Allahabad
Metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Allahabad, officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Allahabad districtâthe most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in Indiaâand the Allahabad division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53Â million in the city. In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state and sixteenth in the country. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the city.
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Tight security, high alert in Uttar Pradesh amid row over remarks on Prophet MuhammadThe special focus is on security in Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, and Saharanpur. So far 357 persons have been arrested in nine districts.DNA - Published | |
Bulldozer drive: SC seeks response from UP on demolition; hearing again next weekThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh government, and authorities in Prayagraj as well as Kanpur Dev to file their responses on the alleged use of bulldozers for "retaliatory..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Prayagraj: Police release posters of 59 unidentified persons accused in June 10 violenceViolence broke out after the Friday prayers against controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad by now-removed BJP functionaries.DNA - Published | |
To identify June 10 violence accused, Prayagraj police to put up posters in public placesIndiaTimes - Published | |
Razed home not owned by Prayagraj unrest âkingpinâ: KinIndiaTimes - Published | |
Who is Afreen Fatima, ex-JNU activist whose house was bulldozed after Prayagraj violence?The house of Afreen Fatima and Javed Ahmed was razed by authorities in Prayagraj after violence took over the city on Friday last week.DNA - Published | |
Protests erupt in JNU over razing of ex-student Afreen Fatima's house after Prayagraj violenceThe students of JNU raised protests after the residence of former student Afreen Fatima was razed by the UP government after the Prayagraj violence.DNA - Published | |
Nupur Sharma row: Illegal guns found in Prayagraj violence mastermind's house before razing, say copsAs per reports, cops have said that illegal guns and weapons were found inside the house of the mastermind of the Prayagraj violence in Uttar Pradesh.DNA - Published | |
Authorities demolish 'illegally constructed' house of Prayagraj violence accusedThe Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on Sunday demolished the house of Javed Ahmad, alias Pump, the alleged mastermind of Friday's violence in Prayagraj, amid a heavy police deployment.IndiaTimes - Published | |
Prayagraj violence: Illegal construction at house of prime accused demolished amid heavy securityPDA demolished the illegally constructed parts of local leader Javed Ahmed's house. Authority had to deploy heavy security.DNA - Published | Uttar Pradesh: Police detain 'mastermind' of Prayagraj violence, say AIMIM links surfaced in probeNames of some people linked with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) have surfaced, said the police.DNA - Published |
Nupur Sharma row: India engulfed in protests over controversial statements on Prophet MuhammadA clash erupted in Prayagaraj between police and protesters and stones were also hurled during clashes in the Atala area of UP's Prayagaraj.DNA - Published | Freed after 19 yrs in jail, Pakistani man still in UP thanaA 70-year-old Pakistani national, after spending 19 years in jail for a terror case, has been languishing in a local UP police thana even after being âtechnically releasedâ and acquitted by the..IndiaTimes - Published |
UP: 13 Women BJP leaders receive obscene video calls from unidentified manPrayagraj: The man has used several phone numbers to harass the women.DNA - Published | Uttar Pradesh: Digital Kumbh museum to come up by 2025 in PrayagrajThe Digital Kumbh Sangrahalaya will be constructed at Arail and is being touted as a major attraction for religious tourism.DNA - Published |
SC paves way for mass bail to 1,500Noting that a large number of convicts are languishing in various jails in Uttar Pradesh for years while waiting for their appeals to be heard by Allahabad high court, which is at present hearing..IndiaTimes - Published | How can a person vanish in thin air, asks SCThe Supreme Court on Friday faced a curious case of a person, who was admitted as a corona patient to a Prayagraj hospital last May, remaining untraceable for the last one year despite the formation of..IndiaTimes - Published |
SC: Stop giving final orders with no reasoned judgmentSetting aside the Allahabad high court's acquittal order in a murder case, the Supreme Court said, "The practice of pronouncing the final orders without a reasoned judgment has to be stopped and..IndiaTimes - Published | UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets 10-year-old aspiring athlete who ran over 200 kms, gifts her shoesAs per a spokesperson, she is a resident of a locality under the Manda police station area of Prayagraj and is a student of class 4.DNA - Published |
HC: Courts can't force parties to implement poll manifestosThe Allahabad high court has observed that there is no penal provision under any statute to bring political parties within the clutches of enforcement authorities, if they fail to fulfil their promises..IndiaTimes - Published | âUndemocraticâ: PM warns BJP netas against dynastic politicsHaving led BJP to a convincing win in the recent assembly elections during the run-up to which he had severely attacked âdynastic politicsâ, PM Modi on Tuesday targeted those within the party..IndiaTimes - Published |
