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UP on its way to have 5 international airports, highest for any state

The state, at present, has eight operational airports

Yogi Adityanath tweets photos of him taking a walk with PM Modi

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, two photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a stroll with his hand on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's shoulder has created quite a buzz. Sharing the photos on Twitter, Adityanath also wrote a poem about the commitment of making a new India. The photos of Modi with his hand on Adityanth's shoulder deep in conversation were snapped at the Uttar Pradesh Raj Bhavan. The prime minister, who is in Lucknow to attend the DGPs' conference, is staying at Raj Bhavan since Friday night. Adityanath had gone to meet the prime minister on Sunday morning. However, it is not known what discussion took place between them. Along with the photos, Adityanath wrote a poem in Hindi, which roughly translates to: "We have started a journey with a pledge, dedicating our mind and body, to make the sun rise; rise high above the sky and make a new India". Retweeting the tweet, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said, "Moving towards comprehensive .

Sugarcane arrears in UP down to Rs 3,895 crore in 2020-21: Govt

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said cane arrears in Uttar Pradesh have reduced to Rs 3,895 crore from Rs 10,661 crore in 2017. Goyal, who is the Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, virtually inaugurated 50th Convocation Ceremony of National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, according to an official statement. In his inaugural address, Goyal stressed the need to increase productivity and production of sugarcane to boost farmers' income. Goyal said the sugar industry will help increase income of lakhs of farmers in India by raising productivity. It should be the resolve of the institute and its students to increase the productivity and value addition in 50 lakh hectares of land under sugarcane farmers, the minister said. He said the institute and its students have the ability to change lives as well as livelihoods of lakhs of farmers. Goyal highlighted that the country's sugar exports rose 20 per cent to .

Purvanchal Expressway to be backbone of eastern UP economy: Yogi

The CM said the project's foundation was laid in 2018 and was completed in barely 19 months despite Covid Pandemic

SC adjourns hearing in Lakhimpur Kheri case till Nov 15 on UP govt request

Supreme Court granted time till Monday to UP government for apprising its stand on the suggestion that a former judge of a different HC should monitor the SIT probe in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence

To avoid air pollution, UP asks farmers to use stubble to feed stray cattle

The Yogi Adityanath-led UP government has asked farmers to feed stubble to stray cattle instead of burning it in the fields

Jinnah row: 'Read books again,' says Akhilesh Yadav to detractors

The SP chief on Saturday sought to defend his widely criticised statement

Jitin Prasada, Nishad, 2 others administered oath in UP Legislative Council

Four new members of the UP Legislative Council were administered oath at a function on Wednesday

Ashish Mishra, arrested for Lakhimpur violence, hospitalised with dengue

Ashish Mishra, son of union minister Ajay Mishra Teni and the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, is reportedly suffering from dengue and has been hospitalised

UP govt seems rattled with Priyanka Gandhi's popularity: Congress

The Congress claimed that Uttar Pradesh government's actions suggest it is rattled with the Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's popularity

Priyanka Gandhi meets family of man who died in police custody in Agra

The Congress leader on Wednesday night met the family members of the man who died in police custody in Agra

UP Governor hands over cheques worth Rs 2.83 crore to SHGs in Ghaziabad

Governor Anandiben Patel on Sunday said women are playing a vital role to curb the dowry system

Previous governments in UP encouraged rioters: CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath on Sunday attacked the previous governments and alleged that they encouraged rioters

Bahraich, Shravasti seeing fast pace of development: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath said the people of both districts have elected representatives who are working towards the development of their area

Anti-incumbency against Yogi govt in UP, will not retain power: Baghel

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said that there is an anti-incumbency in UP against the Yogi Adityanath government and it will not retain power in the state after the Assembly polls next year

Lakhimpur Kheri: Tikait urges govt to "immediately arrest the culprits"

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday urged the government to immediately "arrest the culprits of the Lakhimpur massacre".

Lakhimpur Kheri: Sidhu marches to UP, demands union minister's son's arrest

Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has demanded the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son in connection with the death of farmers during violence in Uttar Pradesh

Protesters can't be silenced through murder: Varun Gandhi on Lakhimpur case

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday posted a video purportedly of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and said the protesters cannot be silenced through murder asking for accountability for the farmers.

UP: Rs 45 lakh for Lakhimpur Kheri victims' kin, probe by retd HC judge

Uttar Pradesh announced a retired High Court judge will probe the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and that it will give Rs 45 lakh compensation to the families of the four farmers killed in the incident

Lakhimpur Kheri: UP govt urges Lucknow airport not to allow Baghel to land

UP government has urged Lucknow airport not to allow Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder S Randhawa to land ahead of their scheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri today