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Prestige Estates to invest Rs 10K cr in 62 acre Ghaziabad township project

Realty firm Prestige Estates Projects Ltd will invest around Rs 10,000 crore over the next six years to develop a 62.5 acre township at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh as it remains bullish on housing demand in Delhi-NCR market. On April 29, Bengaluru-based Prestige Group announced its entry into Delhi-NCR's residential market. It is already developing a commercial project at Delhi's Aerocity comprising hotels and office spaces. "We have entered into Delhi-NCR's housing market with our first project 'Prestige City, Indirapuram'. We want to rewrite the way real estate is done in this region. We do not want to be the biggest but definitely the best developer in the NCR market," Prestige Estates Chairman and Managing Director Irfan Razack told reporters here. He said the company will focus on quality with timely delivery, which has been a problematic issue in the Delhi-NCR property market. Razack said the company will develop around 10 million square feet area, comprising 4,041 homes and aro

At least 6 dead in Shahjahanpur road accident, UP CM Yogi takes cognisance

The Chief Minister also directed the officials to immediately reach the spot and expedite the relief work

NHAI to seek conciliation with Jaiprakash Associates over ₹1,461 cr claims

State-owned NHAI has decided to go for a conciliation process on the financial dispute with bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates Ltd concerning Varanasi Gorakhpur road projects. In the ongoing dispute, Jaiprakash Associates has sought Rs 1,461.63 crore compensation for 'four laning of Varanasi Gorakhpur Section of NH-29 from Km 14B.000 to Km 20B. 300 in Uttar Pradesh under NHDP Phase-IV on EPC Mode. "The company has submitted its claims amounting to Rs 1,461.63 crore on account of deployment of resources for removal of encroachment/ encumbrances within ROW, damages for delay in providing land, damages towards payment of revised minimum wages paid and additional cost incurred due to extended duration of the project," Jaiprakash Associates Ltd said in a regulatory filing. According to the filing, NHAI has submitted its counterclaims amounting to Rs 892.24 crore on account of supervision consultancy services due to alleged delay in project completion, direct revenue loss on account of toll .

15-yr-old boy becomes first to clear Class 10 in UP village since 1947

Ramkeval, a 15-year-old student from Nizampur village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, became the first student in his village to pass the 10th class exam since India's independence

Coal India signs MoU with UPRVUNL to set up solar power plant in UP

State-owned CIL on Monday said it has signed an MoU with UPRVUNL to set up a 500 MW solar power project in Uttar Pradesh. The development is a part of initiatives of Coal India Ltd in the green energy space and to meet the growing energy demand of Uttar Pradesh. "Coal India Ltd (CIL) and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) have executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 5, 2025 at Lucknow with an intent of setting of 500 MW Solar Power project in Uttar Pradesh," CIL said in a filing to BSE. The pact also includes provision for any additional opportunities which the parties mutually agree to collaborate in the foreseeable future. In April, Coal India had entered into a pact with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for setting up an ultra supercritical power plant in Jharkhand with a total investment of Rs 16,500 crore. Ultra-supercritical power plants operate at higher steam temperatures and pressures than supercritical plants, leading to improved efficien

Couple dies in fire at Kanpur five-storey building, 3 children feared dead

A 45-year-old man and his wife died in a massive fire that broke out at a five-storey building in Chamanganj area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said on Monday. Huge flames engulfed the entire building located in the Prem Nagar area. The five-storey structure houses a shoe manufacturing factory on its first and second floors, they said. The police said that seeing the intensity of the blaze the couple's three daughters -- Sara (15), Simra (12), and Inaya (7) -- are also feared dead. The bodies of Mohammad Danish and his wife Nazneen Saba (42) were recovered from the fourth floor of the building, officials said. They said that it took firefighters hours to gain access to the fourth floor, where the couple's bodies were discovered. According to police, neighbours first noticed huge flames and thick smoke emanating from the building on Sunday night and alerted fire station and police. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Seesmau) Manjay Singh said an investigation has been launched

Uttar Pradesh STF busted gang involved in rigging NEET exam, 3 held

STF Noida team received information that some people are demanding money from the relatives of the candidates appearing in the NEET UG exam

