Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad, Jul 12 (PTI) The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), an influential farmers' group in north India, on Monday dissolved its executive councils and cells in Uttar Pradesh.

The BKU's national executive took the decision in view of an ongoing review of the union, but a revamped UP executive would be formed soon, its media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.

Kanpur: Kanpur Metro begins load testing capacity of the elevated track on the priority routes especially from IIIT to Kalyanpur here.

When this vital testing has commenced on one route, there will also be conducted load testing upon U-Girder and Steel Spanning at the Rawatpur route.

Giving this information Kumar Keshav, MD, UPMRC said  load testing on the primary section has started.

He further maintained as a test run on the track will be conducted in November all the testing in regard to the strength of the track  will be completed before the test run.

Lucknow, Jul 12 (PTI) After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati also raised questions on Monday on the Uttar Pradesh police's claim of arresting two Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the state capital, saying such an action ahead of assembly polls leads to doubts in the minds of people.

Kanpur: The up-gradation work of the surgery department's OT complex at medical college has been halted since the outbreak of corona's second wave.

Neither the renovation progress nor the patients are getting the facility of operation.

A huge sum of Rs 20.58 crore has been proposed for converting the complex into a modular operation theatre.

The state government has released a sum of Rs 2.67 crore on March 7, 2019. The work that began after the first wave of the corona was discontinued after the second wave of the pandemic.

Kanpur: Considerable cloudiness brings rains but it remained for more than half hours. The humidity is still prevailing. 

The rains began after 3 p.m. and it was quite patchy at some spots while there was a little heavier rain in other areas.

Whatever quantity of rains on Saturday afternoon happened did not help provide relief at least from humidity to the residents.

The clouds pervade but the possibility of rains looks dim. Some state: "It will rain in the night. Let us wait."

Lucknow, Jul 10 (PTI) According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for or getting promotion in government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy.

The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission (UPSLC) states that the provisions are part of the draft titled The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021.

Kanpur: Does it not look odd if the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) and the Municipal Commissioner get tangled in the road jam?

The Closed Circuit Camera is supposed to be installed there but no apt solution looks imminent. The two most senior officers caught up in the unmanaged traffic on the road on Saturday.

Lucknow, Jul 10 (PTI) Voting for 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs began at 11 am in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the State Election Commission said.

The voting will continue till 3 pm and the counting of votes will start right after that, it said.

A total of 349 candidates for the block panchayat chief posts were elected unopposed on Friday, the last day for the withdrawal of nomination papers.

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over incidents of alleged violence and misbehaviour with women during the filing of nominations for block panchayat chiefs, with party leader Rahul Gandhi saying that violence has been renamed "masterstroke" in the state.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the BJP had "crossed" all limits to stop the nomination of a woman in the polls.

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Petrol price on Saturday crossed the Rs 100-per-litre mark in some places in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Nagaland after fuel prices were hiked yet again.

Petrol price was hiked by 35 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

This took fuel prices across the country to a fresh high.

In Delhi, petrol price rose to Rs 100.91 a litre and diesel to Rs 89.88 per litre.