Rahul Gandhi goes AWOL on visit to Uttar PradeshSeptember 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi breached his security on Wednesday evening during a surprise visit to Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi left the Uttar Pradesh Government furious by his step.
Man held in Uttar Pradesh with explosivesMay 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 25-year-old man was arrested early Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district for alleged possession of nearly 2,000 detonators and other explosives, police said. 'The suspect was nabbed early Thursday in Allahabad district, from the Shankergarh area that borders Madhya Pradesh,' police inspector Arvind Jaiswal told IANS on phone.
Stay away from SP, BSP: Uttar Pradesh Congress chiefMay 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Sunday appealed to the party's central leadership to stay away from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) while forming the new government at the centre. 'I am going to convey the party leadership in Delhi that it should maintain a distance from SP, BSP and RLD while forming the government,' Joshi told reporters here.
BSP will get 35-40 seats in Uttar Pradesh: NDTV surveyApril 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will make major gains in Uttar Pradesh, bagging around 40 seats, while the Samajwadi Party will lose in a big way in the Lok Sabha polls, according to an opinion poll by TV news channel NDTV. The survey said the BSP, which won 19 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 polls, is likely to get 35-40 seats in the 2009 elections.
Modi to be star campaigner in Uttar PradeshMarch 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the most sought after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigner in Uttar Pradesh. BJP sources say there is great demand for Modi from candidates compared to all other party leaders including prime ministerial nominee L.K.
Alliance with Congress not possible: Amar SinghMarch 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh on Saturday said that the possibilities of an alliance with the Congress have been over. "We were always keen on an alliance with the Congress.
Azharuddin may contest from Uttar Pradesh: CongressMarch 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin may contest the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh, Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said Friday. 'Azhar has desired to contest from the state,' the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president told reporters here.
BSP releases list of 80 candidates for Uttar PradeshMarch 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati released a list of candidates for 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. She also announced that the BSP's nationwide campaign would start from Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh polling stations to have telecom facilitiesMarch 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Each of the 128,112 polling stations in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections will have at least one telecommunication facility to ensure prompt and direct connectivity with voting officials, India's poll panel chief here said Thursday. 'We have taken some special measures to curb cross-border movement of people, which in the past has been the cause of trouble during polling in areas along inter-state borders,' Chief Election Commissioner N.
Polling schedule for statesMarch 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following is the polling schedule for states announced by Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami Monday:
Phase 1
April 16 - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Lakshadweep.
BJP, RLD finalise poll alliance in Uttar PradeshFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said that it has finalised its pre-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a party with some influence in western Uttar Pradesh. 'The alliance with the RLD has been finalised.
BJP to launch campaign from western Uttar PradeshFebruary 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will Tuesday launch its Lok Sabha campaign from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh where its vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will be the candidate. Naqvi said Rampur had been chosen because it had a large number of Muslims and 'starting the election campaign from there would dilute the notion that the BJP is anti-Muslim'.
Mumbai beat Uttar Pradesh to lift Ranji TrophyJanuary 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mumbai clinched their 38th Ranji Trophy title, defeating Uttar Pradesh by 243 runs here Friday. Having set a victory target of 525 runs, Mumbai bowled out Uttar Pradesh for 282 on the final day with a session to spare.
20 men arrested in Uttar PradeshJanuary 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Twenty members of an inter-state gang, involved in manufacturing and supplying spurious country-made liquor, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday. The men were arrested from the Narayanpur village of Ballia district, about 300 km from here, Monday late night.
Five men arrested for dealing in weapons in Uttar PradeshDecember 26th, 2008 LUCKNOW - Five men were arrested and an inter-state gang dealing in weapons has been busted in Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police detained the men in the early hours from the Chinhat locality of Lucknow.
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