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  • BJP will solve problems of Matuas after coming to power in Bengal: Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

    By PTI
    HOWRAH: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday said that the BJP, after coming to power in West Bengal, will redress the grievances of the Matuas who are refugees holding sway in many seats in the poll-bound state.

    Attacking the Trinamool Congress, Maurya alleged that activists of ruling party indulged in violence across the state.

    “The BJP will solve the problems faced by the Matua community after coming to power,” he said at a public meeting at Gangarampur area of Uluberia in Howrah district.

    Maurya and several state leaders of the BJP had lunch at the house of a Matua family in Gangarmpur where a large number of people belonging to the community live.

    The Matuas, who have a sizeable population in the state, are being wooed by both the BJP and the TMC in the run-up to the assembly elections due in April-May next year.

    On the outsider issue, the leader from UP told reporters that the BJP is an all-India party and its leaders can go to any other state in this democratic country.

    The TMC does not have leaders across the country, Maurya said.

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and leaders of her party, the TMC, often accuse the BJP of bringing in “outsiders” to the state ahead of the assembly polls due in April-May next year, while the saffron party has raised questions how people from other states coming here can be termed so.

    Around 300 workers of various political parties joined the BJP on Sunday and Maurya handed over the party flag to them.

  • Woman village head in Uttar Pradesh found to be Pakistan national

    By PTI
    ETAH: A 65-year-old woman from Pakistan, who had been living here for over three decades, was presiding as interim head of a village panchayat since last year until authorities found out that she did not have Indian citizenship.

    The woman, Bano Begum, resigned as interim panchayat chief in December after an investigation into a complaint against her by a villager, District Panchayati Raj Officer (DPRO) Alok Priyadarshi said.

    Officials said though her long-term visa was found to be valid, she had managed to get Ration and Aadhaar cards by providing false information.

    She had been elected the interim head of Gudau village in Jalesar tehsil of Etah in January 2020 following the death of incumbent Shahnaz Begum.

    “There were complaints that Bano Begum was living illegally. She had managed to get a ration card, voter ID and an Aadhaar card. She got elected as a member of the village panchayat (in 2015), and in January 2020, she was elected as the interim village head.

    “The complaints were probed by SDM Jalesar SP Gupta and DPRO Alok Priyadarshi, and were found to be true,” District Magistrate of Etah Sukhlal Bharti said.

    The DM said that Bano Begum had married Ashrat Ali almost 35 years ago but had not taken Indian citizenship.

    She got her name registered illegally in the voter list in 1995, and then also got a ration card made in her name, officials said.

    After getting an Aadhaar card, she got elected as a member of the village panchayat in 2015.

    “On the complaints of Kuvaida Khan of the same village, it came to light that Bano Begum is living in the village under a long-term visa. She is not a citizen of India, and without being a citizen of India, one cannot contest any election,” Priyadarshi said.

    He said the panchayat secretary who was appointed on the recommendation of the interim village pradhan has also been removed.

    Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Jalesar SP Verma said that Bano Begum was the interim village head for six months.

    “The documents used in making the ration card and voter ID card are being examined. Her name has been removed from the voter list of the village panchayat. Her name is not on the voter list for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls,” the SDM said.

    Verma also said that so far no case has been registered, and officials of the police and district administration are investigating all possible angles in the matter.

  • Semi-final before Assembly polls: Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections likely in March

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: Already delayed, the three-tier rural local body polls are likely to take place in Uttar Pradesh between March 15 and 30. However, the official announcement of dates is likely to come around February 15.

    According to Panchayati Raj Minister Bhupendra Chaudhary, the work of delimitation of wards is under process while reorganization of gram sabhas has been completed. The four districts of Moradabad, Gonda, Sambhal and Gautam Budh Nagar are under full delimitation and the work for districts under partial delimitation is going on.

    The tenure of 60,000 gram panchayats of the state had ended on December 25. The delay in conducting the polls in time has come amid the pandemic as the revision of the voters’ list and other modalities which are being conducted now could not be held as per the schedule. Talking to mediapersons, Panchayati Raj Minister stated that by January 14, the delimitation work would be completed, following which the work of reservation will be concluded. As of now, the reservation for gram panchayat seats was fixed at district headquarters. However, this time the process has been moved online. The reservation of seats for gram sabha, Block Development Council, Gram Pradhan and Zilla panchayat members in gram panchayats will be decided from Lucknow. The population of revenue villages will be assessed to implement reservation in panchayats.

    The state government has appointed assistant development officers of districts as panchayat administrators of their districts, vesting in them the powers of panchayat committees and village panchayat heads following the expiry of the terms of village panchayats on December 25.

    Meanwhile, the BJP will chalk out its strategy for the coming panchayat elections at a meeting on Sunday which is likely to be attended by national vice president and in-charge of state affairs in the party, Radha Mohan Singh.

    However, the panchayat elections in UP are being considered the semi-final ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in the state. With an eye on the Assembly elections, various political parties have stepped up their preparations for the panchayat polls.

    The fight for the upcoming panchayat elections is set to become more intense by the day. While the ruling BJP is up against the SP, BSP and Congress, new rivals in the form of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiv Sena would make the rural local body elections even more interesting.

    After the AAP of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena is all set to enter the fray in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections.

    The Shiv Sena has sought applications from all the districts for selection of candidates. Earlier, the AAP announced it would contest the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.

  • PM Modi to virtually distribute loans to 300,000 street vendors under PM SVANidhi Scheme today

    PM SVANidhi Scheme was launched on June 1, 2020 for poor people selling goods on roads and tracks, who were affected due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    “Will interact with my brothers and sisters from Uttar Pradesh who sell goods on roads. It will be an opportunity to know how Pradhan Mantri Swanidhi Yojana gave new strength to them,” PM Modi tweeted on Monday.

