’ Association (LUTA) to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the state government has sought a report from the university on the creation of four posts of deans.

The Hindi week, jointly organised by the district courts of Kanpur and Ramabai Nagar, concluded with a prize distribution function on Saturday.

The five-year stint in the UP assembly since 2007 has helped a number of MLAs im prove their fortunes to a large ex tent, as on an average, recon testing MLA has registered an asset growth of Rs 1.61 crore.

The situation was on Saturday tense but under control in violence-hit Kanth area of the town which witnessed protests over holding of a 'mahapanchayat'.

The murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader sarvesh kumar singh on Friday drew sharp criticism from political parties.

City lawyers continued their strike on the 13th day on Monday to protest against the Prashant Kumar Dwivedi murder case.

The sleuths of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) arrested the BDO of Rajapakar block in Vaishali district Rajiv Ranjan on Tuesday on charges of accepting Rs1 lakh as bribe from a local resident for providing him documents pertaining to PACS election.

Responding to a poser on the power situation in Varanasi, Goyal said data provided by an NGO, which monitors 300 towns and cities, shows that several areas in the Prime Minister's constituency face 8 to 10 hour-long power cuts.

The vigilance investigation bureau (VIB) on Saturday arrested Sitamarhi civil surgeon Dr Ravindra Kumar for allegedly taking Rs50,000 as a bribe from a contractual data entry operator for his transfer back to earlier place of working.

The vigilance investigation bureau on Wednesday arrested a government doctor and a head clerk at Khagaria civil surgeon office, for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 1.8 lakh to end an ongoing department inquiry against a nurse and release her salary from August last year.

BJP MP Kunwar sarvesh kumar singh will now be guarded by commandos from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after the Centre agreed to provide him ‘X’ category protection. Singh told TOI that during the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign, he was attacked by rivals and his car was hit by bullets at Thakurdwara area here.

Despite BJP president Amit Shah’s appeal to party workers here on September 30 to sink their differences over ticket distribution, many party functionaries are still up in arms against the leadership.

A team of vigilance investigation bureau arrested Sarna panchayat mukhiya Sanjay Kumar Singh (45) while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 63,000 at his residence at Sarna village in Bhojpur district from a ward councillor Phulsundari Devi on Friday. The arrested mukhiya is also Shahpur block president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).

A trap team of vigilance investigation bureau arrested a junior engineer (JE) Abhishek Anand (30) for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 30,000 inside his private residence from Tribhuvan Yadav at Murliganj block of Madhepura district on Tuesday.

The five-year stint in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha since 2007 has helped a number of MLAs in improving their fortunes to a large extent, as on an average, recontesting MLA has registered an asset growth of Rs 1.61 crore.

LUCKNOW: Clouds over cabinet expansion in UP finally seem to be clearing as BJP state leadership held second round of discussions on Saturday to finalise the list of its ‘quota’ of candidates.

"Yes, there is a bright possibility that I will be contesting this year's Lok Sabha election from a seat in West Bengal," Azharuddin said on Tuesday.

The Arya Samaj is all set to felicitate 85 BJP party workers who were jailed for violence in Kanth after clashes erupted over a temple loudspeaker in Kanth, Moradabad.