The Latest Breaking News from UP

MNREGS job-spinner gets leg-up, Uttar Pradesh clocks 4% wage hike for next fiscal

LUCKNOW: Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), that turned out to be a job spinner for migrants who returned to their home states, including UP, during the lockdown has received a fresh leg-up.

The Times of India · Mar 30, 2022

UP Board English paper leaked, exam scrapped in 24 districts

LUCKNOW/VARANASI: The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) cancelled the Class 12 English exam in 24 districts on Wednesday, following a paper leak at Ballia district, hours before the test’s scheduled start at 2pm. It will be held in these districts on April 13. This comes just four months after…

The Times of India · Mar 30, 2022

Shivpal Yadav meets UP CM, triggers speculations about next move

LUCKNOW: Amid speculations of strained ties with his nephew and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSPL) chief Shivpal Yadav met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence on Wednesday evening.

The Times of India · Mar 30, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav urges new assembly speaker to secure opposition's rights to strengthen democracy

LUCKNOW: Describing the newly elected assembly speaker Satish Mahana’s eighth consecutive win in UP elections as a testimony of his popularity among the people of his constituency, leader of opposition (LoP) Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday urged him to ensure that the rights of the Opposition are secured and “protection” is…

The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022

Why second term of Yogi Adityanath govt will be tough

NEW DELHI: As the newly-elected MLAs of Uttar Pradesh assembly started taking oath for two days starting Monday, the second term of the Yogi Adityanath government is likely to be tougher than the first.

The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022

'RRR' box office collection Day 4: Jr NTR, Ram Charan starrer earns estimated Rs 17 crore on first Monday

SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead, has set itself up as a sure-shot box office hit after raking in the big bucks on its first Monday.

The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022

SP to gain in 2024 with Akhilesh Yadav quitting Lok Sabha seat, say party leaders

NEW DELHI: While BJP workers are jubilant over the party’s victory and return of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second consecutive term, the mood is no less upbeat in the rival Samajwadi Party (SP) camp.

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak's meteoric rise in Just 6 years causes heartburn among old BJP cadres

LUCKNOW: While elevation of Brajesh Pathak as the deputy CM hogged the swearing-in limelight, chairman of UP BJP induction committee, Laxmikant Bajpai, has said that the leaders inducted in from other parties were never given any assurance of being given any prominent position in the organisation or the government. Pathak…

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati fields 2-time MLA Guddu Jamali for Azamgarh Lok Sabha bypoll

LUCKNOW: Less than four months after he quit the BSP to join AIMIM, former Mubarakpur MLA Shah Alam aka Guddu Jamali on Sunday returned to Mayawati's party and managed to get a ticket to contest Lok Sabha bypoll from Azamgarh seat vacated by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav elected as leader of opposition in UP assembly

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav, who won the Karhal assembly seat, was formally recognised as the leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Saturday.

The Times of India · Mar 26, 2022