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 The leader of a nation, the public servant, must epitomise civic virtues: he must be honest, law-abiding and selfless. Instead of  speaking about justice, he must live it; not to...

Vinesh Phogat’s story serves as a reminder of the delicate line between activism and politics. Her journey, once one of hope and resistance, now stands at a crossroads. Will she...

  The government should immediately withdraw the policy of scrapping old vehicles and work on strictly enforcing the pollution standards of vehicles, old and new alike. A study has proved...

The Chief Minister's Cup is accompanied by grandiose but vacuous promises, with the Chief Minister proclaiming plans to build hundreds of stadiums and thousands of mini-stadiums across Uttar Pradesh. Yet,...

 It’s time to rethink how we allocate resources in Indian sports. Rather than focusing on celebrating individual triumphs with monetary rewards, we should invest in the broader sporting community. By...

The mafia ruling the medical education system are political heavyweights with humongous clout and tremendous wealth to not only influence but also to determine lucrative decisions. This  enables them to...

 For the past several years, social media platforms have become easy and very fertile ground for various religious, sectarian, extremists and political outfits to espouse their sinister agendas with devastating...

The real tragedy lies in how this situation was allowed to unfold in the first place. How did we, as a nation, let one of our finest athletes, who had...

We need to heed the salutary advice of the great thinkers, philosophers and ethical leaders to be tolerant, just and compassionate, to live and let live. Then only will we...

  In 2024 Paris Olympics, India finds itself ranked 71st—a humiliating position for a nation of over 1.4 billion people. What is even more alarming is that we are trailing...

The beauty about space and universe is that no matter what you say about it, no one can say that you are wrong since the entire universe is not explored...

This humungous coaching culture is the product of a mindless pursuit by question paper setters of UPSC to ask such complex questions which are beyond the capability of any normal...

Drug addiction has developed into a serious health pandemic now. It is not only destroying the abuser but his entire family, ravaging the society and the nation. It promotes anti-social behavior such...

  The magnitude of this Delhi excise scam and the brazen manner in which it was executed is mind boggling. How could the CM, Dy. CM, ministers of Delhi government...

Since independence, the country and its states have seen and tested many governments and  many parties, but all the governments and leaders knowingly or unknowingly, so far, seem to agree...

  People in every state, in every part of our country, irrespective of the party in power are still suffering at the hands of the corrupt bureaucracy and police. No...

  The new government at the center must have a serious re-look at the economic policies which have been mindlessly followed for decades leading to the current state of affairs...

      The current neo liberal economic policies have allowed free run due to the overarching influence of billionaires. The unbridled greed of the rich and powerful to accumulate...

    We have learned to rule as a mob, perhaps, but, not certainly, as an enlightened community. An eminent journalist of the sub-continent has described, rather aptly, the current...

  The Muslim community victim of historical othering, social exclusion, violence and other prejudices during the last one decade under majoritarian India has this time resorted to “tactical silence” to...

  No party confronts the most pertinent question- why is our nation mired in corruption at every level of governance? Why is there no action plan to rid the country...

    The prominent members of AAP party are  busy 24X7 on national media spreading the deceitful untruths of Kejriwal having been arrested falsely. This narrative remains unchallenged by the...

  According to a recently published world inequality report inequality  in India has skyrocketed since the early 2000s, with the wealth share of the top one per cent of the...

  Day in and day out we find the newspapers full of advertisements from this breed of universities offering a whole spectrum of courses from liberal arts to engineering to...

  Democracy has to stand for, equality in terms of opportunity for education training, employment, and, business ventures, that is, complete access to every facility for development for every citizen...

  Higher education programmes therefore are not merely degree awarding exercises but meant to enhance perceptions, sensitivity and creativity. Unlike functional literacy, at the other end of the spectrum, the...

  Justice has to be accessible, justice has to be equitable and justice has to be swift, in order to be meaningful. The  judicial system is massive, stretching from the...

Undoubtedly, our ​democracy is imperiled today with the octopus like grip that black money has on impacting our elections at every level of our polity. In addition to that political...

  Pride is justified but, in the true spirit of Hinduism, there can be no room for prejudice. The reignited lamp should illuminate the greatness of the past and light...

  Nations, who shelter elements inimical to our national interests, need to be handled prudently and strongly. The debate about the moral way or otherwise are all subject to interpretation-...

  Over the years percentage of women in government jobs has remained below 12 percent and it has hovered between 20 to 25 percent in higher Civil Services like IFS,...

  Despite tall developmental claims India’s heath and education system is pathetic. Our villages and most towns are devoid of even basic civic facilities like sewage system, sanitation, clean drinking...

The base issue to focus on, is not the division of the available opportunities, caste, community, colour, language, latitude, or, longitude wise, but on the creation of more and more...

  The people’s representative, elected (unfortunately?) by us believes that he/she, is a Don above all laws and regulations which apply to the common citizen. And the political parties, defeated...

  The logical question is that when money is extracted through illegal means to carry on the electoral campaigns of political parties -then in the eventuality of such illegal money...

  The Opposition parties alliance named as INDIA has been stitched together with the same old tattered faces, tainted to the hilt, dyed with lack of integrity, devoid of morality...

  When political parties and politicians start spending billions of rupees to win elections, their proximity to money bags is the obvious outcome of this greatest sin in democracy. Hence ...

  The central and state Governments, in the light of the observations of Parliamentary standing committee, should immediately take corrective steps to bring the pattern of all the competitive exams...

  The culture of the blame game is all pervading. In the Parliament the opposition targets the government and blames it for the wrong policies being followed creating unrest, unemployment,...

Even after seven decades of independence we remain bracketed in the category of corrupt nations and have failed miserably to provide clean, honest and efficient delivery and governance system to...

The unfortunate part of our nation’s life is that it remains deeply mired in all pervasive corruption and the worst sufferers consequently are the poor and marginalized sections of our...

Anti student policies in admissions have pushed our education system to the brink of disaster and students are forced into the dragnet of flourishing coaching classes to qualify by being...

The scams of the Delhi government exemplify the selfsame brazen looting. The story of 400 plus fake appointments by the current Delhi government is an astounding saga of lies and...

Blowing hot and cold in the debates on supposed interference in religious precepts and practices, as well as, creating disturbances at the drop of a hat, on imagined affront to...

