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He also said that Mission Shakti has become a popular scheme in the state as it has led to reduction in crimes against women

Updated On: 14 Oct 2023 | 11:41 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday sent a letter to the female legislators of the state Legislature ahead of the women-only occasion on the session of September 22

Updated On: 21 Sep 2022 | 6:45 AM IST

Anti-Romeo squads were formed soon after Yogi Adityanath assumed the office of the chief minister in Uttar Pradesh in 2017

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 6:03 PM IST

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Covid assistance package of Rs 453.50 crore for self-help groups under Mission Shakti

Updated On: 17 Jul 2021 | 6:16 AM IST

The Yogi Adityanath government in UP spends crores of rupees on propaganda about women's security while having a negligent attitude towards the issue at the ground level, Priyanka Gandhi said

Updated On: 13 Jan 2021 | 12:41 PM IST

Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday described the Mission Shakti launched by the Yogi Adityanath government as a false propaganda. The UP chief minister had started the programme from Balrampur district on Saturday with an aim to protect and empower women. Akhilesh Yadav said in a statement that the BJP government launched the programme as rape incidents in the state started bringing disrepute to it. The Chief Minister has presented another advertisement of misleading propaganda in the name of Mission Shakti, Akhilesh said. "Every daughter of the state is waiting for the answer to the question that where is the anti-Romeo squad. The Samajwadi government had made the 1090 helpline a shield for the protection of women but the BJP made it ineffective," he claimed. The SP chief alleged that even in its fourth year, the state government has not been able to start anything new and only inaugurating the works done during the SP regim

Updated On: 19 Oct 2020 | 7:56 PM IST

Nowhere amidst the efflorescence of the Republic Day parade was there any hint that India was not really that rich country of poor people

Updated On: 31 Jan 2020 | 8:52 PM IST

Risk of debris colliding with the International Space Station has risen by 44% since the weapon test

Updated On: 02 Apr 2019 | 11:41 PM IST

The operation code-named "Mission Shakti" which saw India joining the club of declared nuclear powers in the late 1990s

Updated On: 30 Mar 2019 | 9:21 PM IST

Govt, DRDO deserve praise for Mission Shakti

Updated On: 27 Mar 2019 | 11:31 PM IST