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Weather pushes up power demand in UP

UP has been witnessing a dry spell over the last couple of days, with only sporadic rainfall

Free laptop scheme on track: Akhilesh Yadav

Gadgets would speedily be distributed to beneficiaries, payment to concerned company would be made

UP game for IT parks

UP sugar industry presses panic button

Demands Rs 2,000 crore interest-free loan; sector supports 4 million families in the state

Rivers in spate, UP on edge

So far, about 100 persons in UP had been killed in incidents related to rainfall, including lightning and house collapse

Kohler launches outlet in Lucknow

The company is looking to expand its footprint across India

UP asks banks to increase agri credit and simplify loan sanction

State targets agricultural growth of 5% for the 12th Plan period

UP asks banks to increase farm credit

The government is targetting to increase per hectare credit ratio from Rs 15,000/hectare at present to Rs 25,000/hectare in the current fiscal

Highway development tops UP govt's agenda

UP has one of the largest road networks in India measuring about 1,35,000 km, including national/state highways, district and rural roads

UP to seek Haryana's help in curbing liquor smuggling

Retail price in UP probably the highest in India due to high licence fee, etc

Seeds of food security sown to reap votes: SP

Samajwadi Party supports Congress-led UPA govt at the Centre from outside

UP mills to settle sugarcane arrears in flood affected districts

Arrears Rs 3,700 crore pertain to 2012-13 crushing season which concluded in May

UP proposes industrial zones on 27,500 hectares

The Centre had already christened the proposed EDFC as Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) to indicate the major stations

Lucknow Metro to boost realty market

Project is estimated to be around Rs 15,000 crore; was flagged off by the state cabinet last week

UP blames wheat export for low supplies

Govt maintains the public distribution system in UP would not suffer owing to low procurement

Honda rides into UP countryside

The Japanese automotive plans to open 500 sales and service points pan-India, to add to 2,000 outlets

UP top gears highway development

PWD would identify such roads and later transfer them to UPSHA for up-gradation

Infosys' CBS solution to power UP cooperative banks

Project likely to be completed by Sept'13; when DCCBs in Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Farrukhabad, Lalitpur, Lucknow and Pratapgarh would be CBS compliant

Lucknow Metro rail gets green signal

UP cabinet approved development of first phase of metro project estimated to cost Rs 8,000 crore

Lenovo to launch smartphones in UP

Initially, the cell phones would be available at its 122 exclusive stores in the state