Party means business in state: Congress

Monday 2 November '09

The Congress seems to be leaving no stone unturned for the November 7 by-elections in the state with several union ministers campaigning for the party candidates.

At Firozabad, SP cycle rally fails to put brakes on Rahul show

Saturday 31 October '09

It was political one-upmanship at its best in Firozabad on Friday.

Bundelkhand: UP to get a meet of its own

Wednesday 14 October '09

Since the Uttar Pradesh government stayed away from the meeting held at Orchha in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday to discuss development of Bundelkhand through NREGS....

UP to skip, doubts Bundelkhand meet motive

Tuesday 13 October '09

Called in the backdrop of Rahul’s appeals to PM, Orchha meet to discuss development of the region through NREGS....

Govt launches verification drive to nab fake beneficiaries of welfare schemes

Monday 28 September '09

With rising complaints about fake beneficiaries of social welfare schemes, the state government has launched a verification drive on a war footing.

Rahul’s UP visit takes partymen by surprise

Friday 25 September '09

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took by surprise not only the UP government but also the Congressmen during his 180-km drive from Lucknow....

From November, polio drops at Domino’s

Monday 21 September '09

Come November, and Domino’s pizza outlets will turn Pulse Polio booths on immunisation days, with its delivery boys also doing...

Pizza, polio to make a potent combination in Uttar Pradesh

Saturday 19 September '09

Come November and Domino's pizza delivery boys will turn campaigners for the polio-eradication campaign.

Swine flu: Testing times

Tuesday 15 September '09

Over 210 cases of swine-flu have been reported from Uttar Pradesh and the state government is still in the process of...

Inspired by Rahul, Amethi has new benefactor: Pooja Bedi

Monday 14 September '09

Amethi, Rahul Gandhi's constituency, has caught actress Pooja Bedi’s eyes. Through four days, the glamorous actor went around 10-odd villages....

‘Confused’ UP Congmen yet to heed call for pay cuts

Thursday 10 September '09

While Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh were quick to accuse the state government of apathy towards drought-affected areas....

Once bitten, UP plans new JE vaccine campaign

Wednesday 9 September '09

Following the state’s inability to immunise newborn children in last three years, seven high-risk districts will go in for second phase of the Japanese Encephalitis mass vaccination soon.

Maya plans food coupons, digital ration cards

Saturday 29 August '09

In order to put an end to pilferage and mushrooming of fake ration cards in the public distribution system

On UP visit, Rahul says Maya stalling Amethi project

Tuesday 18 August '09

Unlike his mother Sonia Gandhi who avoided criticising the Uttar Pradesh government during her recent three-day visit to her constituency of Rae Bareli....

‘What about encephalitis?’: UP doctor writes in blood to Rahul

Monday 17 August '09

Over 200 cases and 40 deaths have taken place in eastern UP in the past one month due to encephalitis, the disease which has a mortality rate between 30 to 40 per cent.

UP Youth Cong leader sacked for faking his age

Friday 14 August '09

Pankaj Tiwari, one of the rising stars of the UP Youth Congress, who was selected in a talent hunt and handpicked by Rahul Gandhi....

After Rahul’s Amethi visit, Sonia stops by at Rae Bareli

Tuesday 11 August '09

Three days after Rahul Gandhi visited a Dalit dominated village in Amethi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi toured 17 villages in her constituency of Rae Bareli.....

Cong’s circular to gag loose cannons

Tuesday 4 August '09

With the Rita Bahuguna Joshi episode yet to die down, a Meerut corporator’s alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati has forced the Congress to take preventive measures.

UPCC out to ‘expose’ Maya govt on NREGA anomalies

Monday 3 August '09

The state Congress is planning to take on the Mayawati government over alleged shortcomings, irregularities and corruption in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Uttar Pradesh.

UP reports first Type 2 polio case derived from vaccine

Monday 3 August '09

In an alarming development, the first-ever case of vaccine-derived polio virus Type 2 has been reported from Uttar Pradesh....

‘I never meant those words’

Sunday 2 August '09

Kayamuddin Ansari, 17-year-old resident of Mukundpur village in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, wanted “to earn so much that my father does not have to work and I can arrange money for his treatment”.

UP Congress angry as ‘outsiders’ get tickets for bypolls

Monday 27 July '09

Resentment against Congress candidates for three UP Assembly seats going to bypolls next month has started surfacing. For, all three, namely Saulat Ali for Moradabad...

Attack on Rita house: Cong says order CBI probe or face agitation

Sunday 26 July '09

Fired up over their party’s comeback trail in UP after nearly two decades, Congressmen on Saturday turned the heat on UP Chief Minister Mayawati....

Cong plans UP strategy, issues for 2012 battle

Friday 24 July '09

With its eyes on the Assembly elections in 2012, the Congress is drawing up a plan to combat the ruling BSP in Uttar Pradesh over the next three years.

Rita threatens stir against CM; Maya vows to bring her to justice

Tuesday 21 July '09

Returning to the state capital to an enthusiastic welcome from Congressmen, an aggressive Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Monday gave an ultimatum...