Uttar Pradesh

Despite COVID-19 blues, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the second-largest state in terms of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for the year 2020-21. Surprisingly, UP jumped three places in 2020-21 by surpassing top the contenders. While Maharashtra remained first, UP's GSDP clocked over $268 billion followed by TN and Karnataka. As the experts cited non-agricultural activities behind the growth, the state also emerged second in ease of doing… read-more

In connection with the Unnao Dalit girls' death case, the UP Police has filed an FIR against eight Twitter handles accused of spreading "fake" stories claiming suspected poisoning as cause. However, multimedia website Mojo Story, one of the accused handles, has termed the FIR “blatant case of harassment". Earlier, on February 17, the three girls were found in unconscious state in Unnao’s Babuhara village; later, two of them died.

Under the Smart City project, Varanasi Mayor Mridula Jaiswal inaugurated the first transgender toilet in Uttar Pradesh. Assuring that the government is willing to do more for the community, Mridula said, "We will build more wherever they are required." The project was started to encourage the participation of the transgender community in maintaining the cleanliness of the city. A community member stated that they had faced a lot of… read-more

Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district jail is preparing to hang the country’s first woman prisoner, Shabnam, after independence. Convicted of killing seven family members with her lover, Shabnam's mercy plea was rejected by ex-president Pranab Mukherjee. Reportedly, Pawan Jallad, who earlier hanged the Nirbhaya's killers, had visited the jail to review preparations. While official communication is awaited, the only gallows of UP dedicated to women… read-more

An 18-year-old athlete Siddesh Choudhari stood first in 400m hurdles at the 36th National Junior Athletic Championship. While Pune's Siddhesh recorded his career-best in 53.91 seconds, Nashik’s Swyam Badhe stood second. Moreover, Maharashtra's Rujula Bhonsle bagged emerging player trophy at the games. Reportedly, Haryana, with 21 gold, secured the top position in the medal tally followed by Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh with 13 gold each.