Prayagraj: Ahead of panchayat polls, the range police have been extensively carrying out the exercise of depositing licensed weapons in all four districts including Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi and Fatehpur.
Kaushambi police are leading in the exercise with the deposition of 67% of licensed weapons so far, followed by Fatehpur (54%), Prayagraj (47%) and Pratapgarh (30%). Senior police officials said that deposition of licensed weapons was taken up on priority basis in police stations based out of rural areas, in view of the panchayat elections.
Out of the total 80,656 registered licensed weapons in four districts of the range, around 35, 270 (43%) licensed weapons were deposited, including 28,789 at police stations and 6,481 at licensed armed shops, between February 15 and March 30.
Prayagraj: Reacting sharply over the killing of Congress leader Mohd Akram (30), Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Wednesday claimed that instead of Ram-Rajya, it is jungle raj that has been prevailing in UP.
He also came down heavily on CM Yogi led state government and added, criminals were striking at their will and that the state government has failed to tackle the deteriorating law and order problem.
Tiwari also demanded that the state government give Rs one crore compensation to the kin of the deceased and ensure the arrest of killers at the earliest. Senior Congress leaders and workers had assembled outside the post-mortem centre on Wednesday morning to console the family members of the slain Congress leader.
LUCKNOW: Over 39% health and frontline workers in UP are yet to take the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. As per state government data, while 56 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in UP, over three lakh health and 3.5 lakh frontline workers are yet to take the second dose, reports Shailvee Sharda. Data revealed that of 8,90,246 health workers who took the vaccine first dose, 5,85,298 have taken the second shot.
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Likewise, of 7,60,727 frontline workers who came forward for vaccination in the state, 4,05,021 have taken the second dose. Others who have taken the vaccine’s first shot are elderly and those with comorbidities.
Former DSP Shailendra Singh
LUCKNOW: Former deputy superintendent of police (DySP) Shailendra Singh, who resigned from the police services in 2004 when he fell out with then ruling Samajwadi Party government for recommending the arrest of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari under POTA, got a major relief when a Varanasi court accepted Yogi Aditaynath government’s decision to drop charges against the ex-cop that were allegedly slapped for challenging the might of the mafia don.
“It is a big relief to me and my family. Finally, the truth has prevailed. It was because of this criminal case that I was unable to get a passport, an arms licence,” said Shailendra talking to TOI on phone. He said the criminal case was a part of the arm twisting tactics of the powers that be to silence him and allow the dust to settle on the entire episode including his resignation from the police services.
Prayagraj: For the first time, admissions for the upcoming academic session (2021-22) at Allahabad University (AU) and its constituent colleges could be done by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
This follows the recent letter of the University Grants Commission (UGC), which has been sent to the Registrar of AU, Prof NK Shukla wherein the apex decision body of all higher education in the country has proposed that the entrance exam at AU could be conducted through NTA.
If implemented, AU would be holding a common entrance test with all the rest of the central universities of the country for UG and PG programmes or any one of the exams. However, varsity authorities have not yet taken a final call on the UGC’s proposal as to whether to conduct the entrance test through NTA or for that matter whether admission to undergraduate and post-graduation courses would be conducted by the testing agency which has been conducting entrance test for institutions including Delhi University or J