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UP to engage women SHGs to recover unpaid power bills from 60,000 villages

Success of pilot project in Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Mathura prompts state govt to extend it to all districts, as recovery by energy dept is about 50%

Signs of economic revival as UP revenue collection jumps 6.74% in August

After sluggish mop up in April and May, state earnings have been improved with revenue collection in July at Rs 10,675 crore, or 97% of the level achieved the same month a year ago

UP Govt will name a road after late cricketer Chetan Chauhan: Deputy CM

Maurya announced this while launching the Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses

Upholding high ideals a must for uplifting poor: Mayawati to UP govt

BSP president Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at the UP government, saying merely talking about the Ram Rajya is not enough to uplift the poor, upholding high ideals is also a must

UP assembly passes many bills without discussion amid Oppn sloganeering

UP assembly on Saturday passed several important bills, including the Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Properties Bill, 2020, without any discussion amid Opposition protest

UP government to release 74 convicts lodged in different state jails

On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to release 74 convicts lodged in various jails of the state, an official statement said.

Jitin Prasada asks UP govt to declare Parshuram Jayanti state holiday

Prasada's request has come a day after BSP chief Mayawati announced that if voted to power, her party will build hospitals in the name of Parshuram

UP govt to allow home isolation to asymptomatic Covid-19 patients

The guidelines for the home isolation are being prepared and will be announced soon

Priyanka slams UP govt over Covid-19 spike, alleges negligence in testing

There has been a jump of 200 per cent in Covid-19 cases in three districts of UP, 400 per cent in three districts and above 1,000 per cent in one district, Priyanka Gandhi said

Congress demands probe into entire episode involving gangster Vikas Dubey

Dubey was shot dead Friday by police, who claim he was trying to flee after the car carrying him from Ujjain overturned on the outskirts of the city

Covid-19: UP govt imposes lockdown from Friday night to Monday morning

The decision was taken after reviewing the present state of Covid-19 and to effectively check its spread, the chief secretary said in the order

UP govt to roll out red carpet for Microsoft to set up tech hub in Gr Noida

A virtual agreement by Microsoft India MD Rajiv Kumar was concluded during a discussion with Singh on Monday and it will soon be followed by a site visit by the global software major.

UP energy dept to probe supply of Chinese smart meters

It is alleged that the Chinese company had bid through a shell entity in Indonesia

UP govt allows OPD to reopen in all hospitals, issues Covid-19 guidelines

All OPDs had been shut earlier in March to prevent the spread of coronavirus and only emergency services remained in place

Opposition pans UP govt as it assigns probe in teachers' recruitment to STF

Mayawati demands CBI probe, Priyanka Vadra terms it as UP's Vyapam scam

UP's labour pains

Contradictory moves won't help the cause of workers

Man who threatened to kill CM Yogi Adityanath handed over to UP task force

Maharashtra Police arrested a 20-year-old man from Nashik who has accepted to have made the threatening call

UP Governor gives nod to labour law changes; President to take a final call

Since labour is a concurrent subject under the Constitution of India, states can frame their own laws but need the approval of the Centre for making amendments to central laws

UP govt takes cues from AAP, pushes massive education reform programmes

The UP government's thrust on education reforms was inspired in large part by the Aam Aadmi Party's reform push in Delhi's school education

Mystery continues around Prashant Kishor's travel to Kolkata amid lockdown

Supposedly, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked him to come to Kolkata for a discussion