It is said that law is blind but in India, it appears, that it is colour blind. It recognises only black silk gowns and nothing else. There are any number...

The Kejriwal Government has spent Rs 1106.02 crore on advertisement, in the last three financial years which include Rs 297.70 crore in 2020-21; Rs 596.37 crore in 2021-22 and Rs...

Those castigating the current defection saga in Maharashtra need to reflect whether they were not, once upon a time, skilfully playing the same game of power grabbing. Who can forget...

The preliminary examination of civil services exams conducted by UPSC has reached such a level of absurdity that now experts call these exams a kind of lottery where most just...

In the ongoing violence in Manipur, the time has come to expeditiously end the violence by acting impartially and taking stringent steps. Strong signals have to be sent to all...

Private medical sector immensely harming govt health facilities While working in Uttar Pradesh, I came across several instances of medical college buildings built with hundreds of crores of rupees lying...

Despite availability of these technological tools, it seems the system failed to adopt them to the optimum. This horrifying collision shows that the work on adoption of these technologies and...

The leaderless Muslim community under the control of Mullahs has already been politically marginalised during the last ten years and further caste division, as is evident glaringly, is threatening the...

The hackneyed slogans of garibi hatao , sarvajan hitaye, sabka vikas have failed to deliver to the populace which has been reduced to subsisting on doles and freebies now. The...

In the ongoing Karnataka election campaigns of contesting parties, it is back to caste, religion and freebies. Instead of debating the policies and programmes mentioned in their manifestos and debating...

Today's Indian women are more literate and educated. They're enrolling in schools and colleges in greater numbers and staying in school longer than previous generations did. But that hasn't translated...

In a highly criminalized electoral politics the pampering of criminals-turned politicians has assumed serious dimension with almost all political parties opening floodgates to criminals for electoral gains. In fact, for...

The kind of luxury items Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal ordered for his own comfort are astounding! Only erstwhile maharajas, who had no accountability towards the people could wantonly indulge in...

In UP the figures of police encounter killings, in the last five years of the Yogi rule, is 147 amounting to about 30 per year. At the U.S. rate of...

Increasing the upper age limit for women candidates for competitive exams like Civil Services Exams etc to 35 years would be a first step in this direction which will boost...

The unfortunate part of “history rewriting spree” is that it doesn’t serve national interest in any way. Ignoring true history and distorting it to serve the narrow political ends and...

The incompetence and inefficiency of the police administration is always blamed for such turbulences when the fact is that the police administration can control any situation if allowed to do...

Corruption preponderates in our governance system and taints public life. Our nation is governed by the “rule of law” but in practice, it remains limited to being on paper only....

Rahul Gandhi has contented that the opposition is not allowed to raise issues in the Parliament and he is not given a chance to speak. The parliamentary records speak for...

There is an urgent need to take corrective steps to change the deplorable conditions. For that it is essential that principled leaders start working indefatigably in the interests of the...

The irony is that most of the leaders who have occupied prominent positions in our country have been so self- centered that after attaining power they have negated their duties...

With the high and the mighty, transgressing the approved and accepted framework of law, laid down rules, regulations, and, procedures, wrong signals go to the common people. And, soon enough...

In the real world one has to accept that the imperfections cannot be wished away in any society, and, however one may labour, all the shortcomings cannot be overcome in...

The bed-rock of democratic governance is discipline. And, if the bed-rock, the very foundation, is missing all the structures, the legislature, the executive, and, the judiciary collapse, like a house...

To win elections the political parties find it easier to raise emotions and promise sops rather than put forth concrete program of development and outline the formidable efforts required. The...

Opposition for opposition’s sake has been the guiding principle of political parties, and, frivolous, half true, and false statements, their main tools to create mountains out of mole hills. This...

The yawning chasm between the rich and poor in visible everywhere in our country. It is callous that our ruling class and the well to do in our country have...

To destroy a nation all one needs to do is to destroy the youth. The impressionable young minds can be easily programmed to accept illusion for reality, and perceive base...

Any system of governance which is devoid of truth and morality is bound to aggravate the misery of the people whom they govern. This all-pervading amoral culture of mal- governance...

As the state of the nation supervisor, the media has immense responsibility since every wrong reporting, can and does, more often than not, lead to grave consequences soon enough. In...

In recent years, there has developed the common perception, that the guardians of the constitution, the Hon’ble Courts, seem to be over reaching the functions and powers enshrined for them...

For the last several decades saving the environment has been the burning topic of the day, and, one international conference after another is being held in one country or the...

A minuscule of officers dispose off the files in time, and, answer letters in time, however, the majority sits on the files, does not answer or even acknowledge letters at...

Stopping such Fellowships and such other rewards and fellowships will certainly demoralize deserving youth and deprive them of the consequential monetary support and adversely impact the nation’s march towards keeping...

Chairman Research society for study of diabetes in India (UP chapter) Pro Anuj Maheshwari said that diabetes did not mean just “sugar control”. There was need for paying more attention...

History is a chronicle of man’s deeds and misdeeds, achievements and failures, kindness and cruelty. The only purpose of the study of history is for the people to learn, what...

Maha Upnishad, holds that, the world is a family and Brihadaranyaka upnishad prayer is, lead me from darkness to light. These, and, any number more, are the nuggets of gold,...

The country has failed to recognize that the all-pervading corruption in all kinds of construction activities is at the root of these problems. Bridges do not fall on their own....

The unholy nexus and its octopus like grip over the nutrition supply system under ICDS is so formidable that several efforts by activists to elicit information regarding the contract conditions...

During my tenure in HRD ministry a paper on neighborhood school concept was prepared and a former Union Education Secretary was tasked to study this scheme and come up with...

The decades of inept leadership which has mired this great nation in the cesspool of corruption, poverty and deprivations of all kinds. These incompetent, visionless, corrupt, avaricious leaders in collusion...

History’s lesson for humankind is that there are no friends when it comes to international relations. Its only self-interest which comes in the garb of “friendly relations “. Friendship lasts...

The meeting of prominent five Muslim intellectuals who have served under different governments in the past and a Delhi Mosque Imam, should not be given much importance, writes senior journalist...

Going back in Indian history there were a number of yatras organised by different people to achieve their political goals. In 1983 actor turn politician Late NTR had organised a Chaitanya...

