Lucknow: Tourism is fast emerging as Uttar Pradesh’s biggest engine of job creation and could play a pivotal role in powering the state’s ambition of building a trillion-dollar economy, State Transformation Commission CEO Manoj Kumar Singh said.Positioning tourism as a strategic growth multiplier rather than a standalone sector, Singh said it delivers quick, inclusive and…
Lucknow: UP is ready for grand International Yoga Day celebrations, with plans to engage around 1.42 crore students across 1.32 lakh Parishadiya Vidyalayas. In addition, over 78,000 girls from 746 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas will participate in yoga activities.Officials said collective yoga sessions will be held in schools across the state on Sunday, with participation…
Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against Hardoi’s Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Ajit Singh on allegations of demanding a Rs 5 lakh bribe from an agency involved in the recruitment of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) educators.The officer has denied the allegations, claiming that he has been implicated as part of a conspiracy orchestrated…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s population grew by nearly 8.4 crore over the past 25 years, reaching an estimated 25 crore in 2026 ahead of the 2027 Census, according to provisional estimates and past Census data.The state’s population was recorded at 16.61 crore in the 2001 Census, comprising 8.75 crore males and 7.86 crore females, while the…
Lucknow: On Saturday morning, chief minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at the Maa Bagulamukhi Temple in Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The CM was received at the Datia airstrip by former MP home minister Narottam Mishra from where he proceeded to the Pitambara Peeth. From there, the CM departed for Lalitpur where he inaugurated and laid the…
Villagers protested by blocking the road, demanding urgent improvements to pedestrian crossing safety MAU: A fatal road accident on a busy national highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district turned into hours of chaos on Saturday after angry villagers blocked the carriageway with the victim’s body and clashed with police, demanding safer crossing facilities in the…
SANT KABIR NAGAR: Three men have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 30-year-old Dalit man whose throat was slit with a sharp-edged weapon in Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar district earlier this week, police said on Saturday.The victim, Anand Kumar, a resident of Kolki village, was returning home on June 18…
UPERC revises Noida PCL surplus down by Rs 907 crore, LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has significantly revised Noida Power Company Ltd’s (NPCL) revenue surplus for FY 2023-24, reducing it from Rs 1,500.63 crore to Rs 593.81 crore, a decline of about Rs 906.82 crore, following a detailed re examination of multiple…
Om Prakash Rajbhar (L), Akhilesh Yadav (R) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar has claimed that the Samajwadi Party (SP) could witness a major internal upheaval, with Akhilesh Yadav stepping aside and Shivpal Singh Yadav taking charge of the party.Speaking to reporters in Ballia’s Bairia area on…
Employment and jobs for youth have always been on the top of the agenda of Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath when he took over the reins of the state. Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana (MYSY) is one such scheme of his which proved to be a game changer for lakhs of youth in the state….
