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New industries being set up in Pilibhit, creating a new story: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a government medical college to be constructed at a cost of Rs 250 crores.Moreover, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone and/or inaugurated several developmental projects worth Rs 96 crores.In a tweet on Thursday, the Chief Minister wrote, "Under Phase 3 of Government of India Aided Scheme in Pilibhit district, the foundation stone of the Government Medical College to be constructed at a cost of Rs 250 crores and 70 development projects worth Rs 96 crores was inaugurated/foundation stone laid."Speaking at the event, the Chief Minister said that with the construction of the medical college, the government aims to provide more government jobs in the state."Government Medical College will be constructed in Pilibhit at a cost of Rs 250 Crores. We provided 4.5 lakh government jobs and over one crore jobs were given by starting industries in the state," Adityanath said at an election rally in ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to address public rally in Ayodhya today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Ayodhya on Friday to address a public rally at GIC ground under Ayodhya Sadar Assembly seat.

All political parties want UP polls be held as per schedule: CEC

Special arrangements, including enhancing the number of polling booths and increasing the voting time by an hour will be made, says Sushil Chandra on Covid-appropriate measures for UP polls

Congress seeks a candidate from Valmiki community to field in UP election

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked Valmiki community to suggest a name from among them to contest election from her party in the coming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh

UP government announces hike in part-time instructors', cooks' pay

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the honorarium of part-time instructors and cooks in the Basic Education Department by Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 per month respectively

Election Commission reviews UP poll preparedness with officials in Lucknow

A delegation of the ECI led by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra held a review meeting with the state's senior officials in Lucknow to asses the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll preparedness

Yogi Adityanath to visit various UP districts, to dedicate various projects

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit a number of districts including his bastion Gorakhpur to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects on Wednesday.The Chief Minister is scheduled to take part in programmes in Lucknow, Farrukhabad, Amroha and Gorakhpur today.Starting his day, Yogi is taking part in a programme at 10 am at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow.He will then have dialogue in the conference of cooks and instructors of the Basic Education Department. The Chief Minister will also take part in the foundation stone laying programme and inauguration of new schools.From Lucknow, the Chief Minister will move to Farrukhabad where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 174 development projects worth 196 crores.He will also participate in BJP's Jan Vishwas Yatra and address a public rally after which he will attend a program at Christian Inter College, Farrukhabad at 12 noon.The Chief Minister will visit ..

Keep UP Addl Chief Home Secy Awasthi away from poll process: Cong to ECI

The Congress demanded from the Election Commission of India to keep UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi away from the poll process of the state assembly

Election Commission officials on 3-day visit to Lucknow ahead of UP polls

The full bench of the Election Commission of India will be on a three-day visit to Lucknow from Tuesday.

Personal attacks by BJP leaders show their frustration: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has said that top BJP leaders stooping down to making personal attacks reflects their "narrow mindedness and frustration"

BJP trying to use Covid as excuse for postponing UP polls: Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said that the ruling BJP was trying to use the excuse of rising Covid-19 cases to postpone assembly election in UP as it was staring at defeat.

Congress seeks to dub Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as 'Bulldozernath'

The Congress on Sunday sought to dub Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath as "Bulldozernath" or the lord of bulldozers, allegedly out to trample the dreams of youths. The Congress made the allegation a day after the Lucknow police denied the party to hold a five-km race in the city as part of Congress president Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' poll campaign. It accused the chief minister of crushing the dreams of girls who wanted to run a marathon organised by the party in Lucknow. "The destructive government of 'Bulldozernath' tramples upon the dreams of the youth repeatedly. Sometimes by leaking question papers, sometimes by not declaring recruitment (results) and sometimes by using force against them," the Congress party said in a tweet. "This time, the anti-women bulldozer of Yogi has run over the dreams of brave girls," the party added. "But he does not know that the one whose time has come, no power on this earth can stop him. The slogan ...

UP elections: Goons making an exodus under Adityanath govt, says Amit Shah

Union Home minister Amit Shah said criminals in Uttar Pradesh are making an exodus now, while earlier it was common man who was forced to flee by them

UP polls: Pradhan holds brainstorming session with party's Brahmin leaders

BJP's Uttar Pradesh poll in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan held a brainstorming session with the party's Brahmin leaders from the state with an aim to maintain the caste equation in the party's favour

History shows party that gets OBC support forms govt in UP: Anupriya Patel

Political history clearly shows that the party or alliance that gets the OBC support comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, BJP ally and Apna Dal (S) chief Anupriya Patel has said

Big challenge for BJP in 2022 to save Gujarat; win Uttar Pradesh again

2022 is going to be a year of hopes and challenges for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to be the world's largest party in terms of membership

PM began worrying about cows ahead of polls: UP Congress chief

The UP Congress chief also said the party general secretary has raised the issue of the poor condition of cows but the Adityanath government did not heed to it

Uttar Pradesh parties race past people's issues for 2022 Assembly polls

As 2022 dawns and Uttar Pradesh prepares for elections, the battle is becoming less political and even less issue based

Postpone UP polls, ban rallies: Allahabad HC urges ECI, PM Modi on Omicron

Amid the COVID variant Omicron scare, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission of India to immediately postpone the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh for 1-2 months

Noida top cop holds meet with Delhi, Haryana police in run-up to UP polls

Ahead of upcoming UP assembly polls, Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissioner Alok Singh held a coordination meeting with police officers of adjoining states and districts, including Delhi and Haryana