Cleaning up country's rotten electoral system
The time is ripe to push for reforms to curb the flow of black money in politics. We have the Government’s support and the EC is ready with legislative measures needed to end the menace. What are we waiting forIJ A detailed analysis of the sources of funding of political parties...
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Problem, not solution
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Depression out of closet
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Seems, lives just don't matter
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Doles to electricity boards damaging
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Enforcing rights of the divyangs
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Think now | William Shakespeare Great Sonnets
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MSY directs party workers to file papers against congress in 105 seats
31 January 2017 | PNS
Mayawati demands quota for poor upper caste, minorities
After attacking the Bharatiya Janta Party for trying to abolish reservation for Dalits and Backwards, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati reiterated her demand of extending reservation to the poor upper caste and minorities after necessary amendments the Constitution. In a statement issued in lucknow on Monday, Mayawati alleged that the BJP was...
Rahul's road show fails to enthuse party workers
The impressive road-show by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, failed to enthuse his party workers who are upset with the recent coalition with Samajwadi Party. “What we are going to gain from Rahul’s roadshow, especially in lucknow, when not a single Congress candidate has been fielded from the state capital,” questioned...
BJP fields Swati Singh from Sarojini Nagar seat
The BJP brass fielded its Mahila Morcha chief Swati Singh, who had dared BSP chief Mayawati, from Sarojini Nagar - a segment the outskirts of lucknow. She is the wife of BJP leader Dayashanker Singh who was expelled from the party for making unsavoury comment on Mayawati. “There was a demand...
left front announces second list of 29 candidates for UP polls
The left Front which is contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, announced 29 more candidates in their second list with the total candidates announced so far going up to 134 in the state. Among these 29 candidates, the Communist Party of India (CPI) has 18, CPI(M) nine, Forward Bloc and SUCI...
Sunil Sigh urges MSY to assume lok Dal
Elated with Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulyam Singh Yadav’s call to his supporters to contest elections against Congress candidates, lok Dal president Sunil Singh has urged the former to take over the party. “I had in the past invited Netaji to take over lok Dal. Now it seems that my dreams are...
Nine dead in bus-truck collision in Sant Kabirnagar
A bus-truck collision left nine persons dead and two dozen injured in on the Basti-Faizabad highway in Sant Kabirnagar on Monday morning. Reports said that a private bus, which was on way to Ayodhya from Gorakhpur hit a divider and then rammed into the truck leaving five persons dead on the spot and...
EC orders removal of three Police officials
The Election Commission has ordered the removal of three police officials of Ferozabad district for their alleged partisan behaviour in conduct of their official duties. These officers are allegedly close to the ruling party and include SP City, Additional SP and an Inspector. Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi was in Agra on...
