The Samajwadi Party government is gearing up to include 17 OBC sub-castes into the scheduled castes. A high-level committee headed by Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Jawed Usmani has sought details from the department of social welfare before issuing a notification in this regard. The circular from the UP chief secretary on March 28, too, speaks of the government's priorities, including the inclusion of 17 OBC sub-castes within the SC category. If the...
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Recommend CBI probe into ‘irregularities' in rural job scheme implementation, Jairam tells Akhilesh-Atiq Khan
'This will send a strong message that State will not compromise on corruption' Even as an hour-long meeting on Saturday between Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister akhilesh yadav indicated that the phase of Centre-State confrontation might just be over, the Central Minister has urged Mr. Yadav to recommend a CBI probe into the irregularities in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee...
More »akhilesh yadav becomes first UP CM to declare assets
-The Economic Times In a first for the state, newly elected Uttar Pradesh chief minister akhilesh yadav has publicly declared his assets worth 4.83 crore, setting the tone for his cabinet colleagues to come out and declare their net worth. Agency reports said that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections when akhilesh yadav filed his nomination papers for Kannauj parliamentary seat, he had declared movable and immovable assets of more than 5.52...
More »Akhilesh promises free medical treatment to poor
-Express News Service Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister akhilesh yadav Wednesday promised his government would provide free medical treatment of serious ailments to poor. The Chief Minister, who flagged off an awareness rally on the World Kidney Day in the afternoon organised by Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, said the state government would arrange the infrastructure or providing free treatment of serious ailments to the poor. Akhilesh also said that in...
More »Delhi police goofs up on Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy
-The Economic Times An embarrassing goof-up by the Delhi Police saw a Delhi court to discharge top CPI(Maoist) leader Kobad Ghandy on Tuesday of charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), even as it framed charges against him under IPC provisions relating to cheating, forgery and impersonation. The failure of the Delhi Police to get mandatory clearance from a UAPA review committee constituted by the relevant sanctioning authority - the Delhi...
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