Uttar Pradesh
UP to set new record in sugarcane payments to farmers
The milestone has been achieved in the six years since the Yogi Adityanath government came to power for the first time in March 2017. According to sugar industry and cane development minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan, Rs 65 crore for the current crushing season was transferred to farmers on Monday after which the total dues paid over the last six years crossed the Rs 2 lakh crore.
UP to get new Vidhan Sabha soon
He said he was optimistic that the 18th Assembly, whose term ends in 2027, will be able to have a few sittings in the new building. The Speaker said funds have been set aside for this project and work will begin soon. The UP government is likely to hire a consultant to design the new Vidhan Sabha.
MP from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi becomes AICC member from UP
Only AICC's elected members can cast vote in the Congress working committee elections. Congress sources said that the people of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, mainly the Congress supporters, want Rahul Gandhi to again contest from Amethi, which used to be a Congress stronghold before Smriti Irani defeated the former Congress chief from there in the 2019 general elections.
Azam Khan, son get 2 years in jail
A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad has sentenced senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan to two years in jail in a 2008 case. The two were, however, later granted bail. A case was registered against Azam Khan, his son, and seven others at Chhajlet police station of Moradabad district on January 29, 2008, after SP leaders staged a dharna on the road to protest checking of Azam Khan's car by the police.
Govt has brought policies to encourage investors in healthcare sector: Mandaviya
"Health is today being linked with development because only a healthy society can become a developed society," he said in his address to the plenary session of the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit. The session discussed the progress and way forward on priorities in the healthcare and medical education sector.
UP will drive India's growth: PM Modi
PM Modi said that developments were happening in the fields of electricity, connectivity and infrastructure in the state, only after the switch of power in 2017. Adding that the change took in just six years, he said that Uttar Pradesh had become a centre of hope for the entire country. Modi said that there was a time when UP was referred to by the acronym 'Bimaru.
PM Modi to inaugurate UP global investors' summit on Feb 10
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also dedicate two road projects to the nation - the Santacruz Chembur Link Road and the Kurar underpass project. Modi will then inaugurate the new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, also in Mumbai, during his day-long visit.
BJP wins 4 out of 5 seats in UP MLC election
The BJP won the seats of Gorakhpur-Faizabad block graduate, Kanpur block graduate, Bareilly-Moradabad block graduate, Allahabad-Jhansi block teacher and Kanpur block. The BJP contested against the SP for these seats.
Honoured Mulayam Singh even though he ordered firing on kar sevaks: UP Minister
He also questioned party chief Akhilesh Yadav's silence on the controversy. Calling them narrow-minded, he said it reflected in their behaviour. "The BJP has a large heart-this is evident from the fact that we gave Padma Vibhushan to Mulayam Singh Yadav even though he had ordered firing on kar sevaks in Ayodhya. Our leaders have a big heart and forgiving nature," he told reporters in Etawah.
Why Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a one-man army
A key player in the Ayodhya movement, he was a one-man army for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh at that time - the party then had minimal presence on the political centre stage in the state. Born in Gonda in 1957, Singh's interest in politics began as a college student in the 1970s.
Advertisement