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Mayawati’s garland: Court dismisses CBI probe

by Indo-Asian News Service March 22, 2010 India News

Allahabad High Court Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI probe into the gifting of a high-value currency note-garland to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
Reportedly made of Rs.1,000-denomination currency notes valued at about Rs.21 lakh, the garland was presented to Mayawati here on the 25th anniversary of the Bahujan Samaj Party March [...]

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Thousands gather for Mayawati’s rally

by Indo-Asian News Service March 15, 2010 India News

Lucknow, March 15 : Tens of thousands of people from all over the country, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, gathered here Monday for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s rally to mark the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) 25th anniversary celebrations.
The silver jubilee celebrations at the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds coincide with party founder Kanshi Ram’s birthday.
It is [...]

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Lucknow turns blue on eve of Mayawati’s rally

by Indo-Asian News Service March 14, 2010 India News

Lucknow, March 15 Blue — the colour of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) — dominated Lucknow city Sunday on the eve of the ruling party’s rally to mark its silver jubilee, touted as the biggest ever with a million people expected to attend.
The 12-km route from Hazratganj, the heart of the city, to the rally [...]

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Mayawati blames central government for price rise

by Indo-Asian News Service January 14, 2010 India News

Lashing out at Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for the recent rise in food prices, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday said wrong policies of the central government had helped “blackmarketeers and hoarders”.
“The government is working under pressure of black-marketeers. Prices are rising due to the anti-poor policies of the central government,” Mayawati told reporters here.
Pawar’s [...]

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UP Principal Secretary-Housing shoots himself

by Sunita Bothra November 29, 2009 India

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s Principal Secretary (Housing) Harminder Raj Singh shot himself in the head with a personal revolver at his home in Vikramaditya Marg. Before this, the official attended a party at the residence of a colleague.
No one knows what drove the 1978 batch IAS officer to take the extreme step. The 56-year-old officer was [...]

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Mayawati slams centre over Liberhan Report

by ANI November 25, 2009 India News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday slammed the Centre for adopting delaying tactics over the presentation of the Liberhan Commission Report on the Babri Mosque demolition case.
Addressing the media, a day after the tabling of the Liberhan Report in parliament, Mayawati said: “The Centre purposefully delayed the commission’s [...]

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SC rejects Mayawati’’s petition over the debated Ambedkar site

by ANI November 13, 2009 India News

The Supreme Court today rejected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati‘’s appeal for permission to commence maintenance and other related works at the debated Ambedkar site in Lucknow.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice H S Bedi and Justice J M Panchal sensed that there was “no change in the state of affairs” to grant any respite to [...]

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Mayawati demands Rs 2000 crore aid from Centre for power supply project

by ANI August 17, 2009 India News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday demanded Rs 2000 crore aid from the center for a power supply project to the drought hit areas of the state.
Mayawati met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the chief ministers conference here.
The Uttar Pradesh Government is planning to provide ten hours of continuous power supply [...]

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Mayawati demands Rs 27 crore for new statues

by ANI August 3, 2009 India News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday demanded for a budget of Rs 27 crore for statues at the Kashiram memorial and for other structures in the state.
Presenting the supplementary budget, she demanded for an additional Rs 550 crore for her dream projects, which includes Rs 27 crore for new statues.
Rs 1,500 crore has already [...]

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