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The Uttar Pradesh government's BC Sakhi programme aims to bring banking services to rural households while creating livelihood opportunities for women. Launched in May 2020 under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission, the scheme follows the "One Gram Panchayat, One BC Sakhi" model, training women, particularly Self-Help Group members, to work as certified banking correspondents. They facilitate digital transactions and provide doorstep banking services, reducing the need for villagers to travel to nearby towns. The programme provides 4,000 per month for the first six months to help BC Sakhis establish their banking operations. According to the state government's 2026-27 Budget, 39,880 BC Sakhis facilitated transactions worth over Rs 39,000 crore in 2025-26, earning approximately Rs 107 crore in profit, highlighting the programme's reach and livelihood potential.

A chilling CCTV video showing a woman being crushed to death by a speeding Bolero pickup has surfaced from Uttar Pradesh's Hapur. Munni Devi, 46, was struck by the pickup and pinned against an electric pole. Despite the impact, the driver continued moving the vehicle, trapping her between the pickup and the pole. The woman sustained critical injuries and died at the spot. Police seized the Bolero and detained the driver following the incident. Legal action has been initiated, while further investigation is underway.

Firozabad's glass industry has expanded beyond traditional glass bangles to export products to over a hundred countries, including Germany, Japan, Europe, and America.

The Uttar Pradesh government has launched the MYUVA scheme, an initiative to support the state's youth in starting businesses. Under this scheme, permanent residents of Uttar Pradesh aged between twenty-one and forty years can access collateral-free and interest-free loans of up to Rs five lakh.

A businessman's son from Uttar Pradesh has re-embraced Hinduism after allegedly being forced to convert to Islam. The family of the man claimed that a gym trainer and her father brainwashed him and coerced him into changing his religion in Delhi to target his father's money.

The Uttar Pradesh government is expected to take significant action in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation case as a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has submitted its preliminary report.

In our Get real India segment, watch our ground report from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, where people are facing a severe water crisis in Kabrai village in this intense summer.

Days after a brutal murder captured on camera during Bakrid in Ghaziabad, police have launched a massive search operation against history-sheeters in the Khora Colony area.

The electricity department in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat has installed coolers to keep the transformers cool as severe heatwave continues unabated across north India.

Residents in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur are facing a severe shortage of LPG cylinders, forcing them to spend entire nights sleeping on roadsides to secure a refill.

A man was blown away in the air along with a tin shed in Bareilly as a strong storm hit several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

According to the autopsy report, Prateek Yadav's sudden demise was caused by a cardiorespiratory collapse resulting from a massive pulmonary thromboembolism, or a severe blood clot.

The Indian Air Force conducted a major preparedness drill on the Purvanchal Expressway near Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, transforming a 3.2-kilometre stretch into an emergency landing strip.

In Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, the Jhinku Lal Triveni Ram Chaudhary Inter College is denying admission to girls. The government inter college cited a lack of separate toilets, a boundary wall, and a common room as the reasons for the refusal.

A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in UP's Bulandshahr. Meanwhile, fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to douse the flames. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued a warning against rumour mongers attempting to create panic over LPG cylinder availability in the state.

An India Today's ground report from Lucknow reveals how the West Asia war is impacting small eateries and street vendors across India.

A road widening project in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, has gone viral after a contractor paved a newly widened road around a functional hand pump, leaving it standing in the middle of the thoroughfare.

Food Safety Department teams in Uttar Pradesh have launched a sweeping crackdown on adulterated food items ahead of Holi. In Ghaziabad, five teams destroyed nearly 2,500 kilograms of fake paneer and 200 kilograms of mawa in just 72 hours.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath rode Japan's high-speed linear Maglev train in Yamanashi on the last day of his Japan visit. The Maglev train operates at 500 kilometres per hour and can reach speeds of up to 600 kilometres per hour, powered by a hydrogen energy plant.