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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…

Lucknow: As the floor trembles under the weight of two wrestlers locked in a bout, the crowd leans in with rising anticipation. At first, the chants favour the local contender. But as the tide turns and Erfan Hosseinzadeh Shali executes a decisive move, the same voices shift applause breaking out across the arena. In desi…

Lucknow: Scores of nurses, technicians, resident doctors, transplant coordinators and supporting staff , who have played a significant role in successful organ retrieval for various transplant procedures undertaken by SGPGI, were felicitated at an official programme organised by department of surgical gastroenterology on Wednesday.The programme underscored importance of complex, multidisciplinary coordination and extensive step-wise processes…

Lucknow: As the floor trembles under the weight of two wrestlers locked in a bout, the crowd leans in with rising anticipation. At first, the chants favour the local contender. But as the tide turns and Erfan Hosseinzadeh Shali executes a decisive move, the same voices shift applause breaking out across the arena. In desi…

Lucknow: In a major step towards strengthening women’s safety and empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, the govt led by Yogi Adityanath is set to launch 25 new One Stop Centres in April, taking the total number of operational centres to 121, including two new centres each in Lucknow, Jaunpur, Sonbhadra and Gautam Budh Nagar.Through these One…

Lucknow: With the arrest of nine people, including the kingpin, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) busted an organised cheating racket involved in manipulating competitive examinations by using forged Persons with Disabilities (PwD) certificates and deploying writers, officials said on Wednesday.The action was carried out following specific intelligence inputs regarding irregularities in the CBSE-conducted…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s tourism sector has shifted from a “graveyard economy” to a “temple economy” driven by faith, heritage and festival-led development, said minister Jaiveer Singh on Wednesday.“The change was not merely symbolic but reflected a broader economic restructuring in which tourism emerged as a major growth engine. State govt now treats tourism as a…

Lucknow: Slamming the BJP govt over media reports that the state has signed an MoU related to Artificial Intelligence projects worth Rs 25,000 crore with a company which has an annual turnover of just Rs 50 lakh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said such ill-informed decisions were taking a toll on the chief…

Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal directed divisional commissioners and district magistrates to carry out an immediate survey of crop after last week’s unseasonal rain and said that compensation should be released under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).Addressing the officers via video conferencing on Wednesday, the CS said that a special fitness and safety…