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Sonia Gandhi appoints 17 city, district Congress presidents in UP

In February this year, Sonia Gandhi had approved the proposal for creating new city Congress Committees in Azamgarh, Sultanpur, Robertsganj (Sonbhadra) districts in Uttar Pradesh

UP rapidly ramping up Covid-19 tests; from 72 in a day to 100,000: Govt

More than 100,000 COVID-19 tests were done in Uttar Pradesh on July 26 as against just 72 on March 23, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said after the launch of a high-tech testing facility in Noida

UP govt hands over assets case against Vikas Dubey's aide to I-T Dept, ED

Uttar Pradesh government handed over to the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate a case of alleged ill-gotten assets acquired by Jai Kant Bajpai, an aide of slain gangster Vikas Dubey

UP Cong leaders arrested during protest outside Lucknow Raj Bhavan

UP Cong chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, Rajya Sabha MP PL Punia and other party leaders were arrested while protesting outside the Raj Bhavan here over alleged attempts to topple the Rajasthan government

Ayodhya of antiquity: Ground zero of Hindutva politics set for new makeover

Virendra Singh Rawat looks at projects planned to put this temple town on the national and international tourism map

Adityanath, Rupani attack Rahul over his 'one district, one product' tweet

Rupani tagged a 2016 tweet of the then state chief minister Anandiben Patel in which she said the concept of "one village one product" would be initiated

SC clears Rs 8,380 cr Agra Metro, asks nodal agency to plant 18,230 trees

The MRTS project in Agra, UP's third largest city, is estimated to benefit a population of nearly two million

Over a quarter of homes in UP, Odisha had zero income under lockdown: NCAER

There was change in occupation profile during lockdown; the proportion of salaried persons fell sharply in UP

UP farmers expect bumper paddy crop this year with good monsoons

After several years, farmers completed paddy plantation in more than 80% of crop area by the third week of July

Congress flays deletion of topics on freedom struggle from UP board syllabi

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh protested against what it dubbed as deliberate and systematic deletions of chapters dealing in freedom struggle from the syllabi of Classes 10 and 12

Claims of Rs 500 cr property fake, family left in lurch: Vikas Dubey's wife

Richa Dubey also claimed that she had tried to convince her husband to leave crime world, but "he was a man of a different mentality"

UP to engage IIM Lucknow as 'knowledge partner' for creating jobs

Last year, the Institute had trained senior UP ministers, bureaucrats

Congress will launch agitation against 'dismal' law and order in UP: Lallu

The Congress will launch an agitation across Uttar Pradesh over the "dismal" law and order situation and issues facing the common people, the party's state unit president Ajay Kumar Lallu said

Media groups demand judicial probe into attack on Ghaziabad journalist

Joshi, who was shot in the head by some assailants, succumbed to injuries at a private hospital early on Wednesday

People can't feel safe in UP's jungle raj: Priyanka on journalist murder

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday specifically mentioned about the incident wherein a journalist in Ghaziabad was shot at for complaining to the police about his niece being harassed

Rains may pick up in the next few days over north and south India: IMD

The steady monsoon progress has spurred sowing of kharif crops and till last week, acreage was almost 21 per cent more than the same period last

Coronavirus will not be controlled by jugaad: Mayawati to UP govt

Mayawati on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the virus has assumed a "horrible shape" in the state and it was a matter of serious concern

Vikas Dubey's encounter gives SP, BSP, Congress ammo to attack Adityanath

Killing of gangster gives the Opposition chance to breach the pan-Hindu vote bank the BJP constructed before 2014

Covid-19: Noida 1st district in UP to cross 4,000 cases, Ghaziabad on brink

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday recorded 90 new COVID-19 patients which pushed its tally of cases to 4,024, making it the first district in the state to cross the 4,000 mark

UP's 40% active Covid-19 cases in 6 districts, including Lucknow: Data

Around 40% of the 17,264 active Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh are in six of the 75 districts in the state, an official data said