Topic: Uttar Pradesh / State

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will visit Ayodhya on 12 December with Dimple Yadav, while PCS officer Anupama Saroj Singh has resigned.

In Ayodhya, 22 grand tableaux based on the seven kandas of the Ramayana drew around five lakh devotees amid religious fervour and devotion.

Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh has received ₹21.50 crore, opening the way for employee payments pending for three years.

An FIR has been registered against 11 people, including the Bhim Army state president, over a road sit-in protest in Raipur that disrupted traffic for hours.

In Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, councillors locked a municipal corporation zone office, leaving employees inside unable to come out.

A viral video from Raipur shows a police Scorpio escorting a jewellery trader’s luxury-car convoy, while bouncers are seen performing stunts from moving vehicles.

Ten trained adolescent girls in Lucknow received sewing machines under a skill development initiative aimed at supporting self-employment and economic empowerment.

A modular operation theatre has been launched at Balrampur district hospital to improve surgical facilities and provide safer treatment to patients.

In Meerut’s Sadar Bazar area, conmen targeted a jewellery worker and made off with gold worth around Rs five lakh, police are investigating.

To prevent the sale of adulterated food items during Diwali, the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department conducted inspections in Deoria and collected 62 samples.

The Unnao district administration has issued directions to maintain law and order, cleanliness and civic facilities during Diwali, Govardhan Puja, Bhai Dooj and Chhath.

The District Bar Association in Etawah honoured the newly appointed MACT judge and discussed better Bar-Bench coordination and timely justice in accident claim cases.

The annual function ‘Vaividhyam’ was organised with enthusiasm and joy at Delhi Public School (DPS) in Budaun, where students presented dance, music, theatre and patriotic performances.

In Unnao, a committee purchased 1.51 lakh earthen diyas from local potters and distributed them free to promote indigenous products and Vocal for Local.

In Kanpur, Birhana Road’s famous jewellers market drew crowds on Dhanteras, with demand for gold and silver ornaments, coins, utensils and puja items.

A Diwali Saras Mela has been organised in Etawah to make women self-reliant and provide a market for their products, with 28 stalls set up by self-help group members.

Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh expressed anger after his convoy was caught in a jam near Mankapur, while a row continued over Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s proposed katha at Raja Bhaiya’s place in Kunda.

BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar has alleged a conspiracy by some people within his party and challenged Akhilesh Yadav over karseva for Krishna Janmasthan.

/ Agencies: A major uproar once again broke out during a meeting of the Agra Municipal Corporation.

Hearing on the attached property of Ghazal Hotel, linked to Mukhtar Ansari in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, is scheduled for November 19 in the MP-MLA court.