LUCKNOW: With a 361% rise in footfall in the past eight years, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the most preferred destination for domestic tourists. Leading the push is the holy trinity of Kashi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya.Good times seem to have found a new home and definition in the post-pandemic world with Uttar Pradesh becoming its…
By: Mahendra Kumar SinghLUCKNOW: The city which was caught in a time warp for decades suddenly seemed to have got the escape velocity after 2017, when its MP Yogi Adityanath became the chief minister of the state. It has been a story of total transformation since then…Gorakhpur, nestled on the banks of the Rapti and…
LUCKNOW: At least six devotees were killed on Wednesday morning at Mirzapur’s Chunar railway station when the Kalka Mail Express ran over them. According to initial reports, 7–8 pilgrims were struck by the speeding train around 9:30 am on Platform No. 3, leaving 6 people dead and several others critically injured. The exact death toll…
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hit out at the RJD-Congress alliance and said the people who robbed the rights of the poor and usurped animal fodder can never serve the interests of Bihar.He was in Bihar on the final leg of his campaign before the first phase of polling on Nov 6. Addressing a public…
Lucknow: As of Tuesday, the state govt had received 72,99,281 suggestions and pointers for the Viksit Uttar Pradesh-2047 Vision Document.The programme, which allows citizens to participate in the drafting of the Vision Document, is open till Nov 15, with govt targeting one crore inputs from citizens by then.Of the over 72 lakh suggestions, 57,93,313 have…
Lucknow: BJP has directed its functionaries to stay vigilant in ‘sensitive’ pockets while coordinating with the Election Commission during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise which began on Tuesday. Sources in BJP said that the party has asked its booth level agents (BLAs) to reach out to voters and help booth level officers (BLOs) in…
Lucknow: Enterprise Incubation Centre (EIC) of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow on Tuesday partnered with Legaxy, a next-generation sports, media, and entertainment firm, and cricketing icon Bhuvneshwar Kumar to establish the first-of-its-kind sportstech, eSports, and gaming accelerator in India.The initiative will nurture early-stage ventures working at the intersection of sports technology, gaming, eSports, and…
Lucknow: A 12-year-old Class 7 student allegedly hanged himself at his house in Nigohan on Tuesday. The incident eerily echoes a similar tragedy from 2.5 years ago when the boy’s father also died by suicide.SHO Anuj Kumar Tiwari said Ansh lived with his mother Poonam, who works as a domestic help. On Tuesday morning, she…
Lucknow: Special children won hearts through their dance performances, plays and drama at a programme titled ‘Hum Bhi’ organised by Human Unity Movement at International Buddhist Research Centre on Tuesday.Children from a shelter home Snehalaya staged a play ‘Nasha Kaise Nasha Hua’ in which it was shown how recklessly people are consuming drugs, alcohol, cigarettes,…
Lucknow: The state govt on Tuesday announced a recovery relaxation of 1% on milling of non-hybrid paddy – a move which is being seen as a step to incentivise paddy procurement in the ongoing Kharif marketing season.Announcing the decision, finance minister Suresh Khanna told reporters that millers and artisans engaged in milling are expected to…
