December 23, 2011 02:35 IST
After his popular work Kashi Ka Assi failed to get him the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award,Kashi Nath Singh,Hindi litterateur from Varanasi,is happy to get it for a novel based on globalisation and its impact on the villages.
Fri, Dec 23, 2011December 23, 2011 00:42 IST
Talking to The Indian Express over phone from his home in Varanasi on Thursday,Singh said,I had lost hope of getting any award for Kashi ka Assi.
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
December 20, 2011 03:53 IST
The recently-held organisational elections for the Pradesh Youth Congress has shown encouraging results as unlike in the past.
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
December 18, 2011 03:07 IST
Notwithstanding the problems posed by heavy fog and the cold spell,the BSP is ready to show its strength at the rally in Lucknow on December 18.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011December 16, 2011 03:02 IST
With the Centre deciding to extend the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission period by five years,the focus in Uttar Pradesh will be to complete the projects that are pending in the current mission period (2005-12),which is drawing to an end.
Fri, Dec 16, 2011December 14, 2011 03:22 IST
The eighth joint convention of the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy - an initiative for people-to-people contact between the two countries - will be held in India after a gap of six years here in Allahabad.
Wed, Dec 14, 2011December 10, 2011 02:48 IST
BJP leader Uma Bharti will now resume it from Panchnada,the place where four tributaries flow into Yamuna on the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border.
Sat, Dec 10, 2011
December 06, 2011 05:12 IST
The Allahabad leg of Jal Yatra of senior BJP leader Uma Bharti will be more of a symbolic gesture with major part of her programme planned as a road campaign on Tuesday.
Tue, Dec 06, 2011December 04, 2011 06:10 IST
The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to extend its rice export policy,which expired on September 30,by another two years.
Sun, Dec 04, 2011December 03, 2011 05:12 IST
After porters,it is now the turn of the ex-servicemen to turn their backs on the job of gangmen.
Sat, Dec 03, 2011November 22, 2011 05:58 IST
The carpet industry is disappointed at being left out of the Rs 6,234-crore relief package for the weavers announced by the Centre after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi shot off a letter to Union Minister for Commerce,Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma last week.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011November 20, 2011 04:34 IST
With no progress in talks for a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the Apna Dal,the Congress seems to have decided to tap into the Other Backward Class votes,mainly the Patels,directly by giving them more representation.
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
November 19, 2011 04:55 IST
UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on the issue of ticket distribution for Assembly polls in the state.
Sat, Nov 19, 2011November 16, 2011 04:04 IST
Jan Sampark Abhiyaan of the Congress,set to take off on November 19,will also see senior party leaders,including central ministers from the state,explaining people about price rise.
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
November 15, 2011 03:27 IST
Rahul Gandhi launched the Congresss election campaign for UP,saying the government was corrupt and insensitive and the mafia had infiltrated his rivals politics.
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
November 15, 2011 02:43 IST
Attacking both BSP govt and SP,Rahul launched Congresss election campaign for Uttar Pradesh.
Tue, Nov 15, 2011November 14, 2011 02:39 IST
The Vyapak Jan Sampark Abhiyaan of the Congress will be formally flagged off on Monday at party general secretary Rahul Gandhis rally here in Jhunsi.
Mon, Nov 14, 2011November 13, 2011 04:10 IST
Amidist the preparations for Rahul Gandhis rally at Phulpur on November 14,a hoarding urging Rahul to take over the partys leadership in view of Sonia Gandhis illness and drift in the government left the party red-faced on Saturday.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
November 13, 2011 01:03 IST
Union Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal clarified that this is not an official hoarding
Sun, Nov 13, 2011November 12, 2011 05:28 IST
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhis November 14 rally is being organised in Phulpur parliamentary constituency here to invoke the name of his great-grandfather Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Sat, Nov 12, 2011November 11, 2011 03:12 IST
Allahabad Municipal Corporation,however,has maintained that a drive to remove all illegal hoardings has been initiated.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011November 06, 2011 03:58 IST
Allahabad High Court said that the police may not immediately arrest persons accused under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code,if the woman was at her parents place.
Sun, Nov 06, 2011October 30, 2011 03:01 IST
In order to overcome the problem of weavers pulling out their children from schools to make them learn carpet weaving,many organisations are trying to lend them a helping hand in Bhadohi and surrounding areas.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
October 29, 2011 03:35 IST
With Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhis Jan Sampark Abhiyaan set to start from Phulpur on November 14
Sat, Oct 29, 2011October 29, 2011 03:30 IST
In a bid to improve the coordination between research and its application in industry,the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology seeks to revive its industry sheds programme.
Sat, Oct 29, 2011





