On Friday, an explosive was found by the security personnel with the help of dog squad on 12 July in the premises of Uttar Pradesh assembly. After this major security breach, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath called for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the matter calling[Read More…]
Five villages have been adopted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. The initiative has been launched by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) to advance rural India. “As part of the initiative, we will ensure the overall development of Hridayapur, Baikanthpur, Ishwariganj, Pratappur[Read More…]
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that his government is seriously initiating flood control measures and all departments have been directed to take necessary precautions. “The departments concerned should start necessary preventive works to protect villages from floods and funds will be provided to them. Our government is serious[Read More…]
The Yogi Adityanath government budget targets 10% growth over the next five years, focusing exclusively on farmers and the rural population. The targeted growth is well above India’s projected growth – 7.2% for 2017-18, according to the IMF. The Rs 3.84 lakh crore budget – 10.9% bigger than the previous[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh government has presented its first annual budget of Rs 3,84,659 crore on Tuesday. While Rs 36000 cr was allocated from the budget for farm loans waiver, the government has allocated Rs 21.12 cr for free education for girls under ‘Ahilyabai Kanya Free Education Scheme.’ Apart from that Rs[Read More…]
In a horrifying incident, a 55-year old woman was allegedly shot by her husband in Ghaziabad for serving dinner late. The incident happened late on Saturday night in Mansarovar Park colony in Kavi Nagar police station area. As per reports, Ashok Kumar (60), the husband, was arrested on Sunday. Reports[Read More…]
In a horrific case of honour killing, a man allegedly slayed his daughter and her lover in Ginnaur area at Sambhal, police said on Monday. The incident happened as Achhan Qureishi, the father on Sunday night found his 16-year-old daughter missing from home. As he went out to look for[Read More…]
After a series of reform, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the setting up of a “CM Helpline” which will connect people to a call centre manned by 500 people. In an attempt to strengthen public grievance redressal system, this helpline will directly be under the supervision of the CM’s[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath denied saffronisation charges against him and the Union government. People saying so are erroneous in their analysis, he said. “The people who say so are the ones who wake up in the afternoon and hence they miss the colour of the morning,” he said.[Read More…]
With an aim to recharge ground water during monsoon, authorities and officials of district administration and ground water department have taken up water management lessons with development agencies and other private units in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. At least one or two ponds are being dug up in each of[Read More…]
As many as 10 districts in Uttar Pradesh are on high-alert following the continuous rain over the last few days, said the Met department on Friday. The 10 districts comprise Lucknow, Pratapgarh, Faizabad, Gonda, Rae Bareli, Hardoi, Barabanki, Budayun, Bareilly and Moradabad. The department has further predicted no relief from[Read More…]
Yogi Adityanath government to soon give condoms as ‘shagun’ (ceremonial offering) to newly-weds in Uttar Pradesh. This ceremonial offering kit will not only contain condoms but will also have oral contraceptive pills distributed by ASHA workers. The kit will also come with a family planning message to help create awareness[Read More…]
The political animosity of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) and Samajwadi Party(SP) has led to an uncertainty in the job appointment of over 70,000 people in Uttar Pradesh. While the SP was still in power, several thousands of people had applied for exams for various jobs and even cleared them. The[Read More…]
Soon after a government initiated a probe into petrol pumps in Uttar Pradesh, 194 of them to be cheating consumers by filling less fuel, an official said. A total of 58 petrol pumps has been sealed, while 58 FIRs have been lodged in connection with the anomalies. Thirty accused have[Read More…]
HC Verma is one of those teachers whose name always comes up when anyone mentions great science teachers. On 1st July, the physics veteran announced retirement from his 38-year long career in teaching and research. He took to Twitter to break the news. https://twitter.com/HCVermaIITK/status/880964424537735168 HC Verma or Dr Harish Chandra[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh government suffered a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore after the Supreme Court order of banning all liquor shops along national and state highways. Of the 8,591 highway liquor shops affected after the Supreme Court ruling, while 2,000 are yet to be relocated, nearly 3,000 shop owners have[Read More…]
The BJP urban development minister Suresh Khanna termed the cycle tracks made across Uttar Pradesh during the Samajwadi Party’s regime “a cause for traffic congestion”. He further added that such tracks will be demolished in time to accommodate vehicular traffic. “The cycle tracks in many areas lie unused and cause[Read More…]
In a heart-wrenching incident, small children in Uttar Pradesh begged for alms to carry out their mother’s cremation and last rites. The administration has offered them a monetary help of Rs 1 lakh. The incident happened in Shahjahanpur’s Jalalabad, where Ram Devi used to live with her four children in[Read More…]
The woman police officer, Shreshtha Thakur, who stood up against local BJP leaders and sent five of them to jail for creating obstacles in discharging government duties, was transferred to Bahraich on Saturday. Thakur had hit the headlines after a video of surfaced of her bravely standing against the Bharatiya[Read More…]
Now, digital technology will be used to check the overloaded vehicles in Uttar Pradesh. With the government keeping a strict eye on vehicles breaking the laws, it has taken action against 18,112 overloaded heavy vehicles and recovered Rs 23 crore as fine. In a bid to ensure that overloaded vehicles[Read More…]
Nagin dance is quite popular in Indian weddings. In fact, it is a common sight and people get mad over this dance form, especially performed by non-dancers. There is hardly any Indian wedding that gets accomplished without Nagin dance. But, in a shocking move, a bride in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur[Read More…]
As the government is all set to roll out Goods and Services Tax (GST) from June 30 midnight, traders in Uttar Pradesh are not happy with the decision. In Ghaziabad, opposing the GST implementation, traders will remain dysfunctional on Saturday demanding amendments to certain provisions of the GST before the[Read More…]
As the Goods and Services Tax(GST) is all set to rollout on Friday midnight, a minister of the very Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) is unable to even spell out the full-form of GST. In a talk with the local businessmen, Ramapati Shastri, Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of SC &[Read More…]
Lucknow’s air-connectivity will expand to three more cities by July 5th. The state capital will get connected to Jaipur, Bhopal and Dehradun by air. In a move to tap the air traffic in unexplored sectors, Air India has decided to operate 72-seat small passenger aircraft with moderate fares ranging between[Read More…]
After failing to get an ambulance for ailing sister in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur, a brother carried her on his shoulders but the latter died before reaching the hospital. The family alleged that the ambulance failed to come while they waited for one hour since they had called for it. Savitri[Read More…]