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    • Maha Kumbh crosses 10 crore milestone for pilgrims bathing at Sangam, says UP govt

      The number crossed this milestone on Thursday at 12 PM, according to a statement from the Uttar Pradesh government, which is hosting the largest religious gathering on the world that kicked off on January 13 and will continue till February 26.

    • Land Ahoy: UP govt will map vacant industrial plots to unlock growth

      There are over 42,000 industrial units in the areas developed by nine industrial bodies across the state, over 15,000 of which are in Gautam Budh Nagar alone.

    • High Court bans madrasa in UP before elections

      Allahabad High Court bans madrasas in populous Uttar Pradesh, citing violation of secularism, orders students' transfer to conventional schools.

    • Being woman has become crime in 'jungle raj': Priyanka Gandhi slams UP govt

      "It is alleged that pressure was being put on the victim's family to compromise," Priyanka Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.

    • UP govt allocates Rs 1,000 crore for free sweaters, schools bags to classes 1-8 students

      Presenting the state budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said a sum of Rs 650 crore has been allocated for providing free sweaters, shoes and socks and Rs 350 crore for school bags for over 2 crore students studying in class 1 to 8 in government schools.

    • UP govt to start helicopter services to Ayodhya from 6 districts by month end

      The services will be started from Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mathura and Agra.

    • Servotech Power, UP government collaborate to set up EV charger manufacturing plant at Rs 300 crore investment

      The manufacturing facility is being set up under the Uttar Pradesh Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022, the company said in a statement on August 12.

    • SC permits ASI's scientific survey at Gyanvapi mosque complex, refuses to stay HC order

      The bench took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ASI and the Uttar Pradesh government, that no excavation will be carried out during the survey nor any destruction caused to the structure.

    • IntelliSmart gets order to install 67 lakh smart prepaid meters from UP govt

      The discom Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) has issued the Letter of Award (LOA) to this effect, IntelliSmart said in a statement.

    • Akhilesh Yadav's plane denied landing permission by UP government, alleges SP

      "As per a pre-announced programme, national president Akhilesh Yadav was supposed to attend a function in Moradabad on February 4 but the Yogi Adityanath government is not allowing the plane to land," the party said in a tweet.

    • UP developers seek lenient terms their counterparts in Haryana enjoy

      The Uttar Pradesh chapter of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) has written to UP Chief Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra requesting him to accept the OTS proposal by adopting either the State Bank of India’s MCLR or marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (simple interest) from the date of allotment, or adopt an OTS scheme on lines of Haryana’s “Samadhan se Vikas” policy, and then reschedule the outstanding amount thus worked out.

    • UP govt installs 5,000 CCTVs across cities for safety

      The exercise has been undertaken to achieve the government's goal of creating safe and smart cities through an Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).

    • Jitin Prasada’s PWD under scanner over graft charges in UP; OSD removed, 5 others suspended

      Taking note of complaints of irregularities in transfers in the PWD, CM Adityanath ordered a probe on July 12. The action was taken based on the recommendation of the probe report that was submitted on July 16

    • UP likely to hold first census of transgender people, welfare schemes in offing

      Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had on April 18 directed state government officials to carry forward welfare measures for transgender people.

    • Rift widens in Samajwadi Party; Muslim leaders question Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘strategic’ silence

      There has been a growing resentment among the Muslim rank and file of the SP over party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘silence’ over the issues related to the community

    • The $1-trillion economy target for Uttar Pradesh and how state plans to achieve it

      India’s most populous state needs to boost the size of GSDP four-five times to achieve the target by 2027. The state government says it needs to take some 'giant steps' to reach the goal

    • UP's ex-health minister, leader who supervised Kashi Vishwanath corridor, among bigwigs dropped from Yogi Adityanath's cabinet

      Eleven former ministers, who have been dropped, had lost the assembly elections. But the prominent leaders, who won the elections, have been dropped either for lacking connect with people or due to their poor performance as ministers, according to sources

    • Yogi Adityanath to take oath as Uttar Pradesh CM for second term today: Five things to know

      Prime minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and senior party leaders are expected to attend the event scheduled to begin at 4 pm.

    • Opposition adopted negative attitude in sensitive Lakhimpur Kheri incident: UP govt

      Government spokesperson and cabinet minister Sidharth Nath Singh alleged that the opposition parties wanted to visit Lakhimpur Kheri for a photo opportunity and ''now yuvraj", referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, had decided to tour the area.

    • Lakhimpur Kheri violence: UP government to compensate families of deceased, orders probe by retired high court judge

      An FIR will be registered based on farmers' complaint and a retired high court judge will probe the matter.

    • Right to life above all: Reconsider decision to allow Kanwar Yatra amid COVID-19, Supreme Court tells Yogi government

      The Supreme Court, on July 14, took suo motu cognisance of Uttar Pradesh government's decision to allow Kanwar Yatra amid the COVID-19 pandemic and sought responses from the state as well as the Centre on the matter.

    • UP Police books Twitter, journalists and Congress leaders for tweets on elderly man’s assault in Ghaziabad

      Twitter has been accused of not removing the "misleading" content linked to the June 5 incident in which an elderly Muslim man had alleged that his beard was cut off and he was forced to chant "Vande Matram" by a group that assaulted him. The Ghaziabad Police denied any communal angle in the incident.

    • PM Narendra Modi praises Yogi Adityanath's elderly scheme amid dissent reports in Uttar Pradesh

      The words of praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi come in the backdrop of reports of dissent against Yogi Adityanath, ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

    • UP CM Yogi Adityanath to meet PM, Home Minister in Delhi today amid reports of dissent ahead of assembly polls

      The visit comes amid reports of dissent within the state BJP against Adityanath over his COVID-19 management in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of next year’s assembly election.

    • Explained | Jitin Prasada’s defection: What it means for Congress, BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

      Jitin Prasada, 47, is the first among the group of dissenting Congress leaders ‘G-23’, who had last year written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking sweeping organisational reforms, to quit.

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