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Uttar Pradesh leads in completion of smart city projects, shows data

Varanasi had the highest completion rate of 87.1 per cent among all the cities.

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 ...

Bulldozer has started 'crushing' people under BJP rule, says Akhilesh Yadav

"Bulldozer" was propagated by the BJP as a symbol of its government's actions against criminals, whose illegal properties were razed in the party's previous term

Farmers should be paid in 72 hrs of crop procurement: UP CM to officials

The Centre has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat at Rs 2,015 per quintal, hiking it by Rs 40 from last year's rate of Rs 1,975

Adityanath orders drive for women safety, activate anti-Romeo squads in UP

Anti-Romeo squads were formed soon after Yogi Adityanath assumed the office of the chief minister in Uttar Pradesh in 2017

Akhilesh Yadav sacks party members including former MLC Kailash Singh

Meanwhile, Yadav on Tuesday held a meeting with leaders of party allies Apna Dal (K), Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

SP's Sanjay Lathar made Leader of Opposition in UP Legislative Council

The post was lying vacant since the death of Samajwadi Party MLC Ahmed Hasan in February.

780,000 students drop out from Uttar Pradesh Board exams in 4 days

The UP Board exams began on March 24.

Bill to amend SC/ST list in Uttar Pradesh introduced in Lok Sabha

The government keeps amending the lists originally notified in 1950 based on requests made by various state governments

CM Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav take oath as members of UP Assembly

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took oath as member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. After Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav, who has been named as the Leader of the Opposition, took oath as MLA. While Adityanath won the recent state polls from the Gorakhpur Urban seat, Yadav was elected as an MLA from the Karhal assembly constituency. Pro-tem speaker Ramapati Shastri administered oath to members in the House.

First direct flight between Gorakhpur-Varanasi under UDAN-RCS flagged-off

The first direct flight between Gorakhpur and Varanasi was flagged-off on Sunday.SpiceJet was awarded the route under the RCS-UDAN 4.1, as per a press release by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The airline will be operating daily flights and will deploy its Q400, 78-seater turboprop aircraft designed for shorter-distance flights on the route. SpiceJet is India's largest regional carrier. The airline operates 63 daily flights under UDAN connecting 14 UDAN destinations to various parts of the country, stated the press release.At present SpiceJet is providing its services at Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Kanpur and Kushinagar airports in Uttar Pradesh. This new flight route is a part of nine new UDAN flights that SpiceJet will be launching today, out of which, six will be for Uttar Pradesh specially and three will be for other states of the country.Speaking on the occasion, Scindia said, "Today is a historic day as we are connecting two ancient cities which have deep cultural and religious impact .

Muslims placing faith now in Modi, Adityanath, says UP's lone minority min

Danish Azad Ansari, the only Muslim minister in Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday claimed that his community is warming up to the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

UP CM Adityanath inaugurates air service from Gorakhpur to Varanasi

'At present, 75 destinations can be reached from Uttar Pradesh to different states in the country,' the chief minister said in his address

We need to outperform our work in last govt: UP CM to officials

In a high-level meeting, CM Adityanath asked officials to identify ten priority sectors and work aggressively in those sectors to make the state's economy worth one trillion US dollars

Son of UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya injured in road mishap in Jalaun

Jalaun Superintendent of Police said the deputy CM's son, along with his three companions, was travelling in an SUV and it collided with a tractor coming from the opposite direction on the highway

87% crorepati ministers in Uttar Pradesh CM's cabinet: Report

Just five out of 45 ministers (11 per cent) are women, according to an analysis by Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav set to become leader of opposition in UP assembly

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav was unanimously elected as the leader of the SP legislature party at a meeting of the newly-elected party MLAs

Yogi govt inducts 31 new faces, retains 21 ministers to strike balance

Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second term at a ceremony where 52 others were sworn in as ministers

Poll victory shows people's trust in PM's leadership; Cong wiped out: Shah

Shah also said Congress is virtually finished in these four states- UP, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand

QSR chain Lassi N Shakes enters Uttar Pradesh, eyes 1,000 outlets by 2025

Launched in May 2019, the restaurant chain has opened its 145th outlet, currently situated in 10 different states