Party fears any major shift from the UP policy could lead to a loss of face for the government
The Congress may be running down the governance template of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, but it wants the Centre to emulate her land acquisition policy.
To take Mayawati's government head-on on farmers issue, state Congress would organise a massive Kisan Maha Panchayat in or near Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida under the leadership of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi before June 25.
''UP Congress would hold chaupals at all the villages which are affected due to land acquisition from June 13 and these people would be asked to join the maha-p
Sales of soft drinks have long been stymied by erratic power supply, but an environment-friendly innovation developed by Coca-Cola India now promises to change all that.
Heat wave sweeps North India; temperatures soar at several places
Thunderstorms killed 16 people in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday even as heat and humidity continued to wear down people in North India where temperatures soared at several places while falling marginally in Delhi.
In the national Capital, where the mercury on Tuesday shot up to the season's highest of 44.1 degree Celsius, the maxim
Govt plans to bring it in monsoon session, says RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister
The UPA Government plans to bring a Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, said a confident RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an hour here today.
Protests over land acquisition today spread to Agra, Mathura and Aligarh as farmers clashed with police and torched vehicles, while the toll rose to four in violence-hit Greater Noida.
The UP government announced rewards up to Rs 50,000 for information regarding the whereabouts of some farmers' leaders who allegedly instigated the violence.
"Four policemen were injured when farmers turned vi
Lucknow: When Shah Jahan decided to build the Taj Mahal on a wooden base on the banks of the Yamuna, he got everything right from design to science. Except for one thing: he never factored in the Yamuna going dry.
In the Mughal era, wood was used to lay solid foundations. And Shah Jahan did not cut corners on the ebony which props the Taj up.
Concentrations of water soluble ions (Na, K, Ca and Mg) in PM10 alongwith gaseous pollutants (NO2 and SO2) were measured during summer season of 2009. The sampling site is located near National Highway which is a high traffic density site.
