Amita Verma

Syndicate content

Beni shows interest in Amethi plant

Work on the revival of the Jagdishpur steel plant in Sultanpur being set up by public sector steel giant SAIL has begun in right earnest.

Samajwadis get image makeover in UP

The just concluded three-day agitation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has done more good to the party than harm to the Mayawati government.
The Samajwadi Party has got a much-needed image makeover with this agitation and has also won several new admirers.

Mayawati throws challenge, sp accepts it

The slanging match between the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, the main Opposition party, intensified on Thursday with both parties claiming to outdo each other on the streets.

SP protests against Maya govt

Thousands of Samajwadi Party workers spilled on to the streets in various cities of Uttar Pradesh on Monday to mark the beginning of the party’s three-day offensive against the Mayawati government.

Varun marries Yamini in Varanasi

Varun Gandhi, BJP MP and the youngest scion of the Gandhi family, married Yamini Roy Choudhury, a graphic designer, at a simple yet elegant ceremony at the Kanchi Kaamkoti Math on the banks of Ganga r

Many to lose tickets as Maya rethinks

A large number of candidates whose tickets has been finalised by UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati, may finally end up losing their claim to contest on the BSP symbol.

Court plays cupid, dalit weds brahmin

A division bench of the Allahabad high court played Cupid and Amit Chaturvedi, a 22-year-old brahmin youth, overcame caste barriers to marry Kiran, a dalit girl, at a local Arya Samaj temple on Tuesday.

UP: Factionalism continues to bog down BJP

Factionalism continues to bog down the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the fact that Assembly elections are barely a year away matters little to state leaders who are busy settling their own issues instead of reviving the party.

Budget impact gives Cong anxiety attack

With the Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi party and the Bhartiya Janata Party mounting an offensive against the UPA government on the union budget, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh is now apprehensive that the angst of the salaried and middle-class may prove to be its undoing in the next Assembly elections in the state.

Congress-bsp battle over Nishad votes

Ever since the Banda rape case came into sharp focus, the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh have started making a concerted bid to woo the Nishad community — the community to which

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.