Category: India

Gonda: A group of political workers staged a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Gonda, burning his effigy near Ambedkar Chauraha, close to the District Magistrate’s office. According to local party leaders, several leaders and workers in the district had been placed under house arrest amid the protests. Despite the security arrangements, district vice-president Jaichandra Singh, along with Mangli Yadav, Dr Asif Parvez, Vishal Nirbhik, Meraj Ahmad, Sachin Satyendra, Shivam and Aman, reached Ambedkar Chauraha and burnt an effigy of the Chief Election Commissioner while raising slogans demanding…

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Gonda: The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) has provided financial support to the family of a deceased insured person in Gonda, with District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan handing over a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the beneficiary during the Collectorate’s public grievance hearing. During the Janata Darshan at the Collectorate, the District Magistrate and Lead District Manager (LDM) Vinod Tiwari presented the insurance amount to Poonam Tiwari, wife of late Brij Kishore Tiwari, a resident of Vadipur in Itiyathok. PMJJBY is one of the Central Government’s social security…

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) has released the final selection result for the 41,424 Home Guard posts under the Home Guards Enrollment-2025 recruitment process. More than 25.32 lakh candidates had applied for the vacancies. The district-wise merit and selection lists are being made available on the board’s official website, uppbpb.gov.in. Candidates can check their selection status and relevant district-wise lists online. The recruitment process began with an advertisement issued on November 18, 2025. Candidates subsequently went through a written examination, document verification, physical standard test…

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Umri Begumganj, Gonda: A motorcycle yatra launched from Vadnagar in Gujarat and travelling to Varanasi as part of the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday reached the Tarabganj Assembly constituency on Saturday. The yatra received a grand welcome at Sisai intersection under the leadership of Tarabganj MLA Prem Narayan Pandey. The riders were also welcomed at Belser intersection before the main programme was organised at the BJP public relations office in Tarabganj. Katara MLA Bawan Singh, Gaura MLA Prabhat Verma and MLA Vinay Kumar Dwivedi joined…

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Lucknow: The 22nd meeting of the State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Food Processing Industry Policy-2023 was held under the chairmanship of Deepak Kumar, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh Government. The meeting reviewed the latest progress under the policy, new investment proposals, financial incentives and various matters concerning food processing entrepreneurs. The policy aims to attract investment, generate employment, promote exports and increase farmers’ incomes by encouraging value addition to agricultural produce. According to the progress report presented at the meeting, 1,975 applications had been received…

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Lucknow: The Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Lucknow, under the Uttar Pradesh Department of Science and Technology, will organise a special night-sky observation programme on October 4, offering astronomy enthusiasts and the public an opportunity to observe Saturn at opposition. During opposition, Earth lies between the Sun and Saturn, placing the planet opposite the Sun in the sky. Saturn will rise in the eastern sky around sunset and remain visible through most of the night, reaching a considerable altitude around midnight. On October 4, the planet is expected to shine at approximately…

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Lucknow: The Basic Astrophotography Workshop organised by the Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Lucknow, under the Uttar Pradesh Department of Science and Technology, concluded successfully at Bappa Shri Narain Vocational Post Graduate College (K.K.V.) on Saturday. Held from September 25 to October 3, the workshop aimed to introduce students to the fundamentals of astrophotography while encouraging interest in astronomy and promoting a scientific outlook. A total of 23 meritorious students participated in the programme. During the training, participants learned about astrophotography equipment, camera techniques, selection of celestial objects, photography procedures and methods…

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Lucknow: Special Gram Sabha meetings were organised across all Gram Panchayats of Uttar Pradesh on October 2 to mark Gandhi Jayanti, with officials and employees overseeing discussions on the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan (VGPP) and rural development initiatives. The Viksit Bharat–G Ram Ji Yojana was prominently discussed during the meetings, with villagers informed about its key provisions and implementation framework. The programme was organised by the Rural Development Department in accordance with detailed guidelines issued following the directions of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and the Government…

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Gonda: District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan heard grievances of residents during the Sampoorna Samadhan Diwas held at Gonda Sadar Tehsil on Saturday and directed officials to ensure the timely and quality disposal of all complaints. A total of 135 applications were received during the public hearing, of which five were resolved on the spot. The remaining 130 complaints were forwarded to the concerned departments with instructions to resolve them within the prescribed timeframe and submit action-taken reports to the tehsil. The District Magistrate directed officials to constitute teams for grievance resolution…

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Gonda: Congress workers in Gonda celebrated the appointment of senior MLA Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ as the new president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC), with party workers distributing sweets and welcoming the organisational change. The Congress announced on October 2 that Mishra, a three-time MLA from Rampur Khas and former Leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Uttar Pradesh, would replace Ajay Rai as the state unit chief. The party also appointed Saharanpur MP Imran Masood as working president, while Virendra Chaudhary was named Leader of the Congress Legislature…

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