Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the stature of India in the international forum has risen in the past nine years and the world now listens to it attentively.
"When the emergency was imposed and I also joined the agitation. I was in jail for 18 months and forgot the IAS. As soon as I came out of jail, I learned that I got a ticket for a member of parliament at the age of 25," he recalled.
The target is to plant 35 crore saplings this year and to plant five crore saplings in Uttar Pradesh on 15th August. Yogi government is running with the target of creating a 15 per cent green area in the state by 2027.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also informed that so far, a total investment of about Rs 2,500 crore has been made in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) by various entities.
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) has invited online applications for 288 dental hygienists' posts, the State government said on Saturday.
Vijay Yadav, the accused in the murder of gangster Sanjiv Maheshwari Jeeva will be produced before Chief Justice Magistrate in Lucknow, at the end of his three-day custody.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was speaking at a defence dialogue on 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' organised by STRIVE think-tank, a veterans' initiative in Lucknow.
The chief speaker of the webinar, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow Dr Masood Falahi, while addressing the webinar highlighted the ideology behind the establishment of Deoband Seminary.
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea by Badri Shrestha, a former consultant of Lucknow's Gomti River Front project, challenging Allahabad High Court order rejecting anticipatory bail to him.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has approved the topographical survey of PM Mitra Mega Textile and Apparel Park, which will be constructed in Attari village of Mall block of Malihabad in Lucknow. The responsibility for the survey has been given to the Uttar Pradesh Small Indu