Lucknow, September 11: Three-day BPCON-2022 conference on hypertension concluded here today with a call for laying emphasis on effectively controlling rising menace of hypertension in the country. Dr. Raman Puri,...

Dr. Aurn Kedia from Raipur said that it was possible to treat high blood pressure by increasing the amount of magnesium in the diet. Dr. ME Avlekar from Pune said...

The medical experts from all over the country have assembled in Lucknow to discuss the rising problem of blood pressure and devising effective method to control it. The speakers said...

Hypertension is the single most preventable cardiac illness of the country and it is increasing very fast even in youngsters. In comparison to rest of the world Indians are developing...

In India, the poor are nearly half the population and even after 75 years of independence are lacking the essentials of a civilized existence- food, potable water, education, health and...

The official data analysis shows that the much-publicised ‘Delhi Model’ of AAP government is a blatant attempt to deceive the public through misrepresentation and misinformation with help of massive expenditure...

There are multifarious achievements which make us proud as a nation. But there are some slippages on some fronts, and these need to be ironed out before we announce attainment...

Undoubtedly Kejriwal will be crying foul- as he has done in the past claiming that he is being framed to stop his march towards enlarging his political domain. But all...

Political largesse, from public funds, to further their selfish electoral ends has reduced the garib janata (poor people) to being a mendicant rather than a rational citizen exercising their franchise...

The Lankan people have sent a powerful message for all those ruling various countries across the globe. Every ruler needs to remember that they are there only to serve the...

In the volatile and vicious environment that prevails, hate speech and a polarised discourse has gained humungous popularity. TRPs rule the roost and journalists are coerced into propagating agendas. Truth...

Once politics is purged of honesty, morality, ethics and integrity then oligarchs, crony capitalists, corrupt, sycophants, self-seekers, middlemen, dalals and even mafia dons, freely enter the public arena, writes former...

The Government should put Agnipath scheme on hold and continue with the old recruitment system till such time it succeeds in allaying all the fears and apprehensions of the youth...

A newspaper now, is no longer a service, but, a business which must make money, so the ads have to have priority, writes Prof H C Pande At one time...

Hate speech, which has become the norm in our public discourse recently, has no place in our philosophical/spiritual thought, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey The ruling party at...

The Russo-Ukrainian war, getting hotter, more destructive, and the hatred becoming colder, more extensive, with every passing day, write Prof HC Pande Some say the world will end in fire,...

The culture of corruption has led to poor law and order, a corrupt jail system has become heaven for criminals and gangsters, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey The recent tragic...

Nations who fail to record their history truthfully, live to regret their mistakes. Currently many nations are falsifying their history and will face the perilous consequences, write Dr. Smita Pandey,...

Gyanvapi Masjid matter is an example of ignoring facts and stretching issues for no reason other than not being able to shut up, writes Prof HC Pande Since verbal science...

In an organized world, not only nations, but, communities, and, individuals as well, are closely connected. In this situation any action at one point, can result in reactions everywhere, writes...

In view of continuous tussle, the central government should undo the 69th constitutional amendment, dissolve the Delhi assembly and revert back to the pre 1991 situation. This is long overdue,...

Why has the UP government denied the CBI permission to question the three IAS officers over their alleged role in the Rs 2,267 crore PF scam is inexplicable, argues former...

There are innumerable cases in Uttar Pradesh and other cadres , where IAS officers willfully played truant and joined lucrative jobs without seeking any permission from the government, writes former...

In the light of the Punchhi Commission report and the existing constitutional provisions, powers of Governors to appoint VCs in state universities should be curtailed, writes former IAS officer V...

The decision of the UP Government to ensure that loudspeakers are no longer a public nuisance and similar strict instructions regarding regulation of religious processions deserve appreciation and should be...

Communal incidents are a wake-up call for the people to start the process of cleansing the divisive political system based on caste, religion, language, which is thriving on polarization and...

Today’s political culture of hate, divisiveness, money and muscle power will lead our country to doom sooner than later, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey From time immemorial, wisest voices of...

Indian politicians are adept at using names of national icons only to camouflage their misdeeds and cover their lack of integrity and honesty, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey A subversive...

Indian bureaucracy mired in inefficiency, apathy and a culture of non- performance, which needed urgent changes to improve governance, writes V.S.Pandey The elections to five states are over and the...

Ukraine crisis has thrown open the contradictions in international relationships, treaties, groupings on one side and individual country’s self-interest on the other, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey The...

We have adopted the system of governance, prevailing across the seven seas, without understanding the possible pit-falls, writes Prof H C  Pande Every reputed drug company,along with every drug,supplies the...

The steep fall in the journalistic moral standards has seriously jeopardized democracy and if media is to remain free, self-regulation is the only option, writes former IAS officer V S...

The increasing chasm between rich and poor is testimony to the fact that rulers have erred terribly in deciding the economic model, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey Recently the Union...

Generations have passed waiting for governments to remove the scourge of corruption which has created an octopus like grip over our governance system, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey....

No country can prosper where the political class and governance system despise integrity and honesty and viciously hound those who speak truth to power, writes V.S.Pandey It is very natural...

When other sectors were allowed to resume their normal activities post the corona surges, schools should have been asked to come back to their normal routine also, writes V.S.Pandey We...

Despite CBI report in UP’s mining scandal and CAG observation in Noida land scam, there is no action against the real culprits who looted huge money from state exchequer, writes...

Agriculture being the mainstay of nearly 70 per cent of our population, any shortfall in supply or increase in the price of critical input like fertilisers is bound to have...

Our policy makers, with their clerical mind-set, would always think of numbers and nothing better can be expected from them. So those responsible for the diminishing research ethics are the...

The transformer burnouts are generally due to inadequate,improperly rated,over-load safety devices in place,as also due to poor quality and insufficient quantity of the transformer cooling oil, writes Dr. H.C. Pande...

Despite a road map laid out by the IIT Kanpur study to bring down the pollution levels in Delhi and NCR, very little was done by way of implementation of...

I had the opportunity to serve as head of the information and public relation department of Uttar Pradesh for several years. I cannot recall even one instance when advertisements were...

The time has come for the central government to unshackle the medical education system from the avaricious clutches of the vested interests whose only interest is pocketing billions at the...

