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Political slugfest breaks out in UP over migrant workers' return

All the major opposition parties - the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Congress - have upped the ante against the Adityanath dispensation

Lockdown impact: UP approves 66 special trains to ferry stranded labourers

Yogi government has estimated return of a million labourers in 2 months

UP hikes tax on liquor, petrol; eyes additional mop up of Rs 4,420 cr

Since petrol and diesel do not fall under GST, states enjoy considerable leverage in imposing such taxes at the local level

Covid-19: As trains roll in, states scurry to cope with migrant influx

The first train to Bihar carrying 1,187 stranded migrants reached the Danapur railway station on Saturday

UP, MP exchange 6,600 of their stranded labourers amid Covid-19 lockdown

Adityanath writes letters to counterparts in other states

UP govt to borrow Rs 2,000 cr for paying farmers during wheat procurement

Adityanath-led government is targetting procurement of 5.5 million tonnes of wheat

UP to explore alternative revenue sources to boost cash flow under lockdown

Adityanath asks officials to institute a committee in this regard

Covid-19: UP moots ordinance to deal with cases of attacks on doctors, cops

Under the central ordinance to amend the Act, the attack on a health workers is a cognisable and non-bailable offence.

Team 11: A look at Adityanath's elite team constituted to fight Covid-19

Each of these committees monitors and manages the affairs of their respective verticals, including finance, home department, agriculture, industry, policing, and rural development

Lockdown: UP govt to boost industrial activity in less infected districts

No relaxation for 19 out of 75 districts; Expressway, road projects worth Rs 45,000 cr resume civil work

Akhilesh again slams UP govt for 'failing to manage coronavirus crisis'

He even claimed that the state had adopted a discriminatory attitude in resolving the crisis of UP-origin labourers stuck in other states

UP govt to provide basic coronavirus medical training to public

Meanwhile, three new districts - Mau, Etah and Sultanpur, have joined the league of UP districts reporting coronavirus cases

Covid-19 hinterland digest: 5 new hotspots emerge in Rajasthan in 2 days

Jodhpur, Kota, Tonk, Bharatpur, and Nagaur have emerged as new hotspots of coronavirus in the state. 25 out of 33 cities in Rajasthan have been hit by the pandemic till now

Covid-19: UP govt to provide jobs to half a million migrant labourers

Jobs to be created under 'one district, one product' (ODOP) scheme

Covid-19: Nitish under pressure after UP brings back students from Kota

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav issued an open letter addressed to the chief minister, wherein he charged the state government with treating its own people like infiltrators

Covid-19 hinterland digest: UP evacuates students, but labourers are stuck

A constable travels more than 500 km to join "duty" in UP and a hospital in Agra is investigated for its coronavirus numbers.

Covid-19 impact: UP Police probing 346 cases of fake news on social media

Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok etc are under the scanner

Lockdown: UP to restart work on key expressways, non-Covid emergency care

Construction agencies will follow social distancing and sanitisation norms working on expressways; healthcare staff at hospitals to be trained to protect themselves from coronavirus

Covid-19: UP plans special package to woo MNCs disenchanted with China

Adityanath govt has been planning a Global Investors Summit in Lucknow by 2021-end to position the state as an ideal international investment destination across sectors

To track movement, Kerala police use wedding photographers who fly drones

So now those who flout the lockdown have started avoiding main roads and places where people gather and play games