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UP allocates Rs 1k cr to Startup Fund to support innovative biz ventures

Soonicorns, minicorns on radar

UP govt to install CCTV, panic buttons in buses and cabs to ensure safety

A total of 21,155 buses, Ola and Uber have been identified to install panic buttons along with CCTV cameras to strengthen the safety of women and elderly people

BJP govt in UP has proved to be most corrupt: Shivpal Singh Yadav

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav has alleged the BJP came to power in the state promising to end corruption, but it has proved to be the "most corrupt" government. He made the remarks here Friday evening when he had come for the 'bhoomi pujan' and foundation stone laying ceremony of a private school in the Sah Manodharpur village of Trivediganj block. "The BJP came to power about seven years ago making claims of ending corruption. But this is the most corrupt government," he alleged. When the Samajwadi Party was in power in the state, even a common worker could get his work done easily, but now nothing happens without a commission even if the the recommendation has come from an MP or an MLA, the SP general secretary claimed. Police stations or tehsils are not listening to people's complaints, he claimed. He also said the present government has not been able to bring development in any area and the entire country is in "the hands of bureaucracy". On party leader A

UP plans to attract pvt investment of more than Rs 1,000 crore in Toy Park

The Indian toy market is estimated to double to $3 billion by 2027-28, from $1.5 billion now

Stubble to become a source of income, employment instead of pollution in UP

The Yogi government has set a target to establish biogas plants in every tehsil, some of which will soon become operational

UP Film City: T-Series, Fox Studios, Korea's Securo Group join pre-bid meet

Leading production house T-Series, Hollywood's Fox Studios and Korea's Securo Group, among others, on Thursday joined the pre-bid meeting for the proposed Film City near Noida in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The film city is proposed to come up in a 1,000-acre area in Sector 21 along the Yamuna Expressway close to the upcoming Noida International Airport and is considered among the dream projects of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. This is the third time that the bid for development of the film city has been floated after two previous bids failed to attract bidders. The pre-bid meeting of the International Film City was conducted by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in which potential applicants joined online and offline, according to an official statement. A pre-bid document is a comprehensive set of information and instructions provided by the organisation or entity seeking bids or proposals for a project, contract, or purchase. It serves as a detail

Lord Ram's idol to be installed at Ayodhya's Ram Mandir on January 22

After meeting with the officials of Shri Ram Janambhoomi Trust, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his happiness

Feeling blessed: PM on getting invite for Ram temple consecration ceremony

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which is expected to take place on January 22. Modi said in a post on X that he is feeling blessed and it is his good fortune that he will be a witness to this historic occasion in his lifetime. "Jai Siyaram! Today is full of emotions for me," the prime minister said, posting about the invitation to him. He posted a picture of functionaries of the trust, which is presiding over the temple's construction at the place where devotees believe Lord Ram was born, extending him an invitation. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had said on Tuesday that the idol of Lord Ram will be installed at the Ayodhya temple on January 22, and asked people to organise programmes at temples across the country to celebrate the occasion.

Rs 550 crore biogas, biodiesel projects get Uttar Pradesh govt nod

The policy is aimed at promoting bioenergy based on agricultural waste to aid ecological conservation and arrest the loss of soil fertility due to stubble burning

Sanatana Dharma has always worked for welfare of country, its people: Yogi

Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed 'Kanya Pujan' and offered prayers to 'Matri Shakti' (mother power) by washing the feet of maidens in Gorakhpur on Monday

Akhilesh slams UP govt for keeping Azam Khan, son in separate jails

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has condemned the government's decision to keep senior party leader Azam Khan and his family members in separate jails after the court convicted them in the fake birth certificate case, terming it as a move to "harass" the party leader's family. While the 75-year-old Azam Khan was shifted to Sitapur district jail, his son Abdullah Azam was moved to Hardoi district jail early Sunday. A Rampur court on Wednesday convicted Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son in a 2019 fake birth certificate case, and sentenced them to seven years in jail. Fatima is lodged in Rampur jail. In a post on X on Sunday, the SP chief said, "The way the vicious cycle of harassing the family of Honorable Azam Khan ji is going on is highly condemnable. Separating family members (in jails) is an old practice of those in power and is not justified under any circumstances on the basis of age. Everyone has stood together in his struggle for justice and will continue to do ...

