Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India’s spiritual tradition that has been upheld for centuries by seers and sages continues to guide humanity even today.He said this after inaugurating a cave temple in the Tarun Sagaram Tirth in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar. “Country’s spiritual tradition is a timeless saga of sacrifice and renunciation demonstrated by…
Lucknow: Charging the BJP government of setting unrealistic Special Intensive Revision (SIR) targets for booth level officers (BLOs), Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday described such assignments as “inhumane”. He said what was all the more surprising was that the BJP government was subjecting public servants to such a scenario for political benefits…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt is moving towards implementing a comprehensive strategy focused on infrastructure and industrial expansion, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.“The development of the vision document for ‘Viksit Uttar Pradesh 2047’ is ongoing, and the govt has received suggestions from over 98 lakh citizens and stakeholders so far. The majority of these…
Lucknow: World Junior Championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma and Uganda International Challenge winner Manraj Singh pulled off major upsets at the Syed Modi International Super 300 at the UP Badminton Academy on Thursday.The 16-year-old Tanvi defeated former world champion Nozomi Okuhara 13-21, 21-16, 21-19, while Manraj got the better of third seed and 2023 World…
Lucknow: A colourful venue, adorned with fairy lights leading way to a stage where literature, culture and academia took centrestage.The event was inaugurated by academician Nishi Pandey, theatre personality Sandeep Yadav, entrepreneur and movie producer Ajay Jain and founder of the festival, Prashant Kumar Singh.Pandey said, “As an academician, I often observed that I taught…
Lucknow: Basic Education department has uncovered what appears to be a systematic and multi-year embezzlement of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) funds to the tune of Rs 11 crore in Balrampur district.The FIR was lodged against district MDM coordinator Firoz Ahmad Khan late Wednesday night in Kotwali Balrampur. Khan, posted since 2008, has been booked for allegedly…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday carried out a detailed on-site inspection of the under-construction Noida International Airport at Jewar.During the visit, the CM reviewed real-time progress on key components, including the terminal building, inauguration venue, security systems, traffic arrangements, and ongoing construction activities.Calling the airport a “new identity of Uttar Pradesh’s development”, Yogi…
Lucknow: Player of the World Cup Deepti Sharma expectedly fetched big bucks at the WPL auction in Delhi on Thursday, as UP Warriorz used the Right to Match card to buy back the Indian all-rounder for a whopping Rs 3.20 crore.UP Warriorz had surprisingly released their skipper before the auction, but showing faith in her…
Lucknow: Chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Thursday that the digitisation of voter forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is progressing rapidly across UP. So far, 7.34 crore voter forms — about 48% of the total — have been digitised.Rinwa urged all voters to fill out their forms and submit them with a…
Lucknow: Akanksha Theatre Arts staged Jayavardhan’s celebrated play ‘Ghar Ka Na Ghat Ka’ at the International Buddhist Research Institute Auditorium on Thursday.The play, directed by Achala Bose, a social satire digs deep into the tension between personal desires and societal pressures. Its protagonist, Aman—played by Arun Kumar Vishwakarma—finds himself caught in the age-old obsession with…
