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Election of MLCs by MLAs: After Rajya Sabha nominations, BJP, SP face another numbers game in UP

LUCKNOW, Oct. 22 -- The political manoeuvring witnessed during the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month could find an echo in the upcoming polls to 10 Legislative Council seats, w... Read More


HC order on panchayat elections brings rural politics back into focus

LUCKNOW, Oct. 17 -- The Allahabad high court's categorical order on October 14 directing Uttar Pradesh government to hold three-tier panchayat elections within next three months has brought rural poli... Read More


Unseasonal rain: Over 6.18 lakh insured farmers report crop losses in UP

LUCKNOW, Oct. 13 -- As many as 6,18,327 farmers insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in Uttar Pradesh have reported crop losses following recent spells of unseasonal rain and str... Read More


Lobbying, caste and regional equations: BJP brainstorms possible RS picks in UP

LUCKNOW, Sept. 30 -- Amid lobbying, caste and regional calculations, brainstorming has begun in the BJP to finalise candidates for the upcoming elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats, while it remains to b... Read More


Water, water everywhere, yet one-fourth of UP remains parched

LUCKNOW, Sept. 28 -- Uttar Pradesh may have received nearly 8% more rainfall than normal this monsoon from June to September 27, but the statewide surplus masks a striking agricultural divide, with 19... Read More


Double blow for UP farmers: Downpour damages Kharif crops, threatens to delay Rabi sowing

LUCKNOW, Sept. 27 -- Incessant rain accompanied by strong winds over the past three days has dealt a double blow to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, extensively damaging standing Kharif crops while raising c... Read More


PDA: One abbreviation, multiple interpretations

LUCKNOW, Sept. 12 -- In Uttar Pradesh politics, few abbreviations have undergone as many political mutations as the three-letter PDA. What began as Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's creation for ... Read More


UPSRTC to operate inter-state AC sleeper coaches on 15 routes

LUCKNOW, Sept. 9 -- Acting on chief minister Yogi Adityanath's push to expand comfortable inter-state road connectivity, the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is all set to intro... Read More


'Falling ball' post fuels buzz over Kaushal Kishore's discontent

LUCKNOW, Sept. 2 -- A cryptic social media post on X by former Union minister and senior Dalit BJP leader Kaushal Kishore has triggered speculations within and outside the party, with some reading his... Read More


From fly ash to scrap, UPRVUNL seeks to turn 'waste' into resources

LUCKNOW, Aug. 24 -- What comes out of a coal-fired power plant need not necessarily end up as waste. Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) is attempting to put this principle into... Read More