Stone idol of goddess Annapurna, dating back to the 18th century has been, brought back to India from Canada in the national capital on Thursday.

The job fair is being organised by the Noida Authority, the Greater Noida Authority and the Yamuna Expressway Authority, they said.

A massive sampling campaign is underway in the Zika virus affected areas of Kanpur.

According to mythological stories, Badaun was named after Ahir prince Budhh.

The construction work of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project was initiated by the Adityanath government on November 15, 2019. The Kanpur Metro Rail Project has been completed in less than a span of two years.

BSP won't have any "chunavi samjhauta" (poll agreement) with any party. We'll contest on our own. We're entering into agreement with people of all sections of society to bring them together -this alliance is permanent. Don't intend to enter into alliance with any party, party chief Mayawati said in a presser.

Yogi Adityanath had earlier directed officials to run the 'Vishesh Sanchari Rog Niyantran Abhiyan' (special communicable diseases control campaign) and the 'Dastak' campaign in a proactive manner, the government said.

According to the government spokesman, the chief minister has directed the authorities to ensure that people do not face any problem in getting permission to organize fairs since it was an "integral part of our culture and tradition".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met a group of people who had left Kairana in 2016 and returned later.

Earlier Samajwadi Party chief said that "Baba Mukhya Mantri (Yogi Adityanath) should not contest an assembly seat, he is already on his way out." The CM then said, " "Babua, ye Twitter hi vote bhi de dega,"   

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also sought to defend his Muhammad Ali Jinnah remark as he hit out at his detractors, asking them to read history books again.

On the law and order situation, Yogi Adityanath said the state has set an example and during the past four years there was no riot and all festivals, including Diwali, were celebrated peacefully.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter and shared the certificate of Guinness World Record for the largest display of oil lamps.

As part of Deepotsav, the UP government is lighting over 12 lakh diyas (earthen lamps), nine lakh of which will be lit on the banks of the Saryu, bettering the previous Diwali record.

Adityanath, who is in Ayodhya to attend the Deepotsava programme, said, "We have made the impossible possible with the beginning of construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The world said it was impossible. But we made it possible." He termed it as the victory of the belief of the Indian population and power of democracy.

Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav's act of glorifying Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah is shameful and portrays the Samajwadi Party chief's Talibani mentality.

"Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is powerful and no other country can dare to take a look at India," said UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

The Chief Minister said that a mixture of Gangajal and the Kabul river water was poured at the Ram temple construction site as per the PM's instruction.

Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati's birth anniversary is marked on February 6.

Akhilesh Yadav said that no matter what strategy the BJP draws up for the upcoming Assembly elections, people have made up their minds to oust the party from power.