For the first time, the Uttar Pradesh government will verify the genuineness of the registered paddy farmers before it begins procurement this year. read more

Ever since the Narendra Modi government at the Centre scrapped the erstwhile Planning Commission of India to replace it with NITI Ayog in 2014-15, the fate of the UP state planning commission has remained uncertain. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s July 21 rally in Shahjahanpur, a part of Terai belt and the state’s biggest grain market, from where the party looks forward to connect with the rural Uttar Pradesh. read more

Governor Ram Naik, who will complete four years in office on July 22, has been giving his report card annually and he will do so this year too. read more

Around 40 activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) barged into the office of Saint Andrew’s College and allegedly assaulted the proctorial board staff and teachers. read more

When chief minister Yogi Adityanath chose senior IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey as the state’s chief secretary, the move signalled he was tightening his grip on the administration and building his team to expedite delivery of government schemes in the... read more

Eight bodies have been recovered from rubble of buildings in Greater Noida, many more feared buried. Two Uttar Pradesh officials have been suspended. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a whirlwind campaign in Uttar Pradesh these days but one of his biggest challengers in the state, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, will go into campaign mode after the monsoon gets over. read more

The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it will bring a Bill in the Assembly seeking to revive anticipatory bail, which was withdrawn in UP during the Emergency in 1975. read more

Over a year after the Goods and Services Tax rollout, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as one of the top performers in terms of filing of returns by dealers and consequent revenue collection. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to eastern Uttar Pradesh during which he will inaugurate development projects worth about Rs 28,000 crore. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considering another change of guard in Uttar Pradesh, and may appoint an Other Backward Class (OBC) politician as the party’s president read more

During his two-day tour in UP, PM Modi will inaugurate development projects and address rallies in Varanasi, Azamgarh and Mirzapur. read more

The Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath Mahavidyalaya was set up in 1999 in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal when Adityanath was a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur read more

At the 30th Mango Festival 2018, in Delhi, the participating mango-growers across India displayed newer varieties of the fruit besides the usual hits such as Langra, Chausa, Rataul, Hussainara, Ramkela, Kesar, Fazri, Mallika, and Amrapalihat. Being organised in the Capital since 1988, this year’s edition had over 500 varieties of mangoes displayed by participants from Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

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