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Center slams Mayawati govt for Rahul’s security

November 20, 2009 India

New Delhi: The letter written Under Secretary incharge of security, government of India, that carries the dissatisfaction of the center saying 2009, Rahul’s security had been compromised on several occasions.

The center has expressed its unhappiness in its letter to Mayawati’s Government citing the poor security cover of AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during his visit [...]

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Rs 10 lakh for Mathura train mishap victims

October 21, 2009 India

Lucknow: Mathura train mishap victims keen would get Rs.10 lakh and a job announced Uttar Pradesh government.

The state’s Agriculture Minister Laxminarain Choudhry said, the state government will give compensation of Rs.10 lakh and a job to the families of those killed in the train accident in Mathura.
More than 20 people were injured in the accident [...]

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Mayawati government accused of defying court over memorials

September 30, 2009 India

The Uttar Pradesh government was Wednesday accused of defying the Supreme Court by continuing work at Dalit leaders’ memorial sites in Lucknow.
The accusation was made by Lucknow resident Mithilesh Kumar Singh, whose lawsuit against Dalit memorials has left the Mayawati regime face contempt proceedings for allegedly violating the Supreme Court Sep 8 order stopping all [...]

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Mayawati government accused of misleading apex court on dalit leaders’ memorials

September 30, 2009 India

The Uttar Pradesh government was Wednesday accused of misleading the Supreme Court on the alleged violation of a Sep 8 order halting construction at various dalit leaders’ memorial sites in Lucknow.
The accusation was made by Lucknow resident Mithilesh Kumar Singh, whose lawsuit against the spate of dalit leaders’ memorials in the city has left the [...]

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After top cop, Mayawati brings new Lucknow district magistrate

September 24, 2009 India

Less than a day after replacing the state police chief, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday named Amit Ghosh as the new district magistrate of Lucknow.
Ghosh replaces Chandra Bhanu, who has been elevated as the state’s trade tax commissioner.
Ghosh is currently the district magistrate of Meerut, where he is to be succeeded by Bhuvnesh Kumar, [...]

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Mayawati blames central government for delay in tax case

September 19, 2009 India

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday told the Delhi High Court that the central government was delaying the income tax case pending against her.
Senior advocate Satich Chandra Mishra contended before the bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Valmiki Mehta that the appeal filed by the Income Tax Department against its Tribunal’s order giving her a [...]

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High court jolts Mayawati with notice in Taj Corridor case

September 18, 2009 India

In a significant development, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Friday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, clearly indicating reopening of the Taj Corridor case in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier granted her a reprieve.
The high court bench headed by Justice Pradeep Kant has given Mayawati and [...]

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Congress condemns Mayawati over violence threat

September 18, 2009 India

The Congress Friday condemned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s comment that any attempt to demolish Dalit icons’ statues will lead to a law and order situation, and said she “mocks the Constitution and challenges the Supreme Court”.
“(The) Congress party would like to condemn the Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s statement where she has openly, in a [...]

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Mayawati under fire for slapping Dalit Act on TV scribes

September 10, 2009 India

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has come under fire from media persons and the opposition for slapping the Dalit Act on reporters of a national TV channel for a news report on how a starving Dalit sold off his wife in the poverty-hit Bundelkhand region of the state.
The Uttar Pradesh Accredited Press Correspondents Committee has [...]

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Work on at Mayawati’s memorials despite apex court order

September 10, 2009 India

Unmindful of the apex court’s stern directive, construction activity continued in full swing at each of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s dream projects here Wednesday.
Taking serious view against use of the tax-payer’s thousands of crores for building memorials, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice B.N. Agarwal Tuesday directed the state government to suspend work [...]

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