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Odisha tops state ranking for implementation of National Food Security Act

Odisha has topped in the state ranking for implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) through ration shops, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, the government said on Tuesday. Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal released the 'State Ranking Index for NFSA' 2022 during a conference of state food ministers on food and nutrition security in India. Among the special category states (the North Eastern states, Himalayan states, and the Island states), Tripura has obtained the first rank. Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim are at the second and third positions. Despite the logistical limitations in these areas, they displayed a high degree of accomplishment in competing with the general category states as well, the report said. As per the government's ranking, Odisha is at first position with a score of 0.836, followed by Uttar Pradesh (0.797) and Andhra Pradesh (0.794). Gujarat is at fourth place, followed by Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, Madhya ..

Zee News' Rohit Ranjan detained for airing misleading video of Rahul Gandhi

Zee News TV anchor Rohit Ranjan was detained on Tuesday from his home near Delhi after the channel reportedly broadcast a misleading video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Adityanath presents report card of 100 days of his 2.0 govt in UP

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday presented a report card on the completion of 100 days of his government in his second tenure.

4 killed, 7 injured in lightning strike incidents in Uttar Pradesh

Four persons were killed and seven others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district

Despite challenges, efforts on to revive Congress in Uttar Pradesh

To make matters worse, the party has yet not announced its UP unit president after the incumbent, Ajay Kumar Lallu, resigned

SP dissolves all national, state exec bodies, retains party's UP chief

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav dissolved the national, state and district executive bodies of all its organisations, including the youth and the women's wing, with immediate effect

Adityanath reaches Hyderabad to attend BJP National Working Committee meet

UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, "The lotus (BJP) will definitely bloom in the Telangana assembly elections in 2023."

Presidential election: Droupadi Murmu to campaign in UP on July 8

Draupadi Murmu will meet the MLAs and MPs of BJP as well as allies in Lucknow

UP govt launches special drive to provide crop insurance to farmers

According to UP government sources, till date, compensation of Rs 3,074.6 crore has been deposited in the accounts of 27.5 lakh farmers in UP under PMCIS

NIA conducts searches in UP's Deoband in JMB case involving Bangladeshis

The NIA conducted searches at two locations in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband in connection with a case involving Bangladeshi nationals who were involved in propagating the ideology of JMB terrorist group

1 dead while 7 others seriously injured in cylinder blast in UP's Meerut

A woman died while seven others received serious injuries after a late-night cooking cylinder blast reduced two partially constructed houses to rubble at Lisari Gate in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut

Kumbh 2025 to be grander than previous one, says Yogi Adityanath govt

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is gearing up to make the Kumbh Mela in 2025 more majestic and grand than the one held in 2019

Bypoll wins in UP's Azamgarh and Rampur are historic, says PM Modi

The results of three Lok Sabha and seven Assembly constituencies spread in different states where bypolls were held on June 23 were declared on Sunday

A message to dynastic and casteist parties: UP CM on Lok Sabha bypoll win

'The BJP's double engine government has secured double victory in the state under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi'

UP CM's helicopter makes emergency landing in Varanasi after hitting bird

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's helicopter had to make an emergency landing here after it hit a bird on Sunday, officials said

Counting of votes begins for Rampur, Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-elections

Counting of votes for the by-elections to the Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh got underway at 8 am Sunday amid tight security

CM Yogi distributes rural residential rights documents to 1.1 mn families

"We have to not only make a self-reliant India, but also a self-reliant state and self-reliant districts... The campaign for self-reliant villages will also have to be taken forward," CM Yogi said

PM hands over keys to 75,000 beneficiaries of central housing scheme in UP

Modi digitally handed over keys of PMAY-U houses to the beneficiaries and interacted with them.

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Moderate to brisk turnout in bypolls for 3 Lok Sabha, 7 assembly seats

While Punjab recorded over 22% polling till 1 pm in the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, around 28% voters in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats in UP exercised their franchise in the first 6 hours of voting