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Know Your Smart City: Uttar Pradesh

The fourth part of the 'Know Your Smart Cities' web series looks at cities in Uttar Pradesh

Virendra Singh Rawat: Stakes high for panchayat polls

A semi-final battle before the 2017 Assembly polls in the state, the panchayat elections will see the Samajwadi Party trying to make up for lost ground in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, while the Bharatiya

Kannauj seeks global recognition for lemongrass cultivation

Total area under lemongrass farming is targetted to increase to 500 acres this season, from 50 acres currently

Utkarsh Micro Fin seeks to double lending to Rs 2,000 cr by FY17

RBI has given in-principle nod to Varanasi-based micro financer to open small bank

Qualcomm launches Android-based rural health project in UP

Under the initiative, the field workers known as ASHAs and auxiliary nurse midwives have been provided with about 180 net-enabled smartphones/tablets

Rae Bareli and Meerut vie for Smart City tag

The state government has urged the Centre to include both Meerut and Rae Bareli in the project

Maggi noodles row: UP flour mills take a hit, biz dips by 10%

FSSAI had banned the noodles following detection of lead content allegedly beyond permissible limit

BJP attacks Akhilesh Yadav over Mumbai investors' meet

Says the Akhilesh govt had announced investment proposals worth Rs 54,000 cr after the 2014 meet, but none have materialised on ground

Akhilesh to chant 'Make in UP' at Mumbai conclave

With the conclave, the UP CM is making another attempt to reach out to investors and woo private sector to invest to boost economy and create job opportunities

UP cabinet minister Shivpal flays nephew Akhilesh's ministries

Two leaders publicly took potshots at each other's ministries and its officials

After selling 580 mn books, Gita Press faces labour crisis

Publisher of religious books mulling shifting out of UP

UP to install Point of Sales machines at ration shops

Aims to cut pilferage at about 73,328 govt-controlled ration shops in the state serving over 36 mn card holders

Samajwadi Party pulls out of 'Janata Parivar'; to contest Bihar polls alone

Says it felt 'humiliated' as it was not consulted before finalising seats for each party

Deficit monsoon hits LIC's new premium income

Business contribution of urban and rural areas to LIC is roughly in the ratio of 60:40%

UP sugar mills to get booster shot of Rs 3,200 cr

Centre had announced a soft loan scheme of Rs 6,000 cr to beleaguered sugar industry

Adani Group wins 50 mw solar power plant in UP

State renewable energy body had invited competitive tariff based bidding for setting up of on-grid solar power units totalling 215 mw

UP to announce Biomass Energy Policy 2015

Projects to get stamp duty waiver as sop

Akhilesh faces acid test in UP panchayat polls

Polls to these rural local bodies dubbed semi-final before 2017 state assembly elections

UP's share in central tax kitty up 40% to Rs 94,000 crore

The states have now been mandated to fund various development and welfare schemes out of its own kitty

'Man of Letters' Akhilesh keeps Modi busy with snail mails!

UP CM has written as many as 80 letter to the PM since the latter became the PM in May 2014