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Over 14 crore tourists visited destinations in Uttar Pradesh in the first half of the year, an official data shared by the UP tourism department on Wednesday revealed.

Over 14 crore tourists visited destinations in Uttar Pradesh in the first half of the year, an official data shared by the UP tourism department on Wednesday revealed.

Injuries, especially those grave ones, can leave a sportsperson in half, mostly in the mind if not the body. It's worse when a career-threatening injury occurs right at the start of one's career. With each passing day, the motivation to recover, rehabilitate and to return diminishes. The wait is crushing.

On demand, bhindi ki sabzi, chapatis lathered in ghee and curd will be part of the platter that Mohit Kumar’s mother will make when he returns to his home in Jhajjar on Friday.

As part of the Independence Day celebrations, a women bikers' rally was flagged off from the directorate of UP tourism here on Monday.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday inaugurated a direct flight between Lucknow and Varanasi on Thursday. Now, the 300km distance between the two cities could be covered in just 55 minutes.

UP police have arrested an Assamese woman, identified as Zameela Khatun, 30, alias Puja Sharma, who claimed to be from Delhi and "honey- trapped" men from the minority community in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as they were "easy targets”.

City residents will soon get an opportunity to witness cultural performances of folk artists from Sikkim.

Police have arrested a 40 year-old man for allegedly murdering his friend over a financial dispute. Police arrested the accused from his house in Muradnagar.

The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), which has been in the news for mostly the wrong reasons of late, has informed the country’s core probable riders selected to compete at the Asiad in Hangzhou that the association won’t be able to finance their training, equipment and exposure needs in Europe and elsewhere.

The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) on Saturday clarified that it could not include celebrated rider Fouaad Mirza in the Asian Games probables list because he did not achieve the Minimum Eligibility Requirement (MER).

State tourism and culture minister jaiveer Singh and agricultural minister Baldev Singh Aulakh flagged off On Wednesday IRCTC’s Bharat Guarav express train for ‘Guru Kirpa Yatra’, taking pilgrims to five sacred ‘Takht’ sites associated with Sikh religion and other prominent gurdwaras in India that are of special significance.

Keeping a low profile and letting your actions speak on your behalf worked for jaiveer Makkar (14), who once again brought laurels to Chandigarh by coming up trumps in the Junior National Equestrian Championship in Bhopal.

The Union ministry of tourism will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) tourism ministers’ meeting (TMM) here on March 17 and 18 where the tourism ministers of member countries will adopt a joint action plan.

State tourism and culture minister jaiveer Singh on Saturday said that Uttar Pradesh is known for its rich culture and heritage in the last 5-6 years the state has established a new identity, thereby fast becoming the industrial hub of the country.

Police were in a tizzy for some time after a constable, posted in the Reserve Police Line, on Monday uploaded a suicide note on the WhatsApp status.Police swung into action and later traced him with the help of surveillance. He was found sitting in his car in front of the post-mortem house.

Four persons, including two siblings in Dholpur, were killed in two separate road accidents in the state on Saturday evening. While a young boy and his sister, going for a wedding function at Dholpur's Sahajpur village, on a bike were hit fatally by a rashly-driven truck, two youths were killed when their scooter was hit by an SUV near Tara Nagar in Churu district.