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Confident Yogi highlights post-2017 transformation from 'policy paralysis' to 'unlimited potential'

Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- Brimming with confidence on being firmly in the driving seat, chief minister Yogi Adityanath pitched for Viksit Uttar Pradesh in the state budget 2026-27 tabled in the assembly her... Read More


Afghanistan-Iran trade tops $5 billion, boosting provincial economies

Kabul, Feb. 12 -- Trade between Afghanistan and neighboring Iran has surged, with officials reporting that the total volume of commercial exchanges between the two countries has reached approximately ... Read More


Uttar Pradesh budget: Performance, prudence pave way for long-term goals

Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- The Yogi Adityanath government's 10th budget speaks of its performance and financial prudence for now amid the challenge of taking Uttar Pradesh ahead on the path of development ev... Read More


SIT reaches Sabarimala temple for fresh sample collection in gold theft probe

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 12 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged loss of gold from artefacts at the Sabarimala temple reached the hill shrine on Thursday to collect fresh sample... Read More


Uttar Pradesh budget: rRs.r43,565.31 crore earmarked for new demands, panchayati raj dept, PWD top gainers

LUCKNOW, Feb. 12 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed Rs.43,565.31 crore or 4.77% of the total budgetary outlay in the schedule of new demands (SND), giving a lion's share of Rs.10,695 crore t... Read More


Uttar Pradesh budget: Cause of empowering the differently abled gets a fillip

LUCKNOW, Feb. 12 -- The state budget for 2026-27 has proposed Rs.2,140 crore for welfare schemes for persons with disabilities (PwD), an 8% increase when compared to the 2025-26 budget. A sum of Rs.6... Read More


UP Budget: Focus on green hydrogen, too

LUCKNOW, Feb. 12 -- Uttar Pradesh has allocated Rs.25 crore for research, development and innovation in green hydrogen. The state budget, tabled by finance minister Suresh Khanna, proposed the funds ... Read More


Fillip for Ayodhya, Naimisharanya; UP to get 5,000 new homestays

Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- Out of the Rs.950 crore announced for tourism development in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has proposed Rs.500 crore to be spent under the Chief Minister Tourism Development ... Read More


AI phobia, US jobs data wipe out Rs.4 trillion for IT shareholders in six weeks

New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- India's top six IT services firms shed a staggering Rs.4.14 trillion in market cap since 1 January, as fears of artificial intelligence wiping out top tech projects batter... Read More


Manufacturing sits as engine of growth for India's ambition of USD 35 trillion economy by 2047

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Manufacturing today sits as the engine of growth for India's ambition to become a USD 35 trillion economy by 2047, with reforms, sectoral initiatives, and resilient supply chains... Read More