More to the 'dramatic decade' than is there
Pranab Mukherjee’s book glosses over an important development of the seventies: The capitulation of senior judges of the country’s highest judiciary, in the run-up to and during the Emergency years President Pranab Mukherjee’s book, The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years, provides a fascinating account of Indira Gandhi’s rise, fall and...
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Real zero-tolerance
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After the drawdown
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Home-coming of a new kind
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The other, more critical issues
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Stepping back to go full-steam
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Think now | Thomas Paine The Age of Reason
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CM says State Government Finances its Development Projects
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CM asks District Magistrates to provide Relief to Poor
As the cold wave conditions continue to lash Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav declared that directions have been given to the district magistrates to provide relief to the poor in form of bonfire and blankets. “We have asked all the district officials to ensure that no one dies of cold....
SP leader blames Modi for Communal Hatred
Hitting out at BJP-led NDA Government Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre was working on the agenda of the RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for spreading communal hatred. ‘’The BJP government has failed on all the issues of development. It talked...
lokayukta gives Notives to Family members of State Mining Minster
In the alleged disproportionate assets case, the Uttar Pradesh lokayukta has served notices to family members of state mining minister, Gayatri Prasad Prajapati. A probe of a complaint of the alleged disproportionate assets acquired by the minister is underway. An official of lokayukta office said that lokayukta N K Mehrotra also...
Jagmohan Yadav is expected to be the next DGP
Senior IPS officer Jagmohan Yadav is pips out in the race for the next Director General of Police (DGP) of the state. If things fall at right place, Yadav, who is holding post of Additional Director General of Police (ADG) CB-CID, is tipped to become the new DGP of the state on...
Agra, Meerut, Varanasi and Kanpur To get Metro Rail
The new year brings good news for four cities namely Agra, Meerut, Varanasi and Kanpur where state government wants to introduce metro rail to ease out clogged city traffic. Besides, the Government also introduced new bio-technology policy with Council of Science and Technology as its nodal agency. “After lucknow, Government has...
Anganwadis to be backbone of health & nutrition in rural C'garh
As the year 2014 comes to an end, the Chhattisgarh Government is already on its way to developing scores of Anganbadi centres across the rural landscape as an ‘effective centres of health and nutrition for villages’, officials stated. As a consequence, the working time of Anganbadi centres have already been increased...
More than Rs3.25 crore recovered from 7 officers
Teams of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) on Tuesday raided 16 premises of seven officers of irrigation department and recovered more than Rs3.25 crore in cash. Of these, two officers were caught red handed taking bribe, said Additional Director General (EOW) Mukesh Gupta. Gupta told reporters that Chief...