The point is, why perpetuate the fraud of leftism, when, in reality, all that is left, of left, is pure and simple, self-centrism, writes Dr HC Pande Socialism and communism...

We should prepare our security systems in such a way that no external force or terrorists dare meddle in our country and create law and order problems, writes former IAS...

Looking at the hostile behaviour of countries around us, we have to build our military might to such a formidable extent that none will dare entertain any evil design, says...

The question is why governments shy away from debate or ordering an enquiry when they are in the right. Inevitably, it is the unethical action on the part of any...

Since most of the political parties are neck deep in filth, dirt, corruption, immorality, untruth and falsehood, then snooping on others is the least of crimes they are capable of...

The administrator today has settled for the path of least resistance always saying yes to the political boss and no to the public. Remember the strength of a chain is...

The Central vista project will prove its merit- provided it is executed with honesty and integrity. This exercise will be transformational only when the executors ensure that there is zero...

Despite people suffering hardships of all kinds, for generations, surprisingly these very political parties have been quite successful in ensuring that people keep voting for them for the same promises...

The bottom line is that the stock markets are totally out of sync with the performance of the economy and its poor health. Clear signals are emerging that something is...

The tragedy of our nation is that competence and integrity are seldom the criterion for appointments to position of power which, undoubtedly, matter the most in determining the direction of...

Unfortunately,it is near hopeless,to expect moderation from the politician,as,arousing emotions is his bread and butter.But,certainly the media can present the right picture in the right way.Or is it hoping too...

We, as a nation, do not lack in resources. We have the knowledge, we have the manpower, we have the road map to achieve these goals. Unfortunately, we have lacked...

Education is not filling a pail but lighting a fire and higher education is more so. Higher education programmes therefore are not merely degree awarding exercises but meant to enhance...

Our invaluable franchise has to be exercised to elect authentic, principled, transformational leaders-not these outworn masqueraders desperately capturing and then dishonorably clinging to power. Dr. Smita Pandey King Alexander the...

We have to burn the candle at both ends,one end for illuminating our past and the other to light up the path to the future.We have to clearly view and...

The cost of any product is based on the cost of production, licensing cost, expenditure on setting up the additional facilities, if any, required for manufacturing the product and such...

The scholarly report reflects sincere idealism and deep erudition.The only question is whether the ground truth of the problem has been understood so that a realistic solution can be attempted?...

Since Kurmi community is in dominant position in Purvanchal and central UP, moves are afoot in SP to bring it to SP fold as it was during days of Beni...

The faith of the people in the judiciary is the foundation of the third pillar and if the foundation gives way the entire edifice of democracy would come tumbling down....

The level of noise in the news-media, both print and electronic, has continued to increase over the past few decades, and, now it appears, that, the noise has overpowered the...

If the democratic governance in India has to be effective it is well past high time that responsible citizens be involved in overseeing the working of public institutions in a...

His departure could be a further setback to struggling UP Congress but his projection as major Brahmin leader in the BJP seems to be far-fetched. While there are serious questions...

The elected have been changed from time to time but it seems to have made little difference. The reason is not hard to seek. From time to time Ali Babas...

There are still several gaps in the vaccination policy which needed to be filled. The central government is fully relying on the app based, prior registration methodology, which is not...

The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused and when aroused how to prevent them from being harmful to himself and his...

The very idea of two Capitol establishments for Uttarakhand is not only senseless, but, an invitation to administrative and economic disaster. A summer capital for the resource starved state is...

Political shenanigans have clouded the fact that honest wages, for honest day's work, across the board, is the only key to national development and not any number of political promises....

Today, in the name of freedom of speech & expression, individuals mouth obscenities, slap unfounded charges, circulate fake news, indulge in character assassination, and, tell lies of every color, whenever...

The Samajwadi Party talks about concept of socialism but whenever it came to power in Uttar Pradesh it was far away from real concept of this ideology and its style...

All societies governed by rule of law have left very few choices to their people as laws themselves have clearly demarcated the boundaries between do’s and don’ts and specified the...

You would say the times have changed, and, old ideas are no longer relevant May be, but certainly, not all of them. Top leadership is more a punishment than a...

The ruling class has failed the nation by not governing the country honestly , sincerely and devotedly. We need to learn from our past mistakes and move on. V.S.Pandey The...

The ruling class has failed the nation by not governing the country honestly , sincerely and devotedly. We need to learn from our past mistakes and move on. V.S.Pandey The...

The problem of Covid-19 vaccination can be tackled with proper planning and efficient execution. We have both -the resources and the capacity. V.S.Pandey Currently the second covid wave is still...

New Parliament Complex: One wonders about the genesis of this grand idea.Certainly,it can not be anyone in touch with the ground realities.In India one is not just in touch with...

Jumping the Queue is our national habit which is nothing but plain & simple short-circuiting. Clearly, when it comes to our own interest, fair or foul, we short-circuit our conscience...

India’s public expenditure on health as a percentage of the GDP is far lower than countries classified as the “poorest” in the world. V.S.Pandey The present corona crisis has brought...

The mental fatigue and hopelessness created by Covid-19, needs to be checked and the negative trend needs to be corrected at the earliest. The sports is the best way out....

The recent surge has started consuming the lives of people in villages. According to information in the absence of tracing and testing majority of deaths are being attributed to “fever...

The process of online registration for vax has to give way to house to house vaccination plan, as used to be the case earlier. We have enough trained manpower for...

The Delhi government is solely responsible for the mess it has created in treatment of covid patients including the supply of oxygen. Prof H C Pande The death toll continues...

The governments and health care system will have to work indefatigably to organise all the essentials and ensure that people have easy access to the basic facilities. V.S.Pandey The second...

A populist government in a developing country would always fail to address the basic issues and AAP is no exception. Prof. H C Pande Rousseau, over 200 years ago, had...

Top bureaucratic apparatus has failed to show the initiative, drive and commitment to handle the situation arising due to the current covid surge. V.S.Pandey The Country is at present facing...

With the current surge, our health system has crumbled, leading to panic. These shortages are all man made and should have been overcome without much difficulty. V.S.Pandey India is at...

The nefarious politics of money power, criminalisation, deceit and demagoguery has to be eliminated. Ethical people must come forward to fulfill the dream of our constitution makers. V.S.Pandey The nation...

