All stories by Virendra Singh Rawat
Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner
Rediff.com3 Aug 2017The Gomti Riverfront Development project, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre and the efforts towards the beautification of Old Lucknow are some of Akhilesh Yadav's initiatives that are the subject of investigation.
Adityanath picks up pace in shunting babus, cops
Rediff.com20 Jul 2017Conscious that he will have to rely on the bureaucracy to deliver, Adityanath is changing the faces and rejiging the administration.
Future bleak for UP's leather units as illegal abattoirs shut down
Rediff.com18 Apr 2017Forty five organised slaughterhouses are not in a position to cater for the big demand for rawhide
Lucknow guest house turns most powerful address in UP
Rediff.com25 Mar 2017Yogi Adityanath has turned Lucknow's VVIP guest house into his seat of power.
Gita Press looks to turn the page in Yogi era
Rediff.com23 Mar 2017The noted publisher of Hindu religious and spiritual texts, which has seen tough times in the recent past, hopes the new UP CM's spiritual background will boost sales.
Why the Rs 20,000-crore UP leather industry is on tenterhooks
Rediff.com22 Mar 2017In its UP Vision Document, the BJP had promised it would shut down illegal and mechanised abattoirs in the state if it came to power.
Note ban has not affected BJP's plans in UP
Rediff.com10 Dec 2016Although the Opposition has been making a hue and cry over demonetisation, the BJP's programmes have been attracting crowds.
Yadav vs Yadav: Mulayam backs brother, Amar Singh
Rediff.com25 Oct 2016The rift between Samajwadi Party strongman Mulayam Singh Yadav and 'obedient' Akhilesh grew even wider with the father openly backing his son's foes in the party
Yadav family feud threatens to derail SP's poll prospects
Rediff.com24 Oct 2016Even as Akhilesh Yadav has emerged stronger in Uttar Pradesh politics, the Samajwadi Party has become weaker due to family feud, reports Virendra Singh Rawat.
Dear PM Modi, will you support this girl?
Rediff.com7 Sep 2016The 11-yr-old has already earned the sobriquet 'Nanhi Jalpari'
Not yet five, and she studies in Class 9
Rediff.com2 Sep 2016Virendra Singh Rawat discovers that this child prodigy has never been to school.
Uttar Pradesh: State employees to benefit from political windfall
Rediff.com8 Jul 2016The salary hike for government employees is likely to put an additional burden of Rs 24,000 crore on the state excheque.
UP polls: Parties put on war paint
Rediff.com27 Jun 2016The BJP wants to win a state where it has been out of power for 15 years. The Congress wants to make its mark in a state where it has been a bit player for nearly 30 years. And the BSP wants to recapture power it lost 5 years ago.
Lucknow Metro coaches to capture the heritage of City of Nawabs
Rediff.com11 May 2016A French multinational is making the trains at its Sri City facility in Andhra Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav: A CM fighting to emerge from his father's shadow
Rediff.com4 Jan 2016With the state going to polls soon, Akhilesh Yadav needs to step out of his father's shadow and come into his own as the state's CM.
Ratan Tata waxes eloquent on UP, Akhilesh
Rediff.com22 Dec 2015Says UP misunderstood and underplayed
'Man of Letters' Akhilesh keeps Modi busy with snail mails!
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has written as many as 80 letter to the PM since he took as the reins of the state three years ago.
Akhilesh pitches 'Make in UP' against 'Make in India'
Rediff.com18 Jul 2015Says Make in India could only succeed with Make in UP, given large sized population and market the state offers
Centre grounds Akhilesh's Agra airport dream
Rediff.com27 Jun 2015Instead government has given a go ahead for an international airport at Jewar in Greater Noida to decongest New Delhi airport
Mission 2017: BSP ups ante against Modi, Akhilesh regimes
Rediff.com28 Apr 2015Hits street with demonstrations across 75 UP districts