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BJP’s can of worms opens as fight starts over state chief post

Sunday 22 November '09

Unfazed by the series of electoral drubbings after the Lok Sabha elections, the process of the organisational poll culminating in election of state president has unleashed intense factional fight within the state BJP.
Centre’s decision puts ball in UP court

Saturday 21 November '09

With the Centre accepting sugarcane farmers’ objections to the “fair and remunerative price” regime, the onus has now shifted on Uttar Pradesh.
Muslim groups slam SP for raking up Babri issue, calls it opportunist

Thursday 19 November '09

The Samajwadi Party has drawn all-round flak for raking up the Babri Masjid issue, with Muslim organisations accusing it of indulging in “opportunism for its own political ends”.
SP to flaunt new Muslim mascot Azmi across UP

Tuesday 17 November '09

At a time when the Samajwadi Party (SP) is witnessing an alarming erosion in its electoral fortunes, it has found a new Muslim mascot in Abu Asim Azmi.
In UP, Mulayam banks on Azmi to revive Muslim support

Tuesday 17 November '09

At A time when the Samajwadi Party is witnessing an alarming erosion in its electoral fortunes, it has found a new Muslim mascot in Abu Asim Azmi.
Kalyan to join BJP? Party not ready to roll out red carpet

Monday 16 November '09

Once bitten twice shy. The BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh are not enthusiastic over Kalyan Singh’s unsolicited offer to work for strengthening the party, his support for the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya and his re-affirmation of the commitment to Hindutuva.
Polls apart in UP: Mulayam disowns Kalyan after rout

Sunday 15 November '09

Smarting under the crushing defeat of his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav the Firozabad Lok Sabha bypolls...
Jittery Mulayam says Kalyan never part of SP

Sunday 15 November '09

Smarting over the crushing defeat of his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav in the Ferozabad Lok Sabha bypolls, a jittery Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav....
Lonely in SP, Amar asks Mulayam to spare him politics

Friday 13 November '09

Ranged against some senior leaders in a bitter intra-party turf war, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is learnt to have shot off a letter to party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav...
13 yrs ago, UP House saw row over Urdu

Tuesday 10 November '09

Maharashtra is not the only state to have seen a controversy over a legislator’s choice of language for taking oath in the Assembly.
13 years ago, UP House saw a row over Urdu

Tuesday 10 November '09

Maharashtra is not the only state to have seen a controversy over a legislator’s choice of language for taking oath in the Assembly.
In crunch season, it’s sweet deal for sugarcane farmers in UP

Friday 6 November '09

The protests by farmers’ organisations, and the utterances and actions of the UP government in the last few days would suggest that sugarcane farmers in the state are facing a crisis.
Prices: Bitter farmers burn sugar crop

Monday 2 November '09

The agitation over sugar prices — the “low price” as announced by the Uttar Pradesh government and the “fair and remunerative...
Sugar mills in UP cold to new energy policy, cite high cost

Sunday 1 November '09

The Uttar Pradesh government’s new energy policy allowing bagasse-based co-generation units of sugar mills to generate power from coal has no takers. Reason: prohibitive cost involved in shifting to coal as the fuel for power generation.
Firozabad: Unnerved SP buys peace with RLD, looks to stars

Sunday 1 November '09

Rattled by the aggressive campaign launched by the Congress in Firozabad Lok Sabha bypoll, the Samajwadi Party has joined hands with its erstwhile ally Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal.
SP miffed as Rahul factor set to queer pitch for Dimple

Thursday 29 October '09

The first family of the Samajwadi Party has dropped anchor in Firozabad to see their bahu through in the Lok Sabha by-elections early November.
UP sugarcane farmers just can’t swallow Centre’s bitter pill

Wednesday 28 October '09

UP sugarcane farmers have rejected the Centre’s order asking the state governments to pay the farmers the difference if they fix the price of sugarcane in excess of the “fair and remunerative price”...
In Maya’s UP, all not unfair for Amar

Saturday 24 October '09

Even as the case of fraud and money laundering against Amar Singh in Kanpur has become a hot potato for the UP police, the principal secretary of the UP Assembly has declined to conduct an inquiry...
UP mills demand subsidy if cane prices are hiked

Friday 16 October '09

The Indian Sugar Mills’ Association (ISMA), an organisation of private sugar mills, has opposed any substantial hike in the state advisory price....
Mill body opposes sugarcane price hike, farmers raise pitch

Friday 16 October '09

The Indian Sugar Mills Association, an organisation of private sugar mills, has opposed any substantial increase in the state advisory price of sugarcane for the current season.
Maya fields jumbo team of 150 for plan panel meet in Delhi

Thursday 15 October '09

A day after Chief Minister Mayawati issued instructions for observing austerity in her government, a jumbo team of over 150 officials left for Delhi in connection with a meeting of the Planning Commission for the approval of the state’s annual plan for the current year on Thursday.
UPPCL plans to procure power from independent producers

Sunday 11 October '09

Notwithstanding the grand plans of the UP government to add fresh power generation capacity of over 18,000 MW during the 11th plan period ending in March 2012...
Dark Thursday as power lines trip at 2 plants

Friday 9 October '09

The state faced unprecedented power crisis on Thursday when the Obra (1,382 MW) and Anpara (1,630 MW) thermal power plants tripped causing a near total stoppage of power generation in the state.
Central agency bridges the technology gap for farmers

Friday 9 October '09

Yadvendra Ram Tripathi, of Sariyya village under the Khajni development block in Gorakhpur district, a graduate, spurned the offer of a government...
UP plans power plant with Neyveli Corp, but hiccups dog project

Tuesday 6 October '09

The state government is negotiating with the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, the Tamil Nadu based Central PSU, to set up a 1,980 MW coal-based thermal power plant.
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