Lack of vision, integrity and transparency led to failure in implementation of government schemes to uplift the poor people. V.S.Pandey Since 1970s, almost all the political parties have been riding...

Former Mumbai police chief has all the right to move the court, but the core issues is rampant degradation in governance in our national life, which civil society is silently...

Our Governance has reached such a pass that honest officers in the system are useless, and corrupt, pliable are welcome. V.S.Pandey Mr.Pratap Bhanu Mehta, newspaper columnist and public intellectual while...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow: Former Secretary to Government of India Vijay Shankar Pandey (ex-IAS) and former IPS officer SN Singh said in a statement here today that a...

Elimination of corrupt elements from governance is only way out to establish rule of law and restoration of honesty and integrity in the system. V.S.Pandey A few days back Prime...

It is high time that either NDA government should convince the farmers about the utility of the three laws or withdraw them in larger national interest V.S.Pandey The farmers agitation...

It is high time for the Modi government to undo the mistakes of previous governments, listen to the farmers and take immediate corrective measures. V.S.Pandey Even after 80 odd days,...

There is need to examine the prevailing situation in the agricultural sector in the larger context of the direction of economic policy framework. V.S.Pandey The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while...

Welfare of people in right direction is impossible if dishonest and selfish advisors occupy the high position. They are basically curse on the system. V S Pandey Good, honest, benevolent...

These farm reforms are going to cause more pain than relief to millions of poor farmers across the country. V S Pandey, Akanksha Pandey The farmers agitation is going to...

M Hasan Lucknow, January 10: Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh appears to be quite wary of activities of AIMIM led by Asaduddin Owaisi which has led to debate in political...

While political row over Covid vaccination drive is unfortunate, the government of India should launch it free of cost and without further delay. V S Pandey For past several days...

With sheer lack of trust between the agitating farmers and the NDA government, it is advisable to shelve the controversial farms laws. V.S.Pandey Democracy is all about looking after the...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, December 12: With central government and West Bengal heading for showdown over jurisdiction of bureaucrats the Log Party said today that governance in the...

HC Pande Notwithstanding a thousand & one national development projects unable to take-off due to insufficient funding, the government has planned a spending spree to the tune of Rs.10,000 Crores...

M Hasan Lucknow, December 09: The ongoing farmers agitation is reminiscent of similar siege of Delhi in 80s (October 1988) when thousands of farmers led by Mahendra Singh Tikait had...

With trust deficit towards leadership, half-hearted farm sector reforms are unlikely to benefit the farmers and help solve their problems V.S.Pandey Farmers agitation is hitting the headlines for past several...

If the country is to realize its unlimited potential, then time has come to embrace ‘new politics’ – a paradigm shift in the way politics is conducted in the country....

The best bowling of the finest ideas is ineffective on a dead pitch. Our representatives are neither philosophers nor moralists, and can resist, in the words of Oscar Wilde, anything...

The bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde said the Centre’s affidavit had not addressed two important questions: the applicability of the Cable Television Networks Act upon...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, November 13: In order to create awareness among the people, the Health Initiative and Diabetes Action (HIDA) headed by Dr Ajoy Tewari, Director Jai...

How seriously corruption in our system has influenced our lives is an issue that has not been documented properly. VS Pandey Even as India is passing through multiple crises, the results...

Nitin Gadkari’s ire against NHAI officers is just tip of iceberg V S Pandey The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari recently blasted the bureaucrats of National...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: Almost 40% of all the persons who tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) across age groups were found to be asymptomatic, as per data from the...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, November 06: With the BJP government failing to provide adequate finances to rural areas the Log Party said today that the vast rural areas...

New Delhi: The Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2020 will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and 7. The counting of votes and the results will be...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, September 25: The Log Party today expressed concern over fast widening disparity between the poor and rich people because of massive corruption in government....

The three farm reform bills are structured on the recommendations of a state agriculture ministers panel that submitted its report in 2013 V S Pandey Farm sector reforms such as...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, September 23 : The Log Party today said the state government’s policies for development in villages are lopsided and it has only resorted to...

Daily News and Views Correspondent New Delhi: India on Tuesday crossed the 5.5 million mark in terms of number of coronavirus disease cases. But the Union health ministry said that...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, September 22: The Log Party said today that the UP BJP government despite making tall claims about improvement in power supply to the rural...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow September 21: The Log Party today laid stress on pragmatic and bold action to speed up economic activities in the country. The Log Party...

Daily News and Views Correspondent The Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on Sunday passed two contentious farm bills amid uproar by Opposition members. The bills have triggered protests by...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, September 19: The Log Party today emphasised the need for the creation of more jobs to alleviate the sufferings of the people badly affected...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, September 18: The Log Party today said that resentment among farmers for agrarian crisis is justified because the NDA government has totally failed to...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, September 17: The Log Party today assailed State government for failing to control the illegal activities of the UP police. The Log Party said the murder of...

The coronavirus pandemic has given us an opportunity to think afresh and take some major steps to turn the tide. V S Pandey India’s battle with coronavirus is on, with...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, July 06: The Log Party said today that governance in the country cannot be improved without inculcating honesty, integrity and transparency in the functioning of civil services....

New Delhi, July 7: In an open letter, 239 scientists from 32 countries have urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to revise its recommendations on airborne transmission, saying there is...

India as a country, cannot go far unless the work culture in all the organs of the government changes for the better. For that to happen, political will is a...

Compare the scenario with the state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of more than 22 crore which has so far reported 14,091 confirmed cases and only 417 deaths. Certainly,...

Daily News And Views Correspondent Lucknow, June 10: The Log Party today expressed concern over poor medical infrastructure which has been badly exposed by spread of coronavirus pandemic in the...

It is high time that India overhauls the medical education regulatory framework to carry out real reforms and minimise the shortage of doctors in the country V S Pandey India...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, June 04: The Log Party today said that the demand for work under rural guarantee scheme-MGNREGS- during last May in several states specially in Uttar Pradesh has...

New Delhi, May 29 (DN&V): at least 64 days after the central government imposed, with just four hours notice, a nationwide lockdown for the first time and after thrice extending...

New Delhi, May 29 (DN&V): Studies show that a mask can reduce transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, by up to 99%. And it doesn't matter whether your...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 29: With unemployment crisis assuming menacing dimension in Uttar Pradesh, the Log Party said today that just banking on MNREGS would not help solve the problem....

