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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath graced the #TOISA '25 stage and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Times of India for hosting a magnificent celebration of Indian sport in Lucknow! #UttarPradesh #MoreSweatMoreGlory #indiansportsnews

The state cabinet approved the procurement policy for wheat for the 2026–27 marketing season, fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at Rs 2,585 per quintal, in line with the rates announced by the Centre.

In another shocker from Ballia, a 24-year-old woman died during a kidney stone surgery at a private hospital in the Kotwali area on Sunday evening. The incident sparked protests by her family, which turned violent as police used force to disperse the crowd.

Prayagraj: At least four persons were killed and 12 others were injured, including a minor, when a portion of a cold storage facility collapsed in Prayagraj’s Phaphamau on Monday afternoon.

The UP cabinet has approved the Plug-and-Play Industrial Sheds Scheme 2026 under the Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) model through public-private partnership to speed up industrialisation, boost manufacturing, and support the state’s $1 trillion GSDP target.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved the expansion of the Kisan Cooperative Sugar Mill in Baghpat, aiming to double its crushing capacity from 2,500 tonnes per day (TCD) to 5,000 TCD.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved Rs 2,242.90 crore for the development of the Pashwara South coal block in Jharkhand, allocated to Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL) to meet the fuel requirements of the Ghatampur thermal power project in Kanpur

A 20 MW floating solar power plant will be set up at Chilua Tal in Gorakhpur as part of the city’s solar city drive, with Coal India Limited (CIL) designated to implement the project on roughly 80–150 acres of water surface in Sadar tehsil.

Rain and thunderstorms lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, on Friday morning, bringing relief from warm weather conditions prevailing for the past two weeks. Hailstorms and strong winds also hit many parts of the state.

Three persons were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh as thunderstorm lashed the state on Friday morning.

A Pocso court in Hardoi has awarded 10 years jail to a man for raping a minor girl nine years ago and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. The court rejected the plea of the accused for acquittal on the grounds that he had later married the survivor.

A 23-year-old student of the Udai Pratap Autonomous College in the city was shot on campus, allegedly by a senior, Friday afternoon. The accused escaped after the crime, sparking tension and prompting heavy police deployment.

A special NIA/ATS court in Lucknow on Thursday sentenced three members of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for conspiring to wage war against govt of India and attempting to spread terror through organised activities across UP.

Lucknow: In a significant boost to sports healthcare, a collaboration between Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) and Allahabad University will ensure advanced medical support for university athletes in case of injuries.

Lucknow: Mayor Sushma Kharkwal and municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar inspected sanitation arrangements in different parts of the city on Thursday on the first day of Navratri.

Lucknow: A retired Army officer was defrauded of over Rs 15.63 lakh in a cyber fraud case involving impersonation, social media manipulation, and a fake immigration emergency linked to a foreign national.

“On the one hand, we have geopolitics; on the other, technological advancement. Then there are sustainability challenges, all of which are shaping the future workforce and the nature of work itself,” he told the graduating batch of students during the 40th convocation.

he chairman of board of governors (BoG) at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, N Chandrasekaran on Thursday said managers today face more uncertainty than at any time in recent history.

The Allahabad high court has directed UP govt to pay Rs 50,000 to an accused whose release was delayed by 15 days after the police submitted incorrect information about his criminal history to oppose his bail application.

The Allahabad high court has directed the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force to inform it about the steps taken during the rescue attempt of 27-year-old Noida techie, who died after his car plunged into a water-filled trench in Noida on Jan 16.