Farmers go on rampage in Uttar Pradesh’s BulandshahrLUCKNOW - Hundreds of farmers, protesting the alleged black marketing of fertilisers by cooperative institutions, damaged several vehicles and public property, and clashed with the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district Monday, officials said. Woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to encroachment on her land, police said Monday. A temple which welcomes only womenLUCKNOW - It’s a man’s world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk. Two held with fake passports, visas in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two men with fake passports, visas and several other forged documents, officials said Saturday. 4 killed in train-tractor collisionLUCKNOW - Four people were killed and one seriously injured when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley on the outskirts of the state capital early Friday, officials said. Blame game on over passport to Pakistani spyLUCKNOW - Policemen and passport officials here are blaming each other for a passport issued by the Regional Passport Office to suspected Pakistani spy Amir Ali, arrested in New Delhi last month. Uttar Pradesh prepares for Kumbh in HaridwarLUCKNOW - Gearing up for the Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, beginning January in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh will set up makeshift rest-halts along road routes in several districts for the convenience of the pilgrims, officials said Friday. Harassed Lucknow husbands demand a National Commission for MenLUCKNOW - Men, mostly harassed husbands, dressed up as grooms, took to the streets here on Thursday to demand the creation of a National Commission for Men. Green lessons for school kids - in lap of natureLUCKNOW - Imagine riding through a lush green forest, soaking in lessons on the environment. That’s what many school students in Uttar Pradesh are about to experience, thanks to the officials of a wildlife sanctuary. Eight of family killed in road mishapLUCKNOW - Eight people of a family were killed early Thursday when a tanker hit their Tata Sumo in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district. Autorickshaw drivers clash with police in LucknowLUCKNOW - Hundreds of autorickshaw drivers here clashed with police, blocked roads, and targeted public vehicles Wednesday as they carried out violent protests against the alleged anomaly over supply of CNG at a filling station in the city, officials said. Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jail to serve cows nowLUCKNOW - Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly central jail have come up with a new idea to reform criminals - cow service! Now prison inmates will have to regularly bathe, feed and milk cows, considered sacred to Hindus. Cop shoots himself at judge’s house in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - A police constable posted at the residence of a district judge in Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh shot himself, officials said Wednesday. Policeman arrested for okaying passport for Pakistan spy?LUCKNOW - Three people were arrested here Tuesday for their alleged involvement with suspected Pakistani spy Sayeed Amir Ali, and one of them is believed to be a policeman. Aligarh Muslim University to re-open Dec 1NEWS DELHI/LUCKNOW - The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which was closed for an indefinite period Oct 30 following violent protests over murder of a student, would re-open Dec 1, vice-chancellor Abdul Aziz said Monday. Teacher forces girl to perform obscene dance, bookedLUCKNOW - A teacher of an Uttar Pradesh school has been booked for allegedly forcing a girl student to perform obscene dance in skimpy clothes and filming it with his mobile phone, police said Monday. Two held with leopard skins in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Two men have been arrested with two leopard skins in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. Probe against me Mayawati’s vendetta: Congress MPLUCKNOW - Congress parliamentarian P.L.Punia Sunday charged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati with misusing her official position to set up probe against him and aid it was a “political vendetta” because his shift from bureaucracy to politics was not “palatable” to her. Mayawati inducts one more ministerLUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati Sunday inducted one more minister into her 51-member council of ministers. Kalyan hits back at Mulayam, sends feelers to BJP on returnLUCKNOW - A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he never had any intention to join the outfit and signalled his desire to return to his parent party by offering his services for strengthening “Hindutva”. Kalyan Singh lashes out at Mulayam for cheating him and his sonLUCKNOW - Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday lashed out at Samajawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for cheating him and his son and not keeping his word. Never wanted to join Mulayam’s party, Kalyan snaps backLUCKNOW - A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he had no intention of joining the party. Mayawati to expand cabinetLUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will Sunday expand her cabinet, official sources said. SP detaches itself from Kalyan Singh, says he was never in the partyLUCKNOW - Having suffered a jolt in recent by election in Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said here on Saturday that, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh was neither with the party and nor he would be inducted into the party. Mulayam disowns Kalyan Singh after drubbing
Educate the illiterate and get enrolled in computer courseLUCKNOW - To attract youth and encourage them to promote literacy in Uttar Pradesh, an NGO has said it will offer those teaching the illiterate an opportunity to opt either for a computer course or a personality development course for free. Mayawati preparing BSP for state upper house electionsLUCKNOW - Buoyed by her party’s sweep in the by-elections to 11 assembly seats, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has got down to preparing for the next electoral battle - to the Vidhan Parishad or upper house of the state legislature. Samajwadi Party to honour Abu Azmi in LucknowLUCKNOW - The Samajwadi Party (SP) will Monday honour its leader Abu Asim Azmi who was recently attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators in the assembly at Mumbai for taking his oath in Hindi and not Marathi. Uttar Pradesh engineer’s kidnapped daughter rescuedLUCKNOW - The five-year-old daughter of an engineer in a government department, who was kidnapped late Thursday night from the Indiranagar area here, was safely rescued by the police from Sultanpur district Friday afternoon, officials said. Truck, car hit by superfast train, no casualtyLUCKNOW - It was a lucky escape for 10 people sitting inside a truck and a car when their vehicles were hit by a superfast train Friday at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district, officials said. |