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Stay at guesthouses, not hotels: UP CM Adityanath tells ministers

According to an official, Adityanath a few days ago directed that ministers and officials should stay at the government guesthouses instead of hotels while on official tours

Yogi Adityanath's govt to build rainwater harvesting pits in villages

In its second innings, the Yogi Adityanath government has once again decided to rapidly expand the groundwater conservation schemes across the state

Lakhimpur incident grave offence, but Ashish Mishra not a flight risk: SC

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana reserved the order after hearing all the parties

UP CM Adityanath asks police to recruit 10,000 cops in next 100 days

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday held a meeting with senior officials of the police department and directed them to recruit at least 10,000 police personnel in the next 100 days. Later in the day, the state home department approved filling up of 5,381 posts already created in the cybercrime, forensic science, social media, STF and the ATS wings among others. With the beginning of the second innings of the Yogi Adityanath government, the chief minister has been holding review meetings of various departments and issuing necessary directions to further strengthen governance. Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Awasthi said that in compliance with instructions of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, approval for new posts is also being given to ensure the availability of manpower as per requirement in the police force and make the police administration better. Awasthi said that out of the 5,381 posts, 86 are gazetted category posts and 5,295 ...

BJP enhances Keshav Maurya's stature, retains him as UP deputy CM

In what could be seen as a growing stature of Keshav Prasad Maurya, the BJP has retained him as deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, despite losing the poll from Sirathu assembly constituency

Yogi takes oath as UP CM; several prominent faces missing from new govt

The oath ceremony was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders

Adityanath takes oath as Uttar Pradesh CM; Maurya, Pathak to be deputy CMs

The swearing-in ceremony was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, the venue having the capacity to accommodate 50,000 people

Yogi Adityanath to take oath as Uttar Pradesh CM for second time today

Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time on Friday in a grand ceremony at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium.

Yogi Adityanath to be elected leader of BJP legislature party today

Yogi Adityanath will be formally elected as the leader of the legislature party at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

UP withdraws Covid restrictions; swimming pool, anganwadi centres to reopen

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday removed COVID-19-related restrictions on various activities following a significant improvement in the pandemic situation, an official said. In an order, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi allowed swimming pools, water parks and anganwadi centres to open. Though many activities had been allowed in the past, there were restrictions on opening swimming pools, water parks and anganwadi centres and curbs on weddings and other functions, Awasthi said. For weddings and other functions, people can attend in full capacity of the venue with the mandatory use of masks and observance of COVID-19 protocol, the order stated. The official clarified that all activities will be allowed in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocol.

Adityanath meets President Kovind ahead of forming new govt in UP

Caretaker Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath on Monday called on President Ram Nath Kovind.

Adityanath to discuss govt formation with BJP leadership in Delhi today

Ahead of the government formation after the poll verdict, UP CM Yogi Adityanath will visit the national capital today to hold consultations with the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Uttar Pradesh: Swearing-in of new BJP govt likely to take place after Holi

Days after the BJP retained power for the second consecutive term in Uttar Pradesh, the swearing-in ceremony, sources said, of the new government is likely to take place after Holi.

People's decision paramount, hope govts work for farmers: Rakesh Tikait

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said the decision of people is paramount as he hoped the new governments in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will work for farmers and labourers. The remark of the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) came late on Thursday after the BJP won majority seats in four states, including Uttar Pradesh, while the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power in Punjab. In the great festival of democracy, the decision of the people is paramount. The farmers' movement showed its effect. We hope that all the governments that have been formed will work for to uplift farmers and labourers in their respective states. Congratulations to all on the victory, Tikait tweeted in Hindi. Tikait's BKU was part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers unions which had spearheaded the 13-month-long protest in Delhi in 2020-21 against three contentious farm laws, which now stand repealed. In the aftermath of the iconic protests, th

UP spent Rs 300 cr per month to deliver free ration ahead of state polls

The distribution of soybean oil, salt and chana, was in addition to the free foodgrains distributed through PDS under the Centre's NFSA and also the PMGKAY

No 'baahubali' can be seen even using telescope: Shah praises UP govt

BJP had promised to improve law and order in the 2017 election campaign and Adityanath, after becoming the chief minister, has eradicated mafia elements

UP Assembly polls: 'Gurus' of BSP sitting in BJP, says Akhilesh Yadav

Assembly elections are being held in Uttar Pradesh from February 10 to March 7 in seven phases to elect all 403 members of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly

SP has maximum candidates with criminal record in fifth phase: ADR

As per the analysis data released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), nearly 42 out of 59 candidates of SP have a criminal record

Withdrawn 274 recovery notices against anti-CAA protestors: UP govt to SC

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said the state will refund the entire amount worth crores of rupees, recovered from the alleged protestors due to the proceedings initiated in 2019

'Will those without family be able to feel pain of families,' asks Akhilesh

Addressing an election meeting in Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said, They are terming me a 'ghor pariwarvadi' (ultimate dynast), a person who has a family understands the pain of the family