Greater Noida: A revolution of sorts is reportedly unfolding at Gautam Buddh Nagar here, as the Yamuna Expressway Authority (YEA) has started purchasing plots directly from farmers. It made the first purchase on Friday evening.

Vishal Sharma / Agra October 20, 2008, 0:27 IST

The diesel engine manufacturing industry of Agra provides direct employment to nearly 15,000 people, while indirectly it offers livelihood to about 100,000 local residents. But over the past decade, a number of factors has caused a slow erosion of the industry in the city.

Taking a U-turn, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh today decided to return the land that was earmarked for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. This comes a week after the land allotment was cancelled.

Rajesh Ahuja

HISSAR: President Pratibha Patil on Friday issued a clarion call for implementing the

Miffed CM Forces Cong To Drop Plans For Sonia

BS Reporter / Lucknow October 14, 2008, 0:30 IST

The Allahabad High Court today extended the stay on privatisation of about 33 Uttar Pradesh Sugar Corporation mills till the next date of hearing on October 20.

Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow October 14, 2008, 0:29 IST

With the 2008-09 crushing season to start within a month, the farmers and the sugar industry are squabbling on the contentious sugarcane price in Uttar Pradesh.

While the farmers want the cane price to be Rs 160 per quintal, the industry wants the State Advised Price (SAP) to be Rs 112.

Press Trust Of India / Lucknow October 14, 2008, 1:08 IST

A day after the Mayawati government cancelled the land allotment for a railway project in Sonia Gandhi

BS Reporter / Lucknow October 13, 2008, 0:05 IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati cancelled the land allotted for the Rs 2,200-crore rail coach factory, in Rai Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Lucknow/New Delhi: The Sonia Gandhi-Mayawati battle for the political turf of Uttar Pradesh flared up months before the general election on Sunday when the BSP government in Lucknow cancelled its order for allotment of 189.25 hectares of gram sabha land for the setting up of a rail coach factory at Lalganj in Sonia Gandhi