There is no quick fix in education
Governments tend to set milestones and then tom-tom their achievements on reaching them. This approach does not work in the education sector Governments, often after coming to power and before going for elections, get restless to show results, obviously for political reasons. We often hear of Governments declaring achievements in 100...
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Entrepreneurs unite
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My name is Hafiz...
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Balancing valid concerns
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End of a confrontation
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Solar energy needs bigger breakthrough
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State's NBFCs come under scanner
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IMC dismantles encroachments
30 November 2017 | PNS
Polling for municipal corporations was held through EVMs
Amid sporadic incidents of violence and protest over missing names in electoral rolls, an estimated 53 per cent of the total 94.05 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the third and last phase of urban local bodies poll in 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Incidents of violence were reported following...
The voters participation increased by over six percent
The State election commission has said that the voters participation increased by over six percent as compared to the civic elections in 2012. The commission claimed that the year’s elections of the urban local bodies were very peaceful and incident free. With the completion of the third phase of...
The widow of a Kar Sewak filed a petition
The widow of a Kar Sewak who died in police firing on November 2, 1990, filed a petition in a Faizabad court seeking prosecution of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. At the time of the incident, Mulayam was the Chief Minister when thousands of Kar Sewaks stormed the disputed...
Hike in power tariff
Power consumers in the state are likely to get a shock as power regulator Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Regularity Commission (UPSERC) is expected to announce a hike in power tariff on Thursday. The UP Power Corporation limited (UPPCl) in its annual revenue requirement statement filed before the regulator had sought overall hike...
Samajwadi Party announced Pawan Katiyar as its candidate
Samajwadi Party announced Pawan Katiyar as its candidate for the by-poll to Sikandara Assembly seat in Kanpur Dehat where polling is scheduled on December 21. The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting BJP member Mathura Prasad Pal, who died after a prolonged illness on July 22. The last date for filing...
Akhilesh Yadav will campaign in Gujarat Assembly election for four days
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will campaign in Gujarat Assembly election for four days starting December 4. The SP is in an electoral understanding with the Congress and is contesting five seats out of the total of 182 seats in Gujarat Assembly. SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said in luccknow on Wednesday that party chief...
Three children were killed in separate incidents
Tragedy struck the state when 14 persons, including three children, were killed in separate incidents since Tuesday night. In Shahjahenpur, three children were killed and two others injured after a wall collapsed over them in Sarthauli village on Wednesday morning. The police later shifted the injured to hospital. A government communiqué confirmed that Yogi...