September 03, 2004 01:31 IST
They have no kingdoms now, but the ‘‘princes’’ of various estates in Uttar Pradesh are waging a new battle over their hi...
Fri, Sep 03, 2004September 01, 2004 01:34 IST
When Mohan Lal, a landless Dalit farmer, sat in protest outside the tehsildar’s office in 1999, demanding to know what was happening on...
Wed, Sep 01, 2004August 31, 2004 01:35 IST
Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav might flaunt his efforts at setting up an Urdu university as his minority vote plank ahead of bypolls and...
Tue, Aug 31, 2004August 29, 2004 01:30 IST
It's all in the family for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. With his son and two brothers already in Parliament and the state Assembly,...
Sun, Aug 29, 2004August 28, 2004 02:23 IST
The RSS today opened a personal front in its offensive against the Congress, especially after HRD Minister said the Sangh had a role to play...
Sat, Aug 28, 2004August 25, 2004 02:12 IST
The Congress is caught in a dilemma in Uttar Pradesh. While it can’t blindly back Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s continued a...
Wed, Aug 25, 2004August 24, 2004 02:50 IST
In the absence of an effective Opposition in the State, Governor T.V. Rajeshwar seems to have assumed that role. In the last two months, he ...
Tue, Aug 24, 2004August 21, 2004 01:18 IST
With Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party being the Congress’ target number one, the party is likely to enter bypo...
Sat, Aug 21, 2004August 20, 2004 00:12 IST
UP chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has done the impossible. By pressing ahead with his planned Urdu university—today he finally sent...
Fri, Aug 20, 2004August 19, 2004 01:56 IST
Could Lucknow be hosting the Olympics soon? It may be news to the International Olympic Committee, not to mention the Indian Government, but...
Thu, Aug 19, 2004August 11, 2004 01:48 IST
What Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav proposes, Congress president Sonia Gandhi disposes and vice versa — the cold war between the tw...
Wed, Aug 11, 2004August 01, 2004 01:29 IST
He is a Minister, the other a Police Inspector. Usually, the latter should be giving him protection. But this is the land of Raghuraj Pratap...
Sun, Aug 01, 2004July 29, 2004 02:07 IST
Nearly 80 Dalit legislators, including those of the ruling Samajwadi Party, plan to lodge a unified protest to ensure that the proposed amen...
Thu, Jul 29, 2004July 23, 2004 02:04 IST
Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya was a big hit with legislators and government officials alike on his first day in office today as C...
Fri, Jul 23, 2004July 17, 2004 01:25 IST
Days after being cleared of POTA charges, controversial Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya — he still has 32 criminal c...
Sat, Jul 17, 2004July 16, 2004 02:14 IST
After knocking the doors of the Centre for a special economic package, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today demanded anoth...
Fri, Jul 16, 2004July 16, 2004 02:11 IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav may be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh but the history text book of Class XI in the state tells students that a Ram ...
Fri, Jul 16, 2004July 15, 2004 02:43 IST
BSP chief Mayawati said she needed two days to react to CM Mulayam Singh Yadav’s decision to bear the cost of Kanshi Ram’s treatme...
Thu, Jul 15, 2004July 14, 2004 03:03 IST
Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders will, perhaps, remember today’s meeting with Governor T.V. Rajeshwar more than the memorandum they submi...
Wed, Jul 14, 2004July 11, 2004 00:44 IST
The next time you look for books at the railway station, chances are the ubiquitous AH Wheeler and Co won’t be easy to find. That is as...
Sun, Jul 11, 2004July 05, 2004 01:34 IST
State Bharatiya Janata Party chief Vinay Katiyar is set to lose his job. At a meeting with former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today,...
Mon, Jul 05, 2004July 05, 2004 01:33 IST
Distanced by the Congress, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has found support from an unlikely corner: the BJP in general and former prime...
Mon, Jul 05, 2004July 04, 2004 01:19 IST
The sari stampede of three months ago was firmly and clearly brushed under the red carpet as Lalji Tandon dominated the welcome ceremony for...
Sun, Jul 04, 2004July 02, 2004 00:58 IST
Outside Raj Bhavan, there is much speculation on the future of its occupant but inside, hardcore RSS leader and Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri...
Fri, Jul 02, 2004June 28, 2004 01:28 IST
Manali didn’t feel like a vacation, while Mumbai flopped as a vocation. Will Lucknow finally feel like home?So hope city BJP workers as...
Mon, Jun 28, 2004