Seven nomination papers from the Gorakhpur seat and six from Phulpur were rejected leaving 10 and 24 candidates, respectively, in the fray after scrutiny of names was undertaken, the state election office said.

Uttar Pradesh has signed 1,045 pacts worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore on the first day of the UP investors' summit, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

PM Modi announced that the government would establish a defence industrial production corridor in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore that would also generate 250,000 jobs.

CM Adityanath said he would himself oversee that the MoUs signed are executed, and those who are coming to invest in the state get all the facilities.

The Summit is first such event by the Yogi Adityanath government, showcases investment opportunities and potential across various sectors in Uttar Pradesh. President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the valedictory function on the second day.

In an exclusive interview to India TV, Yogi Adityanath pointed out that no communal incident had taken place in Uttar Pradesh in last 11 months of his party’s rule.

The Government of Uttar Pradesh is organising Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit on 21st - 22nd February 2018 in Lucknow city.

Bastions of the ruling BJP, both seats were vacated after UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya resigned to take posts in the state legislative assembly.

The budget will be in the interest of all sections of society...MSME, roads and power, all will be taken care of, Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal said.

Speaking in the House during the Zero Hour, CM Adityanath pointed toward the opposition and said everybody knew who gave patronage to criminals.

SP secretary Rajendra Chaudhary said the state government was creating an atmosphere that there has been a complete turnaround in Uttar Pradesh's investment scenario after the BJP came into power.

"When we said let's conduct a cheating-free exam (then) 10 lakhs students dropped out. This is the figure until now. I don't know what will happen in future," Adityanath said.

Earlier speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Adityanath had said, "The opposition leaders' ... rude, unparliamentary, indecorous and indecent behaviour... is despicable."

Addressing a public gathering, Yogi Adityanath attacked the Congress, the SP and the BSP for allegedly exploiting and dividing voters through caste politics and appeasement to suit their needs.

Justice B K Narayana dismissed the petition filed by Rasheed Khan, at whose instance an FIR was registered against Adityanath and others at police station Kotwali Gorakhpur, against the Sessions Court verdict.

“Our government is committed to provide security to each and every citizen. Anarchy has no place in the state,” Chief Minister Adityanath said, his first comments on the clashes.

According to police, some unidentified people hurled stones at a motorcycle rally taken out by volunteers of VHP and ABVP on the Mathura-Bareilly highway.

Adityanath has long been advocating to free the state from the “politics of caste and appeasement” which he claimed had been rampant during the last 15 years.

Stressing the need for quality education, the UP CM expressed disappointment over the fact that the country was not able to utilise energy of those “misguided” in ‘rashtra nirman’ (nation building).

Netanyahu was received by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Kheria Airport.