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Protests over SIT report on Lakhimpur violence rock Lok Sabha

Despite the din, four questions and supplementaries were taken up till 11.30 am before Speaker Om Birla decided to adjourn the proceedings till 2 pm

SP, Congress protest against anti-farmer policies outside UP Assembly

SP and Congress legislators staged separate protests outside the UP Vidhan Sabha to register their protest against the anti-farmer policies of the BJP governments.

Ending protests, farmers vacate Ghazipur border; Tikait thanks for support

Famers camping at the Ghazipur border for over a year to protest against three contentious farm laws, on Wednesday vacated the place

Lakhimpur violence: Rahul gives seeks Lok Sabha discussion on probe report

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has given an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha for discussing the SIT report in a case of violence in Lakhimpur Kheri district of UP

Oct 3 killings in Lakhimpuri Kheri 'pre-planned conspiracy': UP SIT

The SIT of the UP police that is probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence has submitted before a court that the killing of four farmers and a journalist was a "pre-planned conspiracy"

Lakhimpur: SIT urges CJM to replace lesser charges with attempt to murder

All the accused are in judicial custody

Records log UP woman as getting second dose of Covid vaccine after death

The family of an elderly woman, who had died a week after her first dose of Covid vaccination, has been informed about the successful administration of the second dose of vaccine to her

PM Modi to attend conclave of 12 BJP CMs in Varanasi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a conclave of Chief Ministers from 12 BJP-ruled states on the second day of his Varanasi visit today

PM Modi makes midnight inspection of key development works in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspected key development works in Varanasi and said it is the government's endeavour to create the best possible infrastructure for the sacred city."Inspecting key development works in Kashi. It is our endeavour to create best possible infrastructure for this sacred city," tweeted PM Modi on 12:52 AM Tuesday.PM Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the inspection after midnight.PM Modi was seen interacting with locals and waving at people who had turned up to greet him.PM Modi chaired a meeting with the BJP Chief Ministers and Deputy chief ministers in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday."Just concluded an extensive meeting in Kashi with BJP Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers," tweeted PM Modi.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who attended the meeting, informed that the meet went on for six hours till late Monday night."Thank you Narendra Modi ji for enlightening us with your words of wisdom and vision .

Akhilesh Yadav's jibe at Modi: People stay in Kashi when end is near

The elections to the UP Assembly are due within three months and the SP claims that it will oust the BJP from power

Rahul Gandhi to take part in padyatra in former constituency of Amethi

AICC General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also join the padyatra on the same day

Uttar Pradesh invites investments in defence corridor at EXPO2020

The largest state of India, Uttar Pradesh is developing defence corridor to create a manufacturing ecosystem that will not only support the domestic defence enterprises but will also develop products for exports.The defence corridor policy is one of the major policies of the state government that is on display in the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai during the ongoing 'State Week', which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday.Outlining the business-friendly initiatives associated with the state's Defence Corridor policy, Dr Muthukumarasamy B, Special Secretary, Infrastructure & Industrial Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh said, "We are developing six nodes - Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Kanpur and Lucknow under Defence Corridor. We have strong ancillary base to support the needs of defence manufacturing and ensuring continuous supply of raw materials, labour and other needs of the industry.""The state has existing manufacturing bases .

Priyanka slams Yogi Adityanath govt over condition of 'gaushalas' in UP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over the condition of 'gaushalas' (cow shelters) in Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi's Varanasi visit begins today, to inaugurate Kashi Vishwanath Dham

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and will inaugurate phase 1 of the newly-constructed Kashi Vishwanath Dham

We have had farmers' support and we will continue to have it: UP Deputy CM

'The 15-year rule of the BSP and the SP has made this state impoverished', said Maurya

Nadda in Varanasi ahead of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor's inauguration by PM

The BJP president was received by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the airport

UP fully prepared for possible third wave of COVID-19, says CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the government is fully prepared to tackle COVID-19 in case there is a third wave. He also said India has the "best" COVID-19 management system in the world and Uttar Pradesh managed the pandemic situation the best in India. "At a time when the world is apprehensive of a third wave of COVID-19, the Centre and the UP government are fully prepared. We are conducting free tests, giving free treatment and administering vaccines free of cost, besides running a campaign to provide free food grains," he said during the inaugural ceremony of 'Nishulk Ration Vitaran Mahaabhiyaan' (free ration distribution campaign) here. The initiative intends to provide ration to about 15 crore people. Urging the people to get vaccinated, the chief minister said third wave in certain parts of the world has shown that those vaccinated against the virus were safer. "The vaccine is a 'suraksha kavach' (safety cover)," he said. Taking a jibe at the .

UP NGO turns beggars into entrepreneurs, helps them make laptops, bags

Common Man Trust, a not-for-profit in Varanasi, conceptualised the initiative 'Beggars Corporation'

BJP to return to power in UP with significant drop in seats: Survey

BJP and its alliance partners are likely to get seats in a range of 212 to 224 in the 403-member UP Assembly, says ABP News-CVoter survey

PM Modi liberated eastern UP people from curse of poverty, backwardness: CM

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that eastern part of the state has been 'neglected since independence', adding that PM Modi has liberated the people from curse of poverty and backwardness.