UP's 'Viksit 2047' campaign becomes mass movement with 57 lakh inputs

IANS | October 27, 2025 11:22 PM

Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government’s campaign “Samarth Uttar Pradesh – Viksit Uttar Pradesh @2047: Samriddhi Ka Shatabdi Parv Mahabhiyan” has transformed into a historic mass movement of public participation, as the state moves towards its goal of becoming a capable and developed state by 2047, an official has said.

An Empire's bitter harvest: The sugar rivalry between West Indies and British India (From the Archives)

Santosh Kumar Verma | October 26, 2025 11:27 PM

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) In the early 19th century, within the grand theatre of the British Parliament, a bitter conflict unfolded, not of armies and navies, but of commodities and capital. It was a struggle that pitted one cornerstone of the empire, the powerful West India sugar colonies, against the burgeoning and complex interests of Britain's vast dominion in India.

CM Yogi Adityanath calls on JP Nadda in Delhi

IANS | October 26, 2025 10:47 PM

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday paid a courtesy visit to BJP National President and Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Health J.P. Nadda at the latter’s official residence in the national capital. The meeting took place at a time when the BJP has intensified its preparations for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.