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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicAwanish Kumar Awasthi

Topic: Awanish Kumar Awasthi

‘Will not tolerate at all’: UP CM adviser Awanish Awasthi slams talk of ‘Rs 50 cr theft at his bungalow’

In a post on Wednesday night, Awasthi slams those tarnishing his image. Earlier, retired IPS officer Amitabh Thakur wrote to CM urging high-level probe into the alleged theft.

Yogi’s point man on law & order, IAS Awanish Awasthi made ‘advisor to CM’ 15 days after retirement

Awanish Awasthi’s appointment was preceded by UP governor’s nod to the creation of a ‘temporary post’ of ‘advisor’ to CM Yogi Adityanath.

‘Mini CM’, ‘super CM’, troubleshooter IAS officer — the power centres in Yogi’s UP

A powerful civil servant, a BJP gen secy and former Man Friday of Mayawati & Akhilesh are the faces of UP administration as it draws flak for Hathras incident.

UP IAS officer in Ram temple trust is Yogi right-hand man who led crackdown on CAA protests

Awanish Awasthi is additional chief secretary in UP govt departments such as home, information and tourism.

Fresh push to get World Heritage City tag for Ayodhya

A committee of scholars is preparing proposal for UNESCO after UP govt announced Rs 133-crore package to develop infrastructure of temple town.

On Camera

Why investing in school readiness is critical to achieving the Viksit Bharat goal

The challenge is no longer one of policy intent — the blueprint for a world-class ECCE system exists within the NEP 2020. The task now is implementation fidelity.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.