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…
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…
Lucknow: In a groundbreaking move, the Uttar Pradesh govt has announced a pioneering project led by IIT-Kanpur to study the Ganga river’s past and chart its future with the help of the rare images captured by the American spy satellite series ‘Corona’. The initiative, launched by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), marks a…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday criticised the BJP govt for failing to implement measures to mitigate the impact of US-imposed tariffs on Indian goods. He claimed that Bhadohi’s carpet industry, Moradabad’s brassware sector and Kanpur’s leather industry are experiencing a crisis and have been left to fend for themselves.The former UP CM…
Lucknow: Two UP players, chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and batter Rinku Singh, have secured berths in the Indian squad for Asia Cup, to be played in UAE from Sep 8. The team was announced in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon.Kuldeep, who was also a part of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series in England, could not make…
