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UP Assembly adjourned briefly, SP MLAs walk out

3:27 pm February 14, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for 20 minutes on Friday as the Samajwadi Party and Congress members created an uproar over the alleged failure of the BJP government to control law-and-order in the state. As soon as the House met for the day, Opposition members wanted a discussion on law and order, which, […]

UP govt relaxes norms for web portals to get DAVP advts

3:24 pm February 13, 2020

Lucknow: In a boost to digital media coverage, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced its amended web media policy under which portals with 50,000 hits will get government advertisements. The changes to the original web media policy of 2016 were approved last week at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister […]

Weather mostly dry in Uttar Pradesh

11:10 pm February 12, 2020

Lucknow: The weather was mostly dry across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, with state capital Lucknow recording a minimum temperature of 8.6 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature in Lucknow was 24.8 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological department, Shahjahanpur was the coldest place in the state at 6.2 degrees Celsius.

Curtains come down on DefExpo, UP minister terms it ‘historic’

11:39 pm February 9, 2020

Lucknow: As the curtains came down on the five-day DefExpo on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh Industries minister Satish Mahana termed it historic and said it will pose a challenge to future organisers. DefExpo-2020 was held at the Uttar Pradesh capital city from February 5-8 with the theme ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’. “This DefExpo can […]

Shaheen Bagh protest: Occupation of public ways not acceptable, says SC

UP police crushing anti-CAA protest in Aligarh: Sumaiyaa

11:34 pm February 9, 2020

Aligarh (UP): Noted Urdu poet Munnawar Rana’s daughter Sumaiyaa has alleged police high-handedness in “crushing the anti-CAA protest” at Eidgah here. Addressing women protesters who have been agitating against the new citizenship law since the past 22 days, she said on Saturday, “We are holding all-women protest which is totally peaceful and is our democratic […]