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Lakhimpur Kheri/Lucknow: There was little doubt that after Sunday’s violent clashes that broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri that Lucknow or the rest of Uttar Pradesh will not see any political action.  After all eight people including farmers, a driver, young political workers of BJP and a journalist died in the eye to eye physical confrontation. Every political […]

NEW DELHI: His father was the former President of India and one of the most respected politicians of the country, with reach across party lines. For Pranab Mukherjee’s son, Abhijit Mukherjee, politics comes easy. An engineer turned politician, Abhijit Mukherjee made his debut on a Congress ticket in 2011 Assembly elections. He went on to […]

Just what should be the right age to be able to buy and consume liquor in the country? As the Delhi Government moves closer to turning its new excise policy that seeks to lower the legal age for alcohol consumption from 25 to 21, and open air-conditioned and well-lit super vends into law, the reaction on […]

PATNA/NEW DELHI: It’s official. British Virgin Islands (BVI), a known tax haven where businessmen and politicians have in the past stashed stacks of money, has put the first stamp on India’s probe into black money. This may help cops and officials get back crores of rupees.  A decade after RK Verma, former power secretary in […]

SENARI (ARWAL, BIHAR): At a young age of 14, Madhulika Sharma’s life changed on March 18, 1999 after her father, Awadh Kishore Sharma, and brother, Madhukar Kumar, were killed along with 32 others right in front of her eyes by the now defunct Maoist Central Committee (MCC) in Senari, Bihar. She can barely withhold her […]