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Narendra Modi inaugurated an eye hospital in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday. Run by the Kanchi Math, R J Sankara Eye Hospital will offer comprehensive consultations and treatments for various eye conditions. The hospital will benefit people of 20 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as those living in the border areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, according to people associated with the Kanchi Math. This is the Kanchi Math's 14th hospital in the country. The target is to conduct 30,000 free eye surgeries every year, the people cited above said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's action in response to the violence in Bahraich, which included issuing a demolition notice to the accused, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad expressed on Sunday that he does not understand why CM Yogi is taking this approach, as there is no provision for the use of bulldozers in the rule of law. Speaking to ANI, Prasad said that the UP Chief Minister appears to want to enforce his own version of law in the state. «As far as the bulldozer is concerned, it is not mentioned anywhere in the law, whether in the IPC, CrPC, or the Evidence Act. No matter how severe the crime, the law allows for provisions such as the death penalty, but there is no provision for using a bulldozer and demolishing property. I don't understand why Yogi Baba is doing this. He seems to have his own system; he wants to implement his own law in Uttar Pradesh. These actions are not in line with the rule of law, they belong to 'jungle law' where lawlessness prevails, and authorities do as they please,» said the Samajwadi Party MP.

communal violence during a Durga idol procession in Maharajganj area of Bahraich, UP police are trying to maintain peace and put a check on the possible spread of the tension in rural areas. Monday also witnessed incidents of arson and stone pelting, besides protests at a few places. Sensing the gravity of the situation, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the top officials, home secretary Sanjeev Gupta and additional director general of police (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash, to camp in Bahraich to bring the situation under control. “We are trying our best to maintain peace and harmony,” UP’s additional director general of police (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash told ET on phone from Bahraich.

hotel bookings around the India Expo Mart. According to a press release, exhibitors and visitors attending the International Trade Show got reserved accommodations in Greater Noida, resulting in a display of “fully booked” boards in all the major hotels. This led to demands of rooms in hotels based in Noida and Delhi, the release, issued by the state government, further claimed. Most exhibitors were happy with the success of the trade show, organized by the Yogi government in Greater Noida. The release claimed that the event brought good business opportunities for the exhibitors who participated in the show. The businessmen, who are associated with the hotel sectors, are hopeful that they would be benefitted by the conducive atmosphere for the trade and tourism available in the state in the current regime, according to the release.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reviewed the flood situation in the state’s 11 districts due to the water released from the mountains and bad weather conditions in the last three days. CM Yogi has directed all the officials concerned of the eleven districts- Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ballia, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Kanpur Nagar, GB Nagar, Sitapur, Hardoi and Shahjahanpur, to ensure proper relief works. Senior officers have been asked to tour the flood-affected areas and keep a close eye on the ongoing relief works. Teams of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed in all the eleven districts. CM Yogi has directed officials to assess the damage done to the crops and subsequently, submit a report to the state government. According to a release, the government wants to provide compensation money to the farmers at the earliest possible. He has also directed the officials to give financial help to people whose houses have been damaged or who have lost their animals. Meanwhile, Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami said the relief operations are going on war footing in all the flood-affected 11 districts. According to him, five villages of Kushinagar districts are affected due to the flood in Gandak river. The government has set up 16-flood-shelters there. The total number of pre-positioned boats is 42 while one team of NDRF and one team of SDRF is deployed in the area. NDRF team rescued ten persons who were trapped in flood

Uttar Pradesh government is looking to offer job opportunities to youths in the advanced technology areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), and software and electronics sectors as it invites multinationals to put in big-ticket investments in India's northern state. «We should be focused on providing high-end jobs to our youth in areas like AI, electronics, and software. The foreign direct policy of Uttar Pradesh allows us to partner with big investors,» Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Advisor to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said. Awasthi further said that the government expects the private sector to set up their bases in the state, and provide employment opportunities to the youth.