Gyanvapi row: Court junks plea seeking inclusion of wazookhana in survey

A Varanasi court on Saturday rejected a plea seeking the inclusion of the "wazookhana" in an ongoing ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. "Rejecting the petition, District Judge A K Vishvesh said the area duly protected under the Supreme Court's orders should not be subjected to the survey because it may amount to a violation of the court's orders," District Government Counsel Rajesh Mishra said. The plea was filed by Rakhi Singh, one of the petitioners in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case. The district court concluded the hearing in the matter and reserved its order on October 19. At present, the "wazookhana" (a small reservoir for Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions), where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a "Shivling" exists, is not part of the survey being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) due to a Supreme Court order protecting that spot in the complex. During the hearing in the wazookhana case on Thursday, the Hindu side's ...

CM Adityanath lays foundation stone of Naval Gallantry Museum in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday performed Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of Naval Gallantry Museum construction project to be built at a cost of Rs 23 crore in Lucknow. No society or nation can touch new heights of development by forgetting its heritage as the past always stays with individuals and society. The glorious moments of the past are a new inspiration for the country, the chief minister said after laying the foundation stone. There is an opportunity to pioneer and move forward. Today is a historic moment for Lucknow and the state, when the foundation stone for the establishment of Naval Gallantry Museum is being laid on the banks of river Gomti, known as Adiganga, cherishing this new aura of development. The chief minister expressed confidence the project will prove to be a milestone in terms of waterways of UP and employment of youths. "Before 2014, people used to say nothing can go out of UP through waterways. About 40-50 years ago,

2,350 acres set aside for pharma and medical parks in Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has envisioned increasing the state's contribution to the pharma industry from 2 per cent to 10-12 per cent

PM flags off RRTS train from UP, says similar services will be in Raj soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the first Namo Bharat train on a 17-km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and declared that similar services will soon link several cities in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Addressing a function here, Modi said that the full 82-km stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS will be completed within the next one and a half year years and expressed confidence that he will be present to inaugurate it. "Four years ago, I laid the foundation stone of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut regional corridor project. Today, the services of Namo Bharat trains have started on the stretch from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot. I had said earlier too and I say it today as well that we inaugurate the projects which we start," the prime minister said. "I will be there at your service when this Delhi-Meerut stretch is completed after a year or a year and a half," Modi said. The prime minister also launched virtually two stretches

Azam Khan, wife, son given 7-year jail in fake birth certificate case

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam were sent to jail on Wednesday after a court here convicted them in a 2019 fake birth certificate case and awarded a seven-year term. The trio was held inside the courtroom in judicial custody for a few hours before being taken to the Rampur district jail in a police jeep, said Arun Parkash Saxena, a former District Government Counsel, who represented the prosecution in the case. As they were being escorted by police officials, Azam Khan told the mediapersons waiting outside the jail, "A decision has been taken today and there is a difference between a decision and justice." Elder son Adeeb Azam was seen hugging his parents outside the jail. The FIR in the case was lodged by BJP MLA Akash Saxena at the Ganj police station in Rampur on January 3, 2019. It was alleged that Khan and his wife helped their son obtain two fake birth certificates: one from Lucknow and another from Rampur. Special MP-MLA court

MHA grants FCRA approval to Ram temple trust, can receive foreign donations

The home ministry has granted approval to the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra to receive contributions from foreign sources for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, its general secretary Champat Rai said on Wednesday. Such contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi, he said. "The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has been approved by the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, to receive voluntary contributions under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010," he said in a post on X. In a media statement issued separately, he said, "The FCRA section of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Government of India, has registered the trust 'Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra' to accept the voluntary contribution from the foreign sources." "Kindly note that such contributions can be sent to only designated bank account of the state Bank of India

Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries will be given 1 gas cylinder for free: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries will be given a cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a Diwali gift. The chief minister made the announcement during an event in Bulandshahr where he inaugurated and laid the foundation of multiple development projects worth Rs 632 crore. The projects include 104 projects worth Rs 208 crore that have been inaugurated, and 152 projects worth Rs 424 crore whose foundation stone has been laid. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a gift to every family through the Ujjwala yojna and reduced cylinder prices by Rs 300. Now we have also decided that every Ujjwala yojna connection beneficiary will be given one cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a Diwali gift," Adityanath said. Adityanath said getting LPG gas connections was a difficult task before the current BJP government came to power in 2014. Around 1.75 crore families in Uttar Pradesh alone have benefited from the Ujjwala scheme, he

Jaipur's lac bangle industry shines on demand, worth Rs 75-80 crore

The 250-year-old lac bangle industry is primarily unorganised; hence, no official data is available on its market size

Sugarcane farm payouts to top Rs 36,000 cr in 2023-24 crushing season

Nearly 4.5 million households are directly associated with sugarcane farming in the state