Day: February 5, 2024

The chief minister said that the budget was UP’s largest, and the state’s economy is the second biggest in the country. The UP budget for 2024-25 is dedicated to Lord Ram and has been for “lokmangal” (public welfare), said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Today’s UP budget is dedicated to Lord Ram and has been for “lokmangal. The main highlight of this budget is that it restricts the RBI’s FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) limit of 3.5 per cent to 3.46 per cent. This budget includes fiscal discipline…

The move emphasises the need to protect children from exposure to political activities and ensure their well-being during the electoral process. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a stern directive to political parties, urging them to abstain from involving children in any campaign-related activities. The directive encompasses parties, candidates, and the entire election machinery, emphasizing the need to uphold ethical standards during political campaigns. ECI’s clear stance on child involvement The Election Commission, in a formal statement, outlined its position, stating that political parties and candidates must refrain…

government had informed Parliament that in eight years, 22 crore youth applied for jobs but only seven lakh youth got the jobs, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra posted on X. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee, saying his guarantee is the “guarantee of unemployment”. She attacked the Centre over vacant government posts, alleging that PM Modi failed to curb unemployment in the country. In a post in Hindi on X, the Congress leader said that according to statistics, about 30 lakh government…

The budget session for 2024-25 of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly will commence today. The Yogi government is expected to allot funds for building three to four new industrial corridors along with an expansion plan for Lucknow Metro. The government is also likely to allot funds for Gorakhpur, Varanasi, and Prayagraj Metro projects. There might be a special focus on preparations for Kumbh and the development of religious places like Ayodhya and Kashi. Earlier, Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna had said that the budget is a document of restoration of ancient cultural…

President Smt. Droupadi Murmu presided over the valedictory ceremony of CLEA- Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference CAGSC’24 in New Delhi, today. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed valedictory ceremony of CAGSC’24. Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Shri Suryakant, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Attorney General of India, Dr. R. Venkataramani, Solicitor General of India, Shri Tushar Mehta and Chairman, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, Dr. S Shivakumar were amongst several other dignitaries present on the occasion. In…

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the concluding ceremony of the year-long celebrations of S N Goenka’s 100th birth anniversary via video message today. Recalling the beginning of the birth centenary celebrations of the Vipassanā meditation teacher, Acharya Shri S N Goenka a year ago, the Prime Minister underlined that the nation celebrated ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ and also remembering the ideals of Kalyan Mitra Goenka at the same time. He reaffirmed that when these celebrations are coming to an end today, the country is moving rapidly towards fulfilling the resolutions…

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a constituent party of the INDIA bloc, is unhappy over uncertainty over seat-sharing in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report. The report of RLD’s unhappiness over seat-sharing with fellow INDIA partner Samajwadi Party (SP) comes at a time when Congress and SP also appear to have differences over seat-sharing in UP. Last month, SP supremo and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav unilaterally announced that Congress will contest on 11 of the 80 seats in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In UP,…