Amita Verma
Maya seeks CBI probe on death in NRHM scam
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday recommended a CBI inquiry into the alleged murder of Mahendra Sharma, a clerk in the UP health department, whose body was found at his official quarters
BSP has much, SP little to lose in Tuesday’s Phase 6
The sixth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh, polling for which will be held on February 28, will now decide who finally wins the race for power in the state.
UP division not an issue in polls
When UP chief minister Mayawati got a resolution passed in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on November 22, 2011, seeking division of the state into four smaller states; she hoped that the issue would help her ride back to majority in the Assembly elections.
Fresh raids in U.P. and bihar in NRHM scam
The CBI on Saturday conducted more searches at 23 locations in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission scam.
Jaiswal, Beni in UP CM fray?
It is still a fortnight before results start pouring out of EVMs in Uttar Pradesh but two Union ministers have already started promoting themselves as chief ministerial candidates.
CBI: Big fish after UP polls
The CBI, which carried out searches at 30 locations in 22 districts in connection with alleged irregularities in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in UP on Friday, is apparently waiting for the on-going election process to get over before it begins to target the “big fish” involved in the scam.
Raided man: We are just pawns
The CBI raids in UP on Friday in connection with the NRHM scam were carried out on a tip-off provided by BSP MLA R.P. Jaiswal who had been interrogated in Delhi two days ago. Jaiswal, it is said, has agreed to spill the beans on the NRHM scam in UP.
Mamata, Lalu give campaign a miss
Mamata Banerjee, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan. Their parties are contesting elections in Uttar Pradesh and claiming to play a key role in government formation but their presence in the campaign has either been minimal or simply non-existent.
8 days later, a suicide note in NRHM scam
Eight days after Mahendra Sharma’s decomposed body was found in his one-room residence in Pansganwa, in Lakhimpur, the police has “recovered” a suicide note purportedly written by the health department clerk linked to the NRHM scam.
Gadkari names Uma Bharti
BJP president Nitin Gadkari loves confusing party cadres and voters by announcing change in his party’s chief ministerial candidates with almost every phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh.
