Surrounded by his relatives and acquaintances from neighboring villages soon after arrival, Yogi first spoke to the younger members of his family and distributed chocolates to them.

Though Yogi has been coming to Uttarakhand to attend political programmes and address public meetings, it is for the first time that he has visited his ancestral village.

The move came days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directive for restricting the volume of loudspeakers at religious places in order to avoid inconvenience to people living nearby.

Kangana Ranaut met UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Sunday (May 01). In one of the pictures, the two can be seen holding 'One District One Product' (ODOP) bag. For the unversed, in October last year, the UP government announced that Kangana Ranaut would be the brand ambassador of the ODOP program.

The portal is designed to streamline the disbursement of pension to the state government employees who retire from services.

Several Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh have made an appeal to Muslims to offer namaz at mosques in the locality and avoid public places.

Objectionable items including raw meat, threats, torn papers of sacred text and others were dumped outside the gate of mosques.

Shivpal Yadav reacted to his nephew’s remark, terming it as "irresponsible" and a statement of 'nadani' (immaturity) and dared him to sack him as party legislator instead.

With discussions on the UCC taking centrestage, UP Minister Danish Azad Ansari said the BJP government in the state will move towards implementing one law for all, "only after talking to all the parties".

Adityanath also said that accountability should be fixed for maintaining law and order at every level. He also said that permissions need to be taken to install mics.

In the last 24 hours, 103 new positive cases were reported in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 33 in Ghaziabad.

Regarding the mics being used at religious places, Yogi Adityanath said that although mics can be used, make sure the sound does not come out of the premises.

Stating that everyone has the freedom to follow his method of worship according to his religious ideology, the chief minister noted, "Although mikes can be used, make sure the sound does not come out of the premises.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, according to an official statement, issued the instructions during presentation of action plans on social security by eight departments.

According to an official, Adityanath a few days ago directed that ministers and officials should stay at the government guesthouses instead of hotels while on official tours.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's two deputy chief ministers, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also present during the meeting with President Kovind and Prime Minister Modi.

According to the Election Commission of India, the average polling percentage recorded till 4 pm was 98.11 with Rae Bareli registering the highest voter turnout at 99.35 per cent and Gorakhpur the

Polling is taking place at 739 centres, and as many as 1,20,657 voters expected to exercise their franchise.

Gorakhpur temple attack case: According to police, accused Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi was radicalized to the extent that he was even ready to die after committing crime.

The bulldozed petrol pump was located in CB Ganj locality of Bareilly. It was owned by Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam Ansari.