A small Ravana for your backyard?LUCKNOW - If you always wanted to watch the demon king Ravana burning in your courtyard on Dussehra, here is your chance to get small effigies of the demon king made exclusively for your backyard. AMU seeks more land from Bihar government for new campusLUCKNOW - After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offered 100 acres of land to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to set up a centre in his state, the varsity Thursday asked for another 150-200 acres. Blast in Lucknow bank, crude bombs recoveredLUCKNOW - A bomb exploded in the main branch of the ICICI Bank here Thursday, followed by the recovery of two bags of crude bombs, police said, adding that nobody was injured in the blast. Rahul stays in Dalit hut, Mayawati government cries foul (Third Lead)LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi did it again. The Congress general secretary took his party colleagues and the state administration in Uttar Pradesh by surprise when he landed here unannounced and spent Wednesday night in a poor Dalit’s hut in a remote village without many in the state getting a whiff of it. Rahul stays in Dalit hut again, Mayawati government fumes (Second Lead)LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi has done it again. The Congress general secretary took his party colleagues and the state administration in Uttar Pradesh by surprise when he landed here unannounced and spent Wednesday night in a poor Dalit’s hut in a remote village of Shravasti district without many in the state getting to know about it. Rahul Gandhi stays in Dalit hut againLUCKNOW - Rahul Gandhi has done it again. The Congress general secretary took his party colleagues and Lucknow University to launch event management degree courseLUCKNOW - The Lucknow University is all set to become the first in the country to launch a two-year post-graduate degree programme in event management - a mega industry now reaching a figure of over Rs.10,000 crore annually in India, officials said Thursday. Lucknow University to launch degree course in event managementLUCKNOW - The Lucknow University is all set to launch a two-year post-graduate degree programme in event management - a mega industry now reaching a figure of over Rs.10,000 crore annually in India, officials said Thursday. Uttar Pradesh in a tizzy as Rahul stays in Dalit’s hutLUCKNOW - After taking his party colleagues and the state administration by surprise when he landed unannounced in Lucknow and drove off to an undisclosed destination, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi spent Wednesday night in a poor Dalit’s hut in a remote village of Shravasti district in Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi goes AWOL on visit to Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi breached his security on Wednesday evening during a surprise visit to Uttar Pradesh. Antique Buddha idol worth Rs.25 crore recoveredLUCKNOW - An antique idol of Lord Buddha weighing 25 kg and costing Rs.25 crore in the international market has been recovered by police in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district, officials said Thursday PM didn’t ask Uttar Pradesh for report on job scheme: officialLUCKNOW - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not asked for any report about the implementation of National Rural Employment Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, a state government spokesperson said here Wednesday. After top cop, Mayawati brings new Lucknow district magistrateLUCKNOW - Less than a day after replacing the state police chief, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday named Amit Ghosh as the new district magistrate of Lucknow. Rahul Gandhi on a surprise visit to Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi reached Uttar Pradesh Wednesday on an unannounced visit, to the surprise of his party leaders and state police alike. Over 100 human skeletons recovered from field in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Over 100 human skeletons have been recovered in the span of one week from a field in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, officials said Wednesday. Raising credibility top priority: Uttar Pradesh’s new police chiefLUCKNOW - The new Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police Karam Veer Singh Wednesday said that his top priority would be to increase the credibility of the police and make the force more sensitive. Hindus, Muslims line up for ‘miracle cure’ temple waterLUCKNOW - A hand pump located inside the premises of an ancient Hanuman temple in Uttar Pradesh is visited by hundreds of people irrespective of their religion every day. Reason: its water is said to have miraculous healing powers. Students try to immolate junior in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - Three senior students of Amity University in Uttar Pradesh here allegedly poured petrol on a junior student and tried to set him afire after a petty dispute, police said Wednesday. Check BSP’s misuse of authority, poll panel urgedLUCKNOW - Senior Congress leaders Tuesday urged Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla to check and disallow “misuse of official machinery” and “silent booth capturing” by the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the forthcoming bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh. Man cuts tongue to get a jobLUCKNOW - An unemployed man sliced his tongue at a temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad town as an offering to appease the Hindu god Shiva and “get blessed with a job”, police said Tuesday. Idol worth Rs.10 crore recovered in Uttar PradeshLUCKNOW - An idol worth nearly Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million) in the international market was recovered from Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur town, police said Tuesday. Collecting 786 currency notes ‘in the name of god’LUCKNOW - Sachin Arora has been collecting currency notes for nearly 15 years and now many Muslim clerics have offered up to Rs.50,000 to possess just one of them. The collection is no ordinary one — all the notes bear the number 786, an important religious symbol in Islam. CBI asked to probe death of Madhya Pradesh officialLUCKNOW/BHOPAL - The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the mysterious death of Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Madan Gopal Rusia, whose body was found on a railway track some distance from Agra railway station Sep 10. Cop shot dead, another injured by criminalsLUCKNOW - A Government Railway Police (GRP) head constable was killed and a constable injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district when criminals opened fire on them on being challenged late Satuday night, officials said. Nepali women being sent to Gulf heldLUCKNOW - Three Nepali women who were being allegedly trafficked to the Gulf have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh while they were headed to New Delhi to take a flight, police said. Four Nepali women held in Uttar Pradesh for traffickingLUCKNOW - Four Nepali women, three of whom were being trafficked to Muscat, have been arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, officials said here Sunday. Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on MondayLUCKNOW - A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday. Two poachers arrested with deer skin, antlersLUCKNOW - Two poachers have been arrested alongwith three spotted deer skins and 50 antlers of the animal in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, forest officials said Saturday. Eid date should not depend on moon’s visibility, says Shia clericLUCKNOW - Asserting that Eid-ul-Fitr should not be dependent on the visibility of the moon, renowned Shia cleric and senior vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Saturday declared Sep 21 as the date of the festival. Muslims in Lucknow offer ‘Alvida Namaz’ before EidLUCKNOW - Muslims gathered in huge numbers at several mosques of Lucknow on Friday to offer the ‘Alvida Namaz’ marking the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan. |