In November last year, Adityanath had said that Bhansali was no less guilty than those issuing threats to actors & others involved with the film & asserted that if there is any action, "it will be against both the sides"

Lashing out at the filmmaker, Yogi Adityanath had said that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was "habitual of playing with public sentiments".

Adityanath said that had the Congress laid more emphasis on development, Amethi would not have languished.

Addressing the crowd in his bastion on the last of three-day celebrations, Adityanath said that opposition leaders are victim of misapprehension and that the people of Gorakhpur have organised the event at its fullest.

PM Modi, in an apparent reference to the recent heated exchanges between Karnataka CM and Yogi Adityanath on the microblogging site Twitter, jeered Siddaramaiah saying "Yogi has defeated many with his skills".

"Our ISRO scientists have made us proud yet again. ISRO today created a century in satellite launching. Farmers, fishermen & scientists of the nation will be helped in getting ground details with this success", the PM tweeted.

“We believe that changing colours will not change anything...It is only the colour of development that is permanent...Instead of doing anything for people’s welfare, the BJP is involved in works that divert attention,” Yadav said.

In last 10 months, 31 criminals have been gunned down by police in 921 encounters and more than 2000 goons were sent behind the bars. Also three police personnel have lost their lives in encounters.

Adityanath said development would not gain momentum in Karnataka unless there was synchronicity in the thinking process between the BJP-ruled Centre and the state’s chief minister.

The move comes after the Allahabad High Court ordered the removal of loudspeakers from religious places, in an attempt to curb the increasing noise pollution.

On Friday, when the boundary wall was painted saffron, it triggered an immediate storm even while the ruling party leaders said "not much should be read" in the development.

As Adityanath was headed to Lok Bhawan for an event, the man who had camouflaged himself with the waiting media at the gate, tried to leap in front of the Chief Minister's car when the cars arrived.

According to sources, Governor Ram Naik has okayed the withdrawal of "many cases" based on recommendations sent by the ruling BJP in the state.

The case against Adityanath, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Sheetal Pandey and 10 others was filed at Gorakhpur’s Pipiganj police station in May 27, 1995 for holding a meeting in violation of prohibitory orders.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director Mangu Singh also graced the event. After the inauguration, all the dignitaries, including PM Modi, took a ride on b

For the last 29 years, chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh had been avoiding visits to Noida because of the widespread superstition that any CM visiting Noida loses his or her seat soon after.

A united Opposition expressed apprehension that the UPCOC Bill, 2017, could be misused against political adversaries and the press and demanded that it be sent to the select committee of the House for scrutiny.

The BSP opposed the Bill saying UPCOCA “will be mostly used for suppression of poor, Dalits, backward classes and religious minorities.

In the past, at all occasions where the head of the government or of the state was there, non-vegetarian dishes were always served.

It is said that the CM and Azam Khan reached the Assembly at the same time. The two met each other before entering the corridors. It was then that the photographers shot Yogi and Azam walking inside the House holding each other’s hands.