Rahul asks NSUI members to reach grassroot level
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday advised party members to reach grassroot level, understand problems of the people and redress their grievances.
Rahul meets aggrieved UP woman
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called the woman who had squatted in front of his car on Monday and gave her a patient hearing in Amethi.
Mr Gandhi called Shobhawati Devi and met her at Munshiganj guest house. She had tried to meet him on Monday night but was prevented by SPG personnel. He later
Eye on polls, Maya govt offers tax-free budget
Apparently with an eye on the state Assembly elections due next year, the Mayawati government on Tuesday presented a tax-free budget of `1,69,416.38 crores for the financial year 2011-12.
Status quo on Ayodhya verdict extended till May 31 by HC
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday extended till May, 31 the status quo on the implementation on its September, 30 order on the Ayodhya title suits.
BJP brahmin card makes BSP nervous
The BJP will now be playing the brahmin card in Uttar Pradesh to regain lost ground. The appointment of veteran party leader Kalraj Misra as chief of the election campaign committee is an indication of the BJP’s motive.
Rahul meets rape victims, offers help
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday met two rape victims in Uttar Pradesh —a teenaged girl who was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA in Shahbazpur village in Banda district and another dalit girl who is admitted in a hospital in Kanpur.
Girl resists rape, limbs chopped off
In a brutal incident, the hand, foot and ear of a dalit girl was chopped off with an axe in Fatehpur district after she resisted a rape attempt by three youths.
The incident took place on Saturday evening in Udauli village, when the 17-year-old girl was returning from the fields with another girl.
BJP sticks to JPC demand
The Bhartiya Janata Party has made it clear that unless the UPA government agreed to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G scam, the party would not allow the Parliament to function.
‘No projects on coal-bearing land’
The Union minister for coal Shri Prakash Jaiswal has written a letter to all chief ministers of coal bearing states not to install big projects in coal bearing areas of their respective states.
SP MLAs wear black in House
Samajwadi MLAs created a furore in the UP Assembly on Friday when they all came dressed in black to register their protest against the Mayawati government.