Lucknow Apr 25 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered for removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places in the state a senior official said on Monday The move comes days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths directive for restricting the volume of loudspeakers at religious places in order to avoid trouble to people living nearby The order to remove illegal loudspeakers from religious places in the state was issued on Saturday A compliance report from the districts in this regard has been sought by April 30 Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi told PTI The police have been directed to establish conversations with the religious leaders and ensure the removal of the unauthorised loudspeakers by co-ordinating with them said Awasthi Additional Director General of Police law and order Prashant Kumar on Monday said that so far 125 loudspeakers have been brought down and around 17000 people have themselves reduced the volume of such devices Last week Chief Minister Adityanath had directed that no religious procession should be taken out without permission and that usage of loudspeakers should not inconvenience others With Eid and Akshaya Tritiya likely to fall on the same day next month and several other festivals lined up in the coming days Adityanath said the police need to be extra cautious During a review meeting on law and order with senior officials here last week he said everyone has the freedom to follow hisher method of worship according to hisher religious ideologyAlthough microphones can be used make sure the sound does not come out of any premises Other people should not face any problem he had said adding that no permission should be given to install loudspeakers at new sites Meanwhile speaking about the security arrangements for Eid the ADG law and order said that alvida namaz offering prayers on last Friday of Ramzan will be held at 31000 places in the state Special arrangements have been made for sensitive districts and additional forces including the PAC and central armed paramilitary forces have been deployed he said adding that meetings of the peace committees have also been held PTI NAV KVK KVK

Lucknow Apr 18 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government will felicitate social organisations and people for their contribution towards cleaning of the Ganga river and water conservation Addressing a meeting on Monday state Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh according to a statement said that the government will honour them at a programme which will is likely to be held on May 15 He said that the Namami Gange and the Rural Water Supply departments would prepare a list of 75 people who have contributed towards cleaning of the Ganga river and water conservation The government will honour one person from each district Singh said He also said that engineers and employees of the Jal Shakti Department will also be rewarded for their good work Singh said a list of officers for the award will be prepared At the state level these awards will be distributed by the chief minister and the Minister of Jal Shakti PTI ABN ABN ANB ANB

Lucknow Feb 19 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to lift the coronavirus-induced night curfew as the state witnesses a sustained decline in COVID-19 casesThe night curfew hours in the state was between 1000 pm to 600 am which was relaxed by an hour from February 13 Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi said the decision to end night curfew from tonight itself was taken in view of the decline in COVID-19 cases PTI NAV TIR TIR

Lucknow Feb 19 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to lift the coronavirus-induced night curfew as the state witnesses a sustained decline in COVID-19 casesThe night curfew hours in the state was between 1000 pm to 600 am which was relaxed by an hour from February 13 Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi said the decision to end night curfew was taken following the decline in COVID-19 cases PTI NAV TIR TIR

Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reported 19 more fatalities due to COVID-19 as the death toll rose to 23056 while 13830 new cases pushed the infection tally to 1946819 officials saidOf the 19 deaths three were reported from Chandauli while two each were reported from Meerut and Mathura they saidIn the last 24 hours as many as 16521 Covid patients recovered from the disease and were discharged taking the total number of recoveries to 1830006The count of active COVID-19 cases stands at 93757 they saidIn the last 24 hours more than 232 lakh samples were tested while so far over 979 crore samples have been tested in the state the statement said PTI NAV RHL

Lucknow Jan 19 PTI Uttar Pradesh assemblys Deputy Speaker Nitin Agarwal a Samajwadi Party MLA who had been elected to the Houses post on the BJPs support formally quit the SPs membership The SP MLA from Hardoi Sadar assembly seat said he has also quoit as the MLA and deputy speaker of the House I have sent my resignation from the SP to its national president Akhilesh Yadav I have also resigned from the assembly membership and from the post of deputy speaker Nitin Agarwal told reporters here Agarwal who was elected the assembly deputy speaker on the BJPs support had not formally joined the party and was technically still an SP MLA Agarwal who shared the dais with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the BJPs Jan Vishwas rally is likely to contest the assembly polls from his Hardoi Sadar seat on a BJP ticket Political observers sresignation is a mere formality as he has already gone with the BJP PTI ABN RAX RAX

