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New Delhi Railway Station is set to have new look. But whole exercise is just part-utilization of heavily-spent funds till a space occupied by UP Roadways in vicinity of the area is handed over to railways for developing prime-most railway-station of capital city of India really an international look. UP Roadways can be given alternate plot in vicinity of some inter-state bus-terminal in the city. Even now buses of UP Roadways run empty to the area occupied by it in vicinity of New Delhi Railways Station after emptying the passengers at some inter-state bus-terminal. Such a shift will be advantageous to UP Roadways itself because of saving of diesel and staff-hours in uselessly running empty buses to a place most needed to Railways for development of New Delhi Railway Station. Such removal...

We, the National Alliance of women, are writing this to express our deep dissatisfaction with the meager allotment of tickets to women candidates by major political parties in the lists put out by them. It is our contention that political parties that don’t have an adequate representation of women within their organization are not truly representative of our democracy. Moreover, it is incumbent on all who are in a position of responsibility to create a just social order. These precedents of unfairness in ticket allotment serve to perpetuate the gender imbalance in opportunities available to men and women in India. National Alliance for Women’s Reservation Bill (a platform with members from many women’s organizations), has met with the previous election commissioners. We have, on several...