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Don't delay Assembly elections, major political parties in UP urge EC

The ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation

Cash recovered from 2 underground bunkers at Peeyush Jain's residence

An official witness, accompanying the DGGI raid team at businessman Peeyush Jain's residence in Kannauj, has claimed that the money was recovered from the two underground bunkers on the premises.

Uttar Pradesh declared as Covid-affected state after infections surge

Following a surge in COVID-19 cases, Uttar Pradesh has been declared as a COVID-affected state.Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad in an order dated December 27, said that the decision has been taken after assessing the situation.Prasad in the order said that under Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Public Health and Epidemic Control Act, 2020, the entire state has been declared as COVID-affected.The announcement will be in effect till March 31, 2022 or till further orders are given, whichever is earlier, it read.It is pertinent to mention that the state has imposed night curfew in view of rising Omicron cases from December 25 onwards. The duration of the night curfew is 11 pm to 5 am.According to Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh reported two cases of Omicron, both of whom have recovered from the virus.

BJP will return to power in UP with more than 300 seats: Anurag Thakur

He alleged that development work took a hit under the SP government as it was busy protecting goons

'For SP, it's A for Apraadh... C for Corruption': Amit Shah on Kanpur raids

He took a swipe at the SP over the income tax raids against a Kanpur-based perfume trader allegedly linked to it

Uttar Pradesh: Congress holds marathon race for women in Lucknow

The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

ECI team on 3-day visit to Uttar Pradesh to review poll preparedness

A team of the ECI will be on a three-day visit to the poll-bound state of Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday to take stock of the poll preparedness ahead of the Assembly elections in 2022

Uttar Pradesh excise department created 60,000 jobs over 4.5 years

The Excise Department in Uttar Pradesh has issued licences for establishment of 12 distilleries, three breweries, 12 microbreweries and 97 sanitizer units in the state

PM Modi to inaugurate completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur on Tuesday and inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project at around 1.30 pm

Rakesh Tikait warns people of elements trying to disturb peace in Mathura

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday cautioned people not to allow certain forces wanting to disturb peace in this pilgrim city to succeed. Without naming any party, he said, Inhe vote to mil nahin rahe (they are not getting votes), therefore, they are trying to disturb the peace of this pilgrim city where people are offering their prayers peacefully and normal life is going on. Mathura ko Muzaffarnagar na banane dena (foil the bid of people who want to spoil the atmosphere of Mathura like Muzaffarnagar), Tikait, who is the national spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, said. He warned the people of such elements. Do not fall in their trap. Otherwise more people will become unemployed since employment opportunities will get a jolt and Mathura will be in riots, Tikait said.

GST officers arrest Kanpur perfume trader, seize Rs 177 cr unaccounted cash

GST officers have arrested perfume trader Peeyush Jain and seized more than Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from his house in Kanpur, the Finance Ministry said on Monday

UP last again in NITI Aayog Health Index 2019-20, Kerala tops ranking

As good news, India's most populous state shows highest incremental performance between 2018-19 and 2019-20.

Uttar Pradesh tops Niti's Health Index in terms of incremental change

The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the period 2019-20 (as reference year)

Piyush Jain: The Kanpur businessman who threw up India's biggest cash haul

For one who has thrown up the biggest cash haul in the history of the country, Piyush Jain can easily be mistaken as just another common man

Shah to address three public rallies in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday

Shah is scheduled to address the rallies as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Jan Vishwas

Kerala best state on health parameters, UP worst: NITI's 4th Health Index

Kerala has again emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall health performance among larger states, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, according to the fourth Health Index launched by Niti Aayog. The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the period 2019-20 (reference year). The report by the government think tank said Tamil Nadu and Telangana have emerged as the second and third best performers, respectively, on health parameters. The report, however, added that Uttar Pradesh ranked at the top in terms of incremental performance by registering the highest incremental change from the base year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20). Among the smaller states, Mizoram emerged as the best performer in overall performance as well as incremental performance, while among UTs, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir ranked among the bottom UTs in terms of overall performance but emerged as the leading performer in terms of incremental performance. The report has been prepared in ..

UP govt to administer Covid vaccine to children aged 15-18 years from Jan 3

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday has announced to vaccinate the children of the age group of 15 to 18 years on January 3, 2022, in consonance with the PM Modi's announcement

Uttar Pradesh govt turns on the handout tap ahead of Assembly elections

The BJP still has the leeway of its manifesto, or Sankalp Patra, to add on to its pre-poll bag of goodies

Battle for BJP on multiple fronts ahead of Assembly elections in 5 states

Assembly elections to five crucial states will take place in a few months. Aditi Phadnis looks at the current political situation in each state and the kind of the challenges political parties face

PM frequently visiting UP as BJP fears it may lose Assembly polls: Pilot

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday claimed that PM Modi is visiting Uttar Pradesh frequently as BJP leaders fear that the party may lose next year's Assembly polls there.