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Lucknow: Amid growing concerns over LPG supply disruption triggered by the US-Iran conflict, UP govt has approved the release of over Rs 193 crore for providing free LPG cylinders to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).The approval, issued by the food and civil supplies department on March 25, will facilitate the second phase…

GORAKHPUR: A five-year-old girl from Kanpur presented a toy bulldozer to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during his morning walk at the Gorakhnath Temple on Friday.In a video posted by PTI, the child is heard saying, “Yogi ji gave me chocolate and I gifted him a bulldozer. But he returned it to me and…

UP Police uncovered large-scale violations in licensed arms sales during a month-long verification drive across Varanasi range (AI image used for representational purpose only) LUCKNOW: In a crackdown on irregularities in licensed arms sales, UP Police uncovered large-scale violations during a month-long special verification drive across Varanasi range.Supervised by DIG (Varanasi range) Vaibhav Krishna on…

Lucknow: Panic gripped the state capital on Thursday as viral social-media rumours about a fuel shortage triggered long queues at petrol pumps across the city, choking key stretches like Manoj Pandey Chauraha, La Martiniere College Road and Hazratganj.“I heard from a friend that petrol was running out, and then I got messages on WhatsApp warning…

Lucknow: This is no sweetener for Uttar Pradesh. The country’s largest sugar-producing state is facing a decline in sugarcane availability for crushing, raising concerns over a potential dip in sugar output in the 2025–26 season.The shortfall, estimated to be between 2–3%, has been attributed to an unusual spike in temperatures in Feb, followed by unseasonal…

LUCKNOW: The fuel situation in Uttar Pradesh is not a crisis of supply but one of sudden and excessive consumption, driven largely by rumours and misinformation. In Lucknow alone, daily fuel consumption on IOCL’s fuel stations jumped sharply between March 21 and March 25, rising from around 7.23 lakh litres per day to nearly 12.07…

Lucknow: Over 57,000 rural women in the state have become successful entrepreneurs by engaging in sugarcane production, the state govt said on Thursday.This has been achieved under the Advanced Sugarcane Seed Distribution Programme, launched in 2020-21 in the state. Under this scheme, 3,163 women self-help groups have been formed across 37 sugarcane-growing districts. A total…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board on Thursday announced the final selection results for recruitment to the posts of sub-inspector (confidential), assistant sub-inspector (clerk), and assistant sub-inspector (accounts) in the Uttar Pradesh Police.The recruitment process was initiated through a notification issued on Dec 28, 2023, inviting online applications for 921 vacancies across…

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the BJP was “jittery” about his party’s PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) outreach and that the issue is “haunting the saffron leadership in their dreams”.His remarks came a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath accused Opposition parties of using PDA merely as a tool to woo various…

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has ruled that a candidate cannot be deprived of a govt job merely on the basis of a pending criminal case which is of a simple nature, especially when he has himself given information about the case.A single bench of Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar passed the verdict…