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Congress party workers enter UP chanting the slogan 'Bharat Jodo'

The stretch leading towards Ghaziabad from Kashmiri Gate was decked with tricolours and balloons as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed on Tuesday from Delhi and entered Uttar Pradesh in the afternoon. Scores of Congress leaders and workers gathered at Hanuman Mandir in Yamuna Bazar, from where the Yatra resumed, holding flags, banners and chanting the slogan 'Bharat Jodo'. Party workers joined the Yatra amid singing of patriotic songs and beating of drums, as they proceeded towards Uttar Pradesh. Camps were set up by Congress workers and members at various points across the route towards Ghaziabad. Small cultural events were also organised at several points along the way. While many yatris were spotted wearing white T-shirts with picture of Rahul Gandhi on it, several others joined the Yatra wrapping tricolour scarf around their neck. Many citizens also gathered across the road and their terraces to catch a glimpse of the Yatra. A large number of police pers

Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra enters UP after resuming second leg

The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra on Tuesday entered Uttar Pradesh after resuming its second leg of the journey from the national capital following a nine-day year-end break. Party workers lined up on both sides of the road at the Loni border in Ghaziabad and welcomed Rahul Gandhi and other 'yatris' as the march entered the state. AICC general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the Yatra and welcomed her brother in presence of leaders of the Uttar Pradesh Congress and Delhi Congress. The Yatra flag was handed over between the leaders of both states at a specially made stage. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar Chaudhary, and Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh, including CLP leader Aradhna Mishra, were among those present. Led by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, the yatra had started from the Hanuman Mandir at Kashmiri Gate in the morning as it made its way through the busy Outer Ring Road. As the Yatra moved forward i

Delhi stuck in jam as Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra leaves for UP

The city witnessed snarls in several places on Tuesday as the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi progressed towards Uttar Pradesh with hundreds of supporters in tow. As the Yatra moved across central Delhi, a huge police force was deployed to ensure there is no untoward incident. However, traffic in several parts of the city on the Ring Road was thrown out of gear. The situation was worse in central Delhi where long jams led to chaos. Delhi Traffic Police asked commuters to avoid Ring Road from ISBT towards Rajghat and vice-versa to avoid getting stuck. An officer said that the police received over a dozen calls regarding traffic jams on the Ring Road, before the jams relented somewhat by the afternoon. "The GT road in Shahdara and Seelampur area heading towards Kashmiri Gate was jam-packed. Vehicles crawled and people honked. I had to take another route to reach Connaught Place," said a commuter who was stuck in traffic for several hours near Kashmiri Gate. A

CM Yogi Adityanath calls for maximum participation in G20 conferences in UP

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to ensure maximum public participation in the G-20 conferences scheduled to take place in the state and enlighten students about the growing influence of India at the global level. Many conferences of the G20 a multinational forum are being organised in different cities of the country of which about a dozen are slated to be held in UP, an official release issued here said on Tuesday. The Chief Minister has instructed the officials to work along 13 points to increase public participation in these meets, the release said. The 13 points include organising of cleanliness competitions, decoration of monuments, book fair, dance and music events, crafts fair, G-20 sports league, and essay and slogan writing competitions in colleges. The administration has been directed to promote these events on social media, the government release said. The Chief Minister has said that schoolchildren and college-going youths must be .

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra to resume after winter break from UP today

The yatra has covered more than 110 days and over 3,000 km of march. Starting from the southern states, the yatra moved to Rajasthan and Delhi before the break

Uttar Pradesh govt raises investment summit target by 70% to Rs 17 trillion

Earlier, the Yogi Adityanath-led government had targeted a net private investment of Rs 10 trillion at the scheduled February 10-12, 2023, summit in Lucknow

Covid situation in Uttar Pradesh is normal, says CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the state at a high-level meeting with officials, and said that the situation in the state is normal amid the rising cases in various countries. He also directed the officials to closely monitor the "changing trends" of coronavirus and to conduct genome sequencing of the new cases. Adityanath reviewed the situation in the state during the meeting with Team-9, a team of senior officials and ministers constituted for Covid management, and gave necessary guidelines, according to an official statement. The chief minister said that the situation in UP is normal amid the rising number of Covid cases in various countries, the statement said. More than 9.06 lakh tests were done in the month of December, of which 103 cases were found to be positive. The positivity rate of the state was recorded at 0.01 per cent during this period. Presently, there are a total of 49 active cases in the state. Over 42,0

SC to hear UP's plea on HC order on local body polls' notification on Jan 4

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on January 4 the Uttar Pradesh government's appeal challenging an Allahabad High Court order quashing its draft notification on urban local body elections and directing it to hold the polls without reservation for other backward classes. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state government, saying the matter needed an urgent hearing. "We will take it the day after tomorrow," the bench said. The state government in its appeal against the December 27 order has said the high court cannot quash the December 5 draft notification which provides for reservation of seats in the urban body polls for other backward classes (OBCs) apart from those for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and women. The appeal, filed through advocate on record Ruchira Goel, said OBCs are a constitutionally protected section and the high court erred in

