Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Wednesday directed district magistrates and divisional commissioners to publicise the Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rojgar and Ajeevika Mission (Rural): Viksit Bharat- G Ram G Yojana, the new version of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.The CS directed them to hold special meetings in all gram sabhas on…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has formally asked the state power regulator for permission to recover the cost of smart meters from consumers. Interestingly, it came shortly after power minister Arvind Kumar Sharma told the Vidhan Sabha that no existing electricity user would be charged for installation and maintenance of smart prepaid…
Lucknow: One among 12 candidates who scored a perfect 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT 2025) is from UP. Three candidates from Delhi secured 100 percentile, followed by two each from Haryana and Gujarat.Among top 12 candidates—two females and 10 males—there is one each from Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra and UP. Discipline-wise, three…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the Noida International Airport at Jewar will be inaugurated in January 2026, adding that it will be the state’s fifth international airport. Speaking on the final day of the Winter session of the state Assembly, the chief minister highlighted the rapid expansion of aviation and…
GONDA: A junior clerk has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor on the pretext of marriage and cheating her of around Rs 7 lakh, police said. The accused, identified as Ashish Singh, allegedly came into contact with the victim in September 2022 when she was 16. She had visited the treasury office, where Singh…
LUCKNOW: An FIR has been registered against 48 people in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district for allegedly obtaining voter identity cards using forged documents, police said on Wednesday. The case was lodged at the Asmoli police station on a complaint filed by Bilalpat village lekhpal Gunnu Babu. According to the complaint, the accused were booked under…
Lucknow: The Road Safety Mitra programme and the ‘Rahavir’ scheme are being promoted to prevent road accidents in the state.Following the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s directives, the activities under these two schemes have been increased in all districts of the state. The objective of these schemes is to spread road safety awareness among youth and…
Lucknow: A week after his appointment as the UP BJP chief, Pankaj Chaudhary has begun reaching out to his predecessors and the old guard, in a bid to bolster the organisational command ahead of next year’s panchayat elections and 2027 UP elections.Chaudhary, sources said, plans to meet all former UP BJP presidents and senior party…
Lucknow: At a time when public representatives have been complaining that govt officers often do not pay attention to their issues, receive their calls or respond to their problems, minister for social welfare Asim Arun has written to his department, directing them to meet public representatives regularly and ‘benefit from their suggestions and experience’.Calling public…
Lucknow: Opposition MLAs criticised the ruling BJP dispensation over the issue of the deaths of 10 BLOs, who, they alleged, died due to the growing pressure of the ongoing SIR exercise.The issue, which was raised by Congress and SP MLAs under rule 56 of the UP assembly, led to a heated debate between the opposition…