Lucknow, A multi-storey building collapsed in the Transport Nagar area here on Saturday evening, trapping around a dozen people under the rubble, officials said. The incident occurred at around 5 pm. The building was being used as a godown, they said. Around a dozen people are feared trapped under the rubble, they said. «Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed to the scene and are working to extricate the trapped individuals,» said Relief Commissioner GS Naveen Kumar.

foreign exchange reserves of USD 680 billion, India has come a long a way since the time it had to pledge its gold to tide over a financial crisis, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday. Dhankhar was speaking during the inauguration programme of Uttar Pradesh Sainik School in Gorakhpur. «Today's India presents a completely different picture than what was 10 years ago. There was a time when the same country, which was referred to as 'sone ki chidiya', had to pledge its gold in foreign banks. Back then, our foreign exchange was between USD 1 billion and USD 2 billion. Today, it is USD 680 billion. Look at the kind of progress we have made since,» he said. India's foreign exchange reserves jumped by USD 2.299 billion to a new high of USD 683.987 billion for the week ended on August 30.

death toll in the bus accident that occurred in Hathras yesterday has reached 17 after two children succumbed during treatment, officials said on Saturday. Sixteen people — 11 in Hathras and 5 in Aligarh — are still undergoing treatment, District Magistrate of Hathras Ashish Kumar told PTI. Appi (2) and around 12-year-old Gulshan died during treatment at a hospital in Aligarh, the officials said. Fifteen people, including four women and as many children travelling in a van, were killed on Friday after a roadways bus hit the vehicle from behind on National Highway 93, officials had said.

RJD MP Manoj Jha on Sunday defended his party leader Tejashwi Yadav's "Chinese replica of Yogi Adityanath" remark for Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Jha said that the remark was against the dog-whistle politics of the BJP. «What Tejashwi Yadav said is something that people say daily. When we say that something is „Chinese maal“, it means it is not durable,» Jha told ANI «He said it in the context of dog-whistle politics, the politics of polarisation. As far as the dignity of words is concerned, where do you place 'bhains', 'mangalsutra' and 'mujra'?» he added.

wolf involved in attacks that killed at least eight people, including seven children and a woman, in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district has been captured. The wolf, part of a pack of six, has been taken to a zoo following a successful operation by forest officials.

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lead the party campaign in the upcoming bypolls on 10 assembly seats in the state. Yogi has already started touring the assembly constituencies and has covered Milkipur and Katehari assembly constituencies. On Friday, Yogi Aditya Nath was in Ghaziabad assembly constituency which is also scheduled to go for the by-poll after sitting MLA Atul Garg became an MP from Ghaziabad. On Thursday evening, a meeting of the BJP state unit, the government and the RSS took place for the first time post the Lok Sabha results to take stock of the situation and ensure better coordination between the government, the party and the cadre. The meeting took place under the leadership of RSS Sah Sarkaryawah Arun Kumar where along with Yogi, both the deputy chief ministers, state president and state general secretary (oraganisation) were present.Recently, the rumours have been floating around about differences among the leadership at the top in UP and this meeting was aimed to ease out differences and put up a united face ahead of assembly elections. Behind the scenes efforts were already going on by the RSS and the results were visible over the past few days. On August 18, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya openly praised the CM and termed him the best chief minister among all states. Maurya has also been attending party workers meeting alongside Yogi to send out a message of truce among the party cadre.

Ayodhya gang-rape victim has alleged that some people are asking her to reach a compromise in the case, a Bahujan Samaj Party leader has claimed. Vishwanath Pal said that the woman made the allegation after a delegation of the party visited her house. «A delegation of the BSP met the family of the girl in her village on Saturday. The mother of the girl told the delegation that some people were asking her to make a compromise in the case. We assured her that justice will be done and she should not come under pressure or threat of anyone,» Pal, the BSP state president, told PTI Videos in Ayodhya. He said that the delegation also visited the women's hospital where the 12-year-old girl is undergoing treatment and talked to the hospital superintendent regarding her health.

