EC removes 2007-batch IAS Abhay Singh as observer for Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ MLC poll following a BJP MLC’s complaint. IAS Prakash Bindu replaces him. Singh faced a CBI raid in 2019 over alleged illegal mining.

Repolling in UP's Agra Teachers' constituency recorded 57.16% turnout on Monday. Fatehabad led with 58.65%, followed by Saiyan (58.23%) and Kheragarh (51.60%). Voting was held peacefully after ECI annulled the Oct 23 polling.

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a plea challenging land acquisition for an Ayodhya housing scheme. The Allahabad HC had earlier directed UP Awas Evam Vikas Parishad to determine compensation and rehabilitation benefits.

Supreme Court slams UP Police's "slipshod investigation" in a murder case, orders Rs 6 lakh compensation to a man jailed for six years as an undertrial. Calling him a "victim of the system", the court said the case rested on a "concocted story".

BREAKING: UP BJP has announced a 548-member state working committee, up from 343 members in the previous panel, an increase of 205. The expansion comes four days ahead of its Oct 30 meeting, expected to be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

UP Board has released a list of 7,526 proposed exam centres for Class 10 and 12 exams in 2027, including 662 govt, 3,276 aided and 3,588 private schools. Objections can be filed online till Oct 28. Exams are scheduled for Feb 5-24.

After Baghpat’s famous chaat clash, Lucknow seems to have taken a leaf out of the same recipe! Lathis and sticks flew outside Lohia Hospital in Vibhuti Khand, leaving several injured. Different city, same spicy showdown!

Lucknow: A 6-year-old boy, Rudra Rai, suffered severe burns after coming into contact with an 11,000-volt high-tension power line while trying to catch a kite near his home in Faizullaganj at 6.30am. His condition is reportedly critical.

Lucknow: Fire broke out in an electrical panel at a building housing Shriram IVF Centre in Indira Nagar on Monday evening. Firefighters doused the flames. A nearby Volvo car was damaged. No casualties reported. Cause unknown.

“If Hindustaniyat (India’s spirit of unity and inclusiveness) survives, our democracy will survive. If Hindustaniyat survives, our Constitution will survive,” said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Lucknow: Candidates of the 68,500 teacher recruitment drive, protested outside Basic Education Minister Sandeep Singh's residence, where they had planned to recite Sundar Kand. Police detained the protesters and shifted them to Eco Garden.

Mathura: Police arrested Akram, 32, for allegedly strangling his sister Nazia to death over her love marriage to a Hindu man, Ravindra. Police said her body was buried in a graveyard. The remains were exhumed following his arrest.

Lucknow: A dispute over parking a Datsun car turned deadly in Saadatganj’s Brahmani Tola on Monday. Three men, including a father and son, were shot dead. Police arrested accused Rishabh Shukla, 30, and recovered a pistol.

BJP workers protested against Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi at Hazratganj crossing in Lucknow on Monday over Kharge’s “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” remark in Patna, which sparked a political row. Video: Sunil Kumar

In Kanpur, CM Yogi Adityanath called Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav “Chhote Miyan, Bade Miyan”, alleging they embrace Bangladeshi infiltrators while insulting Dalits, the poor and youth. He said power can be inherited, but not wisdom.

UP Police has formed a 3-member SIT led by Lucknow Range IG Kiran S to probe the Oct 26 collision involving vehicles trailing Rahul Gandhi’s convoy in Sultanpur. The team will examine security and traffic lapses and submit its report.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was acquitted by a special MP/MLA court in UP’s Sultanpur on Monday in a 2018 criminal defamation case over alleged remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah. Gandhi appeared in person for the verdict.

In Etawah, a daughter allegedly killed her father with her lover for opposing their relationship. His body was hidden in a trunk for four days until a foul smell exposed the crime. Police arrested Pooja and her lover.

Several vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy, including five cars and an ambulance, collided on Purvanchal Expressway near Haliapur. Several were injured. Rahul is safe. Officials suspect sudden braking triggered the crash.

Four cars and an ambulance travelling behind Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided on the Lucknow-Sultanpur highway in UP’s Haliyapur area in Sultanpur district on Monday.