Kolkata Nov 26 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath Friday lauded the achievements of his government in the fields of industrialisation and financial growth and claimed that improvement in law and order and reforms have helped the state scale up to the number two position in the country in the last five years Uttar Pradesh is now one of the most investor friendly states in the country where an investor has no longer to worry either about his personal safety and security or that of his investments he said at a prgramme here The change that took place in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years is clearly visible on the ground Factors such as improvement in law and order situation better reforms and ease of doing business have helped the state attain a leading position as an investor friendly destination and to drive the countrys economy he said addressing the annual session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce virtually During 2015-16 Uttar Pradesh was in the sixth position in the country in terms of the financial system parameters It has jumped to the second or third positions in the last five years he said Adityanath had assumed office in March 2017 and election to the most populous state of the country is due next year In terms of implementation of central schemes Uttar Pradesh was earlier either in the 25th or 30th position Now in respect of at least 44 central schemes it is in the number one position Earlier we had only two expressways but now we have five new ones Uttar Pradesh will soon be the only state in the country with five international airports he said The chief minister also claimed that the state had set a new export record in the MSME sectorUttar Pradesh had recorded exports in MSME sector worth 131 lakh crore In terms of logistics we are now in sixth place in the country he added PTI PNT KK KK KK

Chennai Oct 26 PTI A special court near here on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a couple to four death sentences double lifer and imposed a fine of Rs six lakh for killing their family members in 2019 After killing his parents and brother with the help of his wife by dousing them in petrol while in sleep and setting them ablaze the accused Goverdhanan had claimed they had died after the AC in the room exploded However circumstantial evidence medical report and the chemical analysis report went against the accused who were pronounced guilty and awarded death penalty on three counts Special Public Prosecutor N Vijayaraj said P Velmurugan District Judge Sessions Court for exclusive trial of Bomb Blast Cases at Poonamallee pronounced the verdict Goverdhanan had been demanding money from his parents for long to start a new business venture and was agitated that his parents did not heed to it In May 2019 the victims were found dead inside their locked house and Goverdhanan blamed an AC explosion for their death and even preferred a police complaint in this regard A DSP-rank official probed the matter and later it emerged the husband-wife duo had poured petrol on Goverdhanans parents and younger brother and set them on fire Vijayaraj said adding there were also cut injuries on one of the victims Factors like the AC machine not exploding but only melting the accused escaping unhurt and other forensic analysis nailed the couple he said adding they broke down upon hearing the sentencing on Tuesday The life imprisonments imposed are to run concurrently and it is also ordered to set off the period already undergone if any the court said PTI SA SS SS