Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh wrote to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with a proposal to organise Assembly-level review meetings of central and state govt welfare schemes, coupled with direct beneficiary interactions. Singh’s initiative aims to enhance transparency, accountability and public trust in govt programmes.Singh emphasised that schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Swanidhi Yojana, Mukhyamantri Awas…
Lucknow: UP BJP state general secretary (organization) Dharampal Singh on Wednesday said that a strong Shakti Kendra happened to be the crucial link between the Mandal and the booth, and its strengthening would empower the party at the grassroots.Addressing meetings of Mandal presidents and Shakti Kendra convenors in Jaunpur and Machhlishahr, as well as Scheduled…
Lucknow: The UP BJP will mobilize gym and fitness trainers across the state as part of a broader youth centric campaign during the upcoming ‘Sewa Pakhwada’ (service week) scheduled to be organised from the PM Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday on Sept 17 till Gandhi Jayanti on Oct 2.The campaign, proposed to be carried out by…
Ayodhya: Ancient Ramayan manuscripts available in various regions and geographies will be sourced and presented at the Ram Katha Park museum in Ayodhya. The museum will depict the life and journey of Lord Ram since his childhood and is being constructed close to the Saryu river.In a statement on the concluding day of the three-day…
Lucknow: As part of its strategic foreign outreach, Invest UP has established a dedicated Germany Desk under its country desk initiative to foster targeted international partnerships.In a key milestone, the desk held a virtual meeting with Invest in Bavaria, the official investment promotion agency of Bavaria, one of Germany’s leading economic states. ACEO, Invest UP,…
Lucknow: The arrest of the lone AAP MLA in Jammu and Kashmir Mehraj Malik is likely to spark protests across UP in the coming days. Senior AAP members suggested that the targeted action against its single MLA in the state indicates that BJP considers AAP a bigger threat than Congress.As party MP and UP incharge…
Tollywood actor Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas has put his career on the line with his upcoming horror film Kishkindhapuri. While promoting the film, the actor made a bold statement that he would walk away from the industry if the audience failed to stay engaged. ‘I will leave the film industry’ Confident that the film will grip…
Lucknow: The 23 cooperative sugar mills of the state are on the verge of completing cent-percent-cent cane payment to the farmers for the 2024-25 cane crushing season.The data of the cane department shows that out of the total due of Rs 2,730.59 crore, the cooperative mills have made a payment of Rs 2,724.09 crore. This…
Lucknow/Bahraich: A five-year-old girl was dragged away and mauled by a wolf in Paragpurwa village of Bahraich on Tuesday night.The forest officials said that the girl was attacked by a wild animal but did not confirm the predator to be a wolf till reports last came in.The girl’s body was recovered from a field nearly…
Frederick Forsyth’s Icon gave an interesting insight into how the Western-backed powers-that-be elicit regime changes in countries that don’t buy into the “rules-based international order.”In the book, published in 1999 – which almost reads like prophecy today – an ex-MI6 spymaster recruits a former CIA operative to go deep into Russia to destabilise the rise…
