The remarks come after the raids on perfume trader Piyush Jain in Kanpur
The representatives of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) attended the meeting of the Election Commission
A delegation of the ECI led by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra held a review meeting with the state's senior officials in Lucknow to asses the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll preparedness
The BJP will win more seats in western Uttar Pradesh compared to the last assembly polls, and the farmers' protest had no bearing on public sentiment in the region, minister Anurag Thakur asserted
Financial intelligence teams probing the recovery of around Rs 200 crore during raids in Kanpur-Kannuj have now found that perfume and compound businessman Piyush Jain has links across 50 countries
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit a number of districts including his bastion Gorakhpur to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects on Wednesday.The Chief Minister is scheduled to take part in programmes in Lucknow, Farrukhabad, Amroha and Gorakhpur today.Starting his day, Yogi is taking part in a programme at 10 am at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Centre, KGMU, Lucknow.He will then have dialogue in the conference of cooks and instructors of the Basic Education Department. The Chief Minister will also take part in the foundation stone laying programme and inauguration of new schools.From Lucknow, the Chief Minister will move to Farrukhabad where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 174 development projects worth 196 crores.He will also participate in BJP's Jan Vishwas Yatra and address a public rally after which he will attend a program at Christian Inter College, Farrukhabad at 12 noon.The Chief Minister will visit ..
The ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation
An official witness, accompanying the DGGI raid team at businessman Peeyush Jain's residence in Kannauj, has claimed that the money was recovered from the two underground bunkers on the premises.
Following a surge in COVID-19 cases, Uttar Pradesh has been declared as a COVID-affected state.Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad in an order dated December 27, said that the decision has been taken after assessing the situation.Prasad in the order said that under Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Public Health and Epidemic Control Act, 2020, the entire state has been declared as COVID-affected.The announcement will be in effect till March 31, 2022 or till further orders are given, whichever is earlier, it read.It is pertinent to mention that the state has imposed night curfew in view of rising Omicron cases from December 25 onwards. The duration of the night curfew is 11 pm to 5 am.According to Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh reported two cases of Omicron, both of whom have recovered from the virus.
He alleged that development work took a hit under the SP government as it was busy protecting goons
He took a swipe at the SP over the income tax raids against a Kanpur-based perfume trader allegedly linked to it
The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh
A team of the ECI will be on a three-day visit to the poll-bound state of Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday to take stock of the poll preparedness ahead of the Assembly elections in 2022
The Excise Department in Uttar Pradesh has issued licences for establishment of 12 distilleries, three breweries, 12 microbreweries and 97 sanitizer units in the state
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur on Tuesday and inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project at around 1.30 pm
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday cautioned people not to allow certain forces wanting to disturb peace in this pilgrim city to succeed. Without naming any party, he said, Inhe vote to mil nahin rahe (they are not getting votes), therefore, they are trying to disturb the peace of this pilgrim city where people are offering their prayers peacefully and normal life is going on. Mathura ko Muzaffarnagar na banane dena (foil the bid of people who want to spoil the atmosphere of Mathura like Muzaffarnagar), Tikait, who is the national spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, said. He warned the people of such elements. Do not fall in their trap. Otherwise more people will become unemployed since employment opportunities will get a jolt and Mathura will be in riots, Tikait said.
GST officers have arrested perfume trader Peeyush Jain and seized more than Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from his house in Kanpur, the Finance Ministry said on Monday
As good news, India's most populous state shows highest incremental performance between 2018-19 and 2019-20.
The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the period 2019-20 (as reference year)
For one who has thrown up the biggest cash haul in the history of the country, Piyush Jain can easily be mistaken as just another common man