New Delhi, May 27 (DN&V): Even as the Indian Railways struggles to meet the enormous demand of repatriating India's internal migrants, inefficiencies in tracing and surveillance are unsettling health officials....

CN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 27: The Log Party said that banking sector, which has long been facing acute crisis, has been further pushed to disaster due to spread of pandemic...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 26: The Log Party said that the UP BJP government plan under its “migration commission” to restrict other states from hiring labourers from UP without its...

Now Uttar Pradesh and other states such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal have to face the bigger challenge of handling the lakhs and lakhs of labourers who...

New Delhi, May 23 (DN&V): Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on 23 May, that they will "try to start (a) good percentage of international passenger flights before August",...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 23: The Log Party today said the state government’s policies for development in villages are lopsided and it has only resorted to misleading sloganeering on the...

New Delhi, May 22 (DN&V):The country reported its biggest daily increase in the number of new cases, crossing the rubicon of 6,000 cases, just a few days before the resumption...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 22: The Log Party today demanded overhauling of farm sector policies to ensure minimum support prices to farmers. The Log Party said cosmetic changes are unlikely...

Daily News and Views Correspondent Lucknow, May 21: The Log Party today emphasised the need for the creation of jobs to alleviate the sufferings of the people badly affected by...

Depending on which side of the political spectrum they represent, hearts of representatives of all political parties bled for the poor and destitute representing the ‘soul of India’! VS Pandey...

A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow May 19: With lockdown- 4 underway from May 18 to May 31, the Log Party today laid stress on pragmatic and bold action to get to work....

New Delhi, May 18 (DN&V): The Odisha government has asked the central government to suspend the Shramik special trains to evacuate migrant labourers for three days given the threat posed...

New Delhi, May 18 (DN&V) The country's prominent scientist Prof SK Joshi, who was one of the best science leader and condensed matter physicist died on May 15, 2020 at...

New Delhi, May 17: (DN&V) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the last tranche of the economic package under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has so far given the details of the stimulus package, announced by the Prime Minister, in three tranches. The main focus of these announcements have been...

New Delhi, May 15: (DN&V) Free food grains and pulses for migrants, more jobs for tribals and those in rural areas, and credit to small enterprises, street vendors and small...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 13: The Log Party today said that more than two months of national lockdown following spread of coronavirus has badly damaged the economy which was reeling...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a relief package of Rs 20 lakh crore — or 10% of nominal GDP — to support...

New Delhi, May 12 (DN&V): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned against the spread of the pandemic to India’s villages and while the most obvious reason is the lack of...

New Delhi, May 12 (DN&V): Train travel resumes today with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issuing the relevant guidelines. This has also fuelled hopes that air travel may resume...

New Delhi, May 12 (DN&V): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had indicated that steps to open the economy would continue to be pursued in line with relaxations announced so far even...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 09: The Log Party today questioned the wisdom of several state governments, including Uttar Pradesh, in suspending the several labour laws to protect the interest of...

The central government has lost nearly Rs 3 lakh crore by way of revenue and states nearly Rs 2 lakh crore that will need to be recouped by borrowing from...

New Delhi, May 8:(DN&V) In a ghastly train accident 16 migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 07: The Log Party today expressed deep concern over the plight of migrant labourers in the country. The party said following lockdown these poor labourers have...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 07 The country has crossed grim Covid-19 case scenario — crossing the 50,000-mark overall and breaching 3,000 in its daily tally for the first time...

New Delhi, May 06:(DN&V): With stress on frequent handwash to keep off coronavirus, Palli Thordarson, a professor at the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales, Australia,...

Masoodul Hasan Lucknow May 6: The association of democratic reforms (ADR) in its latest report about donation received by regional political parties has said that out of 52 regional parties,...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: With the deadly corona virus ravaging the world a massive search for the drug has been launched globally to effectively tame the virus. Nearly 200 pharmaceutical...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, May 04: The Log Party today criticised the central government for failing to devise cost-effective sharing plan for transporting migrants back home. The party said the Railway...

The migrant labour are necessary to keep the wheels of our cities and industry moving. Not only manufacturing activity but also the ‘service’ sector could be severely impacted if the...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 3: With the central government allowing the sale of liquor in standalone liquor stores as well as the sale of paan/gutkha and other tobacco products...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 2: With Lockdown being extended for two more weeks the Indian Railways began operating non-stop, special trains, named the 'Shramik Special', to ferry migrant workers,...

New Delhi, May 01: In a paper published in the journal Nature, Chinese scientists have found new evidence that the coronavirus could spread through the air in tiny droplets known...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 01: After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the COVID-19 situation in the country, Ministry...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 01: The Union home ministry has allowed the inter-state movement of migrant workers and other people, like students and tourists, stranded for the past five...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, May 01 Covid-19 cases in India crossed 1,800 for only the second time, but short of Tuesday's peak of 1,840, while the death toll stayed above...

New Delhi: Wearing a face mask often helps people feel protected and reassured. But can a surgical face mask keep you from being exposed to or transmitting certain infectious diseases?...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, April 29: Even as around 1,840 new cases and 69 fatalities were reported across India on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases have jumped to...

DN&V Correspondent Mumbai: Prominent social worker and senior advocate of Bombay High Court Afzal Imam has lauded the role of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik for withdrawal of controversial circular...

V S Pandey The Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi during the month of March is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Out of the total number of coronavirus...

VS Pandey Yesterday one witnessed an unprecedented situation at Anand Vihar bus station in Delhi where lakhs of people gathered, waiting for buses to take them to their home amid...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, April 28: The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India stood just shy of the 30,000-mark after a surge in cases were reported in Maharashtra, Gujarat...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, February 26: The Log Party today expressed deep concern over the outbreak of communal violence in Delhi following protest rallies between pro and anti-CAA people in North-East...

Nasma Hasan (Dharamshala/ Himachal Pradesh) As a Nation, we are going through some dark, challenging times. There's systematic alienation of one community and efforts are made to keep this community...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, February 03: The Log Party said today that Union Budget 2020 has given clear indications about massive revenue shortfall to carry on welfare programmes. The Log Party...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the longest Budget speech ever clocking 2 hours 40 minutes and beating her own record of 2 hours 17 minutes created last year....

