Farmers protest against Hydro Power Project in HimachalSeptember 18th, 2009 RAMPUR - Hundreds of residents and farmers here protested against the construction of run-of-river hydropower plant project on the river Satluj. The campaigners called for Save Satluj drive and complained that the hydropower plant would disturb the ecological balance of the region.
Mobs lynch man accused of killing teenage boy in JharkhandSeptember 2nd, 2009 RAMPUR - An unruly mob of over 500 villagers on Tuesday lynched a man accused of killing a teenage boy in Jharkhand's Rampur village. In Rampur village, about seven kilometres from Dumka, a youth named Bhupendar Mahato, alias Chotu, was shot with a country made pistol allegedly by Surjit Mehta.
Jayaprada's hotel room raided in RampurMay 12th, 2009 RAMPUR - Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat Jayaprada's hotel room was raided by the police late on Monday night. Her supporters claim that it was another attempt to harm Jayaprada.
Amar Singh threatens to quit SPMay 8th, 2009 RAMPUR - In the latest episode of the Amar Singh- Azam Khan spat, Amar Singh has given an ultimatum to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav that he will quit the party after the elections if nothing is done to rein in Khan. Accusing the Muslim leader of making "intolerable utterances" against him, Singh said he would decide over continuing in the party after the polls.
Filing of nominations for final phase of Lok Sabha elections ends todayApril 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filing of nominations for the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections comes to an end on Friday. Scrutiny will be held on Saturday and polling will be held for 86 seats on May 13.
Advani claims BJP will emerge as the single largest partyApril 24th, 2009 UNNAO/RAMPUR/AHMEDABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani has said his party would become the single largest party in the next Parliament. "The BJP is going to emerge as the biggest party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Three-time BJP MP files nomination in HimachalApril 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Maheshwar Singh, three-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, filed his nomination papers from Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday. Maheshwar Singh, who is scion of the erstwhile Kullu ruling family, has been pitted against Virbhadra Singh, who belongs to the former royal family of Bushehr state.
Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat out in open at Samajwadi Party eventApril 20th, 2009 RAMPUR - Bringing his rift with senior party colleague Mohammad Azam Khan in the open, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Monday lashed out at him at a grand party function to lend support to film star-turned-politician Jayaprada, the party candidate for the Rampur Lok Sabha seat. Amar Singh gathered party celebrities Jaya Bachchan, newly-appointed general secretary and film star Sanjay Dutt as well as Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari for the function, held before Jayaprada filed her nomination papers.
Filing of nominations gathers momentum across IndiaApril 19th, 2009 RAMPUR/NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi filed his nomination papers as a candidate from the Rampur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. "I am incapable of facing them (his opponents on the seat).
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination from Amethi todayApril 4th, 2009 SULTANPUR - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers from Amethi parliamentary constituency at Sultanpur district headquarters today. Rahul will be accompanied by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareilly constituency on April 6.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination from AmethiApril 4th, 2009 AMETHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday filed his nomination papers from Amethi parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. Rahul was accompanied by his mother Sonia Gandhi, party candidate from Sultanpur Dr.
Intermediate biology, maths exams cancelled in MoradabadMarch 21st, 2009 RAMPUR - The Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education Friday cancelled its intermediate examination for biology and mathematics papers at all centres in the Moradabad division of the state. This follows the leakage of question papers in the two subjects in Rampur on Thursday and Friday.
Now, Jayaprada faces charge of distributing money before pollsMarch 15th, 2009 RAMPUR - Film actress-turned politician Jayaprada is the latest Samajwadi Party member to figure in a complaint to the poll panel for allegedly distributing cash ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. A complaint was filed against the actress Saturday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging that she had offered money to devotees at a mazhar (Muslim place of worship) here.
Azam Khan dares Amar to sack him from Samajwadi PartyMarch 5th, 2009 RAMPUR - Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan has once again criticised party general secretary Amar Singh and party MP Jayaprada and said he will not quit the organisation on his own despite being treated 'like an insect'. 'If thrown out of the party, I will be free to decide my future course of action.
Jayaprada courts arrest against engineer's lynchingDecember 24th, 2008 RAMPUR - Lok Sabha member Jayaprada Thursday courted arrest here to protest the lynching of an Uttar Pradesh government engineer early Wednesday morning, allegedly by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator. The actor-turned-politician led over 200 Samajwadi Party activists' demonstration against the killing of government engineer M.K.
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