Governance of the Uttar Pradesh government remained the topic of discussion on the last day of 2022, with #UPYogi2022 being the top trend on micro-blogging site Twitter.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on December 27 quashed a December 5 Uttar Pradesh government order proposing reservations for OBCs in civic elections. It ordered the State Election Commission to "immediately" notify elections to the urban local bodies without OBC quotas.
Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) opposing the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench order to hold the urban body elections without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary on Tuesday said that it is the top priority of the BJP government to ensure the participation of every class and community in the urban body elections in the state.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its approval to the Uttar Pradesh government to change the name of Gorakhpur district's 'Mundera Baazar' municipal council to 'Chauri Chaura' and Deoria district's 'Telia Afghan' village to 'Telia Shukla'.
Minister of State Kaushal Kishore is conducting a drive to make the nation free from tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
Kaushal's ambition is to celebrate the upcoming year as a drug-free year.
It is noteworthy that earlier in the month of July, the Uttar Pradesh government had provided about Rs 10 lakh each as an aid for the kin of about 50 journalists who passed away due to coronavirus.
The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has resolved 99.5 per cent of complaints related to electricity received through helpline 1912 in the last five and a half years.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the Covid situation in the state along with the high-level Team 9 constituted for the purpose Covid-19 management and gave necessary instructions.
Amid the growing COVID scare in the country, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has issued an alert across the state and stepped up preparedness.
A roadshow in the French capital Paris by a delagation from the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government evoked a tremendous response, with investors not only expressing their desire to strengthen business ties with the state but also showing a willingness to invest in various sectors, i