Congress will fight U.P. polls on development agenda: Priyanka
The Hindu
She asks people to hold politicians accountable
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said politicians would get away with communal and casteist politics unless the voter held them accountable for the development work in his city and village.
Addressing a rally in Moradabad, she said when she came to Uttar Pradesh, she was surprised by the number of mafias that existed in the State. “From river, land, and sand to exam and jobs, there is a mafia in every domain in Uttar Pradesh. I am surprised there is no mafia on the breath that you take. Somebody could take a cut on breathing as well,” she said sarcastically.

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











