Amita Verma
Suspended IAS officer to be chargesheeted
Despite mounting criticism, the UP government will serve a chargesheet to suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, asking her to explain her actions.
Alarming rise in child drug abuse
A 13-year-old girl, traumatised by her parents’ separation, began sniffing whitener to ease her tension. Slowly she became addicted to it, started neglecting her studies and lost her appetite. After being suspended from school, her mother found over 400 empty bottles of whitener in her room.
Pro-reservation stir begins in Lucknow
After the cancellation of the three-tiered reservation policy by the UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC), pro-reservation stir began here on Tuesday with hundreds of reservation supporters marching to gherao the Samajwadi party office.
Series of rallies lined up for Varun in UP
BJP MP Varun Gandhi is all set to hold a series of rallies in Uttar Pradesh from September.
UP kids given disputed land
In what seems like a cruel joke on the five children who were forced to live in a graveyard after their parents died of AIDS in Pratapgarh district, the Uttar Pradesh government has allotted a plot of
BSP wants UP CM to resign
The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday demanded the resignation of UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for his comment that if former chief minister Mayawati was so disturbed with the law and order situation in UP, she should not come to the state.
IAS suspended for action on mafia?
The UP government, late on Saturday night, suspended Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal, sub-divisional magistrate of Greater Noida, for allegedly clearing an encroachment near a shrine.
Quota policy in UP scrapped
Bowing to the intense pressure from students, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has scrapped its controversial reservation policy, whereby caste-based quotas were introduced in competitive examinations at the preliminary stage itself.
Rise in crime: Blame it on illicit relations
The rising crime graph in Uttar Pradesh is not due to poor governance or bad policing, as many would like to believe. It is a result of failed relationships, extra-marital affairs and betrayal in love affairs.
Resentment in SP over tickets
Resentment in the ruling Samajwadi Party is gradually coming to the fore with more and more party leaders voicing their dissent on issues related to cabinet expansion and distribution of tickets.
