Lucknow | Out of the 403 newly elected legislators in Uttar Pradesh, 205 (nearly 51 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves. Of these 143 (36 per cent) MLAs have made the declarations in their affidavits. According to an analysis report released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 158 (39 per cent) winning candidates […]
Lucknow: A 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh attempted self-immolation in front of the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday afternoon, police said. A resident of Maharajganj district, the woman has been admitted to the civil hospital in a critical condition. According to preliminary information, the woman was earlier married to one Akhilesh Tiwari but the two had later […]
Lucknow: The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, a week before it was scheduled to end on March 7. Samajwadi MLAs wore masks to register their protest against the abrupt end to the session. “We will not utter a word and the government can run the Assembly […]
Lucknow: With the Supreme Court asking political parties to publish the criminal history of their candidates in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the focus has again turned on criminalisation of politics. According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the BJP tops the list with 37 per cent legislators with criminal history. In the 17th […]
Lucknow : A Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA broke down in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday and threatened self-immolation if the money stolen from him a month ago was not recovered within a fortnight. Kalpanath Paswan, who is a legislator from Mehangar, Azamgarh, said that he had withdrawn Rs 10 lakh on January 7 from […]
Lucknow | A budget of Rs 4.79 lakh crore was presented in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday by the state’s Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal. In the budget, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government has focused on farmers, strengthening healthcare and jobs for the youth. Rs 700 crore has been allotted for the construction […]
Lucknow : The monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly resumed on Monday on a stormy note as opposition parties led by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the SP created a ruckus over the Deoria shelter home case. Congress leaders joined the opposition benches and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing his […]