Uttar Pradesh govt approves Rs 200 crore for flood protection projects

The Uttar Pradesh government has approved Rs 200 crore for flood protection projects in the vulnerable districts ahead of the monsoon season, officials said on Sunday. According to an official statement, the funds will focus on strengthening the embankments along the Saryu, Ganga, Rapti and Rohin rivers. The irrigation department has been directed to urgently implement the state and NABARD-funded projects, which include building RCC pillars, embankment repairs, anti-erosion measures, and setting up new pumping stations, the statement said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has emphasised timely completion of the projects and zero tolerance for negligence, it added. The key projects include allocations for pumping stations and embankment work at Gorakhpur, bridge replacements at Amethi, embankment strengthening at Shravasti, slope pitching at Azamgarh, anti-erosion measures at Ghazipur, protection work at Bulandshahr, and embankment construction at Sitapur, the statement said.

Man breaks into Seema Haider's home, claims she used 'black magic': Police

Police have arrested a man for allegedly breaking into Seema Haider's house here on Saturday, officials said. He claimed that she had done "black magic" on him. Police identified the accused as Tejas, a resident of Surender Nagar in Gujarat. They said that Tejas seemed "mentally disturbed" and tried to enter Seema's residence around 7 pm. "He hails from Gujarat and took a general coach ticket of a train from Gujarat to New Delhi. From New Delhi Railway station he reached the village by bus. He has screenshots of Seema on his mobile phone," Sujeet Updhyay, Incharge at Rabupura Kotwali told PTI. Tejas was arrested, he said. "During integration, he told police that Seema has done black magic on him," Upadhyay said. Further investigation is underway, he added. Haider, 32, who hails from Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh province, took her children and left home in Karachi in May 2023 to travel to India via Nepal. She captured headlines that July when Indian authorities found her living

IAF conducts night drill with fighter jets on Ganga Expressway airstrip

The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted night-time combat drills involving fighter jets on the country's first expressway airstrip on the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district, officials said Saturday. The drill, which took place between 7 pm and 10 pm on Friday, saw fighter jets Rafale, Sukhoi, Jaguar, and Mirage-2000 simulate touch-and-go landings and combat operations on the 3.5-kilometre airstrip near Piru village under the Jalalabad Police Station limits. Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi told PTI, "Multiple fighter jets carried out successful sorties as part of a night operational exercise. The drill involved precision landings, coordinated take-offs, and tactical operations by jets such as Rafale, Sukhoi, Jaguar, Mirage-2000, and M-32." More than 250 CCTV cameras were mounted on and around the airstrip for surveillance and security. "This ensures safe operations and quick response in case of any untoward incidents," he said. Traffic was halted for nearly

UP to display industries, products at 5-day trade fair in September

The government will promote 12 industries at UP International Trade Show (UPITS) 2025: small businesses, agriculture and allied industries, energy, environment among others

Path to forming strong govt in Delhi runs through UP, Bihar: Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Congress party wants to form a strong government at the Centre, and the path to it goes from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Addressing party office bearers and workers of the Sareni assembly constituency in Raebareli district, Rahul Gandhi said, "The Congress party wants to form a strong (coalition) government in Delhi...with 200-300 seats. Its path passes through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar." He added, "Until we are strong in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, a strong government cannot come to Delhi. Our target is to form an INDIA alliance government first in Bihar and then in Uttar Pradesh." Asserting that in the next UP Assembly election, the BJP will be wiped out, the Rae Bareli MP said, "INDIA alliance government will be formed. (And) wherever our government is going to be formed, whether in Bihar or Uttar Pradesh, it will be formed by listening to the voices of our workers." Referring to the recent terror attack on tourists in .