SP workers protests in Prayagraj after recovery of 'testing' VVPAT slipsIndiaTimes - Published | UP Elections 2022 Phase 5 LIVE: 34.83% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm across 12 districtsThe highest voter turnout of 39.08% was recorded in Chitrakoot district, while Prayagraj district registered the lowest turnout of 30.30%.DNA - Published |
UP elections: Allahabad turnout always low, will it be different this time?IndiaTimes - Published | UP polls: Tikait, other farm leaders to visit Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, VaranasiIndiaTimes - Published |
Omicron scare: EC to review UP situation next week amid HC suggestion on delaying pollsChief election commissioner Sushil Chandra on Friday said that he will visit poll-bound Uttar Pradesh next week to review the situation in the state amid Allahabad high court's suggestion that..IndiaTimes - Published | High court cites Omicron, asks EC, PM to consider deferring UP pollsThe Allahabad high court has requested the Election Commission of India, and the Prime Minister, to consider postponing the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, slated to be held in February next year,..IndiaTimes - Published |
Anticipatory bail extraordinary remedy, should be used only in a special case: Allahabad high courtIndiaTimes - Published | PM Modi transfers Rs 1,000 cr to bank accounts of self help groupsPM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, at a programme in UP's Prayagraj, transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self help groups to benefit around 16 lakh women. The mission aims to provide women,..IndiaTimes - Published |
PM Modi to transfer Rs 1,000 crore to SHGs benefitting 16 lakh women in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj todayPM Modi will also be transferring a total amount of over 20 crores to more than one lakh beneficiaries under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme.DNA - Published | PM Modi to visit Prayagraj tomorrow to participate in women empowerment programmeAs per the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the programme is being held as per PM Modi's vision to empower women, especially at the grassroots level, by providing them with the necessary skills,..IndiaTimes - Published |
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ED attaches assets worth âč8 crore of UP don, wifeThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached properties and bank balances worth over Rs 8 crore belonging to Atiq Ahmad, a mafia don and former Samajwadi Party MP and his wife in a money laundering..IndiaTimes - Published | âNo call to armsâ: Allahabad high court in Sharjeel Imam bail orderIndiaTimes - Published |
What is use of Constitution Day celebrations if govt is incapable of providing to justice: Priyanka GandhiCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday slammed the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh for their alleged lack of action in case of murder of a labourer and his family in Prayagraj and..IndiaTimes - Published | From Habibganj to Rani Kamlapati: Here's how station names are changedIn 2018, Mughalsarai Junction was changed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction and Allahabad was changed to PrayagrajDNA - Published |
BJP ally Nishad stirs row with remark on Lord Ram, apologises laterNishad Parry chief Sanjay Nishad on Tuesday apologised for a remark on Lord Ram that had triggered a row and also put ally BJP in a spot. In a statement Sunday in Prayagraj, he said Shringi Rishi..IndiaTimes - Published | Bring law to honour Ram, Krishna, says Allahabad high court judgeThe court added that the Constitution allows one to be atheist, but it does not mean that one can pass obscene remarks against gods and goddesses. These observations were made by Justice Shekhar Kumar..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mahant Narendra Giri death: UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for CBI probeMahant Giri was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his Baghambari Math located residence in Prayagraj on Monday.DNA - Published | Focus should be on maintenance practices, robust physical and cyber security: IAF chief BhadauriaAir Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said there is a need for critical analysis to enhance operational preparedness and focus should be on maintenance practices as well as robust physical and cyber..IndiaTimes - Published |
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Cow only animal to inhales and exhales Oxygen: Allahabad HC JudgeThe Allahabad High Court was hearing a bail plea of accused Javed who was held for stealing a cow and allegedly slaughtered it in Sambhal district.DNA - Published | Delta variant found among four infected in UP's Prayagraj, BHU lab confirmsBHU lab has confirmed that the viral load is high in the four patients infected with the Delta variant. Similar symptoms were found in all patients.DNA - Published |
No traces of coronavirus found in river Ganga, government study showsThe samples were collected from Kannuj, Unnao, Kanpur, Hamirpur, Allahabad, Patna and Chhapra. The study was conducted in two phasesDNA - Published | Man denied bail for case in UP thana that doesnât existThe Allahabad high court has issued a showcause notice to a police officer in UP after it emerged that he had falsely claimed that a Muslim man from Roorkee was a âdreaded criminalâ who had..IndiaTimes - Published |
