Manoj Kumar

Climate change and millets: Odisha's pick for progress

Manoj Kumar Mishra is Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of Odisha.

The Ujjwala scheme needs a budget push

The SHG model to extend credit can be scaled across India. The government can also provide slightly higher subsidies to Ujjwala customers to increase LPG usage

It is time to revive MPLADS. It will help citizens

Restoring MPLADS will help pave the way for synergies between the political representative and the administration to augment basic health care in rural areas

HC dismisses plea on Rae Bareli panchayat no-trust motion

HC directs centre, state to decide plea for one Muslim Wakf Board in UP

Traffic woes near new HC building in Lucknow: Court seeks status report

Examine viability of establishing women’s reformatories at all divisional headquarters of UP: HC

69,000 teachers’ job exam: HC to hear case today on raising cutoff

Appellants challenged the single judge order which quashed the government order through which the qualifying marks for the examination for recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers was raised to 65 and 60 from 45 and 40.

India’s GDP growth slows to 5%, more stimulus expected

Asia’s third largest economy grew at a slower-than-expected 5.0% in the latest three-month period, compared with 5.8% in the previous quarter, government data showed on Friday.

Allahabad HC seeks reply from Uttar Pradesh authorities on petition of acid attack survivors seeking eye treatment

The order was passed by a division bench of justice Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and justice Jaspreet Singh on a writ petition filed by the survivors, hailing from different districts of UP, through their counsel Prince Lenin.

India’s June inflation hits eight-month high but rate cut still possible

Annual retail inflation in June was 3.18%, up from 3.05% the previous month, but below analyst forecasts, government data showed on Friday.

Remove encroachments near KGMU, Civil Hospital, says Allahabad HC

The court directed the SDM concerned to submit a fresh status report regarding removal of encroachment as well as the action taken by the committee, by filing a detailed affidavit on May 10, the next date of hearing.

UP Assistant Teacher Result 2018 delayed, can’t be declared till January 29

UP Assistant Teacher Result 2018 : The result of the ongoing recruitment drive of 69,000 assistant teachers for state-run primary schools in UP, which was to be declared on January 22, can’t be declared on the said date now.

Lucknow High Court permits admissions to Ayurveda, Unani medical colleges via NEET

Only those students, who have already qualified NEET will be granted admission in preference

Allahabad High Court penalises ₹5K on doctor for poor handwriting

The cost amount would be deducted from the salary of Dr Rama Shankar Gupta, to be deposited in the Oudh Bar Association library fund.

Imroz, the abiding love in Amrita Pritam’s life

Amrita wrote a poem ‘Shaam ka Phool’ (The evening flower) after her first meeting with Imroz. The poet felt that Imroz, who was 10 years younger, met her a bit too late in life.

‘Great one for Bharat’: Union Budget 2018 aims to boost revenue, revive growth

In Union Budget 2018, FM Arun Jaitley also announced plans to introduce “the world’s largest government funded health care programme”, saying it would cover some 500 million of the country’s poorest people.

Misuse of loudspeakers: HC seeks replies from UP government, pollution control board

The court directed the principal secretary, home and the UP Pollution Control Board chairman to file their personal affidavits (replies) within six weeks on seven points related to the issue.

Spice of Life | Amrita Pritam in the role of an ordinary woman

On her death anniversary today, I am reminded of instances of her as an anxious mother, a protective grandma and a concerned live-in partner

Spice of life | When we celebrated golden jubilee of Independence Day

As the midnight approached, AR Rehman started crooning his ‘Vande Matram’ song. The gathering also went wild with chants of ‘Vande Matram’ with a fervour that reminded me of the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the Independence of the country

‘The party will be over’: How GST will affect businesses that don’t pay tax

The GST has been termed a potential game changer, the single biggest tax reform in independent India, one that the government says is founded on the concept of “one nation, one market, one tax”.

Railways cancel 26 trains for a month from December 17 due to fog

The announcement made on Sunday is likely to add to the woes of passengers going to New Delhi and other long distance destinations.

Amrita-Imroz love story: Through their letters and poems

It was a veritable treat of poetry and poetic prose when the love story of celebrated poet Amrita Pritam and artist Imroz was narrated through the letters written by them to each other and their poems in the presence of none other than Imroz.

Amrita Pritam in her twilight years: Between hope and despair

SPICE OF LIFE: She swung like a pendulum between hope and despair. As death stared at her, she wrote her touching swan song, ‘main tenu pher milaangi’, addressed to imroz

UP: Death sentence upheld in rape, murder of minor

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has upheld the death sentence awarded to a 25-year-old man convicted of the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl of Shravasti in 2012.

Modi under fire as middle-class India still awaits ‘Achhe din’

Sharp rises in education and healthcare costs in the last two years have hit India’s burgeoning middle class hard, denting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity among the relatively well-off ahead of a series of state elections.

All that glitters: Modi to launch gold monetisation scheme

Prospective depositors may not take up the scheme due to concerns that the tax department could question the source of gold, while others may find conventional bank deposit rates of 8% more attractive.

Remembering Amrita, an epitome of love

She is hailed more for the way she lived life on her own terms than the large body of literary work she left behind. Being trapped in a loveless marriage at a young age, Amrita Pritam dared to love – lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi at first, and artist Imroz later, while her first love remained unfulfilled. She spent the rest of her life while living-in with a rather loving and caring Imroz.

Illegal structures razed in Raisina after HT reports

Two days after HT reported rampant clearing of ‘protected’ forest areas in Raisina village of Gurgaon, authorities woke up to the menace. A joint team from the state pollution control board, forest, mining and town and country planning swung into action on Thursday, pulling down boundary walls and gates of nearly 20 plots in the village.

HC to govt: Make medicines, masks available to people

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the state government to make available medicines and special masks to people within two-three days for prevention against swine flu.