Maya memorials now to get space in tourist maps

Thursday 21 May '09

No longer will the Imambaras of Lucknow or the Residency be the only places of interest in the city.

LDA uses the sun to light up its 100 new parks

Tuesday 12 May '09

Soon after swearing in, Chief Minister Mayawati had emphasised on the use of CFLs in government offices to save power consumption as much as possible.

Is this a school? A hospital? It’s the latest Maya Stupa

Sunday 10 May '09

Forget what happens on May 16 when results come in. Fed by taxpayers’ money, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s never-ending mission to build memorials, ostensibly for Dalit icons, rolls on-unchecked.

Is this a school? A hospital? It’s the latest Maya Stupa

Sunday 10 May '09

Fed by taxpayers’ money, Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati’s never-ending mission to build memorials, ostensibly for Dalit icons, rolls on - unchecked.

Accidents, deaths rise as traffic cops control polls

Saturday 9 May '09

In the last two months of March and April, 137 people had died in 287 road accidents.

Voters near memorial sites cast away very own Maya in polls

Friday 1 May '09

People living close to the memorials, the most visible work done by the Mayawati government in Lucknow, turned out to vote with a vengeance against the BSP on Thursday.

Ambedkar guard born at Rs 1.25 cr

Tuesday 28 April '09

It costs Rs 1.25 crore, making it possibly the most expensive police outpost ever built in India. The Ambedkar Memorial police outpost...

Killer machines turn memorial into graveyard

Wednesday 22 April '09

Two labourers died in 24 hours after being run over by a hydra vehicle at the construction site of Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial, where workers allege there are no safety measures for them.

Now seasonal flowers will bloom all the year round

Tuesday 21 April '09

Soon flowers like gerberas and roses will be available round the year once the National Botanical Research Institute sets up three polyhouses in Lucknow...

Kanshi Ram Memorial to have the biggest dome in India

Sunday 19 April '09

With the country’s biggest dome coming up here at Kanshi Ram Memorial, Chief Minister Mayawati’s pet project will dwarf even the Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur....

Kanshi Ram Memorial to have biggest dome in India

Sunday 19 April '09

With the country’s biggest dome coming up here at Kanshi Ram Memorial, Chief Minister Mayawati’s pet project will dwarf even the Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur, Karnataka, which has the largest dome in the country.

After expulsion, Lok Sabha election: LU students do it all

Monday 13 April '09

Once expelled from the Lucknow University (LU) on charges of disturbing law and order and involvement in criminal activities, several student leaders have got a new job: canvassing for political parties in the Lok Sabha elections.

Maya’s promised houses still not ready

Monday 6 April '09

Deadline for constructing 1.10 lakh small houses under Manyawar Kanshiramji Shahari Gareeb Awaas Yojna for urban poor has lapsed but the work on ground is far from completion.

Maya man files nomination, chokes roads in Lucknow

Sunday 5 April '09

BSP candidate Akhilesh Das filed his nomination for Lucknow constituency amid much fanfare on Saturday, with his over 500-metre long convoy throwing the traffic off gear along the entire route from Gomti Nagar to Collectorate office in Lucknow.

Mayamantra: build, demolish, construct

Wednesday 11 March '09

The granite floor of Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal in Gomti Nagar has been dug up to facilitate construction of pillars so that canopies can be erected over the statues of Chief Minister Mayawati...

The great UP cover-up caper

Wednesday 11 March '09

First she spent crores to make sure that no one could avoid her towering presence, but now Mayawati is dipping into the state exchequer to cover up her statues....

Hoardings stand, LMC claims fall flat

Saturday 7 March '09

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) may claim to have removed all political hoardings and banners from public places. But a check on ground portrays an entirely different picture.

LDA plans a hundred blooms for city

Thursday 5 March '09

The 100 parks of city that the Lucknow Development Authority is going to develop, will be named after flowers, not political icons.

Up for facelift, Gomti gets a pat

Sunday 1 March '09

Gomti river in Lucknow has better physiographic conditions than any other river in the country, said officials of the Sabarmati River Front Development Corporation Limited...

Pvt players get 2 more months to submit bids

Wednesday 25 February '09

The state government has extended the last date of submission of bids for 14 projects — to be developed in six cities under the Integrated Urban Rejuvenation Plan — by two months.

‘7,000 town planners required to make urbanisation smooth’

Monday 23 February '09

There is a dearth of town planners in government development agencies across the country, according to Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI).

UP Housing Board slashes interest charges

Saturday 21 February '09

The UP Housing and Development Board will reduce its interest rates on EMI by one per cent to bring it on par with the rates offered by private and government banks.

LDA plans policy on land allotment

Wednesday 18 February '09

The Lucknow Development Authority has decided to frame a policy to govern allotment of land to government, semi-government and private institutions...

Bronze idol crops up in the middle of closed road

Monday 16 February '09

In Bahujan Samaj Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh, mushrooming of statues has become a norm.

To beat election code of conduct, Maya’s officials put more projects on fast track

Friday 13 February '09

With the Lok Sabha elections inching closer, the government agencies in Uttar Pradesh have suddenly started work at a breakneck speed to begin construction of the projects unveiled by Chief Minister Mayawati before the code of conduct comes into force.