Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government on Wednesday presented a Rs 8,054.49-crore second supplementary budget in the state Assembly, of which Rs 3,000 crore has been earmarked for the “Swachh Bharat” project. Besides, the Yogi Adityanath government has set aside Rs 100 crore for the forthcoming Kumbh Mela, which[Read More…]
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UP assembly passes UPCOCA bill to control crime, mafias, land grabbers
The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) bill was passed by the state assembly on Wednesday. The bill was presented by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who also holds the charge of the Home Department. He told the House that the proposed law would come in handy in controlling[Read More…]
Angry farmers burn sugarcane crop outside UP Assembly
Hundreds of sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh burnt their crop outside the Vidhan Sabha here on Saturday and raised slogans against the Yogi Adityanath government, terming the Rs 10 hike in MSP as “paltry”. The state government two days back had increased the minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane by[Read More…]
Yogi Adityanath chairs first cabinet meeting
UP: 20 ministers in Yogi Adityanath govt with criminal charges
Out of the 47 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government, 20 ministers faces criminal charges against them, including the chief minister itself, according to UP Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of the ministers. “Out of the 44 ministers, 35 (80 per cent)[Read More…]
Highest number of women MLAs in UP since Independence
The 17th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly will have a record 38 women MLAs. This is a record for UP since 1947. All political parties put together only 96 tickets were given to women candidates. The BJP had given the highest number of tickets to women. Of 43 women candidates who[Read More…]