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Cabinet clears proposal for escalator law

LUCKNOW, Feb. 6 -- The cabinet on Monday cleared the Uttar Pradesh Lift and Escalator Bill, 2024, that seeks to regulate operation and maintenance of the vertical transport in high-rise buildings in t... Read More


Four minors among six killed as car falls into ditch in Kanpur

KANPUR, Feb. 6 -- Six people, including four minors, were killed after a car in which they were travelling lost control and fell into a roadside ditch on Secundara-Sandalpur road in Kanpur Dehat distr... Read More


Fresh plea seeks survey of remaining cellars

VARANASI, Feb. 6 -- Days after the Varanasi district court ruled that puja can be performed in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque here, the main plaintiff in the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case o... Read More


Baghpat court rejects Muslim side's plea over land claim

MEERUT, Feb. 6 -- Civil judge (junior division) in Baghpat district Shivam Dwivedi on Monday rejected the petition of the Muslim side staking its claim over 36 bigha land in the 54-year-old Lakshagrih... Read More


Justice Arun Bhansali takes oath as Chief Justice of Allahabad HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel on Monday administered oath to Justice Arun Bhansali as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. The oath was administered in the Chief Ju... Read More


Coming up! 1,000-acre textile park on Lko-Hardoi Road

Lucknow, Feb. 6 -- In a bid to give a big push to the flagging looms sector, the Yogi Adityanath government on Monday earmarked Rs 400 crore for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Powerloom Vidyut Flat Rate Yoj... Read More


Lucknow's super speciality healthcare gets "special care"

LUCKNOW, Feb. 6 -- Medical education institutes here, which have been reeling under considerable patient load for several years now, got a major push in the budget for quality research and expansion p... Read More


Rs 400 cr for medical college, Rs 100cr for ropeway in Kashi

VARANASI, Feb. 6 -- The Varanasi and Vindhya regions have received impetus worth several hundreds of crore rupees in the state budget presented by finance minister Suresh Khanna on Monday. An amount ... Read More


Prayagraj gets Rs 2,500 crore for Mahakumbh-2025 preparations

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 6 -- With a mega budget allocation of Rs 2,500 crore for the forthcoming mega religious fair of Mahakumbh-2025, Prayagraj emerged as a major gainer following announcements and budget a... Read More


Highest ever allocation for old age pension

Lucknow, Feb. 6 -- Social welfare and security, especially for weaker sections, have emerged as major thrust areas of the Yogi 2.0 budget. The decision to earmark Rs 7377 crore, the highest ever alloc... Read More