Panel for OBC quota in UP should have been constituted 3 yrs ago: Shivpal

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Sunday attacked the BJP government, saying the newly-appointed panel on reservations to Other Backward Classes in urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh should have been formed three years ago. "The 'samajwadis' (socialists) had earlier fought for reservation, and now they have to fight to save reservation. The intention of this government is to first end the reservation to the backward classes, and then end the same for Dalits, he told reporters here. Yadav said his party will now take to the streets to protect the quota system. "The panel, which the government has formed now, should have been formed two to two-and-a half years ago," he said. The five-member panel, appointed by the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a reservation draft following the Supreme Court-prescribed 'triple test' formula, held its first meeting on Saturday. The 'triple test' formula requires setting up of a commission to hold a 'rigorous empirical inqui

Dense fog, cold wave set to grip north, northwest India in 1st week of 2023

Cold wave conditions returned to large parts of northwest India with the onset of the New Year and the weather office has forecast dense morning fog over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the next three days. The weather office said isolated pockets over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and western Madhya Pradesh are expected to experience cold day conditions over the next two days. Fog is common at this time of the year due to light winds and high moisture near the surface over the Indo-Gangetic plains. The cold winter conditions lead to condensation of moisture and formation of tiny liquid droplets that hang in the air. Due to north-westerly winds from the Himalayas over plains of northwest India, minimum temperatures are very likely to fall by 2-4 degrees Celsius over northwest and adjoining central India during the next two days, the India Meteorological Department said. Under its influence cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are ..

Medical colleges in each district of UP this year: CM Yogi Adityanath

In order to strengthen the health infrastructure of the state, the Yogi Adityanath govt will start 4,600 health ATMs in all wellness centers and medical colleges in every district, informed the govt

UP Cong chief promises statewide revival of party 'within six months'

When asked about the party's preparation for the urban body polls, Khabri said that the Congress would contest with full vigour and win in the municipal corporation

1,600 workers at Aligarh University on strike over non-payment of salary

Administrative work at the Aligarh Muslim University remained hamstrung on Saturday as nearly 1,600 non-teaching employees carried on their protest on Saturday over the non-payment of their wages. The protest, which was reported to be peaceful, entered its second day on Saturday. The protesters, most of them temporary workers employed on a daily wage basis, gathered near the Vice Chancellor's office on Saturday to convey their pain. According to authorities, security arrangements at all the entry points of the campus have been beefed up as a precautionary measure. Rihan Ahmad, the secretary of the Technical Staff Association of the University, told reporters that about 1,600 non-teaching temporary staff have not received their last month's salary. Ahmed said that a large section of the protesting staff has been working on a temporary basis for as long as a decade and AMU relies heavily on them for a lot of its work. AMU Proctor Mohammad Waseem told the media that the representati

Uttar Pradesh: Security beefed up in temple city Ayodhya ahead of New Year

Preempting a heavy footfall on the new year in the temple city, police here have beefed up security and marshalled other resources for better crowd control. "On the basis of reports from different government departments, we are prepared to manage the crowd of 50 lakh devotees in Ayodhya on the first day of the new year," Senior Superintendent of Police Muniraj told PTI. He said that about a dozen cranes have been kept on standby to clear roads of all obstructions. "Required route diversions have also been put in place and we have deployed additional force to professionally manage the movement of pilgrims round-the-clock," the officer added. According to a report from the state tourism department, in 2022, around 2.5 crore tourists visited Ayodhya, of which about 25,000 were foreigners. The number of tourists in 2022 was 70 lakh more than what it was in 2021. More than 30 lakh devotees visited Ayodhya on January 1, 2022, as per the report.

UP govt approves pricing of RTPCR at Rs 700, antigen tests at Rs 250

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday approved the cost of Covid-19 tests, including Antigen, and RTPCR tests in private centres in the state

88 development blocks in UP have reached state average in 8 months: CM Yogi

Researchers should pay special attention to self-employment generation in villages. For this, bank camps should be organised at the gram panchayat level, he added

Lodged 6,900 consumer complaints, disposed of 9,300 in 2022: UP RERA

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) on Thursday said it disposed of roughly 9,300 consumer complaints in 2022, on an average 25 cases daily. The UP RERA was established in 2017 to regulate the fast-growing real estate sector, bring transparency, protect the interest of homebuyers and ensure speedy resolutions of disputes of consumers and builders. In a statement, the UP RERA said it lodged approximately 6,900 complaints in 2022 and disposed of almost 9,300 complaints of aggrieved allottees. "Maximum complaints had been registered in the month of March 2022 - 695. In the month of December 2022 only 320 complaints have been registered, the lowest in 2022," it added. The authority said it has received approximately 47,000 consumer complaints, which is about 38 per cent of the total complaints filed across the country. Functioning with three members, one secretary and one chairman, the UP RERA said it has disposed of more than 42,000 complaints, which is about 41

Goal set for up to Rs 50,000-crore green investments in Uttar Pradesh

The state has set a target to generate 22,000 megawatt (Mw) of solar power over the next five years

Argentine tourist goes missing after testing Covid positive at Taj Mahal

The contact details provided by him are wrong, CMO said

Muzaffarnagar: Final destination for tonnes of America's plastic waste

Plastic waste that starts off in Americans' recycling bins ends up at illegal dumpsites - and inside the lungs of people in Muzaffarnagar