Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand calls off Kanwar Yatra, UP keeps it on
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to ensure that only a minimum number of people should participate in the annual Kanwar Yatra and strict implementation of Covid protocols, particularly social distancing, must be ensured. While the Uttarakhand government has called off the Kanwar yatra, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to go ahead with the same but with Covid safety protocols.
UP on track to beat Covid as active caseload drops below 1.5K
Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday witnessed the steepest decline in the number of fresh cases as the state logged below 60 new infections for the first time in over four months. This is the lowest single-day tally recorded in the state since February-end. The active caseload in Uttar Pradesh has come down to 1,479, of which 1,186 people are under home isolation, while the percentage of active cases as against the total confirmed cases is just 0.1 per cent.
Will create imbalance: VHP objects to UP's proposed 1-child policy
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission, seeking removal of the one-child norm from the draft of its Population Control Bill. In a two-page letter, the VHP said that it agreed with the objects of the draft Bill but certain sections need to be reconsidered as they go 'beyond the said objectives'.
38 killed in lightning strike in UP, Yogi orders relief
At least 38 people were killed in eleven districts of Uttar Pradesh, after being struck by lightning, thunder and rain. The deaths occured on Sunday evening. Fourteen people died in Prayagraj, five in Kanpur Dehat, three each in Firozabad and Kaushambhi and two each in Unnao and Chitrakoot after lightning struck them.
IAS officer who hit UP journo, makes peace with victim
The video journalist who was allegedly thrashed by chief development officer (CDO) Divyanshu Patel during panchayat polls here, has finally accepted truce. The journalist, Krishna Tiwari, and the officer were also seen offering sweets to one another. A photo of this also went viral on social media. The journalist Tiwari said that the officer had unknowingly hit him due to some confusion and had apologized for his deed.
Yogi Adityanath unveils new population policy for UP
Through the proposed policy, efforts will be made to increase the accessibility of contraceptive measures issued under the Family Planning Programme and provide a proper system for safe abortion and on the other hand, through improved health facilities, efforts will be made for population stabilization by providing accessible solutions to impotence/infertility and reducing the infant and maternal mortality rate.
UP: Yogi is numero uno as BJP sweeps block level polls
The victory is proof of the BJP's immense presence in rural Uttar Pradesh and will make it easier for the ruling party in the next year's assembly elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president J.P. Nadda, union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari were among those who took to Twitter to congratulate Yogi Adityanath on this 'unparalleled and stupendous' victory.
UP panchayat polls have lesson for opposition
The biggest lesson is that a divided opposition will not be able to realize its dreams of returning to power. The deep fragmentation between Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress will not only ensure the return of the BJP to power but will leave the opposition completely deflated.
'C' in Cong stands for 'cunning': Mayawati
Mayawati's statement comes after Congress had flayed the party alleging that the "B" in BSP stood for the BJP. "The 'B' in BSP stands for 'Bahujan' which includes Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and religious minorities. This group is in majority and that is why it is termed as 'Bahujan'," the BSP supremo said in a tweet.
Panchayat poll results show farm protests have no impact in western UP: BJP
The saffron party has won all the Zila Panchayat polls except one in Baghpat, but also won Muzaffarnagar, the home district of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait. The saffron camp believes that the result has built a positive atmosphere in favour of BJP among voters and cadre ahead of next year's polls and also exposed the so-called farmer leaders.
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