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Lucknow: Pickleball took a major step forward in Lucknow with the city’s first-ever franchise-based pickleball league, the Pickleball Premier League (PPL ’26), completing its official Player Auction at Hotel Clarks Avadh. Hosted by Playwell Sports Ventures, the high-energy event brought together franchise owners, mentors, athletes and sports enthusiasts for an afternoon of strategic bidding and team-building. The auction began at 3 pm and saw 10 franchises select their squads from a pool of 100 players, including 20 national-level athletes who travelled from different parts of the country. With a cumulative…

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Lucknow: Dr. Balkar Singh, IAS, Chief Executive Officer of the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA), conducted an inspection of the Kursi Road Industrial Area along with representatives of the Indian Industries Association (IIA), reviewing a range of measures aimed at improving infrastructure, facilities and the overall industrial environment. The inspection was attended by senior IIA office-bearers, including Pramit Kumar Singh, Capt. Rajesh Tiwari, Alkesh Chandrasoti, Udit Garodia and Vivek Garg, besides other industrialists and association representatives. From UPSIDA, Regional Manager Sujeet Kumar Srivastava, Engineer Pradeep Kumar, Mohammad Tausif…

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Gonda: A meeting of district office-bearers of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Rural Sanitation Workers Union was held at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Irrigation Department Guest House in Gonda to finalise preparations for a proposed Tiranga Yatra in support of the employees’ demands. The meeting was chaired by union district president Raghavendra Tiwari and conducted by district general secretary Devmani Shukla. Addressing the meeting, divisional president Narsingh Narayan Pandey said the Tiranga Yatra would be organised on August 20 following a call from the state leadership. He said the major…

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Gonda: Chief Development Officer (CDO) Dayanand Prasad, along with the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Tarabganj and the District Disaster Management Expert, inspected flood-affected villages, including Ailipurasauli, in Tarabganj tehsil on the directions of District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan. The officials assessed the prevailing flood situation and interacted with residents to understand their problems and immediate requirements. They assured villagers that the district administration would provide all possible assistance to flood-affected families and that there would be no shortage of relief measures. During the inspection, officials visited various hamlets where floodwater had…

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Gonda: Uttar Pradesh Technical Education and Consumer Affairs Minister and Gonda’s in-charge minister Ashish Patel visited flood-affected Aili Parsauli village on Wednesday, inspected the affected areas and distributed relief material among families impacted by flooding. During the relief distribution programme, Patel handed over 500 flood relief kits to affected families. He also provided cheques of Rs 5,000 each to six farmers whose agricultural land had been affected by river erosion. Two Lekhpals engaged in flood relief operations were also provided with essential relief material. The minister praised the district administration…

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Gonda: A seminar on “Contemporary Relevance of Tulsidas Literature” was organised at the Lalita Shastri Auditorium of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Degree College, Gonda, to mark Tulsidas Jayanti. The programme featured noted Hindi scholar and former Head of the Department of Hindi, Prof Shailendra Nath Mishra, as the chief guest and keynote speaker. Addressing the gathering, Prof Mishra described the Ramcharitmanas as a “constitution of human life” and discussed the global relevance of Tulsidas’s literary works. He also referred to differing views regarding the birth of Tulsidas and highlighted the…

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Gonda: Two economically vulnerable families, including one belonging to a person with disability, received relief after approaching the public hearing, or Janata Darshan, organised at the Gonda Collectorate. Following verification of their eligibility, ration cards were issued to both families on the directions of District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan. During the Janata Darshan, Divyang resident Triveni, son of Shiv Bachan, from Baseya Chain village in Pandri Kripal development block, and Saroj Kumari, wife of late Puttan, from Barbatpur village in Haldharmau development block, approached the District Magistrate with their grievances. Both…

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Gonda: The Gonda unit of the Congress observed the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi at the Congress Bhawan with a tribute meeting and discussion highlighting his contributions to India’s technological and social development. The programme was organised under the direction of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai and Awadh Zone in-charge Abdul Hannan. The event was led by Gonda city Congress president and councillor Shahid Ali Qureshi. The programme began with the garlanding of Rajiv Gandhi’s statue and the offering of floral tributes.…

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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state has undergone a “360-degree transformation” over the past nine years, emerging as one of India’s leading and most promising investment destinations. Addressing a roundtable meeting with CEOs and business leaders of leading companies during the UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026, the Chief Minister thanked investors for their growing interest in Uttar Pradesh and assured them of full government support in setting up and expanding their businesses in the state. Yogi invited Japanese and other global investors to become partners in…

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Saryu river 3 metres below danger mark in Bahraich, Ken-Yamuna well below danger mark in Banda — life normal for now Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh directs officials to keep roads unobstructed and remain fully prepared for heavy rainfall Lucknow: In compliance with the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Dinesh Pratap Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Horticulture, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Foreign Trade and Agricultural Exports, reviewed the flood and waterlogging situation in Bahraich and Banda, the two districts under his charge. On Sunday, from the conference room of…

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