Three killed, 45 hurt as bus falls into ditch off Lucknow–Agra Expressway
The bus, carrying 50 to 55 passengers from Beawar to Chhapra, left the road at the expressway’s zero point in Lucknow on 9 November.
The bus, carrying 50 to 55 passengers from Beawar to Chhapra, left the road at the expressway’s zero point in Lucknow on 9 November.
The worst was in Muzaffarnagar, where six people died after their car hit a divider and an electric pole, overturned and caught fire.
Organisers aimed to light about 28 lakh diyas on the Saryu ghats, beating last year’s world record. The count had not been announced.
The fire department has set up temporary posts across Gautam Budh Nagar to reach blazes faster during the festival.
The temporary frame holding a concrete roof slab gave way at a construction site in Ghaziabad district on Saturday.
Police suspect they gained access to the phone and collected one-time passwords under the pretext of an application process.
The Samajwadi Party chief stayed away from the temple when it opened in 2024. With the State election due in early 2027, both sides are fighting over who speaks for Ayodhya.
Uttar Pradesh is among four poll-bound States where the head count comes early. After self-enumeration, enumerators visit homes from 1 December to 4 January.