Articles by Brajendra K Parashar
2024 Lok Sabha polls: 4th phase seats more evenly contested in past, nomination process begins on Thursday
BJP faces the challenge of repeating its 2019 performance when it won all the 13 seats, SP looks to regain Kannauj, BSP out to retain hold over Dalit voters

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 06:40 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
As vote base shrinks, is BSP losing ‘master key’ to political power in Uttar Pradesh?
In the run-up to 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BSP, which earlier emerged as the voice of the dalits and marginalised castes in UP, appears grappling with an existential crisis.

Published on Apr 14, 2024 11:06 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
As campaign heat intensifies, poll pitch for subtle polarisation gets intense in west U.P.
In the region defined by a strong Muslim population and existing communal fault lines, politicians switch to recall of “exodus”, “curfew”, “fatwa” and “riots”

Updated on Apr 14, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
2024 Lok Sabha polls: Nomination process begins for 3rd phase, focus shifts from Jat belt to Yadav land in Uttar Pradesh
The BJP won seven of these 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 and eight seats in 2019. The phase is crucial for the Samajwadi Party, too, as Muslim-Yadav equations will be on test

Published on Apr 12, 2024 10:49 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
UPERC nod to STU’s 5-yr plan to increase capacity
The UPPTCL will now upgrade its network to handle increasing power demand that is expected to peak to 43,778 MW by 2028

Published on Apr 07, 2024 08:39 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Mercury rises, UPPCL sweats: Power body ‘hopes’ to keep supply on track in poll season
According to officials, the corporation has not only tried to strengthen its distribution network to avoid power crisis, but also arranged availability of more power to deal with a possible demand-supply gap.

Updated on Apr 02, 2024 08:27 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
From crossroads to reunion, BJP-RLD to supplement each other in Jat belt
“My Ram Ram to all the leaders on the dais and the vast gathering of people,” he greeted in Hindi before starting the speech and paused for a while to see the reaction.

Updated on Apr 01, 2024 05:18 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
With RLD support, BJP aims at dominance, SP-Congress eye Muslim consolidation
In the 2019 LS elections, the BJP won seven of the eight seats, with Amroha being the sole seat captured by the BSP, which was then in alliance with the SP and the RLD

Updated on Mar 29, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Feeder separation: Farmers to get fixed 10-hour power supply for tubewells
Currently, power supply to agricultural and domestic consumers is made through common feeders because of which fubewells also get electricity supply for longer hours resulting in wastage of power by farmers and overloading of system at peak time.

Updated on Mar 27, 2024 07:52 AM IST
Poll bugle blows in sugarcane belt, multiple factors at play
Battle for first phase of Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh's sugarcane belt to test Jat politics, Muslim-Dalit votes, new alliances, and political equations.

Updated on Mar 21, 2024 07:02 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow/meerut
2024 Lok Sabha polls: RLD out to win back its former pocket borough Baghpat
The RLD, which is in alliance with the BJP, has fielded loyalist Rajkumar Sangwan from Baghpat that was represented by former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Private agri tubewells guzzle over 20% of UP’s power
But the contribution of agricultural pump sets to UP Power Corporation Ltd’s (UPPCL) revenue is significantly lower at just a little more than 9%

Published on Mar 08, 2024 09:35 PM IST
RLD back in the corridors of power in Uttar Pradesh
Interestingly, in 2003, the RLD separated from the BJP to taste power in the SP government, and 21 years later, it parted ways with the SP to become part of the power structure in the BJP government. The party has come a full circle.

Published on Mar 06, 2024 09:11 PM IST
PM lays stone of 1800 MW solar parks, opens 200 MW solar projects for U.P.
These are part of ₹56,000 crore multiple power and infra projects the PM dedicated to the nation or laid foundation stone of them from Telangana’s Adilabad district on March 4

Updated on Mar 05, 2024 05:18 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Crop damage: Farmers from only eight districts qualify for compensation
The district-wise data released by the relief commissioner’s office on Monday indicates that crop loss ranges between 5-15% or even less in 33 districts, with no reported loss in 34 districts and losses exceeding 33% have been reported in only eight districts.

