Uttar Pradesh government

CM Yogi Takes Action Over Ayodhya Ram Temple 'Leakage', 6 Officials Suspended

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government suspended six officials of the UP Public Works Department (PWD) and the Jal Nigam on Friday. 

Jun 29, 2024, 11:24 AM IST

UP government makes big decision on Moradabad riots, investigation report to be made public

UP government has taken a big decision regarding the riots that took place 43 years ago in Moradabad. On May 12, the Uttar Pradesh government had said that the probe report would be tabled in the state assembly. In this connection, the investigation report of the riots is going to be made public soon.

May 17, 2023, 11:00 AM IST

SC Pulls Up Yogi Govt For Imposing NSA Against SP Leader In Revenue Dues Case

The Supreme Court has quashed the proceedings under NSA against a Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh in a revenue dues matter.

Apr 12, 2023, 13:49 PM IST

UP Nagar Nikay Chunav 2023: Uttar Pradesh Govt Issues Draft Notification For Mayoral Elections With Reservation For OBC, SC

The provisional list has been issued for reserved seats for mayors of 17 municipal corporations, and chairpersons of municipal councils and nagar panchayats.

Mar 30, 2023, 19:35 PM IST

DNA Exclusive: Analysis of Yogi Govt's Ramcharitmanas Recitation Order On Navratri

In today's DNA, Zee News' Rohit Ranjan analysed the Yogi govt's decision to hold a recitation of Durga Saptashati and Akhand Ramayan during Chaitra Navratri. 

Mar 14, 2023, 23:01 PM IST

'Against Women, Dalits, Tribals...': Swami Prasad Maurya On Yogi's Ramcharitmanas Recitation Order

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said that the Yogi Adityanath govt is forced to hold the event at its own expense as people around the country have stopped reciting the Ramcharitamanas. 

Mar 14, 2023, 20:08 PM IST

DNA: Elderly affected by system dies in front of the system

In Uttar Pradesh's Sant Kabir Nagar, a 70 year old man died in front of the same system which had already declared him dead on paper. For the last 6 years, this old man was visiting government offices to falsify the death recorded in the papers.

Nov 18, 2022, 22:58 PM IST

Good news! UP Govt increases DA to 38% retrospectively, also announces BONUS for its employees

In a tweet on the official Twitter handle, UP Chief Minister office said that it has increased the dearness allowance from 34 % at present to 38% of its employees and pensioners.  Besides, UP government has announced to give a bonus of Rs 6,908 to every employee for the the fiscal of year of 2021-22.

Oct 18, 2022, 09:50 AM IST

DNA: Whose stomach is getting filled with mid day meal?

In the name of mid-day meal scheme in government schools, the system and governments of our country are playing lewd jokes with 11 crore 80 lakh children every day. A picture of this has come from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. It is seen in the video that children have been given salt with rice in the name of mid-day meal. There is neither vegetables nor pulses in their plate but this menu is not matching with the mid-day meal plate.

Sep 29, 2022, 23:32 PM IST

Allahabad University students dig pit, threaten to bury themselves over fee hike: Watch

Some of the students jumped into the five-foot pit near the protest site on the university premises and policemen had to pull them out.

Sep 27, 2022, 22:11 PM IST

Another blow to Mukhtar Ansari, gets 5-year jail in Gangster Act case

A FIR was lodged with Lucknow's Hazratganj police in 1999 and a special court had acquitted Ansari in 2020. The state had filed an appeal against acquittal in 2021.

Sep 23, 2022, 15:33 PM IST

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari sent to 7 years in jail for threatening jailer

The case dates to 2003 when Lucknow district prison jailer SK Awasthi lodged an FIR with Alambagh police alleging that he was threatened for ordering a search of the people who came to meet Ansari. 

Sep 21, 2022, 17:12 PM IST

NGT imposes Rs 120 cr fine on UP govt for river pollution, improper waste management

The green court was dealing with the issue for consideration of the remedial action against contamination of water bodies and groundwater, specially Ramgarh Lake, Ami, Rapti and Rohani Rivers in and around District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Sep 17, 2022, 16:04 PM IST

'Should not doubt all madrassas but...': Muqhtar Abbas Naqvi

The Yogi Adityanath led-Uttar Pradesh government will conduct a survey of unrecognised madrassas in the state to gather information about the number of teachers, curriculum and basic facilities available there.

Sep 16, 2022, 17:23 PM IST

Remove all MOSQUES located near temples': UP Minister Sanjay Nishad supports survey of madrassas

On the survey of madrassas in the state, Nishad said that madrassas have been found to have been connected with terrorism, and terrorists have been caught there a number of times.

Sep 15, 2022, 16:17 PM IST

‘Why same rules do not apply for mutts, gurukuls’: AIMPLB alleges bias against madrassas in BJP-ruled states

The statement by AIMPLB came against the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to conduct a survey of unrecognised madrassas in the state to gather details about the number of teachers and students, curriculum, and basic facilities available there, among others.

Sep 03, 2022, 11:35 AM IST

'You cannot keep whipping a dead horse': SC closes all proceedings in 1992 Babri demolition case

A three-judge bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka, and Vikram Nath opined that given the passage of time and 2019 verdict delivered by a larger bench of SC the contempt cases don't survive. The order comes as a relief for BJP leaders Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sadhvi Ritambara and others.

Aug 30, 2022, 18:58 PM IST

Mayawati slams demolition of house of accused in Prayagraj, calls it unjust, unfair

"By targeting a particular community, doing demolition using bulldozer, other malicious aggressive actions, crushing the protest, an atmosphere of fear and terror has been created. This is unfair and unjust. The court must take cognisance of the faulty action of targeting the entire family by demolishing the houses," Mayawati said. 

Jun 13, 2022, 14:06 PM IST

Official Twitter account of Uttar Pradesh government hacked, random tweets put out

The UP government’s official handle was hacked for at least 9 minutes at 11:21 am today. 

Apr 11, 2022, 12:27 PM IST

Yogi Adityanath's return gift to people of UP, free ration scheme extended for 3 months

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced that the state’s popular ‘free-ration scheme’ will be extended for another three months. The decision was taken at the first cabinet meeting of the Yogi 2.0 government.

Mar 26, 2022, 11:12 AM IST