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, January 31 On the day the Election Commission barred BJP union minister of state Anurag Thakur from Delhi poll campaigns for three days, for egging on...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow: January 31 The Log Party today said bleak economic condition in the country is unlikely to be improved in near future. The Log Party said the Indian...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, January 31: The country reported its first case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from Kerala on Thursday. A young woman studying medicine at a university in the...

Lucknow January 06: The Log Party, headed by former Secretary Government of India Vijay Shankar Pandey, today strongly condemned attack on students and vandalism on the campus in Jawaharlal Nehru...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, December 13:India's factory output in October, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production, is down 3.8%, against a growth of 8.4% in the same month...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, December 13: A challenge: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (or CAB) is being challenged in the Supreme Court as unconstitutional for violating the Right to Equality...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: Death penalty, lynching in public and castration were among demands made in Rajya Sabha on Monday as MPs, cutting across party lines, expressed outrage over the...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, December 03: The Log Party today condemned the NDA government for adopting questionable approach in implementing National Register of Citizenship (NRC) and proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: A day after Uddhav Thackeray swore-in as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut warned of a political realignment in Goa, claiming...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, November 30: The Log Party today assailed the BJP government in UP for failing to control rampant corruption in distribution of mid-day meal to children in government...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, November 27: The Log Party today said that banking system has virtually collapsed because of fraudesters looted around Rs 41,167 crore during the last one year...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, November 26: The Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday decided against filing an appeal against the November 9 verdict of the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya title...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, November 26: The Log Party National General Secretary Dr Smita Pandey said the Constitution Day “Samvidhan Diwas” being celebrated in the country today has provided an...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, November 25: The General Secretary of Log Party Dr Smita Pandey today said that the country is passing through acute economic crisis and if corrective measures...

With Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's role in the speedy swearing in of Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar as CM and Deputy CM respectively coming under the scanner, the gubernatorial...

While the Supreme Court will examine the letter by the Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting BJP's Devendra Fadnavis to form the government, the letter by Ajit Pawar pledging support of...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi. Before the meeting, he said that all political parties seeking to stake...

M Hasan Lucknow, November 17: Sharply divided All India Muslim Personal Board (AIMPLB)- an apex body of Muslim community- today decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s...

Daily News and Views The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to change its December 2018 verdict that dismissed pleas seeking a court-monitored probe of alleged irregularities in the Rs 59,000...

Daily News and Views New Delhi, November 14: A five-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday decided to refer its ruling on the entry of women to Sabarimala to a larger...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority and falls within the ambit of the...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: India’s first ever ranking of States on their capacity to deliver Justice to citizens, announced here today, lists Maharashtra at the top of the 18 Large...

DN&V Correspondent Lucknow, November 12: Director Jai Clinic and Diabetes Care Centre Dr A.K. Tewari has been awarded this year’s Diabetes Care Excellence Award 2019 at annual RSSDI Conference by...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, November 12: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday recommended President’s rule in Maharashtra where no political party has been able to form a government after the assembly...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: While delivering the Ayodhya verdict, the Supreme Court shut the door on fresh litigation to alter status quo of sites such as those in Kashi and...

DN&V Correspondent New Delhi, November 12: With no let up in continuing economic slide, the country’s industrial production in September has further gone down. The industrial production has deteriorated for...

M Hasan Ayodhya legal battle dating back to 19th century has finally been set at rest by the Supreme Court with disputed land going to the deity RamLalla for the...

Daily News And Views New Delhi, November 7: Authorities across the world have been pressuring Facebook over the end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp. India insists on "traceability" and the US, UK...

Daily News and Views New Delhi, November 7 : The Supreme Court had some strong words for Punjab and Haryana governments on Wednesday due to their failure to stop stubble...

Daily News and Views New Delhi, November 5: At least two dozen WhatsApp users in India, including human rights activists and journalists, were allegedly snooped on using Israeli spyware Pegasus...

Daily News and Views Lucknow: Excavation at the disputed site of Rama Janmabhumi - Babri Masjid was carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India from 12 March 2003 to...

Daily News and Views Lucknow: Following is the legal summary of Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute from December 1949 to August 2010 when the Lucknow bench of High Court had pronounced verdict...

New Delhi: In a span of ten working days in two weeks starting today, CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led benches in the Supreme Court will deliver four important judgments before he retires...

New Delhi, November 4: Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shot up to record levels on Sunday, with the air quality bordering the 'severe plus' category at several places....

Daily News And Views The vote: Nearly 1.45 lakh Mumbaikars expressed their frustration with the government in these assembly elections by punching None of the Above (NOTA) — an option...

Daily News and Views This Diwali was supposed to have green crackers taking centrestage. The eco-friendly varieties would have reduced emission of harmful chemicals and had low volume in line...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea challenging the Presidential Order on Article 370 which revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. The...

Preeti Nangal Could the massacre that claimed 10 lives and wounded many at Murtiya, Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh on 17 July over a land grab issue have been averted? Although...

New Delhi — The Trump administration has launched a damage control exercise after the US President’s remarks about mediation on Kashmir, with the State Department on Tuesday saying it was...

At the apex of his political career, Nehru chose to induct two bitter critics of the Congress into his cabinet. And even if it were Gandhi’s call, it was an...

M Hasan Lucknow, May 26: The newly appointed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for carrying the Muslim minority together is unlikely to be materialised without satisfactory resolution to the Ayodhya...

Sangrur (Punjab) Here, Azaan blends with the chimes of the temple bells and hymns of Aarti. Every day, leaves from the Bael tree are plucked from inside the Aqsa Masjid...

Urban Mirror Correspondent LUCKNOW: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) today called upon the community to have patience and be extremely careful in dealing...

Meerut: A striking example of communal harmony was on display at Meerut when a mosque was thorwn open to host a Shiv Bhandara. It was the foundation day of Somnath...

New Delhi: A senior citizen is granted a higher exemption limit compared to non-senior citizens. The CBDT has revised the rules applicable in case of filing of Form 15 H....

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi securing a historic mandate in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagging more than 300 seats of its...

New Delhi: Regional parties from West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have somehow managed to hold on to their turfs, bucking the trend of a nationwide surge...

