Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh: Banned notes worth crores, making up a ‘bed of cash’ when stacked, was found at a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The Police named the owner of the house as Ashok Khatri, who has a money exchange business. The cash was in Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, which were demonetised by…
It is good to be in UP 15 days, 2,500 kms and 12 places
December 25, 2017By R. Chandra Prakash Commonly aired opinions about Uttar Pradesh (UP) have been that its cities and towns are dusty and dirty. With 828 persons per square kilometre, it happens to be a State with one of the highest density of population in India. UP is also considered a “cow belt”. ‘Jugaad’ is not an…
22 bus passengers charred to death in UP
June 5, 2017Bareilly: Twenty-two people have been reported dead and 19 injured after a bus collided with a truck near the Bareilly bypass on National Highway-24 in Uttar Pradesh today at 1.10 am. The bus was carrying 38 passengers, along with two drivers and a conductor, to Gonda district from New Delhi. Authorities said that the truck…
Self-propelled and cleverest among BJP’s State Chiefs, Adityanath could emerge as the star to watch
March 28, 2017Yogi Adityanath’s potential to emerge as a BJP star in his own right is what the world will be watching. Already there are references to him as “another Modi” and “the new Modi.” BY TJS GEORGE It is possible that Yogi Adityanath is not the communal dracula he is seen to be. He is, of…
“BJP’s win in UP polls is a political confluence of capitalism, communalism and casteism”
March 21, 2017Muzaffar Assadi at seminar on ‘UP Assembly Polls-2017’ “The victory of BJP at the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly polls has been achieved through a political confluence of capitalism, communalism and casteism,” opined political analyst Muzaffar Assadi. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘UP Assembly Polls-2017’ organised by Akhila Bharatha Praja Vedike at Maneyangala in…
Yogi Adityanath sworn in as UP CM
March 19, 2017Yogi Adityanath, a five-time BJP Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur and the head priest of the Goraknath temple in his constituency, took oath as Uttar Pradesh’s new Chief Minister this afternoon along with two Deputy Chief Ministers and other members of his Cabinet. The 44-year-old MP was yesterday unanimously elected by the BJP Legislature Party…
Akhilesh jumps over dynasty, gives UP new horizons; Alas, Rahul can do no such thing in Congress
February 28, 2017It’s an unusually long wait for Uttar Pradesh election results. But something more important than the results has already made history. In a State where the dynastic culture had reached vulgar limits, the reigning scion broke out of it by defying his elders. That he had reached the top as a beneficiary of the system…
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