Lucknow

Rebel Congress MLA from Rae Vareli (Sadar) Aditi Singh, who had written a letter to Economics Offences Wing (EOW) alleging financial discrepancies in the Kamla Nehru Trust, thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for taking cognizance of the...

He joined the party in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Kumar Lallu.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said late Union minister Arun Jaitely had rightly termed Rahul Gandhi a ‘man without brains’.

Additional Chief Secretary said that those found negative in RT-PCR test should also remain in home quarantine for a week.

He also mentioned that an investment of Rs 7,000 crore came in Uttar Pradesh when the whole world was plagued by Covid-19 pandemic.

During his visit to Ayodhya, the chief minister will take stock of development works being done in Ayodhya on the spot, so that all the projects are completed within the stipulated time.

"It would have been better had Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented an example like that of Joe Biden, the president-elect of the US, by getting himself vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccine shot, he would have injected confidence among people of the country.

BSP won the last state assembly elections in the state almost a decade ago. Since then, the party has stayed out of power. It will be interesting to watch how the party evolves for the upcoming 2022 state assembly elections.

Sharma joins the BJP at a time the party is finalising candidates for elections to the 12 seats of the Legislative Council on January 28.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also directed officials to remain alert in view of the bird-flu cases reported from various parts of the country.

The SIT of the EOW will probe the entire incident, including the construction work, Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said, adding that a detailed report has also been sought from the ADG.

Yadav attacked the government in tweets and at a press conference after Urdu poet Munnawar Rana's daughter Somaiyya Rana, Bahujan Samaj Party's Masood Alam and former MLA Ramesh Gautam joined his party.

Adityanath was reviewing the arrangements being made for coronavirus vaccination at a high-level meeting convened at Lok Bhavan in Lucknow.

Special Judge Mohammad Gazali rejected Punia's pre-arrest bail plea saying that the offences alleged against him were serious.

Construction work will be done in such a way that affiliation of colleges and other administrative work in AYUSH University starts from session 2021-22.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's move at setting up a film city in the state, he alleged that a lot of money was spent on the investors' meet but the people "did not see the MoUs signed taking shape on the ground level".