Data | Retail price of tomatoes more than ₹100 a kilogramme in over 50 cities

Tomato inflation: The wholesale price of the tomatoes for the first-grade variety stood above Rs. 100 per kg in many parts of India by the last week of June The sudden and rapid fall in the quantity of tomatoes brought to various mandis across India in the last week of June created a demand-supply mismatch. […]

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Mayank Mansingh Kaul’s list of small but memorable museums to visit

(Clockwise from top left) Ladakhi kitchen utensils, textile exhibits in Amer, Kala Bhoomi, Central Asian Museum, and Bharat Kala Bhavan Among the highlights of my journeys through India researching textiles over the last two decades has been the discovery of some lesser-known museums. While my effort as an independent curator has been, often, to consistently question […]

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Perception of Uttar Pradesh changed under BJP rule: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference on the completion of one year of his second consecutive term in power, at Lok Bhawan, in Lucknow on Saturday, March 25, 2023 | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena People’s perception of Uttar Pradesh as a ” mafia and gunda raj” has changed in the six-year […]

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U.P. to absorb 500 sportspersons in State departments: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holding a torch during the inauguration of All India Police Athletics SSB Cluster 2022-2023, in Lucknow on March 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day 71st All India Police Athletics Cluster Championship held at PAC Ground on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister […]

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Despite attacks by Akhilesh, Congress in Uttar Pradesh hopeful of Opposition realignment due to electoral realities

File photo of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav | Photo Credit: ANI Amid continuous attacks by the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are hopeful that a kind of alliance or tactical understanding with like-minded Opposition parties including the SP may happen in the run-up to the […]

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Uttar Pradesh set to get its third international cricket stadium in Varanasi

Photo used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters After Lucknow and Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh is set to get its third international cricket stadium in Varanasi and the work on the same will commence by May-June this year. The State government has purchased land measuring 31 acres in Rajatalab area of Varanasi for the […]

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U.P. cold storage tragedy: Death toll rises to 14; CM orders probe

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits the injured of Sambhal cold storage incidents at a hospital, in Moradabad, on March 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The death toll in a roof collapse incident at a cold storage in Sambhal district climbed to 14 on Friday as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the injured […]

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Six U.P. AAP leaders booked over threats, foul language against PM Modi

Aam Aadmi Party supporters during a protest over the arrest of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, in Mumbai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Six local leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party have been booked here for allegedly using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]

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U.P. Budget disappointed every section of society, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi party national president Akhilesh Yadav. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Calling the Uttar Pradesh Budget 2023-24 “directionless”, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government alleging that the Budget didn’t give any solution to the existing problems in the State and disappointed every section of the society. “The […]

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