Category: Uttar Pradesh

Mathura: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Mathura on Friday and offered prayers as devotees gathered to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. During his visit to the temple, Adityanath greeted devotees participating in the festival and showered flower petals on people gathered at the religious site. Mathura, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Lord Krishna, witnessed elaborate celebrations as temples across the city were decorated and devotees participated in special prayers and rituals. Yogi highlights relevance of Krishna’s teachings Addressing the gathering in Mathura, the…

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Mathura: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami that India’s civilisational and spiritual traditions had survived centuries of invasions and attempts to erase its cultural identity. Speaking from Mathura, the Chief Minister said foreign invaders may have destroyed temples, but they could not weaken the devotion of the people or bring an end to traditions associated with Lord Krishna, Radha and other revered figures. Yogi Adityanath inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 229 development projects worth ₹1,051 crore in Mathura. The package…

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Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh is stepping up efforts to establish itself as a global hub for defence manufacturing, with Kanpur emerging as a key centre under the next phase of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC). A Kanpur Regional Defence Workshop, organised in partnership with the state government and Observer Research Foundation (ORF), brought together government officials, defence manufacturers, researchers, investors, policymakers and MSME representatives to discuss investment, research, technology development, skill training and greater participation of local industries in the defence sector. The discussions focused on developing Kanpur’s existing…

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will organise a month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ from September 17 to October 17, 2026, to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 25 years in public life. The campaign will focus on public service, healthcare, cleanliness, environmental conservation, blood donation, social participation and nation-building. The state government plans to take the initiative beyond district headquarters and organise programmes across villages, gram panchayats, nyaya panchayats, urban areas and major cities. Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay has been appointed the Uttar Pradesh…

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is seeking to turn cow dung from gaushalas into a source of clean energy, organic fertiliser and rural employment under a new initiative aimed at linking cow protection with the state’s rural economy and self-reliance goals. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Uttar Pradesh Go-Seva Commission and Partners in Prosperity (PNP), a technical support system will be developed to promote the conversion of cow dung from gaushalas into biogas, organic fertilisers and bio-inputs. A key component of the initiative will be the creation of a…

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Mathura: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presented a major package of development projects and welfare benefits to residents of Braj a day before Janmashtami, inaugurating the newly developed Swami Haridas Auditorium and distributing assistance to thousands of beneficiaries under various government schemes. The Chief Minister inaugurated development projects worth ₹1,051 crore covering 229 works during an event in Mathura. He also honoured saints and interacted with beneficiaries, women from self-help groups and representatives of the Uttar Pradesh Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad. The programme combined infrastructure development with welfare initiatives,…

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has recorded a major expansion in urban sanitation infrastructure under the Yogi Adityanath government, with the number of individual household toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban crossing the nine-lakh mark. According to government figures, Uttar Pradesh had 309,924 individual household latrines (IHHLs) in urban areas by 2017-18. Since then, construction has accelerated significantly, with the total number of household toilets now reaching 900,113. The figures indicate that nearly 5.90 lakh additional household toilets have been built since 2017-18, expanding access to safe and dignified sanitation facilities…

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath  launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party over the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC), alleging that the project had become a symbol of corruption under the previous government. Addressing a gathering after unveiling a grand equestrian statue of freedom fighter Veerangana Avanti Bai Lodhi in Lucknow, Adityanath said the JPNIC project was originally estimated to cost around Rs 200 crore but remained incomplete despite an expenditure of Rs 864 crore. “The Rs 864 crore spent on JPNIC belongs to the people of…

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Bareilly: The upgraded version of the UCIL laboratory in the Department of Plant Science at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJPRU), Bareilly, equipped with advanced research facilities and state-of-the-art instruments, was inaugurated jointly on Sunday by University Vice-Chancellor Professor K.P. Singh and Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Director of IIT Ropar. Several high-end and modern research instruments have been installed in the laboratory with financial assistance provided by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). The new equipment has significantly strengthened the laboratory’s research capabilities, placing it among the advanced facilities available at…

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