Lucknow: The Union ministry of rural development on Wednesday approved the first instalment of Rs 1,789 crore as central funding for Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2026-27. The sanctioned amount also includes approximately Rs 1,129.55 crore of pending dues from the previous 2025-26 financial…
TNNLucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Wednesday reviewed preparations for Census-2027 and directed officials to focus on self-enumeration by citizens for more accurate results.Phase 1 of the census, which includes House Listing and the Housing Census, will be conducted between May 22 and June 20, 2026. The chief secretary said training of enumerators and supervisors…
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the opposition parties do not want to give women the right to leadership.Addressing the Nari Shakti Vandan conference in Gorakhpur, he said, “The deeds of Congress and SP have been anti-women from the beginning. Congress has always worked to obstruct the rights of…
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that her stand on women’s reservation, which was to support reserving 33% seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, still exists.In her post on X, she said, “The party’s stand that I put forward in the media on April 15, 2026, and which was also posted…
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Women’s Reservation Bill was unanimously passed in Parliament in 2023 and the BJP is now “deceiving democracy” by misleading the people on the issue.“The Women’s Reservation Bill was unanimously passed by Parliament in 2023. Still, the BJP leaders are misleading…
Lucknow: Lending a fresh push to its PDA (Pichde, Dalit and Alpsankhyak) outreach, Samajwadi Party has appointed Seema Rajbhar as national president of the party’s Mahila Sabha.The development comes barely a month after the party nominated Rukmani Devi Nishad, elder sister of former MP Phoolan Devi, as the state president of Mahila Sabha.In the political…
UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary Lucknow: UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday accused the SP and Congress of opposing the Women’s Reservation Bill to protect dynastic politics.Addressing a press conference in Noida, Chaudhary said parties thriving on family-based politics were uncomfortable with greater political participation of women. “If women take responsibility, family patronage politics…
Lucknow: The Indian Air Force on Wednesday conducted landing and takeoff drills on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur district as part activating an emergency landing facility (ELF) during the day and at night.The drills featured a wide range of IAF platforms, including frontline fighter aircraft such as Sukhoi Su‑30 MKI, Mirage‑2000 and Jaguar. Transport aircraft…
