Lucknow: To promote the state’s leather and footwear sector and create more jobs in the area, the UP govt recently rolled out an elaborate policy.An official spokesperson said the new policy emphasises private industrial parks to bolster private sector participation. “The policy provides that developers of such parks will receive financial assistance as a maximum…
Lucknow: The UP govt has decided to carry out major part of fertiliser distribution through private sector, considering it as “more compatible” for the farmers. The development attains significance amid reports of a serious fertiliser crisis hitting various districts of Uttar Pradesh. Fertiliser distribution is equally divided between the cooperative and the private sector. Now,…
Lucknow: Balrampur police on Wednesday exposed an inter-state syndicate that duped unsuspecting citizens of over Rs 112 crore through Chinese loan apps and arrested two of its key operatives.Based on tip-off, police raided a mango orchard on Gonda Road and arrested Aniruddh Kumar of Barabanki and Himanshu Mishra of Amethi currently residing in Lucknow. Balrampur…
Lucknow: The launch of Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) has sparked hope in Uttar Pradesh’s employment landscape, especially in Lucknow region, officials said.By July-end in the current financial year, over 94,000 people joined formal workforce and were allotted Universal Account Number (UAN), while 2,152 new firms have registered with the Employees’ Provident Fund…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt’s compilation of District Domestic Product (DDP) to assess the state’s economic development has caught the attention of other states. After a visit by officials from Rajasthan, a delegation from Assam spent two days in UP to study the processes and impacts of the DDP.In Lucknow on Aug 19 and 20,…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has refused to quash chargesheet and appointment of inquiry officer in a departmental proceeding against Kanpur CMO Dr Hari Dutt Nemi, who came in the news after a dispute with Kanpur district magistrate. “This court does not find any good ground to grant indulgence. The petition therefore…
Lucknow: A fine for late mutation of property, along with various other civil and development work, will be discussed at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation executive committee (EC) meeting scheduled, on Friday (Aug 22).This will be the first meeting after the 6 new members of EC were elected on Sunday, completing it strength of 12. The…
Explained: US Education Department’s new PSLF rules and why taxpayers benefit. (AI Image) The US Department of Education has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) introducing new regulations aimed at preventing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) programme from providing benefits to borrowers whose employers engage in illegal activities. The proposed rules seek to…
The USFDA has issued a warning against cookware from Saraswati Strips Pvt. Ltd. due to dangerous lead levels leaching into food. Marketed under the brand Tiger White, these ‘pure aluminium utensils’ pose severe health risks, especially to children, potentially causing neurological and developmental issues. The agency advises consumers to discard the products and retailers to…
Lucknow: Lucknow Municipal Corporation will consider proposals to name city roads after prominent personalities from politics, defence and science in the upcoming executive committee meeting on Aug 22.Proposal for installation of a statue of socialist leader George Fernandes, besides naming a road each after astronaut Shubhranshu Shukla and scientist Ram Baksh Singh will be tabled…
