Aiming to be $1-trillion economy, UP asks 10 Indian embassies for space to promote ODOP

Aiming to be $1-trillion economy, UP asks 10 Indian embassies for space to promote ODOP

The UP government is expediting efforts to boost international reach of its flagship One District One Product (ODOP) scheme that has come to occupy a lion’s share in the state’s exports as it also eyes a larger target of reaching $1 trillion economy size over the next five years. The scheme promotes traditional industries in … Read more

Lulu Mall, Lucknow opens to record 1 lakh visitors; Funtura, Hypermarkets become major attractions

Lulu Mall, Lucknow opens to record 1 lakh visitors; Funtura, Hypermarkets become major attractions

LuLu Mall, Lucknow witnessed a record-breaking footfall of over one lakh people on its opening day. LuLu Group’s flagship, Lulu Hypermarket, and the largest indoor family entertainment center, Funtura, became the major points of attraction for visitors. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated the mall. Built with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore, spread … Read more

BJP candidates file nominations for UP Legislative Council polls

BJP candidates file nominations for UP Legislative Council polls

BJP’s nine candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Thursday filed their nominations for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections. The nominations were filed a day after the party announced the names of the nine candidates for the polls. The nominations were filed in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union minister … Read more

RS polls: Eight BJP candidates file nomination from UP

RS polls: Eight BJP candidates file nomination from UP

Eight BJP candidates filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other senior party leaders. Those who submitted papers included BJP’s OBC Morcha national president K Laxman, former BJP state president Laxmikant Vajpayee, Mithilesh Kumar, Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal, Surendra Singh Nagar, … Read more

After Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura appear to be waking up: Yogi

After Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura appear to be waking up: Yogi

After the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the temple town of Kashi appears to be waking up, as are Mathura, Vrindavan, Vindhyavasini Dham and Naimish Dham, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday. There has been no communal riot in the state, he told the BJP‘s one-day state executive meeting in Lucknow and … Read more

In UP Budget, lion’s share earmarked for religious and cultural projects in Kashi, Ayodhya, Vindhya, Chitrakoot

In UP Budget, lion’s share earmarked for religious and cultural projects in Kashi, Ayodhya, Vindhya, Chitrakoot

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath highlighted the provision to set aside Rs 100 crore for preparations for the 2025 Maha Kumbh soon after the 2022-23 annual Budget was tabled in the Assembly. The Rs 6-lakh-crore Budget’s religious, regional, and cultural focus was evident as Adityanath highlighted the government’s aim to present the upcoming Maha … Read more

Yogi intervenes as Maurya, Akhilesh get personal while discussing work in house

Yogi intervenes as Maurya, Akhilesh get personal while discussing work in house

The second day of the budget session in UP legislative assembly saw a remark by deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya evoke an angry retort from SP chief and leader of opposition Akhilesh Yadav, compelling chief minister Yogi Adityanath to intervene. Yadav spoke at length for about an hour in the assembly, where he highlighted, … Read more

UP CM Yogi Adityanath gives papers for land and house to 63 Hindu Bengali families

UP CM Yogi Adityanath gives papers for land and house to 63 Hindu Bengali families

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday distributed letters of approval for land and houses under the state’s CM Awas Yojana to 63 Hindu Bengali families who had fled Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1970 and have been trying to lead a settled life in India since then. Two acres of land (for agriculture), 200 … Read more

With CM busy chasing opposition on bulldozer, jungle raj prevails in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

With CM busy chasing opposition on bulldozer, jungle raj prevails in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, With Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath left chasing the Opposition on a bulldozer, the state has been caught in the “grip of anarchy and jungle raj”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Saturday. Yadav made the allegation in the wake of five members of a family found dead in their home in … Read more

SP’s RS MP Sukhram Yadav meets Adityanath, triggers speculations of crossover to BJP

SP’s RS MP Sukhram Yadav meets Adityanath, triggers speculations of crossover to BJP

The Samajwadi Party‘s Rajya Sabha member Sukhram Singh Yadav has met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here, triggering speculations he might switch over to the BJP. During the meeting at chief minister’s residence here on Thursday, Yadav was accompanied by his family including son Mohit, who had recently joined the BJP. On being asked … Read more