All but one Pak citizen sent back from UP after Pahalgam attack: State govt

All Pakistani citizens, barring one, have been "expelled" from Uttar Pradesh under the Centre's orders after the Pahalgam terror attack, the state government said on Monday. The last Pakistani citizen is set to be deported on Wednesday and is under constant surveillance by police and intelligence agencies, it said in a statement. Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to achieve almost 100 per cent repatriation of Pakistani nationals within 24 hours, with only one remaining to be deported, it said, without mentioning the exact number of Pakistani nationals sent back. In response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, the central government had issued immediate advisories for all states to repatriate Pakistani nationals. Acting swiftly, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath convened a high-level meeting with Home Department officials and other agencies. He issued strict instructions to "expel" all Pakistani citizens from Uttar Pradesh, directing police teams to personally escort the

Uttar Pradesh defence corridor gets ₹30K crore investment proposals

The Kanpur and Jhansi nodes top the charts with investment proposals worth ₹12,683 crore and ₹9,139 crore, respectively

UP aims to triple exports to Rs 5 trn in five years with help of new policy

Uttar Pradesh is working on a policy to promote exports and triple the outbound shipment from the state to over Rs 5 lakh crore in the next five years by tapping new markets and products. To achieve the target, the state government is working on a new export policy for 2025-30 which is expected to be approved soon. The thrust of the new policy would be to increase exports three times by 2030 from Rs 1.7 lakh crore in 2023-24 through host of measures including capital subsidy and sops for exporters, UP Minister for Industrial Development and Export Promotion Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi said. "We have extensively studied export policies of various governments across the country and have incorporated best practices in the draft policy. Our aim is to increase UP's contribution in the country's overall exports substantially and the proposed policy will be a step in that direction," he said. The new policy also seeks to provide sops like capital subsidy to investors for developing export ...

India lifted 171 mn people from extreme poverty between 2011-23: World Bank

India has lifted 171 million people from extreme poverty in the decade between 2011-12 and 2022-23, the World Bank said. "Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty. Extreme poverty (living on less than USD 2.15 per day) fell from 16.2 per cent in 2011-12 to 2.3 per cent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above this line, the World Bank said in its Poverty & Equity Brief' on India. It added that rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent, and urban from 10.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent, narrowing the rural-urban gap from 7.7 to 1.7 percentage points a 16 per cent annual decline. The brief said that India also transitioned into the lower-middle-income category. Using the USD 3.65 per day LMIC poverty line, poverty fell from 61.8 per cent to 28.1 per cent, lifting 378 million people out of poverty. Rural poverty dropped from 69 per cent to 32.5 per cent, and urban poverty from 43.5 per cent to 17.2 per cent, reducing the rural-urban gap ...

Three workers killed in firecracker factory explosion in UP's Saharanpur

Three workers died of burn injuries after a massive explosion at a firecracker factory here triggered a blaze on Saturday, an official said. The sound of the blast in the Nihal Khedi village in the early morning hours echoed in around a two-kilometre stretch. Saharanpur District Magistrate Manish Bansal informed reporters that the incident occurred around 4:30 am and several workers were present at that time. Three workers died due to burn injuries, he said. Upon receiving information about the blaze, police personnel, a forensic team, and fire tenders were rushed to the spot for rescue operations. Three operators of the factory have been taken into police custody, Bansal said, adding that while the unit possessed a license to manufacture firecrackers, the specific types of crackers being made were being probed. Officials fear extensive damage since people were working in the factory at the time and the building collapsed in the force of the blast. Villagers claimed that many ill

UP Board 10th, 12th results 2025 out; Check complete toppers list here

The UPMSP released the UP board class 10th, 12th board results 2025 today at 12.30 pm. Here is the list of students who topped in the Class 10th and 12th

UP Congress postpones protest against BJP in wake of Pahalgam attack

The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee postponed a scheduled protest at BJP district headquarters on April 25 in light of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir which claimed the lives of 26 people, a statement issued Thursday said. The statement said that the party will hold a candle march across the state to honour the victims of the attack. Party workers will assemble at martyr memorials or statues of national icons to offer prayers for the departed souls, the statement read. The party said the Political Affairs Committee and newly appointed district and city Congress presidents held a meeting on Wednesday and unanimously decided to postpone the Gandhian-style protests against "fake chargesheet" in the National Herald case and "fabricated cases" against its top leadership. However, the party said it was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the "cowardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam" in which 26 people, including foreign nationals, were killed. "In view of the horrific

UP to promote manufacturing, preparing policy for Rs 5 trn annual exports

Policy expected to provide Rs 10 crore as capital subsidy to investors: Official