New Delhi: It's a blow which the government was quick to recover from. Less than 24 hours after Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the sub-quota for minorities, the government is adamant to pursue it. The government has proposed creation of a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for notified minority groups out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for OBCs - a move which the Opposition says smacks of votebank...
09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: In India, two months after being forced to skip Jaipur Literary Festival, controversial author Salman Rushdie on Saturday hit out at Congress, suggesting that his presence there was blocked because of "useless electoral calculations" and told Rahul Gandhi that "it did not work". The renowned author, who has been castigated by fundamentalist Muslim groups for his book 'The Satanic Verses', said blocking his presence in Jaipur "led the...
10:38 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Amid the raging controversy over induction of former Mayawati confidant Babu Singh Kushwaha, the BJP on Wednesday gave ticket to Sakshi Maharaj, a Lodh OBC leader of Uttar Pradesh who had earlier faced rape charges. Sacchidanand Hari Sakshi Maharaj, who has been Lok Sabha MP from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh three times, will be the BJP candidate from Bhongaon in Western UP. The controversial leader had faced rape...
08:45 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party said on Tuesday that it would approach Election Commission (EC) against the statues of state Chief Minister Mayawati and her party's election symbol dotting the city. "The Bahujan Samajwadi Party government has installed statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and Bahujan Samaj Party election symbol, the elephant, every where in the city to promote the party. We will write to Election Commission asking to take cognisance of...
07:18 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Former BJP president Rajnath Singh ruled out any possibility of an alliance between his party and BSP or SP. ...
06:27 PM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: With the Mayawati government having announced holding of high school and state board examinations between January and April 2012, Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Wednesday said the panel can get the examinations in Uttar Pradesh postponed if it affects the assembly poll schedule in the state. In an interview to a national news channel, Quraishi also hoped that the proposed Lokpal Bill will help in tackling corruption,...
02:04 AM, Dec 22, 2011
Lucknow: In a bid to give her own government a clean chit, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday released an 84-page 'white paper' refuting the allegations of rampant corruption in her regime. Releasing the white paper on her behalf, state Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh said, "The chief minister believes in utmost transparency that is followed in all key departments and undertakings of the government." "The chief minister is...
04:46 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Lucknow: The Republican Party of India, led by Ramdas Athawale, will contest 250 out of 403 seats in next year's Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. "The party is gearing up to field 250 candidates in the election. The list of 100 nominees will be issued soon," he told reporters in Lucknow. Attacking the Mayawati-led BSP government in Uttar Pradesh, Athawala said it had failed to solve problems of dalits. "The...
05:38 PM, Dec 04, 2011
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed the resolution to divide the state into four states. Is the proposed division in the national interest? Join Rajdeep Sardesai for a discussion tonight in India At 9. ...
01:27 PM, Nov 21, 2011
There are mixed reactions from the common man in Uttar Pradesh with some opposing and some approving Mayawati's demand to divide the state in four. ...
12:06 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have given a notice to Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Sukhadeo Rajbhar to bring a no-confidence motion against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government. The Congress has decided to support the motion moved by the Samajwadi Party. The Samajwadi Party claims that Chief Minister Mayawati has lost majority in the Assembly as the BSP has denied tickets to 40 sitting MLAs...
10:27 AM, Nov 21, 2011
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at the Congress ahead of the UP assembly elections. The UP Chief Minister slammed the Congress's latest tactic of sprawling solo posters of Rahul Gandhi being used across the state. Mayawati called it a mere histrionics and said that Gandhi should concentrate on Centre's actions. Taking a no holds barred swipe at the Congress General Secretary, Mayawati said he...
01:14 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Kushinagar: Accusing the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of not making serious efforts for Uttar Pradesh's development, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari said development of villages and generating jobs would be his party's priority if it comes to power in the state in 2012. He also said BJP will not have any post or pre-poll alliance for the state assembly elections. "Be it Congress or BSP, the...
08:29 PM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: Congress and Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Wednesday finalised the seat-sharing for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh and Congress in-charge for Gujarat Mohan Prakash held talks with the RLD chief. The meet took place after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had deliberations with UP Congress leaders over the issue of sharing of seats with RLD which wields considerable influence in...
09:46 PM, Oct 26, 2011
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