Lucknow Dec 22 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday ordered a probe into reports of relatives of BJP leaders and government officials allegedly usurping land near the upcoming Ram Temple in Ayodhya Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the revenue department to probe the matter thoroughly Additional Chief Secretary Information Navneet Sehgal told PTI Earlier in the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led the partys charge by putting out a tweet that Hindutva robs under the guise of religion Over the past few days he has invoked the term Hindutva to attack the BJP Hindu follows the path of truth Hindutva robs under the guise of religion he said in a tweet in Hindi tagging the news report that claimed MLAs mayors relatives of the commissioner SDM and DIG bought land in Ayodhya after the Supreme Court announced the verdict in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute clearing the way for construction of the Ram temple Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge also sought to raise the issue but as he stood to speak the House was adjourned sine die Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala termed it a land scam saying there is an open loot of land inside Ayodhya city by people connected to the BJP Respected Modiji when will you open your mouth on this open loot The Congress party the people of the country and Ram Bhakts are asking these questions Is this not treason Is it anything less than treason The BJP is now running the business of Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja in Ayodhya he told reporters PTI ABN HDA

Lucknow Nov 30 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday said it will start distributing smartphones and tablets among youths of the state from the second week of December in pursuance to the announcement of Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathAround 25 lakh tablets and 5 lakh smartphones will be distributed in the first lot the government said in a statementA dedicated portal DG Shakti has been created for this and it will be launched soon by the chief minister it said adding trough this portal distribution of smartphones and tablets and content will be given to the students Apart from this information about smartphones and tablets will be given to the students from time to time on their mobile numbers and email IDsThe entire system from registration to delivery of smartphone and tablet is free it saidThe data of the students is being given to the university by the respective colleges and the data feeding of the students is being done at university level itself Till Monday data of about 27 lakh students was uploaded on the portal The process of data feeding of the rest of the students is also being expedited said the statementA tender to the tune of Rs 4700 crore has been floated by the government on the GeM portal for the purchase of smartphones and tablets the statement saidFinancial bids of eligible firms will be opened after technical scrutiny It is expected that the work order will be issued by the first week of December the statement saidThe move assumes significance as the Samajwadi Party has been accusing the BJP of honouring the poll promise of providing laptops and tablet computers to students only now saying that the chief minister Adityanath himself is unable to operate a laptopIf he Adityanath knew how to operate a laptop he would have distributed those earlier the SP chief said at a function held in an inter-college in Azamgarh his parliamentary constituency on October 29The BJP manifesto for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls had stated that the students opting for further studies will be given laptops and tablet computers along with free data and Wi-Fi connections will be installed in those institutions Yadav saidThe BJP had written in its manifesto that it will give laptops to the children but those are not traceable I came to know through the newspapers today that it is going to distribute tablet computers I want to know from them which tablet they had been giving to these children for four-and-a-half years he askedIf the baba chief minister opens the laptop given by us he will come to know who is coming to power he said and took a jibe at Adityanath saying he will not do it because he does not know how to operate a laptop On October 23 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said that his government will begin the distribution of tablets and smartphones among the youth by November-endHe made the announcement while laying the foundation stone of a government medical college in Sultanpur PTI NAV TIR TIR

Lucknow Nov 17 PTI Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to provide Covid vaccination security cover to 4 crore people with both its doses In UP total 1433 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered with 1033 crore people taking the first dose and over 41 crore both Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made this announcement on his tweeter handle terming the states record achievement as teeka jeet ka vaccine of victory UP has become the first state in the country to provide complete protection cover of both doses of Covid vaccine to more than 4 crore citizens the chief minister said This achievement is made under the efficient guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi he added in his tweet dedicating the achievement to the hard work of all health workers and all citizens who got the teeka jeet ka vaccine of victory In UP over 1433 crore people have taken the Covid vaccine including over 1032 crore who have taken the first dose a senior health official said PTI ABN RAX RAX

Lucknow Oct 28 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said it has released Rs 160 crore for providing assistance to around five lakh farmers who were affected by the floods in 44 districts of the stateThe government has dispensed the relief package after assessing the crop losses an official statement issued here saidThe chief minister has also instructed officials to give appropriate and immediate compensation to the farmers affected by the floods it addedThe process of damage assessment has been intensified in the flood-affected districts it saidAccording to department officials a loss assessment of Rs 180 crore was assessed of which Rs 160 crore assistance has been released to over 477 lakh farmers through the State Disaster Response Fund it said PTI ABN TDS TDS