Muslim scholar translates Bhagvad Gita into Urdu verses

FAIZABAD - Anwar Jalalpuri, an academician and author has taken up the task of translating Shlokas from the “Bhagvad Gita” into Urdu verses.

Farmers protest in Uttar Pradesh against fall in sugarcane prices

FAIZABAD/MUZAFFARNAGAR - Unhappy with the Central government’s stipulated pricing of sugarcane, farmers of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh staged a protest on Tuesday.

Uttar Pradesh farmers burn sugarcane to protest against unfair pricing

FAIZABAD - Unhappy with the central government’s stipulated pricing of sugarcane, farmers in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh burnt their yield as a symbolic protest.

Nine-day ‘Navratri’ festival begins all over India

NEW DELHI/ FAIZABAD/ALLAHABAD - The nine-day ‘Navratri’ festival began across India with religious fervour on Saturday.

Flood victims in Uttar Pradesh district grumble administrative apathy

FAIZABAD - Flood victims in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district are complaining that the local administration has not taken note of their pitiable condition.

Supplementary Nutrition Programme benefits women in Faizabad

FAIZABAD - Union Government’s Supplementary Nutrition Programme has greatly benefited women and children in Faizabad by curbing malnutrition among the poor families.

Wooden slippers still in demand

FAIZABAD - Wooden slippers, which used to be popular in ancient India, are still in demand. The workers in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad District are making these slippers in hundreds.

Maoists try to disrupt polls

HAZARIBAGH - A large number of people from insurgency-hit states to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh began voting on Thursday in the second round of a month-long election.
In Maoist infested Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, gun toting paramilitary troops kept a watch while the voters cast their votes.

PM and Congress work as per common man’s wish: Sonia Gandhi

ALLAHABAD/ FAIZABAD - Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that the Prime Minister as well as the Congress party works according to wishes of common man.

Villagers in Uttar Pradesh get employment under rural employment act

DARSHAN NAGAR VILLAGE/MADNA VILLAGE - The Uttar Pradesh Government is involving villagers in digging of a sewage line and a pond to generate employment.

Modi in Ayodhya skirts temple issue, talks development

FAIZABAD - Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi Sunday left many surprised as he focused on the theme of development and altogether skipped the issue a grand Ram temple while addressing an election rally near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.