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IOCL to undertake intensified TB elimination project in UP, Chhattisgarh

IOCL has signed a MoU as part of its corporate social responsibility with CTD under Ministry of Health, and the states of Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to undertake intensified TB elimination project

Uttar Pradesh Ministers to hold roadshows in 7 cities for upcoming GIS

The Uttar Pradesh government will dispatch teams to seven cities to meet potential investors ahead of the Global Investors' Summit (GIS) being held in February 2023

National Clean Ganga Mission approves sewerage projects worth Rs 2,700 cr

The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved projects worth around Rs 2,700 cr for developing sewerage infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal

Allahabad HC reverses UP government notification on OBC reservation

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered conduct of urban local body elections in UP without OBC reservation.

Home Ministry gives NOC for name change of 2 places in Uttar Pradesh

The Union Home Ministry has given its consent to change the names of two places in Uttar Pradesh following recommendations from the state government, officials said on Tuesday. The 'no-objection' certificates were issued by the ministry for changing the name of municipal council 'Mundera Baazar' in Gorakhpur district to 'Chauri-Chaura' and that of 'Telia Afghan' village in Deoria district to 'Telia Shukla', an official said. The home ministry considers proposals for name change according to the existing guidelines, in consultations with agencies concerned. It gives a 'no-objection' certificate to change the name of any place after taking consent from the Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts and the Survey of India, another official said. For changing the name of a village, town or a city, an executive order is needed. Renaming of a state requires an amendment of the Constitution with a simple majority in Parliament, the official added.

Lok Sabha elections: BJP to begin 'Mission 2024' for Uttar Pradesh from Jan

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will begin its 'Mission 2024' for Uttar Pradesh from January

CM Yogi Adityanath framing Samajwadi Party leaders in false cases: Akhilesh

The state government's action against SP MLA Irfan Solanki and Deep Narain was a strong message to the party to act in a similar fashion when it comes to power, the SP chief said

UP to develop dry ports, freight con­tainer stations to boost exports

The government has said it would also leverage the Varanasi-Haldia inland waterway to catalyse exports

UP Madarsa Education Board member protests Friday offs in 2023 calender

A member of the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board has protested the release of the annual calendar for next year that marks Fridays as weekly-offs in Islamic seminaries ignoring a proposal to shift it to Sunday like other state schools. Board member Qamar Ali, who had proposed Sunday holidays in madrasas in the state, said on Monday said he would complain to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the calendar being issued without any discussion in the board. Ali had placed his proposal in the board meeting on December 20 and it was expected to be taken up for discussion in the next meeting. Speaking to PTI, Ali accused board chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed of releasing the calendar for 2023 on December 24 without consulting other members. "On my proposal to shift weekly-offs in madrasas on Sunday, the board chairman had publicly said that the board's plenary meeting in January would consider the issue," he said. Accusing the board chairman of arbitrariness, Ali alleged that he doe

FSSAI gives five-star rating to Bulandshahr prison for food quality

The Bulandshahr prison of Uttar Pradesh was awarded a five-star rating and the tag 'Eat Right Campus' by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), informed a press release

RLD's win in UP's Khatauli by-poll worrisome for BJP, say political pundits

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), an ally of the principal Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP), trounced the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Khatauli Assembly by-poll in Muzaffarnagar district

UP madrasa board to restart recognising unregistered Islamic seminaries

After receiving the survey reports of private madrasas in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board chief has said the process of giving recognition to the unregistered Islamic seminaries would start again. Madrasa Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed told PTI that the process of giving recognition to 8,500 unaffiliated madrasas would be resumed with the permission of the state government. "Those who want to get recognition from the Madrasa Board will be able to apply for it," he said. Javed said getting the recognition would benefit the madrasas as well as the students because they will get degrees from the Madrasa Board, which are widely acknowledged. Diwan Saheb Zaman Khan, the general secretary of the Teachers' Association Madaris Arabiya, Uttar Pradesh, said the Madrasa Education Board was dissolved after the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state in 2017. Since then the committee tasked with giving affiliation was not formed for a lon

Akasa Air set to launch two flights to Mumbai, Bengaluru from Lucknow today

Akasa Air is commencing its air service from Lucknow on Sunday

CM Yogi, PM Modi meet in Delhi to discuss UP Global Investor Summit

With just a few weeks left for the global summit, Uttar Pradesh has managed to get investment proposals worth almost Rs 7 lakh crore, according to official updates

Reinstallation of loudspeakers at religious places unacceptable: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said loudspeakers are being reinstalled at religious places in some districts months after they were ordered to be removed, a development he described as "unacceptable". According to a government statement, he asked officials to take appropriate action through "immediate contact and communication" with people. Adityanath, who reviewed law and order situation in the state in a meeting with officials from all levels on Friday night, also directed them to make arrangements for peaceful Christmas celebrations, but ensure no religious conversion takes place. "A few months ago... we had completed an unprecedented process of removing loudspeakers from religious places. Giving priority to the larger public interest, people spontaneously removed loudspeakers. It was appreciated all over the country," the chief minister was quoted as saying in the statement. He further said that during his recent visits he "experienced that these loudspeakers

Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail after 26 months by Allahabad HC

He arrested in October 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh police on his way to report the Hathras gang rape case

Leading firms in oil-rich Gulf region propose to invest $6 billion in UP

The investment is expected to flow in multiple sectors, including energy, retail, real estate, and electric mobility

Allahabad High Court reserves verdict in Gyanvapi mosque case

The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its judgement on a civil revision petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque committee challenging a Varanasi court order turning down its objections to the maintainability of a plea seeking permission to offer regular prayers to idols of deities in the mosque compound. Justice J J Munir reserved its order after hearing the counsel of both sides at length. On Friday, the counsel for the petitioner, Senior Advocate SFA Naqvi, contended before the court that the claim of the Hindu side that the devotees were restrained from worshipping Shringar Gauri and other deities on the outer wall of Gyanvapi in the year 1993 is an artificial claim and an example of clever drafting. According to him, no order was passed by the then state government in writing in 1993. According to him, the aforesaid claim has been made only to avoid the application of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which bars filing of a suit for conversion of any religious place as exist

UP CM takes stock of law and order situation, assesses Covid preparedness

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday reviewed the state's law and order situation with senior government and police officials and emphaised on merit-based speedy resolution of public problems and grievances. Adityanath directed the officials to make arrangements for a peaceful celebration of Christmas while maintaining dialogue with all religious leaders. He also directed the officials to ensure that no religious conversions take place, the government said in a statement. He also instructed the police to take stringent action against molesters and to ensure manufacturing and sale of illegal liquor don't take place. Police personnel who are addicted to drugs should not be given field responsibility, he said and added that such staffers should be identified and their services terminated. "Good law and order and adequate land bank are the primary imperatives for industrialisation. Investors from all over the world are impressed by the strong law and order of the stat

Justice delayed, but happy: Siddique Kappan's wife on grant of bail to him

The wife of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday welcomed the bail granted to him in a money laundering case, but said it was "justice delayed". "Justice delayed, but I am happy. I am happy he has got bail. I am unhappy with the fact that it took so long," Raihanath Kappan told the media at her residence in Vengara in Malappuram district. The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Kappan in the money laundering case today. His wife said that bail order was not yet available so she did not know what the conditions were except that two persons have to be found to stand as sureties. She said that she returned from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh two day ago. Kappan, currently lodged in the Lucknow district jail, was arrested two years back while he was on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, where a Dalit woman had died after allegedly being raped. He and three others were accused of having links with the Popular Front of India. In September, the Supreme Court granted him bail