Northern India

Medha Roopam, the 2014-batch IAS officer who is the district magistrate Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida), had passed the NSA order against a female student and was criticised by Allahabad High Court.

Even as Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) is passing through its electorally lowest phase ever, party supremo Mayawati is taking steps apparently with an eye on next year’s Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, but her moves may cause more trouble for the party.

The death of the 75-year-old retired IAS officer, Rakesh Mehta, was discovered after his wife, herself a retired IAS officer, tried to reach him by phone from out of town and got no answer despite several attempts. Mehta left a handwritten note behind.

The ambulance could be pulled out of the huge pothole with the help of a tractor. The baby’s death due to a bad road in Uttar Pradesh prompted Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to claim corruption is rampant in the state.

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