Food Security Mission remains a non-starter in UP

Friday 31 July '09

The UPA government’s much-hyped National Food Security Mission launched in 2007 to boost the productivity of rice....

Maya blows away Rahul’s Bundelkhand idea

Friday 31 July '09

Chief Minister Mayawati has rejected the Congress-led UPA government’s idea of constituting the Bundelklhand Development Authority...

SP cries foul over co-op poll postponement

Tuesday 28 July '09

Elections to the state's three-tier cooperative bodies have sparked off a controversy, with the Samajwadi Party accusing the BSP government of using state machinery to dislodge it from cooperative institutions.

Governor Rajeswar bows out

Tuesday 28 July '09

TV Rajeswar, who quit the Governor's office on Monday, will be remembered as a hard-nosed man who created iron curtains around the Raj Bhawan, shutting the doors for the people of the state during his tenure.

Cornered SP battles for survival, Mulayam talks tough in LS

Thursday 23 July '09

Finding itself being pushed to the margins following the Congress-BSP spat over Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s remark against Chief Minister Mayawati...

CM’s plan to privatise sugar mills takes off

Wednesday 22 July '09

The UP government’s effort to privatise 61 sugar mills — 28 mills in the cooperative sector and 33 in the public sector — seem to be finally making some progress after two years.

UP sugar mills on privatisation track

Wednesday 22 July '09

Sell-off proposals for 11 mills in public sector attract 10 bids....

Kelkar questions leave officials red-faced

Thursday 16 July '09

The 13th Finance Commission team took the winds out of the state government’s sails on Wednesday, trumping its claim for myriad concessions and debt relief package.

In debt trap, state begs finance panel for bailout

Wednesday 15 July '09

Seeking a debt relief package from the 13th Finance Commission will be on the top of the agenda of the UP government...

State power utility leans on private players

Friday 10 July '09

To meet the increasing power demands, the cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited is now mulling over the idea of getting investment through Public Private Partnership.

Lalitpur power project: NTPC ditches, govt opens door for private investment

Thursday 9 July '09

With the NTPC backing out of the proposed 4,000 MW coal-based thermal power project in Lalitpur, the state government now has decided to execute the project with the help of private investment.

Liberhan effect: SP drops Kalyan’s son from by-polls

Sunday 5 July '09

The Liberhan Commission report on the Babri mosque demolition has claimed its first causality in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party deciding not to field Rajvir Singh...

Non-use of funds may mean less grant for UP

Thursday 2 July '09

The state is set to lose heavily in grants and special assistance for the education and health sector during the 13th Finance Commission — thanks to poor utilisation of the last commission’s grants.

SP considers a bigger role for Akhilesh Yadav

Sunday 31 May '09

The Samajwadi Party is gearing up to counter the youth card played by the Congress in the state. The party is all set to project three-time MP Akhilesh Yadav as the youth icon.

On same side in Centre, SP-Cong stand divided in state

Friday 29 May '09

The Samajwadi Party, with its 23 members in the Parliament, may have offered unconditional support to the Manmohan Singh government...

UP to remove check-posts on highways, go online for revenue

Thursday 28 May '09

To eliminate corruption, delays and harassment of traders and truckers, Uttar Pradesh will soon remove check-posts and barriers on highways and inter-state borders.

Why Mayawati loves to hate former aide P L Punia

Monday 25 May '09

Three days after the poll results were declared, showing a poor performance by her Bahujan Samaj Party....

Mulayam may opt for Delhi for a reason: to bring SP back to national relevance

Thursday 21 May '09

It is most likely that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will bequeath his post of the Leader of Opposition in UP Assembly and head to Delhi as an MP.

Eureka moment: SP finds Yadav-Lodh sum for party’s Kalyan

Monday 18 May '09

Samajwadi Party’s tie-up with the former BJP chief minister Kalyan Singh saved the day for Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Azam Khan draws curtain, resigns from gen secy post

Monday 18 May '09

After an acrimonious verbal battle with party leaders, co-founder Azam Khan announced his resignation from the national general secretary post and the parliamentary board of the party on Sunday.

Jaya Prada thanks Azam for Rampur victory

Monday 18 May '09

A day after winning the Rampur seat, SP candidate Jaya Prada seemed to regard colleague Azam Khan’s campaigaining against her as a blessing in disguise.

SP rues flying solo

Sunday 17 May '09

The Samajwadi Party found little to rejoice on Saturday as the results came in. While it got a respectable 23 seats, its reduced tally by 12 means that the party will count little at the Centre, a prospect it had been banking on.

Outside Cong door, looking in, SP leaders rue a tie-up that may have been

Sunday 17 May '09

The Samajwadi Party found little to rejoice on Saturday as the results came in. While it got a respectable 23 seats, its reduced tally....

Rampuri knives out: Yadav tears into Khan

Sunday 10 May '09

Following his string of failed attempts to placate recalcitrant leader Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today lashed out at his is once-close associate saying his days in the party were numbered.

SP may rein in Azam Khan

Saturday 9 May '09

The Samajwadi Party indicated that action may be taken against rebel leader Azam Khan, as battle of one-upmanship between him and Amar Singh reached a flashpoint on Friday.