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Amid speculations of expansion of the Uttar Pradesh cabinet ahead of Assembly elections next year, Yogi Adityanath will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President JP Nadda
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met senior BJP leader and Union minister Amit Shah, and is also likely to call on PM Narendra Modi and party chief JP Nadda during his two-day visit, sources said.
Adityanath is on a visit to the national capital
Party President J P Nadda held a discussion with senior party leaders and office-bearers over the weekend and parallel consultations were held last week by B L Santhosh
Former bureaucrat AK Sharma's appointment for pandemic management in Varanasi indicates that the top leaders are unhappy with the CM's way of handling the crises
The move to strongly back the Yogi government comes as the party feels that retaining Uttar Pradesh in 2022 would be a crucial landmark for the unit
In a bid to encourage and honour the tireless and unparalleled contribution of journalists, Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 10 lakh financial aid for family members of scribes who died due to Covid-19
The appreciation comes weeks after the court's harsh observation on the Yogi govt's approach to Covid management in the state
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to extend free treatment to those suffering with problems in the post Covid-19 phase
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state has now moved into a Covid 'safe zone'
The Amarinder government declared Malerkotla, where more than half the population is Muslim, the newest district of Punjab on Eid as a symbolic gesture to the community
Four expressway projects with an estimated outlay of Rs 80,000 crore are in different stages of development in the state
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said those indulging in black-marketing of Remdesivir injections in the state are being booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA).
The state has succeeded in bringing down the daily coronavirus count due to collective efforts, said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here. "UP has strongly fought the COVID pandemic challenge under able guidance of the prime minister, cooperation of the Union government, alertness of his public representatives and a massive campaign by their district administrative teams," the CM told reporters. "It's the result of the collective fight that UP has been successful in bringing down daily positive cases to nearly 7,700", he said. The CM claimed that in the past 20 days, a massive campaign against the pandemic in urban and rural areas has resulted in rise in recoveries. So far, the state has conducted 4.62 crore tests, he said. "To make the fight against the pandemic more effective, the largest campaign of screening through surveillance committees has been launched, in which rapid response teams in rural areas are identifying symptomatic persons, carrying antigen tests in villages ..
The test-positivity indicator strongly suggests that UP has been fudging the Covid data
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has now issued fresh directives, allowing a maximum of 25 people to take part in weddings and other functions in view of the Covid pandemic
Despite the disastrous handling of the pandemic, Narendra Modi could still bounce back
Over 45 million Covid-19 tests have been conducted in Uttar Pradesh so far, while 15 million people have been vaccinated for coronavirus, says Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Allahabad HC directs the Yogi Adityanath government to respond to the allegations of mismanagement in the availability of oxygen, beds and medcines required for the treatment of Covid-19 patients