BJP to launch campaign against Uttar Pradesh governmentLUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will soon come up with a chargesheet against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a campaign against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government. Uttar Pradesh has lowest per capita power consumptionLUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh has the lowest per capita power consumption in the country, according to a report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). Mayawati asks Uttar Pradesh cops to pull up their socksLUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday warned top police officials to pull up their socks and improve policing in the state, official sources said. Student ragged at gunpoint in Meerut, taken to hospitalLUCKNOW - Five senior students of the law department in Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district allegedly ragged and beat up a fresher at gunpoint, following which he had to be taken to a hospital, police said Thursday. Couple booked for torturing Dalit girlLUCKNOW - A woman was arrested Wednesday and a search was on for her husband after they allegedly held a six-year-old Dalit girl hostage for the past six months and tortured her, police said. Rs.20 lakh in fake currency recovered in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police Wednesday recovered fake Indian currency notes of more than Rs.20 lakh (two million) from a hideout in the Mainpuri district, police informed. Man bites off wife’s nose, surrenders before policeLUCKNOW - A man, in a fit of anger, bit off his wife’s nose and then walked to a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district to surrender Wednesday. The victim is being treated in hospital. Villagers torch two train bogiesLUCKNOW - Two coaches of the Mahananda Express were torched at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday by a mob protesting against the closure of the town’s 100-year-old railway station. Leopard kills five-year-old in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - In yet another case of wild animals attacking humans, a leopard killed a five-year-old boy and mauled three others in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, forest officials said Wednesday. Over 100 RSS activists booked in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Nearly 125 activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were Tuesday booked for violating prohibitory orders and firing in the air during Dussehra celebrations in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district, police said. Fake currency seized in Lucknow, 1 arrestedLUCKNOW - Police Tuesday arrested a man in the Uttar Pradesh capital and recovered fake Indian currency with the nominal value of Rs.500,000 from his possession. Doctor mows down man in Lucknow, abscondingLUCKNOW - A 35-year-old man was mowed down allegedly by a doctor in the premises of a government hospital here, police said Tuesday. Doctor mows down youth in LucknowLUCKNOW - A 35-year-old youth was allegedly mowed down by a doctor in a government hospital here, police said Tuesday. Villagers damage college foundation stone laid by RahulLUCKNOW - Villagers in Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi constituency have stalled the construction of a private college whose foundation stone he had laid, alleging that the college authorities had illegally occupied the land, police said Tuesday. Couple beaten, forced to marry by angry eldersLUCKNOW - Love doesn’t need the sanctity of marriage - this defiant reply by a young couple in love so enraged elders in an Uttar Pradesh village that they rained blows on the duo and forced them to marry in a temple, police said Tuesday. Now Israeli mobile jammers for Uttar Pradesh jailsLUCKNOW - Jails in Uttar Pradesh will soon have high frequency mobile phone jammers imported from Israel as those installed 10 years ago now prove ineffective in checking cell phone use by inmates. Beggar Bhoora, the unlikely but popular village head!LUCKNOW - He begs not just for himself but also for the greater common good. As head of his village in Uttar Pradesh, 46-year-old Dharmveer Bhoora has been able to contribute thousands of rupees for development, all made out of begging. Uttar Pradesh Haj committee to demand increase in quotaLUCKNOW - With more devout from the state applying for the Haj pilgrimage, the Uttar Pradesh State Haj Committee Monday decided to request the central Haj committee to increase its quota. Two held with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currencyLUCKNOW - Two people were arrested Monday in Itawah district of Uttar Pradesh with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currency, police said. Woman confined, raped by five men, including 2 copsLUCKNOW - Five people, including two cops, have been booked for allegedly confining a woman and raping her for almost a week in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, officials said Sunday. Four students killed in Uttar Pradesh accidentLUCKNOW - Five people, including four Class 9 students were killed and seven other students injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district Sunday, police said. Here Lord Rama and Ravana speak in Urdu-PunjabiLUCKNOW - It’s a Ramlila with a difference and a link to their past. Refugees who came here from the Punjab province of Pakistan after Partition have kept alive the language they spoke, an Urdu-Punjabi mix, even in the Ramlila they stage. Communal tension in Faizabad-Ayodhya defused, police on alertLUCKNOW - Communal tension in the twin towns of Faizabad-Ayodhya over the location of two Durga Puja marquees and a religious procession was defused Saturday, a police official said, but the Uttar Pradesh administration remained on alert. Two held for molesting Australian woman in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Two men were arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a 37-year-old Australian woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district, police said. Lucknow AIR bag’s Unicef children’s broadcasting awardLUCKNOW - A two-hour children’s programme prepared by a local broadcaster of All India Radio (AIR) has bagged Unicef’s regional award for International Children’s Day Broadcasting (ICDB). Prayers to Goddess Durga with a western touchLUCKNOW - The Durga Saptashati — a compilation of verses in praise of Goddess Durga — is now available to the accompaniment of western beats in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district to attract the youth towards Hindu scriptures. Yugratna wants children to join her to plant one billion trees in the countryLUCKNOW - Having set an inspirational example for children of the country by addressing the United Nations General Assembly on climate change recently, Yugratna Srivastava,13, now wants to plant one billion trees in the country. After UN speech, Lucknow teen eyeing another green firstLUCKNOW - After becoming the first Indian teenager to address the United Nations General Assembly on global climate change, Lucknow girl Yugratna Srivastava aims to notch another first - plant one million trees in the country. Uttar Pradesh power crisis dims Durga Puja festive glitterLUCKNOW - The ongoing power crisis in Uttar Pradesh threatens to cast a shadow over Durga Puja celebrations in the state. Many puja committees have decided not to hold grand functions due to the power shortage and some have even threatened not to perform the daily puja. Rahul Gandhi’s surprise visit irks Uttar Pradesh governmentLUCKNOW - Officials in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday expressed their displeasure over the surprise visit of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to the state. |