Uttar Pradesh turns around its infamous health scheme

Sharat Pradhan meets Raja Ram Tiwari who runs the 'Bhule Bhatke' camp at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad that has been zealously re-uniting missing people with their loved ones.Over 2 lakh people went missing in the 55-day-long Kumbh Mela. But unlike yesteryears, over 99 per cent of the 'lost' ones were re-united with their families, leaving just about 175 persons in the 'lost and found' camp.That's the first thing that strikes you as soon as you step into the 59 square kilometre 'Kumbh Nagari' ...

By NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling ...

By Ross Colvin and Satarupa Bhattacharjya NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A packed New Delhi courtroom sat in rapt silence this week as an irate Supreme Court judge denounced the elite Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a "caged parrot" and "its ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhikesh Yadav’s decision to boycott the prestigious Harvard event followed a call that was made from Boston to his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, reports Sharat Pradhan Could Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhlesh Yadav’s boycott of HarvardUniversity earn rich political dividends in terms of Muslim votes in the next general election? The question is being debated after Akhilesh chose to abandon the programme for which he ...

The inclusion of those who were reportedly responsible for the stampede that killed 36 people at Allahabad station during the Kumbh Mela, in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s entourage to Harvard has raised eyebrows. Sharat Pradhan reportsUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will give a talk to students and scholars of the  HarvardBusinessSchool on April 25 about the success of the recently-concluded Kumbh Mela at Allahabad. This follows an invitation ...

New Delhi: Later today, the (SEBI) has asked Sahara chief Subroto Roy to appear before it. SEBI is acting on a Supreme Court order, which ruled as illegal a Sahara investment scheme, and ordered it to repay Rs 25,000 crore to SEBI. Sahara claims ...

Set up by his own colleagues, Kinjal Singh's father, deputy superintendent of police K P Singh was killed in a fake encounter. Sharat Pradhan reports on the fight for justice. It took 31 years for the Indian judicial system to punish the killers of Kinjal Singh -- the girl who lost her father when she was just two-and-a-half months old. Kinjal, who has grown up to be an IAS officer, smiled as tears rolled down her face when the special CBI court pronounced the death sentence for ...

In an unprecedented move, the Akhilesh Yadav government has granted a special subsidy of Rs 25,000 to Hindu pilgrims returning from the Mansarovar yatra. Sharat Pradhan reports Having gone all-out to woo Muslims, who form a key constituency of the ruling Samajwadi Party, the Akhilesh Yadav government is now trying to appease the Hindu vote bank. As if to match the subsidies and freebies granted to Muslims going for the ‘Haj’, the UP government on Monday gave away a special subsidy ...

For a few weeks now, Mulayam Singh Yadav has been expressing great regard for Lal Krishna Advani, despite the communal outlook of the latter's BJP being anathema to the secular, socialist ideals of Mulayam's Samajwadi Party. There has been some ...