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Topic: Yogi govt

UP ministers vs civil servants, again: What’s behind Yogi govt’s latest warning to bureaucracy

Lucknow: Politicians and civil servants have always had a tense relationship in Uttar Pradesh, and tensions between the two have now burst into the...

Yogi govt to set up corporation to regulate hiring of outsourced staff, ensure transparency, benefits

Uttar Pradesh govt has 11 lakh outsourced employees working across 93 depts. The new system will include direct salary payments as well as social security and reservation benefits. 

‘Tainted officials held dear’: BJP MLC takes on Yogi govt over ‘corrupt’ appointments in industries dept

In a UP Vidhan Parishad session last week, MLC Devendra Pratap Singh from the ruling party asked Minister Nand Gopal Gupta why ‘criminal’ officials were given senior positions in the dept.

Madrasa teachers, administrators welcome SC judgment on UP law. ‘Tight slap on face of accusers’

In April, Yogi Adityanath-led BJP govt revoked licences of all 16,000 madrasas in UP. This had affected thousands of teachers and students in the state.

What is Uttar Pradesh’s Nazul Property Bill and why BJP lawmakers are opposing it

Politicians, especially from Prayagraj region, have hit out at Yogi govt for the bill which empowers state to reclaim Nazul govt properties leased out to pvt individuals & entities.

What’s behind Union MoS Anupriya Patel’s jibe at Yogi govt on ‘denial’ of reserved seats to OBCs, SC/STs

Her allegation over recruitment for UP govt jobs saw strong rebuttal from Yogi administration. Patel, chief of BJP ally Apna Dal (S), saw her winning margin plummet this LS poll.

Out of Yogi’s favour, ex-IAS Navneet Sehgal rewarded with Prasar Bharati chairmanship by Modi govt

Once considered one of UP's most influential IAS officers, who also enjoyed trust of ex-CMs Mayawati & Akhilesh, Sehgal has a knack for comebacks after being sidelined in new regimes.

UP gets its 4th acting DGP in 2 yrs — Prashant Kumar has Yogi’s ‘trust’, beat 13 seniors to top spot

Since UPSC questioned removal of Mukul Goel as DGP, dispensation yet to send a fresh panel of probable candidates to commission for top post, it is learnt.

‘Encounter’ killings on the rise since Yogi became CM, says Urdu press on Asad Ahmed shooting

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police's killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad Ahmed in an 'encounter' made the front pages of the Urdu newspapers...

‘If Hindus are snakes, Muslims are mongooses’—love jihad, Yogi govt, and a couple in a fix

In 'The Newly Weds', Mansi Choksi gives an account of three couples who risked everything for the sake of love.

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Modi mainstreamed Israel like no Indian PM before. Delhi must stay alert to regional realities

Four broader factors will shape the trajectory of India-Israel relationship. Failure to anticipate these possible unintended consequences now may complicate its future direction.

Indian economy to grow faster than expected at 7.6% in FY26, shows govt data under new series

Under new base year, FY2025-26 GDP growth revised up to 7.6 percent; Chief economic advisor revises growth for FY 2026-27.

India orders more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up plant to fill ‘empty’ arsenal—Warsaw’s envoy

New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.