Mother burns herself, four children in Uttar PradeshRAMPUR - Plagued by poverty, a 45-year-old woman in an Uttar Pradesh village set herself on fire along with her two sons and two daughters, the police said Friday. Azam Khan targets Amar SinghRAMPUR - Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan Friday flayed general secretary Amar Singh, but without naming him, on charges of hurting Muslims by teaming up with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh. Shiv Sena leader critically injured in shootingRAMPUR - A senior Shiv Sena member was shot and grievously injured by some unknown assailants in this Uttar Pradesh town Monday evening, triggering a protest by hundreds of party activists, police said. Rail network in Uttar Pradesh on alert after terror threat callRAMPUR - Bomb disposal squads have started checking trains, railway parcels and frisking passengers at the Rampur railway station and other stations along the route in Uttar Pradesh after a phone call, allegedly from Saudi Arabia, claiming that four terrorists had set off from there to attack the railway network, officials said. Threat to blow up Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand railway stationsRAMPUR - Pakistan based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has issued a written threat to blow up two railway stations in Uttar Pradesh and three in Uttarakhand, officials said. Jayaprada courts arrest against engineer’s lynchingRAMPUR - Lok Sabha member Jayaprada Thursday courted arrest here to protest the lynching of an Uttar Pradesh government engineer early Wednesday morning, allegedly by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator. |