New Delhi: In a first for Indian Women, Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth has scripted history by becoming the first day-time Indian woman fighter pilot. This means she is now qualified...

By Rajan Kumar As Sri Lanka endeavours to overcome the enormity of the Islamic State (IS) coordinated terrorist attack which killed 253 people last month, there are reasons for the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 21: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said the country is passing through acute economic crisis and if corrective measures are not taken the...

New Delhi: Every morning around dawn, dozens of people gather by the dusty banks of a stream snaking through Shikrawa village, two hours south of New Delhi, to do the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 17: Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch has analyzed the affidavits of the 716 out of 724 women candidates contesting in Lok...

In Bengal's tradition of grimy political violence, why the desecration of Vidyasagar's statue has led to widespread outrage. By Piyasree Dasgupta, Features Editor, HuffPost, India A familiar pre-exam ritual in...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 16: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today slammed the NDA government for miserably failing to perform on economic front as the available data has...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 15: Laying stress on vital election issues of rampant unemployment, agrarian crisis, industrial slump, massive corruption, worst economic situation, the Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP)...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 15: Even as seven- phase Lok Sabha elections enters into last round, which was so far by and large peaceful, the workers of ruling...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 13: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today expressed concern over massive drug and alcohol abuse in the country which has resulted into at least...

Bihar: 20.70% Haryana: 23.24% Madhya Pradesh: 28.01% Uttar Pradesh: 21.75% West Bengal: 38.08% Jharkhand: 31.27% NCT of Delhi: 19.50% New Delhi, May 12: More than 10.17 crore voters will cast...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi: The sale of controversial electoral bonds has shot up exorbitantly during on-going Lok Sabha elections in the country. The State Bank of India-nodal agency for...

New Delhi: American news magazine Time has featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover page of its May 20 issue with a headline that may create controversy across the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 08: There is no possibility of escalation of trade tussle between US and India till the formation of new government. According to information US...

Urban Mirror Correspondent Lucknow March 16: Laying stress on vital election issues of rampant unemployment, agrarian crisis, industrial slump, massive corruption, worst economic situation, the Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 13: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) said today that unemployment crisis has emerged as a major issue in the ensuing Lok Sabha election as...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 07: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today demanded Supreme Court-monitored investigation into controversial Rafale Jet fighter deal which the NDA government has been desperately...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 06: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that resentment is brewing among farmers in the country against the NDA government’s utter failure to...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 05: Expressing concern over sharp increase in circulation of fake news on social media platform especially WhatsApp for political gains, the Lok Gathbandhan Party...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 4: The Lok Gathbandhan Party today said that the NDA government cannot hide its all-round failure during last five-year governance by exploiting tension between...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, March 01: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today slammed the NDA government for miserably failing to perform on economic front as the data released by...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 28: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that emergence of sub-standard and even fake private medical colleges in several parts of the country...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 27: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today welcomed the strike carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on terrorists camps in Pakistan .The...

Urban mirror Correspondent New Delhi February 26: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that hankering for power in the run up to the summer general election has created a...

Urban Miror Correspondent New Delhi, February 22: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) said today that the NDA government has totally flopped in fighting the menace of black money and bringing...

urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 20: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today expressed concern over massive drug and alcohol abuse in the country which has resulted into at least...

Urban Mirror Correspondent Lucknow, February 18: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) said that the UP BJP government, despite poor performance during the last two years, has been making misplaced development...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 16: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today expressed concern over the state of economy in the country. The LGP said that after five-years in...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 15: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today condemned the dastardly terror attack on CRPF convoy in South Kashmir killing at least 44 jawans and...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 14: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today criticised opportunistic alliances coming up fast in the run up to the Lok Sabha election. The LGP...

Dr Smita Pandey King Alexander the Great questioned a captured pirate ,”What is your idea in infesting the sea?’ The pirate answered, “the same as you in infesting the earth....

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 13: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today criticised the NDA government for failing to introduce New Education Policy (NEP) even after lapse of five...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 11: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that the decision of the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh to reserve 70% jobs for local...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 06: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today strongly condemned the politicisation of bureaucracy and police in the country which has pushed the honest and...

New Delhi, February 05: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today criticised the NDA government for fudging or hiding the statistical data to present a rosy picture of the economy in...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 04: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today condemned both central and West Bengal Governments for controversy over CBI investigation into Saradha chit fund scam...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, February 01: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that NDA government has fared badly in job creation during the last five years, as the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 30: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today that the Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement promising a minimum income guarantee (MIG) is lopsided and reminiscent...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 29: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s comment that political leaders who donot fulfil the dream they peddle...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 23: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) said the castiest political parties have been desperately trying to push the country to the quagmire of “quota...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 22: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that even after lapse of one year the NDA government has failed to bring back Punjab...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 21: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today criticised the NDA government for passage of Citizenship (amendment) bill in Lok Sabha without proper deliberation as...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 19: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that despite tall claims being made by the NDA government about growth and development during the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 18: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) expressing concern over the prevailing controversy over Supreme Court’s Collegium decision to appoint two new judges to the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi January 17: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that school education in government schools in rural areas continues to be in bad shape, as...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 16: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that worst price slump in agriculture production has landed the farming community in acute crisis in...

Urban Mirror Correspondent Lucknow, January 15: The Lok Gathbandhan Party today welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court to examine the cases of UP police encounters during the last one...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 14: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that last week’s GST council meeting has left many questions unanswered which are haunting the trading...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 12: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said the BJP, failing to deliver on development front during the last five years regime at the...

Urban Mirror Correspondent Lucknow, January 10: The Lucknow Diabetes Study Society (LDSS) today organised a cardio-diabetes summit to apprise the people about the rising cases of heart-related diseases due to...

Urban Mirror Correspondent Lucknow, January 10: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that CBI should expedite honest and transparent investigation into massive illegal mining scandal in Uttar Pradesh during...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 09: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) welcoming the Supreme Court decision reinstating Alok Verma as CBI director today demanded the transparent and honest functional...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 09: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) welcoming the Supreme Court decision reinstating Alok Verma as CBI director today demanded the transparent and honest functional...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 08: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today said that after utter failure on economic front and completely faltering in fulfilling its 2014 election promises...

Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, January 04: The Lok Gathbandhan Party today expressed concern over clashes in Kerala on Sabarimala temple issue which has been politicised by some vested interest...