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Uttar Pradesh govt plans to revive 10,000 stalled housing projects

In the non-NCR districts, Lucknow accounted for 400 or 20 per cent of the total projects underway

Seven Assembly seats across six states to go to bypolls on September 5

The seats to go to polls include Dumri in Jharkhand, Puthuppally in Kerala, Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, and Dhupguri in West Bengal

UP CM expresses grief over Barabanki building collapse, offers condolences

A three-storey building collapsed in the Fatehpur Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, said police

2 killed, ops on to rescue 3 trapped in Barabanki building collapse:

The incident occurred around 3:15 am and it was reported that 15 people are trapped under the building's debris, they said

BJP nominates former UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma as Rajya Sabha candidate

The term of the seat will end in November 2026. While the last date for filing nominations is September 5, the by-election is scheduled for September 15

UP BJP MLA seeks specific laws to check desecration of religious books

Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh has written to the Union and the state governments seeking enactment of specific legislation to deal with the cases of desecration of religious texts as the current law legal regime was "insufficient". The legislator has suggested that a specific section can be added through an amendment to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) making sacrilege of religious texts, with an intention to hurt the religious sentiments of the people, punishable with rigorous imprisonment of up to a maximum of five years along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh. "The diverse religious faiths are immensely important and deeply seated in the value system of a majority of the population...from the Holy Bhagwat Gita and Ramcharitmanas to the Quran, the Bible and the Guru Granth Sahib, Indian society has always accorded honour and reverence to religious texts," Singh said in his letter to Union Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday. Singh, also a ..

UP CM Adityanath hails successful launch of solar mission Aditya-L1

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday hailed the successful launch of the country's first solar mission Aditya-L1. The Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday launched the country's ambitious solar mission Aditya-L1 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The 44.4-metre-high Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared majestically at the prefixed time of 11.50 am from the spaceport located on the eastern coast about 135 kilometres from Chennai. In a post in Hindi on 'X', Adityanath said, "PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 mission was successfully launched today, symbolises the potential of 'New India' with the mission to serve the entire humanity. Many wishes for the complete success of this prestigious mission to become the 'new Sun' of the hopes of 140 crore countrymen under the leadership of the respected prime minister!" "Along with the Moon, now the Sun will also witness the power of 'self-reliant India'. Hearty congratulations to the entire team including @isro!," ...

Hold LS-UP polls simultaneously before 'One Nation, One Election': Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said before implementing 'One Nation, One Election' in the country, the BJP government should carry out an experiment by holding the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls this time. The Centre on Friday constituted a committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind to explore the feasibility of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. In a post in Hindi on 'X', Yadav wrote, "An experiment is done before doing any big work we are suggesting that before implementing 'One Nation, One Election', the BJP government should hold simultaneous Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest number of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats, this time." The last assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh were held in 2022 and the next elections are scheduled in 2027. Yadav went on to suggest that the public was angry with the BJP and will ensure its defeat. "This will reveal th

Plan on track to convert expressways into industrial corridors in UP

The state agency, UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), will acquire about 100 acres in the vicinity of each expressway project for allotment to industry

UP has moved from BIMARU to path of developed state: CM Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was addressing the FICCI's National Executive Committee Meeting (NECM) in Lucknow

CM Yogi reviews law and order preparedness for upcoming festive season

The review meeting was attended by police commissioners, divisional commissioners, district magistrates, and police superintendents

No fares for women in UP Roadways and city buses ahead of 'Raksha Bandhan'

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has allowed free travel for women in UP Roadways transport along with city buses across the state on the auspicious occasion of 'Raksha Bandhan'

UP is currently experiencing remarkable investment growth: PM Modi

The PM further highlighted that Uttar Pradesh, which was previously lagging in development and grappling with high crime rates, has now transformed into a phase of establishing law and order

Redressal of public grievances is UP govt's first priority: CM Adityanath

CM Yogi heard the problems and grievances of 100 people and referred their letters to the concerned authorities for quick and satisfactory disposal

SC to hear plea on illegal construction near Krishna Janmabhoomi on Monday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea relating to the demolition drive to clear alleged illegal constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. As per the cause list of Monday uploaded on the apex court website, the plea would come up for hearing before a bench comprising justices Aniruddha Bose, Sanjay Kumar and SVN Bhatti. The matter pertains to demolition of settlements near the Krishna Janmabhoomi. While hearing the matter on August 16, the apex court had halted for 10 days the demolition drive being carried out by the railway authorities to clear the alleged illegal constructions. It had issued notices to the Centre and others seeking their responses on a plea filed by petitioner Yakub Shah. "Let there be an order of status quo as regards the subject premises for a period of 10 days from today. List after one week," the bench had said in its August 16 order. Later on August 25, the matter again came up for hearing before the top court

I-T dept initiates action against gangster Atiq Ahmad's 'benami' assets

The Income-tax department has attached half-a-dozen land parcels in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district, being held by a BPL card holder security guard, as part of its action against slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad whose family and gang is considered beneficiary of several "benami" properties worth crores of rupees. This is the first action undertaken by the department's benami prohibition unit (BPU) located in state capital Lucknow against Atiq Ahmad's empire as part of a comprehensive investigation under the anti-benami law against his family and gang members. It was detected by the I-T authorities that a number of such lands and other immovable assets were held by people with "very limited means" and the funds being generated through these sales were purportedly being channelised for the requirement of Ahmad's family even after his death, official sources said. Ahmad (60) and his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants in April when they were being

One child killed, four others injured after wall collapses in UP's Aligarh

The officials added that further details are being investigated

Yogi Adityanath, Lekhi attend cultural event at G20 programme in Varanasi

Meanwhile, CM Yogi also handed over the G20 Orchestra Baton to Brazil, the country that will hold the next leadership of G20

Muzaffarnagar teacher in slap video booked under bailable charges

As outrage poured in from all quarters, including political parties, police on Saturday booked the Muzaffarnagar schoolteacher accused of making communal comments and ordering her students to slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework. The school was also served a notice by the education department in connection with the matter. The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, was booked on the complaint of the boy's family under IPC sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) -- both non-cognisable offences. Such offences are bailable and do not lead to immediate arrest, and require a warrant. The action comes a day after a video showed her asking her students to slap the Class 2 boy at Neha Public School in Khubbapur village and also making a communal remark. The video elicited strong words from several political leaders with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the apex child rights body,