Posts Tagged ‘Uttar Pradesh’

Me too madrassa

The rational school operators of Uttar Pradesh
Just like over nine out of ten families in Karnataka, many school operators in Uttar Pradesh demonstrated that they are rational actors. If the Indian government has announced that it will give Rs 325 crores over the five years to madrassas (which, among others, means "an honorarium of Rs [...]

Indian pond organisms

A particularly obnoxious variety
It takes a particular type of politician to insult a policeman killed in the line of duty and then try and play a cheap trick on the family of the deceased. That particular type of politician is Amar Singh, leader of the Samajwadi Party.
“His comments have hurt our honour and [...]

At last, some terrorists arrested

Surprise! It’s the Lashkar-e-Taiba/ISI nexus
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested some suspected terrorists. We’ll have to wait for B Raman and Praveen Swami to tell us the whole story…but this much we know: these arrests come after a very long time.
Six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who were involved in the terror attacks on the [...]