

Saturday 25 July '09
Continuing its efforts to implement the Centre’s e-governance projects, the state’s Department of Information Technology is all set to implement the State Wide Area Network project by October 2009.Thursday 23 July '09
Even as the state Department of Labour is conducting regular raids to rescue children working as labourers in various establishments, a large number of them go back to work again after being rescued.Wednesday
22 July '09In order to ensure transparency in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked the district administrations to regularly place advertisements in local newspapers, giving out complete details of work done and employment generated.Tuesday
21 July '09After numerous meetings to analyse its Lok Sabha debacle, the BJP has now decided to try a novel way to get feedback from party workers.Monday
20 July '09A year after the state Commercial Tax Department launched the e-return facility through which the traders in the state could submit their tax online, the scheme seems to be paying off.Saturday
18 July '09The Centre may have launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna with much fanfare in April 2008 to provide better health services to BPL families, in UP, so far only 41 per cent of such families have applied for the scheme.Thursday
16 July '09After receiving flak for not having a strong monitoring system in place, the Rural Development department now plans to regularly scrutinise the tasks undertaken under the National Rural Employment Gu-arantee Scheme.Wednesday
15 July '09The state Department of Child Development and Nutrition (Bal Vikas Evam Pushtahaar) will soon be giving nutritious morning snack to the children between three to six years of age in rural areas as part of the Integrated Child Development Scheme...Sunday
12 July '09It was the spring of 1927. Nineteen young freedom fighters sat together in Barrack number 11 of Lucknow Central Jail. One of them asked the other...Saturday
11 July '09After six years, the Central government’s Backward Region Grant Fund scheme has finally taken off in Uttar Pradesh.Thursday
9 July '09The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued showcause notice to 26 leaders asking them to explain their indisciplined actions during the Lok Sabha elections.Wednesday
8 July '09With the state set to get a big share in the Centrally-funded rural development projects, Bundelkhand is on its way to become a major beneficiary.Friday
3 July '09Finally some good news for villages with a population less than 1,000 and where roads are still a distant dream. As part of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak...Wednesday
1 July '09The state Rural Development Department has laid down guidelines to ensure that plantation drive in 11 districts of Bundelkhand and Vindhyanchal is completed without any irregularity as reported in the past.Wednesday
1 July '09For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, the Rural Development department has recommended the chief secretary to lodge an FIR against a bank accused of using fraudulent methods to withdraw money from NREGS accounts.Saturday
27 June '09Over a month after the LS poll debacle, the Bharatiya Janata Party has formed teams of senior leaders who will survey different states in weeks to come.Saturday
27 June '09After the 2009 general election debacle, the BJP has gone into introspection mode. Party president Rajnath Singh...Friday
26 June '09Delay in the arrival of monsoon, in addition to the forecast of below average rains in the coming months, is likely to hit paddy production by as much as 40 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, according to the Agriculture department. Maize production is also set to be hit.Thursday
25 June '09Members of the minority community in the state are set for a gain. Uttar Pradesh is the biggest beneficiary of the Centre’s Multi-Sectoral Development Programme...Wednesday
24 June '09The Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue has begun digitising land records as part of the National Land Records Modernisation Programme, an initiative of the Department of Land Resources, Union Ministry of Rural Development.Tuesday
23 June '09It all started as a file management and tracking exercise to ensure transparency in government departments. But the e-patravali pranali...Monday
22 June '09Even as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati waxes eloquent about the welfare of all through her ‘Sarvjan Hitay’ schemes, many of the children in the state, Ghazipur in particular, continue to battle hunger pangs.Thursday
18 June '09After the poll debacle, it’s time for a major overhaul in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camp. As the national leadership struggles to keep the facade of unity alive, the state BJP unit is expecting major changes after the national executive meet.Wednesday
17 June '09After the success of the helpline service for NREGS, the Uttar Pradesh Rural Development department has recently launched helplines for schemes like safe drinking water programme, Indira Awas Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna and Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojna.Sunday
14 June '09After political parties, minority organisations have also raised their voices against the Women’s Reservation Bill.