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UP CM talks tough, faces angry protest

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday faced angry protests in Kunda in Pratapgarh district when he went to meet the family of the village pradhan and his brother who had been killed in Saturday night’s violence.
The Opposition, in Lucknow, did not allow the Vidhan Sabha to function throughout the day, demanding immediate arrest of Raja Bhaiyya who had resigned form his ministerial position on Monday after being named in the FIR for the murder of the DSP.

CBI arrests UP ex-health secy

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav signs a board during a school function in Lucknow on Thursday. 	— PTI

The CBI on Thursday arrested UP’s former principal health secretary, Pradeep Shukla, for his alleged role in multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.

In UP, big scam gets bloodier

The multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in UP claimed its sixth life on Thursday when Mahendra Sharma, a clerk with the state health department who had gone missing on February 7, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Lakhimpur district.

Sharma was under pressure to sign files: Kin

If the CBI investigation reveals that Mahendra Sharma and Sunil Verma had roles in the NRHM scam, the agency will definitely approach the competent authority for transfer of these two cases to the Central probe agency, sources said.

Key NRHM scam witness ‘kills himself’

The multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh claimed its fourth victim when Sunil Verma, an official who is a suspect in the case, allegedly shot himself dead at his residence in Lucknow on Monday morning.

NRHM: Top UP official is booked, raids at 44 places

More trouble seems in store for the Mayawati government with the CBI on Thursday booking Pradeep Shukla, UP board of revenue member and a former principal secretary in the family welfare department, and five others over irregularities in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in the state.

UP scam: CBI raids Kushwaha, others

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The CBI, probing alleged irregularities in implementing the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission in Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday conducted searches at over 60 places in New Delhi, UP, Haryana and

5 cases against UP officials filed

The CBI, probing the NRHM scam, registered five cases against the Uttar Pradesh government officials and private contractors, including one against former family welfare minister of UP Babu Singh Kush

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