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Flood alert in Noida, around 200 people evacuated from Hindon banks

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has issued a flood warning for low-lying regions along the Hindon as water discharge in the river increased, officials said on Sunday. Around 200 people from five villages have been evacuated and shifted to shelter homes after the alert was raised on Saturday, they said. The river is flowing below the danger mark of 205-metre in the district, bordering Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh, according to a senior officer. "Around 200 people from five villages have been evacuated and shifted to shelter homes that have been set up by the administration to provide them accommodation, food and health care, Additional District Magistrate Atul Kumar told PTI. "The Hindon is currently flowing at 200-metre, below the danger mark of 205-metre, said Kumar, who is also the nodal officer for flood relief work in Gautam Buddh Nagar. The district is located between Hindon and Yamuna rivers. The district recently witnessed floods along the Yamuna river banks, which

As Hindon River swells up in Uttar Pradesh, water enters nearby houses

The police reached the spot on Saturday and issued an alert regarding the situation

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UP gives financial approval for Ayushman Bharat- PM Jan Arogya Yojana

The state government has also issued guidelines to spend this amount on various items by March 31, 2024. The appoval, however, has been given with various conditions and restrictions

Will decide after reviewing order: Muslim side lawyer on Gyanvapi verdict

The Hindu side had submitted a petition letter in the Varanasi court asking for an ASI study of the entire complex of the Gyanvapi mosque located in Vishwanath temple

MSME credit window zooms 80% to Rs 1.5 trillion in Uttar Pradesh

UP has India's largest base of 9 million MSMEs

Pak citizen case: Central investigation agencies meet Noida Police

Central investigation agencies met the Noida Police on Thursday in connection with the probe in the Pakistani citizen Seema Haider's illegal entry into India, official sources said. The meeting comes in the wake of Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad questioning Seema and his Indian partner Sachin Meena on Monday and Tuesday. "Officials of central investigation agencies on Thursday morning met with senior officers of the Noida Police in connection with probe into the Seema Haider case," an official source told PTI. While the UP ATS questioned the couple for two days, the Noid Police are separately investigating the case in which they are yet to file a charge sheet. "Apart from the probe done so far, the police are trying to find out which identification cards were submitted by Sachin to get a forged Aadhar card made for Seema," a senior officer said. "Police investigations are underway and charge sheet would be filed in the case after due probe is completed and evidence ..

CM Yogi to gift Mukhya Mantri Khet Suraksha Yojana to all UP farmers

These steps also aim to thwart attempts to make the destruction of crops by stray animals an issue in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

United India Co-operative Bank ceases business as RBI cancels license

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it has cancelled the licence of Uttar Pradesh-based United India Co-operative Bank Limited, citing lack of adequate capital and earning prospects. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on business, with effect from the closing hours on Wednesday, the RBI said in a statement. On liquidation, it said every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of his/her deposits up to a ceiling of Rs 5 lakh from the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). "As per the data submitted by the bank, 99.98 per cent of the depositors are entitled to receive full amount of their deposits from DICGC," it said. Giving reasons for cancellation of the licence, it said United India Co-operative Bank, based out of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. "The bank with its present financial position would be unable to pay its present depositors in full," the RBI said, addin

UP govt launches portal for processing electric vehicles subsidy claims

To promote electric vehicles in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday launched a subsidy portal which will allow customers who bought e-vehicles after October 14, 2022, to claim financial support, officials said here. For availing of the subsidy people have to apply on upevsubsidy.in portal. Once the application is submitted, the subsidy amount will be transferred to the customer's bank account after successful completion of a four-level verification process, they said. This initiative is part of the Uttar Pradesh Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy, 2022, which includes a purchase subsidy incentive scheme. The development and maintenance of the portal have been entrusted to UPDESCO (Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd), a statement issued here said. Under the Policy permission has been granted for the implementation of the Purchase Subsidy Promotion Scheme on certain conditions. This scheme is effective from 14th October 2022 and will .

UP no longer BIMARU, on way to becoming 'saksham', says CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh has moved out of the BIMARU category and is on its way to becoming a "saksham" state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. Adityanath's remarks come a day after the NITI Aayog said India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multi-dimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21, with the fastest reduction being in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. The BIMARU (sick in Hindi) acronym has often been used to refer to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, usually to imply that these states lagged in terms of economic growth, health care, education, and other indices. The report -- "National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress of Review 2023" -- was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman Bery on Monday. Providing estimates for the 36 states and Union Territories and 707 administrative districts, the report said the fastest reduction in the proportion of multi-dimensional poor was observed in Uttar Pradesh, ..

