On Friday, veteran ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai courted controversy for trying to evade questions on the recent spate of violence during the West Bengal panchayat election. After realising that he would be forced to condemn the violence in West Bengal, he came up with the troupe of ‘woman Chief Minister.’ Sardesai remarked, “Bengal, by the way, is the only State with …
Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will pass the halfway mark when the fourth phase of the polls will be conducted in 59 constituencies of nine districts on Wednesday. The Congress 2017’s winner on the Rae Bareli assembly seat is now contesting the same seat as BJP candidate. This phase has some interesting contests lined up with spotlight on SP’s Hardoi MLA …
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati’s announcement of a series of Brahmin meets from July 23 has triggered a scramble for seeking the support of the community ahead of the 2022 polls in Uttar Pradesh. Congress leader Aradhana Mishra said her party is the only one to have given Brahmin chief ministers to Uttar Pradesh. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath last year …
Over 1,600 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department have died in Uttar Pradesh since the first week of April due to COVID-19, a teachers’ body said on Tuesday, claiming that 90 per cent of them were on panchayat polls duty. “As many as 1,621 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department have died since the first week …
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