Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the first motor vehicle on the eway in the coming days LUCKNOW: Get ready to drive on the 63-km-long Lucknow- Kanpur expressway from June as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the first motor vehicle on it in the coming days.A large vacant…
Lucknow: Nearly 40 lakh households have opted for the self-enumeration process of Census 2027 in UP, the digital feature introduced for the first time in India’s Census exercise. Sharing details of the ongoing process, Sheetal Verma, director of Census operations and director of citizen registration in UP, said the response has been particularly strong in…
Lucknow: A youth was detained and later challaned for breach of peace after allegedly creating a ruckus at Karamat Husain Muslim Girls’ PG College in Lucknow on Wednesday during a protest over an alleged hike in second semester examination fees.SHO Mahanagar, Akhilesh Mishra said the youth, Shailendra Yadav, had reached the college campus to raise…
Lucknow: The state govt on Wed appointed Justice Ram Autar Singh, a retired judge of Allahabad high court, as the chairman of the dedicated backward classes commission for determining reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state’s three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions in view of the forthcoming rural local bodies polls.There are four members in…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said there will be no compromise on standards, quality and timeliness in development works.Reviewing the PWD’s action plan for the year 2026-27 through video conferencing with DMs, ministers and public representatives from all districts, the CM said development proposals should be prepared according to local requirements from every…
Lucknow: Angry over continuous power cuts, residents of Lucknow’s South City, Telibagh and Nilmatha areas surrounded officials of the Amausi zone at the 33/11 KV Utretia new substation on Wednesday night.The residents confronted the executive engineer and field staff over the worsening power crisis. They raised slogans against the power department and accused it of…
Uttar Pradesh BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary Lucknow: UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, accusing him and the opposition of insulting patriotic institutions and questioning the integrity of nationalist organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.Chaudhary’s retort came hours after Rahul termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home…
Lucknow: UP ministers Swatantra Dev Singh and Aseem Arun on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party and its chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that recruitment processes during the party’s tenure were marred by corruption, nepotism and caste-based favouritism.The ministers accused the previous SP govt of turning govt recruitments into a “system of collection…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP of orchestrating a “quota scam” in govt recruitments to deprive the PDA community of its right to reservation, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday listed the appointment of 69,000 teachers and 22 other govt recruitments where due quota was not offered to deserving candidates.Akhilesh distributed a booklet containing details of…
UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad Lucknow: UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad on Wednesday accused Akhilesh Yadav of pursuing appeasement politics and attempting to dilute the rights of backward classes through religion-based reservation.Addressing reporters in Lucknow, Nishad alleged that the “PDA alliance” agenda of the Samajwadi Party is aimed at diverting OBC reservation benefits towards Muslims….
