Uttar Pradesh will allow stranded people to home
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government will allow other states to take their stranded residents home if they wished, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday. At a review meeting here on the coronavirus crises, Adityanath said the UP government will give permission and cooperate with other states on this. Uttar Pradesh recently sent buses […]
3 months extension to real estate projects in Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI: In view of the lockdown due to COVID-19, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) on Tuesday decided to extend by three months the date of completion of projects which were supposed to be finished between March 15 and December 31. “In view of the dislocation of construction activity under real estate […]
Noida residents’ per capita income higher than that of Delhiites: Yogi Adityanath
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that that per capita income of Noida residents is more than their Delhi counterparts. “Development projects in Noida and Greater Noida Authority have gained momentum in the last three years. A new image of Uttar Pradesh appears to be presented in front of the […]
Prime Minister lays foundation stone for the Bundelkhand Expressway;Launches 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations
NEW DELHI: To supplement the nodes of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, announced in February 2018, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 296-kilometres long Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot. To be built at a cost of Rs 14,849 crore, the Expressway is expected to benefit Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, […]
Around 3,000 tonnes gold deposits found in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra
SONBHADRA: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes and worth Rs 12 lakh crore in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, almost five times India’s current reserve of the yellow metal. The gold deposits were found in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas here, district mining officer K […]
Over 1,000 companies, including 165 from abroad to gather in Lucknow for DefExpo
NEW DELHI: The number of companies registered for participating in the 11thedition of the biennial mega defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, to be held at Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow between February 5-9, 2020; has reached 1,000. In the DefExpo 2018, held in Chennai, 702 companies had participated. Thus, it has become by far the biggest ever […]
Alok Kumar takes charge as Noida Police commissioner;Sujit Pandey takes charge as Lucknow
NEW DELHI:The Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Alok Kumar, took charge as the first Commissioner of Police of the newly-formed Gautam Buddh Nagar commissionerate on Wednesday. The Uttar Pradesh Government had on Monday announced switching to the commissionerate system of policing for Lucknow and Noida, giving magisterial powers to the top cops in both […]
Alok Singh is Noida’s first Commissioner of Police, Sujit Pandey in Lucknow after upgraded to commissioner system
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday switched to the commissionerate system of policing for Lucknow and Noida, giving magisterial powers to the top cops in both cities. State capital Lucknow and UP’s economic capital Noida will now have an additional director general-level officer as police commissioner, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told reporters after […]
Dilip Buildcon bags Rs 1,362 crore road project in Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI: Highway developer Dilip Buildcon on Friday said it has bagged a road project worth Rs 1,362.06 crore in Uttar Pradesh. “The company has received the letter of acceptance (LoA)…from Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) for EPC project in the state,” Dilip Buildcon said in a filing to BSE. The project entails […]
Uttar Pradesh: 22 IPS, 25 IAS officers transferred
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 22 IPS and 25 IAS officers, including superintendents of police and the district magistrate of Lucknow. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Varanasi S A Kulkarni has been sent to Lucknow as SP Cyber Crime, while Lucknow DM Kaushalraj Sharma has been made the DM Varanasi, according to […]
Uttar Pradesh fulfilling Narendra Modi”s dream to make air travel affordable for poor: Yogi Adityanath
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the state is fulfilling dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make air travel affordable for the poor and has started working on air connectivity. Adityanath was addressing a program at his 5 Kalidas Marg residence here in which farmers handed over certificates of […]
CBI raids 11 places in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand for illegal sand mining
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday searched 11 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in the Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, the agency said. Separate Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams conducted simultaneous raids at these locations, including in Saharanpur, Dehradun and Lucknow at the premises of the accused […]
Builder jailed over dues of Rs 147.59 crore in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: A builder was sent behind bars by revenue officials here on Tuesday over non-payment of Rs 147.59 crore due towards Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), officials said. The action was taken against Sanjeev J Aeron of Celebration City Project on the instructions of District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey, officials said. “Celebration City Project is among […]
Jewar airport: 47 farmers arrested during protest demanding increased compensation for land
NEW DELHI: Forty-seven farmers were arrested on Monday in Greater Noida after they held a protest in Jewar demanding increased compensation for their land acquired for an upcoming airport, officials said. When the farmers proceeded to lay siege at the Jewar toll plaza, they were arrested as the demonstration could have disrupted traffic movement, the […]
Ajnara to invest more than Rs 300 crore in Ghaziabad
NEW DELHI: Ajnara India, one of the leading real estate developers in Delhi NCR, plans to invest more than Rs 300 crore on Ajnara Fragrance in Raj Nagar Extension (RNE), Ghaziabad. Spread in an area of 5.6 acres, the project will have 450 units in all. Total saleable area of the project would be around […]
IL&FS to sell over 450 acres situated in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
MUMBAI: Debt-ridden IL&FS Group has put on block nearly 494 acres of land parcels across three states including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, held by its subsidiary Hill County Properties (HCPL). IL&FS, through its group firms IL&FS Township and Urban Assets and IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company holds a total of 80 per cent […]