Published on Mar 04, 2024 10:17 PM IST
UP takes stray cattle issue by horns, but is the menace over?
In a clear bid to tackle the issue of stray cattle, particularly to avoid it becoming a focus in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, as it happened during the assembly elections in 2022, the UP government initiated a two-month campaign in November, extending the same several times till February 15

Published on Feb 28, 2024 10:15 PM IST
Ensure 50% fall in road accident deaths in state: Govt
Chief secretary Mishra aims to reduce road accident deaths in UP by 50% this year. Govt. orders district magistrates to take measures for safer roads.

Updated on Feb 28, 2024 06:34 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
RLD signals it will vote for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls, takes step closer to tie-up for Lok Sabha election
A day before the voting for the Rajya Sabha polls, all nine RLD MLAs will attend a meeting called by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on February 26.

Updated on Feb 25, 2024 05:36 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Decade after decision, U.P. fishermen to get same benefits as those available to farmers
Despite the Cabinet decision by the then Samajwadi Party (SP) government headed by Akhilesh Yadav in 2014, equating the fisheries sector with agriculture, non-issuance of follow-up orders by the departments like the energy, revenue and irrigation kept fishermen deprived of the perks enjoyed by their agricultural counterparts.

Updated on Feb 24, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Solar Rooftop: UP to light up 25 lakh low-income households
UP aims to light up 25 lakh low-income households through rooftop solar power under PM Suryodaya Yojna, offering free electricity and government subsidies.

Updated on Feb 22, 2024 09:18 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Green energy push at GBC: Towards clean growth while meeting power deficit
Green energy accounted for over 14% of around ₹10 lakh projects launched in the ceremony inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:53 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
U.P. poised to unveil 182 renewable energy projects worth over ₹1.30 lakh cr
“A total of 182 projects related to renewable energy, with investment of ₹130210.35 crore are ready for launch in the GBC on Monday,” a senior official of the department of alternative energy said. “Only those projects for which land has been made available and which have got the government’s nod have been selected for the groundbreaking ceremony,” he added.

Published on Feb 16, 2024 10:22 PM IST
All RLD MLAs authorise Jayant to decide on alliance
An RLD MLA told HT after the meeting in Delhi that a formal announcement on the RLD-BJP alliance was expected in a day or two after Jayant Chaudhary had a meeting with the top BJP leadership on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return from the foreign tour.

Published on Feb 15, 2024 09:07 PM IST
Paddy procurement at MSP: UP falls short of target, claims farmers prefer open market
Govt acquired only 52.29 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, which is not just 75% of the 70 lakh MT target and one of the lowest in recent years, but also less than the state’s annual rice requirement under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), shows data

Updated on Feb 15, 2024 05:08 AM IST
How will RLD's exit affect INDIA’s poll prospects?
The move may consolidate Jat voters in favour of the BJP in Western UP, Rajasthan and Haryana, but SP still remains the Muslim voters’ choice.

Updated on Feb 14, 2024 06:00 PM IST
UP poised for rooftop solar makeover of govt buildings
The state unveils roadmap for solarisation of govt buildings to tap potential of 1550 MW solar power through rooftop systems

Updated on Feb 14, 2024 05:44 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Took decision after consulting partymen: Jayant on joining NDA
“I took this decision only after speaking to all the MLAs and workers of my party. There was no advance planning behind this decision. We had to make this decision within a short time because of the circumstances. We want to do something good for the people,” Jayant said.

Updated on Feb 12, 2024 09:59 PM IST
Now, pay power bills at grocery stores also!
UPPCL ties up agencies that will further appoint over 1 lakh agents to help consumers pay power bills without going to the sub-stations; doorstep facility also available

Updated on Feb 12, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
SP-RLD divorce on the cards after Jayant’s change of heart
With Jayant’s newfound love for Modi, the coming of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) into the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold and divorcing the Samajwadi Party, the old ally, is now being seen as a foregone conclusion.

Published on Feb 10, 2024 09:52 PM IST
Brajendra K Parashar, Lucknow
Disposal of plaints against public servants: Only MPs, MLAs, constitutional body heads to be counted as VIPs
UP government has issued a clarification regarding the categorisation of ‘Very Important Persons’ (VIPs) for the purpose of forwarding complaints against public servants

Published on Jan 31, 2024 09:00 PM IST