Aligarh

Bomb scare in Aligarh: Suspects at large, AMU authorities roped in

Six days after a bomb scare at Aligarh Junction Railway Station, local police continue their search for the alleged suspects. Authorities sprang into action on the evening of November 7, the day Railway Police Force (RPF) was alerted to the possible threat. The police swiftly conducted security measures at the station to prevent any mishap. In an effort to trace the culprits, the police sought assistance from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). AMU authorities, led by Proctor Mohamad Waseem Ali, have been working alongside the police, using CCTV footage to identify the suspects. Ali spoke to reporters on Tuesday, stating that despite their efforts, the suspects have not yet been identified. "We have not yet found anyone matching the descriptions from the footage. However, we are continuing our efforts," he said. RPF in-charge at Aligarh, Amit Kumar Singh, said their force is coordinating with the local police and AMU. "We have been maintaining round-the-clock surveillance sinc

Film's success goes to star and failure to director, says Hansal Mehta

Mehta tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about what went behind the making of his second international project.

Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi takes wealth distribution jibe at Congress, again

Urges people to vote in large numbers on Friday

A destiny in Aligarh

In general, one's childhood is a scintilla of emotions, but in the author's case it appears to become a handy guide to survive a riot

Aligarh to be renamed Harigarh? Civic body sends proposal to UP government

In 2021, a proposal to rename Aligarh to Harigarh was approved by a zila panchayat meeting and sent to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

One child killed, four others injured after wall collapses in UP's Aligarh

The officials added that further details are being investigated

UP local body polls: Final phase of voting on Thursday in Ghaziabad

Voting for the final phase of urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh will take place on Thursday covering 38 districts, including Meerut, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Kanpur and Ayodhya. The polls are considered significant as political parties are trying to showcase their strength before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Campaigning for the final phase ended on Tuesday evening with BJP and Samajwadi Party leaders cris-crossing the poll-bound areas. Shahjahanpur will vote to elect its first mayor. Meerut and Aligarh had BSP mayors in 2017 while the BJP ruled the rest. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), over 1.92 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes to elect their representatives in the second phase. Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on Thursday. The first phase of voting was held on May 4. Counting of votes will take place on May 13. As many as 39,146 candidates are in the fray in the second round for 6,929 posts, which includes seven mayors a

1,600 workers at Aligarh University on strike over non-payment of salary

Administrative work at the Aligarh Muslim University remained hamstrung on Saturday as nearly 1,600 non-teaching employees carried on their protest on Saturday over the non-payment of their wages. The protest, which was reported to be peaceful, entered its second day on Saturday. The protesters, most of them temporary workers employed on a daily wage basis, gathered near the Vice Chancellor's office on Saturday to convey their pain. According to authorities, security arrangements at all the entry points of the campus have been beefed up as a precautionary measure. Rihan Ahmad, the secretary of the Technical Staff Association of the University, told reporters that about 1,600 non-teaching temporary staff have not received their last month's salary. Ahmed said that a large section of the protesting staff has been working on a temporary basis for as long as a decade and AMU relies heavily on them for a lot of its work. AMU Proctor Mohammad Waseem told the media that the representati

At least 50 children ill after DPT vaccination; CMO says all recovered

At least 50 students of a government primary school in a village here were taken ill after being administered the DPT vaccine. They were rushed to the nearby government primary health centre where they were treated till late evening and later discharged. The incident occurred on Friday at village Nai ka Nagla under Dadon Police station. On Saturday, Chief Medical Officer (CMO)of the district Neeraj Tyagi, however, told reporters that the affected children were only suffering from "routine reactions" from such vaccination. He said that a team of doctors had been sent to the affected village on Saturday morning " and all the children have recovered". The issue stirred a controversy after a number of parents alleged before mediapersons and social workers who arrived at the health centre that the vaccines were administered forcibly to their children without informing them. "The gates of the school were locked when some students tried to run away from the school to avoid the vaccinati

Gas leak: BJP demands immediate arrest of meat processing plant owner

A delegation of BJP leaders on Friday met District Magistrate Inder Veer Singh, demanding the immediate arrest of the owner of a meat processing plant, where over 50 workers fell ill following the leakage of ammonia gas. The incident had taken place on Thursday morning at the meat plant run by Haji Zaheer Qureshi. The general secretary of the BJP's city unit, Sanju Bajaj, said his party demanded that the plant be sealed and a high-powered inquiry be ordered into its functioning. They told mediapersons that if Qureshi is not arrested within 24 hours, their party will intensify its stir. Earlier, police had booked seven members of the factory staff, including the owner, for negligence. Barring the owner, who is absconding, the other six officials were arrested. Fifty-nine workers were taken ill after the incident at the meat processing plant on the outskirts of Aligarh city. All workers are out of danger and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident, District Magistrate Inder

Dozens fall ill due to gas leak in meat factory in UP's Aligarh

Dozens of persons reportedly fell ill following gas leak in a meat factory in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district

AMU entrance test results 2022 declared for UG courses; check details here

AMU entrance test results 2022 has been declared for various undergraduate (UG) programmes, including- BA LLB, BTech, BSc and BCom courses

1 dead, several injured after bus falls off flyover in UP's Aligarh

One person died and several people were injured as a bus veered off a flyover in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh in morning

9 officials of Aligarh coaching institutes arrested for Agnipath violence

"The coaching operators had provoked the anti-social elements and triggered to carry out such acts during the protests amidst the (armed forces) aspirants," Naithani said.

College in UP's Aligarh bans entry of students without prescribed uniform

Students are not allowed to wear a saffron stole or hijab inside college premises: College principal

India moving towards becoming significant defence exporter: PM Modi

Aligarh will work to safeguard the borders of India in the 21st century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday

Cabinet to discuss renaming Aligarh airport after Kalyan Singh: Yogi

Recently, according to reports, after the demise of Kalyan Singh, BJP leaders in Aligarh reiterated their demand to name the newly-constructed mini airport in Aligarh after Kalyan Singh

Vials of coronavirus vaccine missing from Aligarh's primary health centre

Aligarh police registered a case of missing vials of COVID-19 vaccine from the PHC in Naurangabad

Aligarh hooch tragedy: Factory owner, 9 others arrested in police raids

Ten more people were arrested here for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with the Aligarh hooch tragedy

ANM booked in Aligarh for throwing Covid vaccine filled syringes in dustbin

An ANM of a primary health centre in Aligarh was booked for allegedly disposing of 29 syringes filled with Covid vaccine without administrating them to the beneficiaries