Kangana Ranaut met UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Sunday (May 01). In one of the pictures, the two can be seen holding 'One District One Product' (ODOP) bag. For the unversed, in October last year, the UP government announced that Kangana Ranaut would be the brand ambassador of the ODOP program.

The portal is designed to streamline the disbursement of pension to the state government employees who retire from services.

Several Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh have made an appeal to Muslims to offer namaz at mosques in the locality and avoid public places.

Objectionable items including raw meat, threats, torn papers of sacred text and others were dumped outside the gate of mosques.

Shivpal Yadav reacted to his nephew’s remark, terming it as "irresponsible" and a statement of 'nadani' (immaturity) and dared him to sack him as party legislator instead.

With discussions on the UCC taking centrestage, UP Minister Danish Azad Ansari said the BJP government in the state will move towards implementing one law for all, "only after talking to all the parties".

Adityanath also said that accountability should be fixed for maintaining law and order at every level. He also said that permissions need to be taken to install mics.

In the last 24 hours, 103 new positive cases were reported in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 33 in Ghaziabad.

Regarding the mics being used at religious places, Yogi Adityanath said that although mics can be used, make sure the sound does not come out of the premises.

Stating that everyone has the freedom to follow his method of worship according to his religious ideology, the chief minister noted, "Although mikes can be used, make sure the sound does not come out of the premises.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, according to an official statement, issued the instructions during presentation of action plans on social security by eight departments.

According to an official, Adityanath a few days ago directed that ministers and officials should stay at the government guesthouses instead of hotels while on official tours.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's two deputy chief ministers, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also present during the meeting with President Kovind and Prime Minister Modi.

According to the Election Commission of India, the average polling percentage recorded till 4 pm was 98.11 with Rae Bareli registering the highest voter turnout at 99.35 per cent and Gorakhpur the

Polling is taking place at 739 centres, and as many as 1,20,657 voters expected to exercise their franchise.

Gorakhpur temple attack case: According to police, accused Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi was radicalized to the extent that he was even ready to die after committing crime.

The bulldozed petrol pump was located in CB Ganj locality of Bareilly. It was owned by Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam Ansari.

The decision was taken after the attack on the Gorakhnath temple.

Ahmed Murtaza, a 30-year-old IIT graduate, had on Sunday tried to enter the Gorakhnath temple premises and when the security personnel tried to stop him, he attacked them with a sickle, injuring two constables.

Additional Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said, "We are trying to ascertain every aspect that led to the incident. The arrested accused links with people or organisations is also being looked into."