    Under PM SVANidhi Scheme, street vendors can get working capital of up to Rs10,000 at subsidised rates. According to news agency ANI, over 24 lakh applications have been received under this scheme so far, with 557,000 applications from vendors in Uttar Pradesh, the highest across the country.

    As many as 3.27 lakh applications from UP have been approved and loan of 1.87 lakh has been disbursed, ANI said quoting the website narendramodi.in. Out of the total applications, 12 lakh have been approved and loans worth about 5.35 lakh have been disbursed, it added.

  • CM Yogi wishes on the occasion of Mahaashtami and Mahanavami in Shardiya Navratri

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (CM Yogi Adityanath) has extended heartfelt greetings to people on the occasion of Mahashtami and Mahanavami in the Sharadiya Navratri. He has also described the festival as a festival of women’s power and respect for girls. The Chief Minister said that all the systems of the world are run by Adishakti Bhagwati. They have infinite forms. Adi Shakti predominates in nine forms, showering her compassion on the whole earth, becoming Navdurga. In Navratri, these nine forms of the mother are worshiped with reverence and devotion. He said that the worship of Mother Durga in Navratri is a symbol of Sanatan tradition of respect for mother power. In this sequence, devotees worship girls on Mahashtami and Mahanavami during Navratri. Navratri is not only a festival of fasting and fasting, but also of women power and respect for girls.

  • UP CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurates Mahila help desk in all 1535 police stations

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (October 23) attended the inauguration of the Mahila help desk in all 1535 police stations of Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing as part of Mission Shakti.

    During the inauguration UP CM said that “This campaign should become part of our lives & we’ll continue it for next 6 months atleast,” he said.

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had launched “Mission Shakti”, a six-month drive to ensure safety and security of women and children, on October 17, coinciding with the beginning of Navratri.

    Speaking to a group of women gram pradhans on Sunday, the Chief Minister had said that his government would soon launch a special drive to initiate “legal action against all those who are a threat to women security or those who are indulging in corruption in the welfare schemes for women”. “In the first phase of the Mission Shakti programme, we are going to spread awareness on women safety. In the second phase, legal action will be taken, and in the third phase, we will launch massive action against two kinds of people — one who are a threat to the security of women and those who are promoting widescale corruption in schemes meant for the welfare of women,” the Chief Minister had said.

  • UP CM Yogi launches OPD service at India’s biggest cancer hospital in Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday (October 21) inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in Lucknow, including the OPD complex of Super Speciality Cancer Institute and Hospital in Lucknow, which is being developed in collaboration with Tata Memorial Cancer Institute of Mumbai, and two flyovers.

    Speaking at the event held online, Adityanath said 54 beds are being made operational at present at the cancer institute, but once fully completed, the hospital will have 1,250 beds, making it the “biggest dedicated facility for cancer treatment in the country”. The CM said in the first phase of the Rs 800-crore project, 750 beds will be made operational. He also laid the foundation for a residential block of the hospital. The newly inaugurated OPD block has radiation and daycare services, including one operation theatre, linear accelerator, CT scan and 54-bed facility, officials said.Notably, the foundation stones of the project were laid by former CM Akhilesh Yadav in 2016. A temporary OPD was also started the same year with the help of the King George’s Medical University of Lucknow. In November 2018 after Adityanath became CM, an MoU was signed with Tata Memorial Center of Mumbai for setting up the cancer institute.

  • Uttar Pradesh emerges top tourist destination; attracted over 53 cr domestic tourists in 2019

    After facing criticism over Hathras case, there comes a piece of good news as Uttar Pradesh has secured the top position in terms of attracting the highest number of domestic tourists in 2019.

    Uttar Pradesh has successfully attracted the highest number of domestic tourists in the country in 2019 with a share of 23.1 per cent travellers visiting the state, an official statement said on Monday. According to the Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS), 2020, UP attracted the highest number of domestic tourists in 2019, and third-highest number of foreign tourists. In total, the state attracted as many as 53.6 crore domestic tourists and 47 lakh foreign tourists in 2019. It should be noted that the number of foreign tourists visiting the state touched a record high in 2019.

    The state has also secured the third position in attracting foreign tourists with a record footfall of nearly 47 lakh foreigners visiting last year.

    According to Principal Secretary, Tourism and Culture, Mukesh Meshram, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s efforts in promoting tourism are now showing results.

  • CBI raids four locations in UP and Delhi, Rs 745 crore bank fraud case

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at four places in Delhi Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Rs 754 crore bank loan fraud case. Gangotri Enterprises Company is accused of usurping banks and investing elsewhere.

    The CBI registered a case against BSP MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari in connection with a bank fraud of Rs 754 crore. Under this, raid work is going on. If media reports are to be believed, Gangotri Enterprises, a company associated with BSP MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari, is being raided today. The case has been registered on the basis of a complaint by the Bank of India-led consortium of banks.

  • Yogi govt launches Mission Shakti, promises zero tolerance towards crimes against women

    The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday launched Mission Shakti on the second day of Navratri, the festival celebrating the divine feminine. In a series of tweets, the Chief Minister’s office informed that in the first phase of Mission Shakti, programmes to create awareness will be conducted. In the second phase, action will be taken against the corrupt people involved in various departments associated with women empowerment and bringing justice to women. The CM Office further stated that women and children should be made aware of helpline numbers like ‘1090’, ‘181’, ‘1076’ and ‘112’.The government further said that each one of 1,535 thanas will have women’s help desk which will be handled by a woman constable. These police stations will also be equipped with restrooms for women and facility of drinking water will be made available. They will also be equipped with CCTV cameras. Same arrangements will also be made at about 350 tehsils.