UP School Bans National Anthem, Teachers Quit, Manager Arrested

A school in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad that apparently never allowed the singing of the national anthem deeming it “un-Islamic”, has been shut down and its manager has been arrested after several teachers resigned over his refusal to allow the anthem this Independence Day. Zia-Ul Haq, the manager of the MA Convent School, has been arrested under a law against “Insults […]

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Sheila Dikshit Rides Bus To UP As Congress Launches Poll Campaign

Sheila Dikshit, the Congress’ 78-year-old chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh, today began a three-day bus tour to Kanpur as her party launched its campaign for India’s biggest state. The bus with slogan “27 saal, UP behaal” (27 years of UP in ruins)” was flagged off by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul. Accompanying Ms Dikhsit […]

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Uttar Pradesh govt. removes Noida CEO Rama Raman

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday removed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway Authority, Rama Raman, officials said. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav gave the order following a rap from the Allahabad High Court which stopped the CEO from all work. Last week, the court had taken a grim view of Mr. Raman’s continuance […]

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