Uttar Pradesh Minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) for remaining silent on the rape of a minor girl in Ayodhya and accused the party of attempting to 'protect' SP leader Moeed Khan, who is the main accused in the case. Speaking to the media on Saturday, Sanjay Nishad said, «Akhilesh Yadav's PDA is a lie. Those who raise the slogans of PDA and feel proud of the fact that they won in Ayodhya, it seems that they have won with the help of these criminals. They are protecting the criminal, neither they are expelling him from the party nor saying anything against the accused.» «Today, I have raised this issue in the House and till date I make sure that he gets hanged, I will stand by the victim. I thank the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that he has taken cognizance and action in the case. I just hope that how I can protect my community,» he added.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) state executive in Lucknow, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath acknowledged the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) overconfidence as a factor in its unexpected reverses in the Lok Sabha (LS) polls. This meeting, attended by BJP president J.P. Nadda, highlighted internal tensions amidst accusations and the need for organizational restructuring, a TOI report stated. UP CM Yogi Adityanath candidly acknowledged the overconfidence that may have impacted BJP’s recent performance, pointing out how the opposition, previously dispirited, now appears rejuvenated after their electoral gains. He addressed the “fake narratives” pushed by the opposition, particularly concerning the controversy over reservations. «When we assume with such confidence that we are winning, naturally we have to pay the price. The opposition, which had lost heart before the election, is now working with a renewed spring in their step,» Adityanath stated in English during the meeting.

BJP unit after the Lok Sabha poll debacle in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said "overconfidence" hurt the BJP's hopes in this year's elections. Addressing the BJP's UP working committee meeting here, Adityanath said while the BJP managed managed to maintain its vote share of previous elections, there was a «shifting of votes», and now the «defeated» opposition is «jumping around» again. The chief minister said, «Under the leadership of PM Modi, we had maintained constant pressure on the opposition in UP, achieving great success in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022 (national and state elections).» «The percentage of votes that BJP had in its favour in 2014 and subsequent elections, BJP has been successful in getting the same number of votes in 2024 as well, but shifting of votes and overconfidence have hurt our hopes,» he said.

UP Stampede LIVE Updates: Over 107 people have died after a stampede broke out during the conclusion of a ‘Satsang’ at Phulrai village in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, 23 women, three children and a man have died in the tragic incident.

Uttar Pradesh Police conducted a search operation at Ram Kutir Charitable Trust in Mainpuri on Thursday for 'Bhole Baba', a self-styled godman who conducted a satsang in Hathras where a stampede took place killing 123 people. An FIR has been registered on the incident naming organizers of the prayer meeting but 'Bhole Baba' has not been named yet. Earlier in the day, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mainpuri Sunil Kumar said «Baba has not been found inside the ashram.»

Film City project is expected to start within six months and it will create 50,000 jobs while benefitting up to seven lakh people indirectly, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Friday. Bayview Projects, a consortium backed by filmmaker Boney Kapoor and real estate developer Ashish Bhutani, on Thursday signed an agreement to develop the film city with the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), an undertaking of the UP government. "...the construction of the Film City will provide employment opportunities to 50,000 people from the state and neighbouring states, while indirectly benefiting five to seven lakh people with job opportunities," the state government said in a statement issued in Lucknow. It said the construction on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's dream project will commence within six months, and within three years film shooting and related activities will begin here.

Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal from the Tata Sons to build a 'museum of temples' in Ayodhya at a cost of Rs 650 crore. Sharing details about the decision, Tourism Minister Jaivir Singh said the tourism department would provide the company land for the international-level museum on a 90-year lease for a token money of Re 1. «Tata Sons had proposed the project through the Central government, offering to build the museum at a cost of Rs 650 crore under its corporate social responsibility fund,» Singh said at a press meet here after the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The cabinet also okayed the company's proposal for other development works in the temple town for additional Rs 100 crore, he added.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, reviewed the current status of the 'Family ID' process being issued to each family unit in the state and directed for its speedy execution. As per a press statement released, the chief minister reiterated that the Family IDs are being issued to provide government benefits to every family and employment opportunity to at least one member. Currently, about 15.07 crore people from approximately 3.60 crore families living in Uttar Pradesh are benefiting from the National Food Security Scheme. The ration card number of these families serves as their Family ID.