Uttar Pradesh News

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lights a ceremonial lamp during the foundation stone-laying ceremony of 12 development projects at Lucknow Cantt, in Lucknow on Sunday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak also present Lucknow: Lucknow Cantonment’s decision to rename five markets dating back to the British era after freedom fighters and national … Read more

CM Yogi Adityanath and defence minister Rajnath Singh pay tribute to Rani Avantibai on Sunday Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) built in Lucknow is a living monument of corruption under Samajwadi Party govt and added that the party turned the centre into a base for its … Read more

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday Lucknow: Stepping up attack on BJP govt, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a swipe on the chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s recent promise that one lakh youths would be provided jobs in the next few months … Read more

Lucknow: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president and Union minister Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday urged party workers to strengthen the organisation in Awadh and eastern Uttar Pradesh.Addressing a felicitation programme organised by party leader BK Shukla at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Chaudhary described the gathering as an important opportunity for direct interaction with party workers and asked … Read more

Thakur ji Maharaj temple in Ramnagar area of Firozabad where renovation and restoration work is in its final stages Lucknow: As part of govt’s push to expand its Krishna tourism circuit beyond Mathura and Vrindavan, tourism-related facilities at five temples in Firozabad are being upgraded at a cost of Rs 7.26 crore.Announcing this on Saturday … Read more

Lucknow: Frustrated by prolonged power cuts, Gonda villagers reached a power substation and made a junior engineer place his hand on ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ and admit how many hours of electricity was supplied in a 24-hour day.The unusual protest took place at the Katra Bazar power substation around 8.30 pm on Friday. A video of the … Read more

Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan honours J Sanjay Kumar Lucknow: J Sanjay Kumar, 39, an Indian Railway Traffic Service (2015 batch) officer posted as deputy chief vigilance officer of North Central Railway, was presented an alumni award by the Vice-President of India for his contribution to society.The award was given during the Founders Day celebrations organised by … Read more

Lucknow: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of eminent Hindi litterateur and Padma Bhushan awardee Bhagwati Charan Varma, his grandson, author and poet Chandra Shekhar Varma, submitted a proposal to defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh, requesting that Badshah Nagar railway station in Lucknow be renamed ‘Bhagwati Charan Varma Railway Station’.The proposal was … Read more

Lucknow: Raksha Bandhan celebration was organised by Maa Janaki Seva Nyas at City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar on Sunday.Chief guest and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Awadh prant pracharak, Kaushal Kishore, said, “Raksha Bandhan not only celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters, it symbolises trust, responsibility, respect, social unity and protection too and it is the … Read more

The victim, identified as Dhirendra Pratap Singh, a resident of the PGI area and originally from Unnao LUCKNOW: A 40-year-old transporter who had gone missing from Sushant Golf City was found murdered with two bullet injuries on Sunday, with police detaining his driver and an aide in connection with the crime.The victim, identified as Dhirendra … Read more