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  UP government issues chargesheet against IPS officer Amitabh Thakur

  India | July 15, 2015 18:06 IST

  Lucknow:   Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who had lodged a complaint against SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for allegedly threatening him, was today slapped with a chargesheet by UP government accusing him of dereliction of

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  Sacked Mizoram Governor says he had "feelers" to topple Uttarakhand, UP govts

  Politics | April 08, 2015 17:56 IST

  Bhopal: Aziz Qureshi who was recently removed as Governor of Mizoram, has claimed that he received “feelers” to topple the Harish Rawat and Akhilesh Yadav governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh respectively when he was

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  UP Govt doing politics over farmers' relief: BJP

  Politics | April 07, 2015 21:39 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today accused the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh of doing politics on the issue of relief to farmers affected by unseasonal rains and asked it to carry out early assessment of

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  UP govt assures of foolproof security to Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | March 17, 2015 18:38 IST

  Lucknow: In the backdrop of alleged snooping on Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government today assured that it will ensure “foolproof” security of the Congress general secretary as he is an MP from

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  UP govt running several people welfare schemes: Akhilesh

  Politics | January 22, 2015 20:31 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that his government is running several schemes for the progress of farmers and poor people which will lead to an improvement in their condition.  “There would

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  Ayodhya: Ram Lalla temple contributes Rs 300 crore to UP govt coffers

  India | January 22, 2015 15:22 IST

  New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh government has  earned a gigantic amount of Rs 300 crore from the devotees who visit Ayodhya to worship the idol of Ram Lalla kept at the disputed spot in 1992.It was

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  Filmmakers to get financial assiatance for shooting in UP

  Bollywood | October 21, 2014 17:32 IST

  Lucknow: In a bid to promote film production in Uttar Pradesh, the government has decided to provide Rs one crore if 50 percent of a film's shoot takes place in the state besides other such

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  Raj Babbar attacks UP govt over 'deteriorating' law and order

  Politics | October 15, 2014 23:28 IST

  Ghaziabad: Congress leader and former MP Raj Babbar today attacked the Uttar Pradesh government for “deteriorating” law and order situation in the district.  The actor-turned-politician has expressed his concern to the UP Director General of

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  UP govt transfers 11 IAS, 18 IPS officers

  India | October 14, 2014 21:07 IST

  Lucknow: In a major reshuffle, Uttar Pradesh government today transferred 11 IAS and 18 IPS officers, including district magistrates and police chiefs of several districts.Principal Secretary (Labour) Shailesh Krishna has been given additional charge of

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  Asian Games: UP govt to give Rs 30L to Asian Games gold medal winners from state

  Other Sports | October 03, 2014 16:49 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced a reward of Rs 30 lakh each for Indian women relay race team member Priyanka Panwar and men's hockey team member Danish Mujtaba, both hailing from

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  UP to have metro in more cities

  India | September 16, 2014 10:24 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to run metro rail in Meerut, Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi, after pushing for a similar project in Lucknow, an official said Tuesday.Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has asked officials

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  UP Govt removes VAT on bicycles costing less than Rs 3500

  India | September 15, 2014 13:12 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced exemption of VAT for bicycles costing less than Rs 3,500."A large number of population in the state uses bicycles as their mode of conveyance specially farmers,

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  Love Jihad: High Court asks UP govt, EC to file response

  India | September 04, 2014 14:34 IST

  Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court today gave 10 days time to the UP government and the Election Commission to file a response on a PIL seeking direction to restrain the use of word ‘Love Jihad'

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  No proximity of Saharanpur violence accused with Akhilesh Yadav, says UP govt

  Politics | August 02, 2014 14:03 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday trashed news reports that claimed proximity of Saharanpur violence accused Moharram Ali aka Pappu with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.Rubbishing picture of the accused with Akhilesh that were published in

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  UP government sets up committee to probe Saharanpur clash

  India | July 31, 2014 21:27 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today constituted a committee to probe the incidence of violent clash in Saharanpur on July 26, which left three persons dead and over 30 injured.The committee headed by PWD Minister Shivpal

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  UP govt removes Advocate General

  India | July 31, 2014 16:13 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has removed Advocate General (AG) Vinay Chandra Mishra from his post.“From July 29 Uttar Pradesh Governor has relieved Vinay Chandra Mishra, Advocate General, from his post,” said a notification issued

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  UP government fully prepared for drought-like situations: Akhilesh

  India | July 16, 2014 22:20 IST

  Lucknow: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the UP government is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality of drought-like situations in some districts of the state, and has also sent a report to

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  UP govt sanctions more funds for Muzaffarnagar riot victims

  India | July 11, 2014 11:04 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned an additional amount of Rs 3.28 crore for providing relief to riot victims, district authorities said here today.The state government has released more fund of Rs 3.28 crore

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  UP Govt asked to pay monetary relief in fake encounter case

  India | July 07, 2014 16:49 IST

  New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to pay monetary relief of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of Rakesh alias Chache, who was killed in

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  UP govt approves Dilshad Garden-New Bus Stand Metro line

  India | June 11, 2014 21:53 IST

  Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh government today approved the proposed 9.41 km-long Metro extension from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad.  The line, which is expected to cater to over one lakh commuters over