To avenge rape, victim’s family kills three in Uttar Pradesh

September 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The weatherman's prediction of heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh for three days beginning Friday has raised hopes among farmers that they can still grow something this kharif season. India's most populous state has been suffering a paucity of rainfall this monsoon, with the authorities declaring 58 of the 71 districts drought-hit.

August 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A four-year-old boy was dragged into a forest and killed by a leopard in Behraich district of Uttar Pradesh and his body was found Sunday, an official said. The incident took place late Saturday in the Mulara village of Behraich on the outskirts of the Katarniya Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary.

July 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - To mark his protest against the arrest of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, former Indian cricket captain and Congress MP Azharuddin will court arrest in his constituency Moradabad Friday. "Azharuddin will lead a protest rally and court arrest after the Friday namaz in Moradabad," said a Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) spokesperson.

July 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday claimed that the monetary compensation being paid to a Dalit rape victim was strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Dalit Act and the amount had been determined by the Congress party when it was in power. Speaking to mediapersons, she said: "Whatever we are paying to Dalit victims of rape was determined by none other than the Congress party, whose government was responsible for drafting the provisions of the Dalit Act." Mayawati was referring to the remarks made by state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi on the payment of compensation to rape victims belonging to the Dalit community.

June 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW - Celebrating its gains in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh will mark party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's birthday June 19 with community feasts, mainly in Dalit-dominated areas. June 19 will be celebrated as Samrasta Diwas (Harmony Day) in Uttar Pradesh.

June 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two policemen booked for raping a 23-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district are on the run, police said Thursday. On the pretext of arranging a meeting with her husband lodged in the district jail, the two constables called up the victim.

May 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Driven by penury, a man in an Uttar Pradesh village Saturday shot dead his wife and three children before killing himself, police said. 'Deepak Gupta, a resident of Balapur village in Rae Bareli, shot dead his two daughters, a son and his wife with his licensed rifle and later killed himself,' district police chief Tarun Gaba told IANS over phone.

March 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.

March 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.

February 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.

January 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A man wanted in cases of rape, attempt to murder and drug smuggling and who had escaped from police custody from a running train was arrested in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Friday. 'We arrested him from the Mohanlalganj locality in Lucknow,' police inspector Abhishek Sirohi said.

January 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.

January 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Seven members of a family have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly killing three men, related to the rapist of a five-year-old girl, a police officer said Monday. The three men were shot dead by the girl's father and other family members in Leharpur locality of Sitapur district, about 90 km from here, Saturday.

January 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 16-year-old girl was abducted and raped by three men in western Uttar Pradesh, police said Friday. 'We today (Friday) arrested one of the accused,' police inspector Balchand told IANS on phone.

January 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Seven members of a family were killed Tuesday when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The accident took place when a jeep in which the family was travelling collided head-on with a speeding truck in Sultanpur district, about 15 km from here, along the Sultanpur-Varanasi route.