Cow protection: BJP doesn't walk the talk
The BJP harps about the importance of the cow. But talk is cheap. To make a meaningful difference, one needs the will to take unbiased action which the ruling party lacks A few weeks back, while commenting on the repeated instances of alleged mob killings by vigilantes in Rajastan’s Alwar district,...
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Uproar in both Houses over CM's remark
Both Houses of Uttar Pradesh legislature witnessed uproarious scenes with the opposition parties, led by Samajwadi Party, creating ruckus in Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad over Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “unparliamentary language” during his speech in the House In the Vidhan Parishad, the Samajwadi Party staged a walkout while in Vidhan...
No beggar in beggar homes, says Minister
Uttar Pradesh’s Social Welfare Minister Ramapati Shastri said on Thursday that though there were eight beggar homes in the state, not a single beggar was staying in them. Replying to a question of Sushma Patel of Samajwadi Party, Shastri said that all the eight beggar homes — one each in Agra,...
'Record sugar production in UP this fiscal'
Sugarcane Minister Suresh Rana informed the Vidhan Sabha that Uttar Pradesh’s share in total sugar production in India this fiscal was 38 per cent and this had never happened before. He said this was possible only because the state government had cleared the cane arrears systematically. Replying to an adjournment motion, Rana...
Mulayam's confidant Darshan Singh dead
Former member of Rajya Sabha, Darshan Singh Yadav, a close confidant of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, died in Etawah on Thursday after prolonged illness. He was 76. The family members here said that Darshan Singh had returned from Mathura on Wednesday after being treated at a private hospital but he...
12 IAS officers transferred
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 12 senior IAS officers while appointing three new divisional commissioners and two district magistrates. According to the government spokesman, Secretary (Backward Welfare) Anil Kumar Sagar, has been posted as the new Divisional Commissioner of Basti. Secretary (Urban Development) Ranveer Prasad will be the new Divisional...
Amar attacks Azam again
Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh on Thursday continued his attack on Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan, alleging that he (Khan) had a “doctorate in telling lies”. “I am in Rampur, the native place of Azam Khan. He can take my life but spare my wife and two daughters,” the former...
Youth lynched on suspicion of buffalo theft
There seems to be no let-up in hate crimes in the state with another youth being lynched in Bareilly district. The victim, who had come to his home from Dubai where he worked as a tailor, was lynched on the suspicion that he had stolen a buffalo. The police registered a...
