In 1st major reshuffle, Yogi moves out close aides of Akhilesh

In its first major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday transferred 20 senior IAS officers, shunting out Principal Secretary-Information Navneet Sehgal and others who......

The good samaritans of Hashimpura

The families of the Muslim youth from Hashimpura who were shot dead 28 years ago had some committed supporters in their long struggle for justice, reports Jyoti Punwani. Photographs: Uttam......

BJP accuses Mayawati's brother of money-laundering

In what was described as a sensational expose, Bhartiya Janata Party general secretary Kirit Somaiya on Monday alleged large scale money laundering by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's......

UP stays Mayawati's decisions

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered a stay on all new appointments, promotions and land allotments made by the Mayawati regime in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Saharanpur......

The truth about India's highways

When Nitin Gadkari took charge as Road Transport and Highways Minister in 2014, he had set a target of constructing 40 km a day in two years. But construction at this point is a mere 16 km a day.......

Cabinet nods Delhi-Mumbai corridor involving $90bn

The governmenton Thursday approved the first phase of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project, which envisages a total investment of over $90 billion during the next decade, with......

India's new real estate czar

Last week the Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion) Unitech group, in an audacious deal, piqued DLF to the post by grabbing 345 acres of prime land in Noida for a staggering Rs 1,582 crore (Rs 15.82......