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Adityanath hits out at SP, says Akhilesh govt was worshipper of Kans

Yogi Adityanath accused Akhilesh Yadav of not doing anything for Mathura and other religious places associated with Lord Krishna, and termed the previous SP government as 'the worshipper of Kans'

BJP to seek people's suggestions to prepare 'sankalp patra' for UP polls

BJP leaders will interact with the people from Monday seeking their suggestions to prepare its manifesto for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Uttar Pradesh BJP's co-media in-charge Abhay Singh said the party's public representatives, including the MPs and MLAs, are already taking suggestions of the public for preparing the 'sankalp patra'. From January 3, members of the party's 'Ghoshna Patra Nirman Samiti' will interact with various sections of the society seeking their counsel, he said. On January 3, Rajya Sabha MP Seema Dwivedi will interact with labourers, academicians and advocates of Allahabad. State minister Atul Garg will seek the suggestions of labourers and people in the tourism sector and footwear industry in Agra. On Tuesday, Pushkar Mishra will be seeking suggestions from businessmen, the film industry and traders while MP Rajesh Verma will be in Saharanpur interacting with woodcraft workers. Rajya Sabha MP Vijaypal Tomar will hold conversations with farm

The 2 P's that led to political slugfest in Uttar Pradesh as poll approach

No one knows the exact truth but the confusion over letter 'P' has led to a fresh slinging match between the ruling BJP and SP in Uttar Pradesh

PM to hold rally on Jan 9 in Lucknow to mark ending of Jan Vishwas Yatra

The Jan Vishwas Yatra has been an effective and successful outreach programme of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to all the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh

BJP names candidates for 3 assembly seats in Banda district of UP

Bahujan Samaj Party's general secretary Satish Chandra Misra on Friday declared candidates for three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh's Banda distrct for the state's upcoming assembly polls. All three Banda assembly seats are presently held by BJP leaders. Addressing a public meeting on Friday in Banda, Mishra named former Leader of Opposition in UP Legislative Assembly Gaya Charan Dinkar as the party's candidate from Naraini assembly constituency, reserved for SC. Dinkar was the Leader of Opposition from 2016 to 2017. "On the directions of 'Behanjee' (BSP chief Mayawati), Dheeraj Rajput will be fielded from Banda and Ramsevak Shukla from Baberu, he said. The Naraini assembly seat is currently held by BJP's Rajkaran Kabir, Banda by Prakash Dwivedi and Baberu by Chandrapal Kushwaha.

IT department raids at Samajwadi Party MLC Pampi Jain's residence in UP

Income Tax officials on Friday morning conducted searches at the Samajwadi Party (SP) MLC Pampi Jain's residence in Uttar Pradesh, claimed SP.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of sports university in UP on Jan 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut on January 2.

BJP conspiring to end reservation by privatisation: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP is conspiring to end reservation in the government jobs by privatisation.

New industries being set up in Pilibhit, creating a new story: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a government medical college to be constructed at a cost of Rs 250 crores.Moreover, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone and/or inaugurated several developmental projects worth Rs 96 crores.In a tweet on Thursday, the Chief Minister wrote, "Under Phase 3 of Government of India Aided Scheme in Pilibhit district, the foundation stone of the Government Medical College to be constructed at a cost of Rs 250 crores and 70 development projects worth Rs 96 crores was inaugurated/foundation stone laid."Speaking at the event, the Chief Minister said that with the construction of the medical college, the government aims to provide more government jobs in the state."Government Medical College will be constructed in Pilibhit at a cost of Rs 250 Crores. We provided 4.5 lakh government jobs and over one crore jobs were given by starting industries in the state," Adityanath said at an election rally in ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to address public rally in Ayodhya today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Ayodhya on Friday to address a public rally at GIC ground under Ayodhya Sadar Assembly seat.

All political parties want UP polls be held as per schedule: CEC

Special arrangements, including enhancing the number of polling booths and increasing the voting time by an hour will be made, says Sushil Chandra on Covid-appropriate measures for UP polls

Congress seeks a candidate from Valmiki community to field in UP election

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked Valmiki community to suggest a name from among them to contest election from her party in the coming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh

UP government announces hike in part-time instructors', cooks' pay

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the honorarium of part-time instructors and cooks in the Basic Education Department by Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 per month respectively

Election Commission reviews UP poll preparedness with officials in Lucknow

A delegation of the ECI led by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra held a review meeting with the state's senior officials in Lucknow to asses the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll preparedness

Yogi Adityanath to visit various UP districts, to dedicate various projects

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit a number of districts including his bastion Gorakhpur to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects on Wednesday.The Chief Minister is scheduled to take part in programmes in Lucknow, Farrukhabad, Amroha and Gorakhpur today.Starting his day, Yogi is taking part in a programme at 10 am at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow.He will then have dialogue in the conference of cooks and instructors of the Basic Education Department. The Chief Minister will also take part in the foundation stone laying programme and inauguration of new schools.From Lucknow, the Chief Minister will move to Farrukhabad where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 174 development projects worth 196 crores.He will also participate in BJP's Jan Vishwas Yatra and address a public rally after which he will attend a program at Christian Inter College, Farrukhabad at 12 noon.The Chief Minister will visit ..

Keep UP Addl Chief Home Secy Awasthi away from poll process: Cong to ECI

The Congress demanded from the Election Commission of India to keep UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi away from the poll process of the state assembly

Election Commission officials on 3-day visit to Lucknow ahead of UP polls

The full bench of the Election Commission of India will be on a three-day visit to Lucknow from Tuesday.

Personal attacks by BJP leaders show their frustration: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has said that top BJP leaders stooping down to making personal attacks reflects their "narrow mindedness and frustration"

BJP trying to use Covid as excuse for postponing UP polls: Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said that the ruling BJP was trying to use the excuse of rising Covid-19 cases to postpone assembly election in UP as it was staring at defeat.

Congress seeks to dub Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as 'Bulldozernath'

The Congress on Sunday sought to dub Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath as "Bulldozernath" or the lord of bulldozers, allegedly out to trample the dreams of youths. The Congress made the allegation a day after the Lucknow police denied the party to hold a five-km race in the city as part of Congress president Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' poll campaign. It accused the chief minister of crushing the dreams of girls who wanted to run a marathon organised by the party in Lucknow. "The destructive government of 'Bulldozernath' tramples upon the dreams of the youth repeatedly. Sometimes by leaking question papers, sometimes by not declaring recruitment (results) and sometimes by using force against them," the Congress party said in a tweet. "This time, the anti-women bulldozer of Yogi has run over the dreams of brave girls," the party added. "But he does not know that the one whose time has come, no power on this earth can stop him. The slogan ...