Lucknow: UP BJP state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh on Friday said the ‘Tri-Shakti’ — Shakti Kendra, robust booths, and effective mandals — will form the basis for BJP’s assured victory in the upcoming poll battles — panchayat elections next year and the 2027 assembly elections.Addressing a meeting of Shakti Centre coordinators, mandal presidents, morcha…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath carried out an on-site inspection of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS-2025) venue in Greater Noida on Friday and said the event will provide a significant opportunity to present the state’s diversity, cultural heritage, and business talent on an international level. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the event…
Lucknow: Terming Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya as the “pioneer of Antyodaya”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that his political ideas and thoughts put forward in 1950s are now being implemented on the ground through initiatives like ‘Vocal for Local’ and Swadeshi.Paying tribute to Upadhyay at an event in Mathura to mark his birth anniversary…
Lucknow: Nearly 43 lakh overnight tourists and 7.5 crore same-day returnees visited Mathura-Vrindavan, the twin holy cities in UP’s Braj Bhoomi, in 2023, according to a report. The study was conducted by the Ahmedabad-based Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) and supported by the UP tourism department.The study highlighted growth in the annual tourist influx…
Lucknow: A terrifying wildlife emergency — a tiger allegedly dragging away a 19-year-old woman in Sitapur— quickly unravelled itself as a tale of elopement and fear of ‘dishonour’. As it turned out, the woman, whose wedding had been fixed, eloped with her lover and her mother concocted the big cat story to retain the family’s…
Lucknow: As many as 12 professors from Lucknow University (LU) are among several applicants from universities across state and country who have applied for the post of LU vice-chancellor, sources in Raj Bhawan said.The Governor House had invited applications for the appointment to the post of VC and set the last date for application as…
Lucknow: Invest UP’s Germany Desk convened a high-level virtual meeting with Ajit Vinayak Gupte, ambassador of India to Germany, to accelerate German investments in Uttar Pradesh.The session was led by KV Raju, economic advisor to the chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Gupte commended the state’s investor-friendly ecosystem and emphasised the importance of engaging key trade bodies…
Lucknow: The Election Commission of India has delisted 121 registered political parties in Uttar Pradesh for failing to contest assembly or Lok Sabha elections since 2019. Chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa stated that these parties, spread across 51 districts, have lost benefits under the Representation of the People Act, Income Tax Act, and Election Symbols…
Lucknow: Artworks on Lord Ram and Lord Ganesha were displayed in an art exhibition organised by the State Lalit Kala Akademi and the UP culture department at the SLKA gallery on Friday.Artist, Bharat Bhushan Sharma from Firozabad, displayed as many as 53 artworks in the series called ‘Gajanand’. He painted different moods, emotions, stages, and…
Lucknow: The killer of his eight months’ pregnant wife Ankur confessed that he attacked her as she refused to pay him Rs 100 for alcohol, investigators said.The Gudamba police have sent Ankur, the accused of murdering his pregnant wife and seriously injuring his mother, to jail. During interrogation, the accused confessed to asking his wife…
