Current goal in sight, UP urges Centre to raise paddy procurement bar

LUCKNOW, Jan. 31 -- Unlike wheat where Uttar Pradesh has struggled to meet procurement targets in recent years, the state has continued its robust performance in paddy procurement, nearly achieving th... Read More

UP roads turn deadlier: 13% spike in mishap deaths in 2025, a blow to 2030 vision

LUCKNOW, Jan. 24 -- Road accidents claimed 27,205 lives in Uttar Pradesh in 2025, an increase of 3,087 deaths or 12.8% over 2024, marking the sharpest annual rise in recent years and dealing a blow to... Read More

UP Diwas-2026: From United Province to Uttar Pradesh, state keeps on reinventing itself

LUCKNOW, Jan. 24 -- As Uttar Pradesh prepares to mark its official birthday on Saturday (January 24) once again, the occasion offers more than ceremonial value. First formally celebrated in 2018, the ... Read More

Monkey menace in UP continues to grow amid two departments' turf war

LUCKNOW, Jan. 10 -- Even as complaints of monkey attacks, damage to property and disruption to daily life continue to rise across cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh, a bureaucratic deadlock between the... Read More

End of the road?: UP commercial tax dept orders review of its mobile squads' utility

LUCKNOW, Jan. 7 -- Is it the end of the road for the state commercial tax department's enforcement mobile squads in Uttar Pradesh much like the border check posts-long seen as centres of corruption we... Read More

Only 12% consumers enrol in OTS as power theft dues touch rRs.r6,367 cr in UP

LUCKNOW, Jan. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh's one-time settlement (OTS) scheme for power theft has received a tepid response, with just 12% of eligible consumers enrolling despite substantial waivers on offer. ... Read More

UPPCL internal data: In UP, 80% of 37.47 L prepaid smart meters run despite negative balance

LUCKNOW, Jan. 4 -- Even as smart prepaid electricity meters are promoted nationally as a guarantee of uninterrupted cash flow for power distribution utilities and a solution to chronic bill defaults, ... Read More

Centre revises cab aggregator rules: Same-sex driver choice, tipping option for passengers

LUCKNOW, Dec. 28 -- Passengers can now tip their cab drivers after completing a ride and choose a driver of the same gender, following amendments notified by the Centre to the Motor Vehicle Aggregator... Read More

IIT-Kanpur, IIT-BHU to anchor UP's green hydrogen research

LUCKNOW, Dec. 16 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has approved establishment of two Centres of Excellence (CoE) for green hydrogen, selecting university-led consortia in Kanpur and Varanasi-Gorakhpur u... Read More

Can consumers choose between postpaid and prepaid power meters?

LUCKNOW, Dec. 2 -- A recent RTI reply from the Centre has left unanswered the key legal question of whether consumers can choose between prepaid and postpaid electricity meters. While citing subsequen... Read More

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