Uttar Pradesh

People pray to Sun god at dawn; Chhat puja celebration concludes

PM Modi greets people on Chhath

6:11 pm November 20, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted people on Chhath Puja and wished happiness and prosperity for all. “Wishes to everyone in the country on the grand festival of worshipping the sun. May Mother Chhathi spread happiness and prosperity in everyone’s life,” he said in a tweet. The four-day Chhath festival began on […]

DCM Shriram ties up with Tata Trusts on menstrual hygiene

8:12 pm November 19, 2020

New Delhi: DCM Shriram on Thursday said it has partnered with Tata Trusts for raising awareness about menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls and women in and around its four sugar units in Uttar Pradesh. The company has been working on health and hygiene for the last several years under its social responsibility program. Its health […]

IndiGo resumes over 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh

11:43 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: IndiGo on Wednesday said it has resumed more than 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh. The low-cost carrier has resumed operations from four cities in Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, it said in a release. “The airline witnessed highest air travel demand from Lucknow which is directly connected to 13 domestic destinations, […]

AAP, BJP indulge in war of words on Chhath Puja

11:37 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: The AAP and the BJP were engaged in a war of words on Wednesday on the issue of Chhath Puja, with the saffron party’s Manoj Tiwari calling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “namakharam” for banning the rituals at public places. In a tweet, Tiwari lashed out at Kejriwal, saying permission was granted for […]

Rawat, Adityanath visit Badrinath temple

4:47 pm November 17, 2020

Badrinath: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath visited the Badrinath temple on Tuesday. The two chief ministers were supposed to visit the temple on Monday after attending the portal closing ceremony at the Kedarnath shrine. However, the visit had to be put off due to heavy snowfall at […]