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Noida engineer Yadav Singh suspended by UP govt
India | Dec 08, 2014, 05:44 PM ISTLucknow: Engineer-in-chief of Noida Authority Yadav Singh, who was in the dock following income tax department raids was today suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government."On the directives of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, Yadav Singh has
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No money of UP government spent on birthday bash: Mulayam Singh
National | Nov 23, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTLucknow: With his “extravagant” birthday celebrations drawing flak and questions being raised on the source of funds, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today asserted that state money was not spent on the celebrations and dubbed
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Coca Cola stalls expansion plans in Varanasi
India | Aug 30, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTLucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday clarified that it had "very little role" in beverage major Coca Cola's decision to stall its expansion plans in Varanasi - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency.Hindustan Coca-Cola
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UP government for expansion of e-governance: Akhilesh Yadav
India | Aug 02, 2014, 07:16 AM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh government was committed for expansion of E-governance and development of IT in the state, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said here yesterday.Yadav said this during his meeting with executive vice president of prominent
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UP government to abolish 4,797 posts in ten departments
India | Jul 22, 2014, 04:19 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today decided to do away with nearly 5000 redundant posts in several departments of the state.The state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, which met here today, decided to
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CAG slams UP government for mismanagement at Maha Kumbh Mela
India | Jul 01, 2014, 11:08 PM ISTLucknow: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has criticised the Uttar Pradesh government for financial mismanagement, absence of co-ordination between different departments and lack of planning in traffic management during last year's Maha Kumbh
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BJP members stage walkout from council over power tariff hike
National | Jun 30, 2014, 09:10 PM ISTLucknow: BJP today expressed dissatisfaction over the UP government's proposed move to raise the power tariff and staged a walkout from Legislative Council. During the Question Hour, leader of BJP Hriday Narin Dixit asked the
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After attacks on policemen, UP replaces rifles with revolvers
India | Jun 18, 2014, 01:19 PM ISTLucknow: Rattled by the growing attacks on policemen, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to provide constables on duty with pistols and revolvers, an official said Wednesday.Sources said the decision to dump the British era
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Ahead of polls, Akhilesh transfers 53 IAS officers including 28 DMs
India | Feb 04, 2014, 10:16 PM ISTLucknow: In a mass scale transfer of 53 IAS officers including 28 district magistrates today, the Akhilesh Yadav government brought in its own loyal officers in key positions in the state bureaucracy.Following are the transfers:
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Muzaffarnagar riots: UP govt reinstates suspended IPS officer
India | Dec 11, 2013, 08:25 PM ISTLucknow: Senior IPS officer Subhash Chandra Dubey was today reinstated by the Uttar Pradesh government, three months after he was suspended for his alleged failure to contain riots in Muzaffarnagar.Dubey has been reinstated and orders
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UP govt asks Centre to provide meningitis vaccines for Haj pilgrims
India | Sep 05, 2013, 07:40 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today asked the Centre to immediately provide meningococcal meningitis vaccines, which has been made mandatory for Haj pilgrimage by the Saudi Arab government.In a letter written to Union Health Minister Ghulam
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Ayodhya: Police use water cannon as VHP, Bajrang Dal stage protest in Delhi
India | Aug 26, 2013, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Police had to use water cannons to disperse Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists protesting the arrest of their leaders by the UP government. Police had to resort to a mild canecharge, as Bajrang
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1,696 arrested, security measures to continue: UP govt
India | Aug 25, 2013, 06:43 PM ISTLucknow: As the VHP was adamant to complete its 84 Kosi Parikrama Yatra, the UP government today said security arrangements would continue to check those trying to attend the banned yatra even as 1,696 persons,
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Plea to end UP government control over probe agencies
National | May 15, 2013, 11:23 AM ISTLucknow, May 15: Amid the intensifying debate in the country on the autonomy of the CBI, a petition has been filed in Allahabad High Court seeking to end the control of the Uttar Pradesh government
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BJP demands UP govt take action against panchayat
India | Jul 13, 2012, 09:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 13: BJP today termed the decision of a village panchayat in Uttar Pradesh banning love marriages and restricting movement of women out of homes as “wrong” and “against the law” and asked
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Chidambaram terms UP Panchayat diktats against women 'illegal'
India | Jul 13, 2012, 08:31 PM ISTBaghpat (UP), Jul 13: In Taliban-style diktats, a panchayat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from going out for shopping and using mobile phones outside their homes, an action deprecated by the
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Need for projects to clean river Gomti says CM Akhilesh
National | Jun 29, 2012, 05:15 PM ISTLucknow, Jun 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today admitted the need for projects to clean the river Gomti passing through the state capital and said detailed studies were on in this connection.“There is
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SC Slams Mayawati Govt Over Greater Noida Land Acquisition
India | Jun 27, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 27: Criticising UP Government for acquiring prime agricultural land for building luxury flats in Greater Noida, the Supreme Court today questioned the invoking of urgency clause that bars farmers from raising objections
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Lakhimpur Murder: High Court Directs UP Govt To Submit Probe Report
India | Jun 15, 2011, 02:06 PM ISTLucknow, Jun 15 : The Allahabad High Court today directed the UP government to submit a status report on the CB-CID or any other agency probe into the murder of a 14-year-old girl in a
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UP Govt Preventing Leaders From Meeting Farmers, Says BJP
National | Jun 08, 2011, 06:31 PM ISTLucknow, Jun 8: BJP today alleged that the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh was creating hurdles in its four-day-long 'Kisan Bachao Yatra', preventing party leaders from meeting the farmers affected by land acquisition for the