Amita Verma

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Dacoit gangs plan major resurgence

New groups are emerging and old ones are regrouping and Bundelkhand is, once again, witnessing increased dacoit activity.

Mantri denies ‘steal-a-bit’ comments

After he was caught on camera purportedly telling officials that it was fine to “steal a little” if they agreed to work, UP minister Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday vehemently denied having made any suc

Only 38,940 to get UP aid for jobless

Out of the lakhs who enthusiastically applied for it, only 38,940 young men will get an unemployment allowance from September 1.

UP men unite to fight against harassment of grooms

There was shock and then awe as passersby watched about a hundred young men, dressed as grooms, danced merrily and sang parodies of popular hits.

NRHM scam heading for quiet burial?

The CBI is preparing for a quiet burial of the NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh.

The premier investigating agency has virtually called off investigations since the past two months and no further headway ha

Akhilesh park to be bigger, greener than Maya’s

This is going to be a case of my park being better and bigger than your parks.
The Janeshwar Misra Park that is being built by the Akhilesh Yadav government will span across 367 acres of land — four times the size of Ms Mayawati’s much publicised Ambedkar memorial park.

No takers for UPCC chief: 4 to take charge

Since the last four months, the Congress high command is frantically looking for a suitable candidate to occupy the post of UP Congress president.

Summer of reconciliation for SP, BSP in UP

Since the summer of 1995, the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have been sworn enemies.
The BSP, in the past, has stayed away from all functions and political events that had the presence of the Samajwadis.

Traffic education to be part of UP school curriculum

Students in primary and secondary classes in Uttar Pradesh will soon have chapters in traffic education in order to make them better citizens. UP transport minister Mahendra Aridaman Singh, during a recent meeting of State Road Safety Council, has asked the officials from the primary and secondary education departments to include a chapter on traffic education in the textbooks of the primary and secondary school curriculum.

Modi interview: SP disowns Siddiqui

The Samajwadi Party, on Saturday, disowned senior leader Shahid Siddiqui and said that the latter was not member of the party.

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