Employees of Eco Green, the waste collection company, said that they were on strike as their dues were not being cleared for the last few months.

The man, Babu Ali, donated one 'bigha' (0.65 hectares) of land near NH-24 to the administration, so that the temple could be shifted.

Adityanath, who is the head priest of the Gorakhnath Mutt that played a significant role in the Ayodhya temple movement, said it is a matter of happiness that the statue of Swami Ramanujacharya has been unveiled in Ayodhya at a time when a grand Ram temple is coming up here

The woman alleged that Sajjad Ali Ansari , who also stays in the minister’s house in the same society, and 12 others attacked her brothers and trained a pistol with the intention to kill them

Similarly, property worth ₹13 crore of Ansari’s another aide, Haji Mukhtar, was attached under the provisions of the Gangsters Act in Mau on August 24, said police

The department carries out an exercise to weed out beneficiaries who are no longer eligible under the provisions of the National Food Security Act, 2013, says Anil additional food and civil supplies commissioner

Emphasising the need to expedite relief and rehabilitation work in all the districts affected by heavy rain, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said the district control-rooms must be functional 24×7 under the supervision of ADM/joint magistrate level officers.

There are 1.36 lakh government primary and upper primary schools in the state where nearly 1.92 crore students are enrolled. The state basic education department wants to develop a healthy book reading habit among the students for their betterment.

ADM Rajesh Kumar Singh said 112 villages were affected by the flood and 125 boats had been sent to shift people to higher areas. District magistrate Krishna Karunesh carried out inspection on Wednesday and asked officials to be watchful as danger was still not over, though the rise in water level was slow.