Vinay Umarji And Virendra Singh Rawat

Stories by Vinay Umarji And Virendra Singh Rawat

BJP will win 74 Lok Sabha seats in UP: Amit Shah

BJP will win 74 Lok Sabha seats in UP: Amit Shah

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2018

That would be three more seats than what the BJP won in 2014.

Bitter pill for India's sugar market

Bitter pill for India's sugar market

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2018

UP's mills, dominated by the private sector's 94 units, have already expressed their inability to participate in the next crushing season

Yogi's pet projects: Tall promises, slow delivery

Yogi's pet projects: Tall promises, slow delivery

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2018

Beyond announcements and optics, key projects have hardly moved under the Yogi government, reports Virendra Singh Rawat.

What the 'eminence' tag means for Indian institutes

What the 'eminence' tag means for Indian institutes

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2018

Greater autonomy, freedom to recruit faculty and government funding are just some of the perks these institutes will enjoy.

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2018

At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops.

GST @ 1: Going gets rough for Surat's diamond, textile traders

GST @ 1: Going gets rough for Surat's diamond, textile traders

Rediff.com   2 Jul 2018

The impact of GST is particularly stark in the highly fragmented synthetic textile industry, which attracts different GST rates at different stages of production and sale

He got ex-UP CMs evicted from their homes

He got ex-UP CMs evicted from their homes

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2018

'My passion remains pushing for probity in public life and I shall continue my fight,' S N Shukla tells Virendra Singh Rawat.

Yogi govt clears decks for Patanjali's Food Park

Yogi govt clears decks for Patanjali's Food Park

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2018

The proposed facility would be entitled to various incentives under central and state policies.

Campus placements: IIMs to go the IIT-B way

Campus placements: IIMs to go the IIT-B way

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2018

IIM-A, other top B-schools moot IIT-like joint placement committee

Pink bollworm likely to hit cotton sowing in Gujarat

Pink bollworm likely to hit cotton sowing in Gujarat

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2018

According to state government sources in Gujarat, cotton sowing was only 9,339 hectares or 0.37% of the normal three-year average sowing in the first week of this month

How IIT-B made it to the world's best universities

How IIT-B made it to the world's best universities

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2018

Among the six parameters, employer reputation was the strongest for IIT-B, with a rank of 93 globally.

The only Indian university in THE world rankings this year

The only Indian university in THE world rankings this year

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2018

The only Indian university in THE world rankings this year.

Yogi's Kumbh order puts UP's leather industry in a fix

Yogi's Kumbh order puts UP's leather industry in a fix

Rediff.com   25 May 2018

Recently, Hindu religious seers had threatened to boycott the ceremonial Kumbh snan if the Ganga was not clean.

Nightmare for UP's sugar mills refuses to fade away

Nightmare for UP's sugar mills refuses to fade away

Rediff.com   24 May 2018

Record sugar output has also yielded molasses production way beyond market demand and plant capacity of state distilleries and country made liquor units

No respite for 'TOP' farmers: Tomato prices crash

No respite for 'TOP' farmers: Tomato prices crash

Rediff.com   17 May 2018

Tomato farmers from Haryana to Tamil Nadu have been forced to abandon their crop in the field or dump the harvest.

China, Iran will now get a taste of UP's famous Dussehri mangoes

China, Iran will now get a taste of UP's famous Dussehri mangoes

Rediff.com   8 May 2018

UP has 14 mango belts in Lucknow (Lucknow, Malihabad, Bakshi-ka-Talaab), Saharanpur and Sambhal-Amroha-Muzaffarnagar districts. Apart from Dussehri, the other major varieties in UP comprise Langda, Chausa, Amprapali and Mallika.

Why the SP-BSP alliance rattles BJP

Why the SP-BSP alliance rattles BJP

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2018

The ruling party is worried as the alliance represents over 50 per cent of the state's population, reports Virendra Singh Rawat.

What have UP's 1,350 encounters achieved?

What have UP's 1,350 encounters achieved?

Rediff.com   13 Apr 2018

With the state police pursuing only notorious criminals, petty thugs continue to prey on victims.

Highest salary offered to IIM-Amritsar graduate is Rs 54 lakh

Highest salary offered to IIM-Amritsar graduate is Rs 54 lakh

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2018

Seven students were made international offers.

Why this BJP Dalit MP chose to speak up now

Why this BJP Dalit MP chose to speak up now

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2018

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the race for consolidating the Dalit vote-bank has intensified among all the political parties, more so in Uttar Pradesh, where the community comprises almost 21 per cent of the population.