Authorities change Varun’s rally venue in Bareilly

October 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A man having suspected links with terrorist outfits, including the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Thursday. Chand Mohammad, 40, was arrested Wednesday night in the Karamchari Nagar area in Bareilly, some 250 km from Lucknow.

August 10th, 2009 SADAULI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited Sadauli, a village in her parliamentary constituency of Rae Bareilly in on Monday. Sonia Gandhi, on a three-day-tour of her constituency, spent about 30 minutes and heard the problems faced by the villagers.

July 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Over a hundred students have allegedly submitted fake marksheets to secure admission to a collge in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday. The marksheets were found forged when the administration of the Bareilly College scrutinised the students' applications.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Ground security for the G8-G5 summit in this town and its surrounding areas has been put on top priority with the Italian government hosting 27 heads of states. Nearly 10,000 security personnel have been assigned around Coppito, the main venue of the summit.

July 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday. "BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone.

May 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI - Varun Gandhi was Sunday prohibited from addressing a rally in Faridpur area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district as authorities feared it could lead to a law and order problem. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit made a representation to the Election Commission against the move.

April 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has been booked for landing his helicopter at the venue of an election meeting in Uttar Pradesh instead of the designated helipad, the police said Friday. 'A First Information Report (FIR) was registered Thursday against Digvijay Singh, who landed his chopper at a rally venue in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district,' police inspector Jai Karan Singh told IANS over telephone.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Alleging that Railways Minister Lalu Prasad poses a threat to her son Varun Gandhi's life, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilbhit Maneka Gandhi Wednesday complained to the police. Her written complaint was submitted to the senior superintendent of police, Badaun district, N.

April 7th, 2009 DIBRUGARH - A day after serial blasts rocked Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Tuesday to address a campaign rally that had to be delayed due to a hailstorm. The venue of Manmohan Singh's rally was flooded and officials said attempts were being made to arrange the public meeting in another place.

April 7th, 2009 RANCHI - The district administration in Jharkhand's Garwah district Tuesday lodged cases against Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad for landing his helicopter dangerously as well as violating the model code of conduct. A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against Lalu Prasad and the pilot for landing the helicopter at the rally venue, which was dangerous as well as a violation of the model code of conduct, Garwah Deputy Commissioner Vijay Kumar Singh told IANS by phone.

April 6th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareilly constituency today. Sonia will be accompanied by her son and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

April 6th, 2009 RAE BAREILLY - Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday filed her nomination papers from Rae Bareilly constituency. Sonia was accompanied by her son and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

March 27th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned a grand road show Saturday morning when Varun Gandhi goes to Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh to court arrest for allegedly making hate speeches, party sources said. Sources said that senior BJP leader Kalraj Misra has been sent to Pilibhit to mobilise crowds as the high command wishes to turn it into a 'big event' that could propel this 'other' Gandhi scion into the big 'Hindutva' league.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday lashed out at the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government for denying its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani permission to hold a rally in Azamgarh.

January 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Seven people, including six policemen, have been arrested for abducting a schoolgirl in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. 'A case has been filed against seven people, including a sub-inspector and five constables, who this morning (Monday) abducted a schoolgirl,' Bareilly district police chief Piyush Mordiya told IANS on phone.