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He said that a state-of-the-art laboratory is coming up in Lucknow to help with artificial insemination of cattle to improve breeds and ensure higher numbers of females are birthed to increase milk production.For breed improvement under the National Gokul Mission, a breed multiplication farm for 200 cows is being set up at a cost of Rs 4 crore and permission has been received for four such farms, the minister said.He added that to increase milk production, the Nandbaba Milk Mission has been launched with 35 dairies of 25 indigenous cows each being set up in ten districts and four dairies…

“Chief Ministers and governors of states and ambassadors of various countries should not visit Ayodhya on consecration ceremony day to ensure that they do not face any inconvenience. We will not be able to serve them and the same could be the case with the administrative officials,” Rai said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will attend the ceremony.“People will visit Ayodhya from January 26 to February 22. That time would also be suitable for the dignitaries to visit the temple town,” he said.–IANSamita/ksk

A retired IAS officerRam Kunwar, resident of Lucknow’s Prag Narayan Road, was duped of Rs 5 lakhs on Wednesday.Kunwar said he received a message on October 3, informing him that his account had been credited with Rs 29.78 crore and he notified the Central Bank’s Jopling Road branch.“I complained to the bank manager, who told me the message was not sent by the bank and offered no explanation as to how I got the message. I decided to talk to the zonal manager of the bank but they did not cooperate either and told me to speak to a junior…

“The FIR was registered under IPC 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion) and the matter is being investigated,” said Additional DCP (East) Syed Abbas Ali on the complaint lodged by Rakesh Kumar Shastri. Shastri had, through a food delivery app, ordered dry chilli paneer from the restaurant in Chander Nagar area, but received chilli chicken instead. “When we began to eat, my wife said it tasted strange. I checked the box and found that the restaurant had sent us chilli chicken instead of chili paneer,” he said in…

A 60-day special drive will be launched in all districts wherein all revenue related matters and land dispute cases will be settled, said officials.District administration officers had been directed to dispose of cases related to boundary of land within three months, those related to possession of land by succession within 45 days and cases related to division of land holding within six months, said a Revenue Department spokesman.The state government went into action mode after the killing of six people in a group clash over a land dispute in Fatehpur village in Deoria on October 2.Earlier, three members of a…

The decision came from the state agricultural research and education department during a transformative agricultural workshop titled ‘Uttar Pradesh Krishi Prayogiki Manthan’ held at IIT-K this week.Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Devesh Chaturvedi, secretary, agriculture, Raj Shekhar and special secretary, agricultural research and education, Ajay Kumar Dwivedi were prominent among those present at the event.“The agricultural sector will play a pivotal role in realising the objective of creating a trillion-dollar economy and transforming India into a developed nation by 2047,” said Chaturvedi.“There is a pressing need for the emergence of startups in the sector as 65 per cent of the workforce…

The grand opening of the Ram temple is proposed between January 21 and 24, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest.“A large number of NRIs are in touch with the Trust and they want to come to Ayodhya to pay obeisance to Lord Ram. We have decided to invite them after January 26 (2024),” Champat Rai, general secretary of the Trust, told reporters.“Specific dates will be fixed for NRIs of one country for their Ayodhya visit. However, the Trust will not decide the dates. We have left it to the NRIs to fix dates for their visit.“NRIs…

Ahead of this National Cinema Day, the report revealed that 98 per cent of Indians believe cinematic magic can only be brought alive on the big screen with a third of them attributing it to certain directors, themes, and VFX amongst others.In fact, 90 per cent of respondents’ most likeable option for out-of-home experiences is catching the latest movie release in the theatre amongst other leisure activities such as shopping, live gigs, and adventure outings. The younger GenZ and Millennial groups think of the big screen experience for their movie-watching outing every week.The report was launched by the ticketing platform…

The accused were involved in two separate incidents of crime that occurred in Shree Lingaraj police station area on October 5 and October 9. “We found during the investigation that A. Manoj Dora (19) along with the juveniles had formed a gang. They used to establish contact with different persons from in and outside Bhubaneswar through ‘gay dating’ apps. They later meet the victims at an asbestos house near the Garage Square area where they beat them to extract a handsome amount,” the police said. “The accused recently asked a victim to meet them at Garage Square on October 9.…

Scalise won 113-99. But his path to speakership remains uncertain. He needs to get in all 227 votes of House to win, and given that all Democrats will vote for their own nominee, who is likely to Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the party, Scalise will need all fellow republican to vote for him, including those who voted for Jordan in the secret ballot and the hardliners who booted out Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker. Scalise has been a member of the Republican leadership team, was the House Majority Leader under McCarthy’s speakership. In August, he announced he was diagnosed…