Watch: Rising Yamuna reaches Taj Mahal walls for the first time in 45 years

The water has entered the outer parts of Itimad-ud-Daula's tomb and the Dussehra Ghat near the Taj Mahal

UP ATS questions Pak citizen Seema, Indian partner Sachin for second day

Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India illegally in May, was picked up by Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) for questioning for a second day on Tuesday, an official said. Her Indian partner, Sachin Meena, with whom Hiader is currently staying in Greater Noida, has also been taken for questioning by the agency, the local police official said. The cross-border couple were first interrogated by the UP ATS on Monday at its office in Noida and the duo was released late in the night. Haider, 30, and Meena, 22, were first arrested by the local police in Greater Noida on July 4 but were granted bail by a court on July 7.

India's infrastructure was in poor shape before 2014: CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday alleged the government at the Centre before 2014 was characterised by indecision and corruption which affected the growth of the country's infrastructure. "There is a noticeable difference. India's infrastructure was in poor shape prior to 2014. The four-lane, six-lane, and eight-lane roads built during the time of Atal ji (former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee) were doing well, but no new projects were pursued (by the UPA government)," he said after the inauguration of two national highway projects worth Rs 3,300 crore here. Criticising the government at the helm before 2014, he said, "The government was suffering from indecision, and corruption was rampant." "In the last nine years, you must have seen that India is becoming self-reliant in the field of security. Today, the enemy cannot look at India with evil intentions. The Defence Corridor of Lucknow is realising the vision of Make in India in Uttar Pradesh itself," the CM said. H

Diversification of agriculture towards energy, power need of hour: Gadkari

Stressing that diversification of agriculture towards energy and power sectors is the need of the hour, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday asked Uttar Pradesh to move ahead in hydrogen production so that the country could become an energy exporting country. The Union minister also said that Uttar Pradesh, which was once regarded as 'bimaru pradesh', is moving towards development now and hailed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for improving the law and order of the state. "Diversification of agriculture towards the energy and power sector is the need of the hour and to make our farmers prosperous, Uttar Pradesh has sugarcane farmers in large numbers. "The Narendra Modi government has made policies to change the future of the farmers and it is bringing a change," the minister said. He was speaking after jointly inaugurating two national highway projects worth over Rs 3,300 crores in the state capital with local MP and union Defence Minister Rajnath ..

PubG love story: Seema Haider, partner being questioned by UP police

Pakistani national Seema Haider, her lover Sachin and his father are being questioned by UP's ATS at an undisclosed location in Noida

Uttar Pradesh govt targeting excise revenues of Rs 58,000 crore in FY24

The state is looking at attracting investment in the ethanol sector to boost farm income and generate employment

SC grants anticipatory bail to Umar Ansari in evacuee property case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari in an evacuee property case. A bench of Justices A S Bopanna and M M Sundresh issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on his plea challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court. The high court on April 13 had dismissed Umar's plea seeking anticipatory bail.It had also dismissed a plea of Mukhtar Ansari's other son Abbas Ansari, an SBSP MLA, seeking quashing of the charge sheet in the same case. It passed the orders on two petitions moved independently by the two brothers. It was pleaded on behalf of the Ansari brothers that mutation of the property was in the name of their forefathers before their birth and hence, no offence was made out against them. The state counsel had opposed the plea, arguing that the duo was also accused of forging the signature of their grandmother and hence, a clear offence was made out against them. The FIR in the case was

Selfishness has infested opposition unity: UP Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

Selfishness has infested the opposition unity, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma claimed here on Monday, ahead of the two-day meeting of the BJP's rival parties in Bengaluru. Top leaders of 24 opposition parties are likely to attend the two-day brainstorming session to chalk out a strategy to unitedly fight the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Hitting out at the opposition parties' attempt to form a grand alliance, senior BJP leader Sharma said, "No matter how many alliances are formed, they will not be able to counter PM Narendra Modi." "Ninety-nine per cent of the NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) has disintegrated. People do not have faith in leaders of opposition parties, while the faith in Modiji has increased," he said. "The (opposition) clan was never united. Internal cracks have always been there. With termite infestation, things become hollow from the inside. Selfishness has infested the opposition unity and is taking it towards its termination," Sharma told

OBC leader Rajbhar meets HM Amit Shah, joins NDA in Uttar Pradesh

In a boost to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Om Prakash Rajbhar has decided to ally with the party and join the ruling National Democratic Alliance following a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. Shah on Sunday tweeted a picture of their meeting and welcomed the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) leader to the NDA. His entry will strengthen the NDA in Uttar Pradesh and further boost its efforts under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the welfare of the poor and deprived, the senior BJP leader said. In a tweet, Rajbhar said, "The BJP and the SBSP have come together. They will fight together for social justice, national security, good governance, the deprived, exploited, farmers, poor, Dalits, youth and women, and to empower every poor section". Rajbhar, who enjoys influence especially among his Rajbhar community which is present in sizeable numbers in eastern Uttar Pradesh, is now expected to attend the NDA meeting on July 18 here in what is being seen as a show of strengt