

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.Monday 2 November '09
The agitation over sugar prices — the “low price” as announced by the Uttar Pradesh government and the “fair and remunerative...Sunday
1 November '09The 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.Sunday
1 November '09Rattled 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.Thursday
29 October '09The first family of the Samajwadi Party has dropped anchor in Firozabad to see their bahu through in the Lok Sabha by-elections early November.Wednesday
28 October '09UP 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”...Saturday
24 October '09Even 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...Friday
16 October '09The Indian Sugar Mills’ Association (ISMA), an organisation of private sugar mills, has opposed any substantial hike in the state advisory price....Friday
16 October '09The 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.Thursday
15 October '09A 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.Sunday
11 October '09Notwithstanding 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...Friday
9 October '09The 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.Friday
9 October '09Yadvendra Ram Tripathi, of Sariyya village under the Khajni development block in Gorakhpur district, a graduate, spurned the offer of a government...Tuesday
6 October '09The 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.Thursday
1 October '09For power-starved Uttar Pradesh, there is some good news at last. The Rosa thermal power project in Shahajahanpur, being set up by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, will commence generation in November, five months ahead of schedule.Wednesday
30 September '09The state government-owned UP Power Corporation Ltd, which has been vigorously pursuing privatisation of power distribution in the state...Sunday
27 September '09Faced with shortage in sugarcane production and diversion of cane to gur (jaggery) and khandsari units, sugar mills in UP have advanced the cane-crushing schedule from December to October to be able to purchase their required stock before farmers sell off the harvest at higher prices.Wednesday
23 September '09The state government’s attempts to add 4,000 buses to its public transport fleet through Public-Private-Partnership have failed to take off due to poor response from investors.Sunday
20 September '09Despite a slew of power projects announced by the state government to add fresh power generation capacity, the power crisis is expected to plague the state for at least a decade.Thursday
17 September '09Reform initiatives to make registration of properties and deeds user-friendly are being held up because of delay in the presidential assent for the UP Stamps Bill, 2008.Wednesday
16 September '09With the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office, hopes for the coal-based 4,000-MW project at Lalitpur in the parched Bundelkhand region have been revived.Thursday
10 September '09The state government has decided to scrap its foodgrain pool. With the abolition of the state pool, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) will now be the sole agency for the procurement of foodgrain in UP.Sunday
6 September '09Faced with shortage of water, the state government has decided to reduce the capacity of the coal-based Lalitpur thermal power plant in Bundelkhand region from 4,000 MW to 1,980 MW.Sunday
30 August '09The Central Electricity Regularity Commission (CERC) has slapped a penalty of Rs 2.57 crore on the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) for violating the Indian Electricity Grid Code by overdrawing from the Northern Grid.Saturday
29 August '09A Day after former BJP MLA shot off a letter to party national president Rajnath Singh asking him to quit, many of his colleagues in Uttar Pradesh have joined the chorus.