HC orders payment of 75% of sugarcane farmers' dues by July 15

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 00:04

The Allahabad High Court today directed Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that sugarcane growers in the state were paid 75 per cent of their dues by July 15 and that legal action was taken against Directors of those sugar mills which failed to pay up in compliance with the order.

18 IPS officers transferred in UP

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 13:02

In second police reshuffle within two days, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 18 IPS officers including district chiefs, officials said here on Sunday.

3 IAS, 22 IPS officers transferred in UP

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 00:51

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government today transferred three IAS and 22 senior IPS officers, including Senior Superintendent of the state capital, J Ravindra Goud.

SP chief talks tough, says hooligans will be expelled from party

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 15:00

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday issued strict warning to party cadres and said that any member found indulging in hooliganism should will be expelled.

HC asks UP govt about steps taken to enforce Food Security

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 16:46

The Allahabad High Court has sought to know from the Uttar Pradesh government as to what steps it has taken to enforce the provisions of the National Food Security Act in the state.

ISMA insists prices should be viable for sugar mills to start

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 20:14

Apex sugar industry body ISMA Thursday called the tax sops offered by the Uttar Pradesh government insufficient and said mills won't start operations until the state fixes reasonable cane prices or links them to market rates.

Govt employees strike enters 5th day in UP, impasse continues

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 16:10

With the deadlock continuing in talks between the Uttar Pradesh government and various employee unions, the indefinite strike by the state staff entered fifth day on Saturday.

Heavy security to thwart VHP`s `Sankalp Diwas` programme

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 22:36

Heavy security arrangements have been made to thwart VHP`s proposed `Sankalp Diwas` stir on October 18 over the Ram Temple issue.

Retired Justice Vishnu Sahai to probe Muzaffarnagar violence

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 20:41

UP government announced an inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) Vishnu Sahai to probe Muzaffarnagar violence as the toll in communal clashes, one of the worst in the country in recent times, went up to 28.