Amita Verma
IPS officer in UP faces CBI action
The CBI has sought permission from the Uttar Pradesh government to prosecute senior IPS officer J. Ravindra Gaud in a fake encounter case during his posting in Bareilly district in 2007.
Court rejects CBI report in Sachan case
The CBI suffered a major setback Friday when a CBI special court here rejected its closure report into the alleged murder of former Lucknow deputy CMO Y.S. Sachan.
Din in Assembly over SP MLA son slap row
The Akhilesh Yadav government faced some more embarrassing moments in the state Assembly on Friday when the Opposition raised the issue of a Samajwadi MLA’s son slapping a lady teacher at a local private university.
The teacher, who had been slapped, met the chief minister on Friday and apprised him of the incident. The chief minister reportedly assured her that action will be taken in the matter.
SP, BSP spar over power crisis in Assembly
The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party spat over the power situation in Uttar Pradesh led to repeated adjournments and walkout in the state Assembly on Wednesday.
MoS for agriculture accuses senior of graft
Troubles for UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav seem to be growing by the day.
On FB, Mulayam son campaigns for pug
Meet Dulari, also known as Beti.
Little ascetics
Anand is eight years old and preparing for a life that is completely unknown to him.
On February 10 — Mauni Amavasya — he severed his ties with the material world and entered into a new life — as a Bal Naga in the Niranjani Akhara.
UP CM orders probe, relief
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an inquiry into the Sunday’s stampede and also announced an ex-gratia payment of `5 lakhs each to the kin of the deceased and `2 lakhs each to t
Rail station stampede kills 15 in Allahabad
Fifteen persons were killed and over 20 others injured when the railing of a foot overbridge leading to Platform 6 of Allahabad railway station gave way due to the heavy rush of passengers. Unconfirmed reports said over 20 people were feared dead and 30 injured in the stampede at Allahabad station.
Hope brings a mother to Kumbh every year
The dust of an angry afternoon is calmed by the gentleness of the twilight. The soft intoxicating smell of incense wafts across the air and tired minds, trapped in aching bodies, settled down for religious discourses.
But for Saraswati Basu of Bhubaneswar. there is no peace. Her mind is disturbed, there is turmoil in her heart and her eyes stare into the dimming horizon.
