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UP govt scraps MoU with VueNow, blacklists it after founder’s arrest by ED in Rs 3,500 crore ‘scam’

MoU was related to setting up data centres at Rs 13,500 crore investment. At UP Global Investors Summit 2023, VueNow founder was seen speaking in presence of senior govt officials.

Roping in influencers, legal action for ‘anti-national’ content, what UP’s new digital media policy says

Under the policy, influencers who post content on state’s social, administrative, religious, financial & cultural matters will receive paid ads from govt for up to Rs 8 lakh per month.

Is this route to ‘Viksit Bharat’? — Kapil Sibal on UP Kanwar Yatra order

Several opposition leaders have slammed the order, calling it discriminatory. The Congress has termed the order as 'mischief' and 'bigotry

Life in prison, Rs 1-cr fine, stringent bail conditions — UP cabinet nod to anti-paper leak ordinance

Ordinance will come into effect once it is approved by governor, set to become law after it is passed in assembly, following which the existing 1998 law will be repealed.

Jumbled questions to 2 rounds of ID checks, UP govt issues exam guidelines amid paper leak backlash

Guidelines include directives for process of selection of exam centres, selection of agencies for preparing question papers, transporting OMR sheets, preventing impersonation etc.

Former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi, convicted for poet’s murder, to leave jail after 16 years

Tripathi and his wife Madhumani were sentenced for life in 2007. Tripathi was allegedly in a relationship with poet Madhumita Shukla.

SubscriberWrites: How is UP witnessing a monumental shift in mafia culture and ‘instant justice’

The rationale given by BJP in defence of such state action is that criminals derail the development of the state and with an atmosphere of terror, it is tough to attract investors, writes Nischai Vats.

What became of loudspeakers taken off temples & mosques by Yogi govt? Read on

School authorities are planning to use the loudspeakers in cultural programmes & rallies they have to organise as part of voter awareness campaigns and govt's pupil enrolment drive.

UP bulldozer action ‘mockery of Constitution & fundamental rights’: Ex-judges, lawyers to CJI

The letter, signed by 12 prominent former judges & senior advocates, urged the top court to take suo motu action to arrest the deteriorating law & order situation in Uttar Pradesh.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.