After top cop, Mayawati brings new Lucknow district magistrate

July 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Moradabad district court on Saturday granted interim bail to Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi till July 29. Joshi was granted bail on a surety of Rs 30,000.

July 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday continued to attack on Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the latter's silence on Uttar Pradesh Congress unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's offensive remarks on her. Addressing a press conference at the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) head quarters here, Mayawati lashed out at Gandhi for not doing much about the issue, and for not taking any action against Joshi so far.

June 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday said it would scrap the marks system in the class 10 board exams and implement a grading system in its place. "The grading system for the class 10 board exams will come into effect from the 2010-11 academic session," Chief Minister Mayawati told reporters at a press conference here.

May 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A lawyer Thursday moved an application before a court in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district seeking action against state Chief Minister Mayawati for her alleged derogatory utterances against P.L. Punia, a former bureaucrat and now a Congress MP from the Barabanki parliamentary seat.

May 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Further strengthening the stability to the new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday said that her party would give outside support to the Congress-led alliance without any condition. Mayawati further said that her party has agreed to provide outside support of all 21 MPs to the UPA Government without any condition.

April 27th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday questioned the authenticity of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's letter, being used by the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lucknow candidate Lalji Tandon as an appeal to the people of the state capital for support. After representing the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat for five consecutive terms, Vajpayee opted out of the 2009 Lok Sabha polls due to ill-health and handpicked Tandon to contest.

April 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh president of the Peace Party of India was booked Wednesday for making offensive comments against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and state Chief Minister Mayawati at a public meeting, police said. 'Abdul Mannan made insulting remarks against Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati while addressing a public meeting in Faizabad district Tuesday,' police inspector Digvijay Singh told IANS over telephone.

April 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has been booked for threatening Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by misusing CBI against her. The case has been booked for violating the model code of conduct against Singh late on Tuesday night on the directions of the district administration, said Hardoi sources.

April 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - For once his Munnabhai remarks have landed Samajwadi Party general secretary and Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt in trouble. He was Saturday booked for offering to give Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati a 'jaadu ki jhappi' and a 'pappi' during an election rally.

April 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary and Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was Saturday booked for allegedly making disparaging remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati during an election rally in Pratapgarh district, police said. 'Sanjay Dutt was booked under Section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) this afternoon,' police inspector M.K.

April 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party general secretary and Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been issued a show cause notice for allegedly making disparaging remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati during an election rally, an official said. 'The show cause notice against Sanjay Dutt was issued this morning for making derogatory comments against the chief minister at a rally,' Vipin Kumar, the sub-divisional magistrate of Pratapgarh district, told IANS over telephone.

February 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday said her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would not field controversial Samajwadi Party parliamentarian Atiq Ahmad in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. 'Our political rivals have spread rumours that Ahmad is going to fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls on a BSP ticket.

February 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 50-year-old Dalit man has urged the Uttar Pradesh authorities to kill him and his bedridden wife, saying they are not able to cope with poverty, officials said Friday. Ram Lakhan, a resident of Paura village in Chandauli district, about 270 km from here, has made the bizarre request to local officials.

February 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Dalit couple in Uttar Pradesh has asked the authorities to kill them as they are not able to cope with poverty, officials said Friday. Ram Lakhan, 50, a resident of Paura village in Chandauli district, about 270 km from here, has submitted the application to the district authorities.

February 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Dalit couple in Uttar Pradesh has asked the authorities to kill them as they are not able to cope with poverty, officials said Friday. Ram Lakhan, 50, a resident of Paura village in Chandauli district, about 270 km from here, has submitted the application to the district authorities.