Uttar Pradesh

"During Holi, we often say 'Bura na mano Holi hai' and this is what I would like to tell Rahul Gandhi. My message to him is 'Bura na mano Holi hai and BJP is coming back to power again'," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function. Referring to Rahul Gandhi's remark on the "end of democracy in India" in London, Maurya said while democracy has not ended in India.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said, "What is the government trying to conceal by eliminating the accused through encounters?' He further said, "The deceased was a BJP member, and a UP minister has been accused in a money deal. What is the government trying to hide in this case? Will the government initiate a probe against the minister?"

"Immediately after Holi, we will initiate paperwork and get necessary permission from court after which Atiq will be brought to Prayagraj for interrogation in the Umesh Pal murder case," he added. Atiq has been identified as the master conspirator of the murder of Umesh Pal and two police guards.Mafia don-turned politician Atiq Ahmad will be brought to Prayagraj from the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad next week.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.