IG, DIG of UP Police among those injured in encounter with dacoit gangCHITRAKOOT - Three policemen in Uttar Pradesh were killed and nine others including IG PAC VK Gupta and DIG of Chitrakoot Dham Sushil Kumar Singh, were injured in an encounter with dreaded Nan Kewat dacoit gang in Chitrakoot district. Rampant poaching of Sarus crane in Uttar PradeshEtawah,UTTAR PRADESH - The population of Sarus crane in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh is fast dwindling due to illegal poaching. LS poll result against parties doing caste and communal politics: SoniaRAI BARELI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the Lok Sabha poll results show that voters have rejected parties indulging in caste and communal politics. Mulayam’s real face is uncovered now: Azam KhanRAMPUR - Ousted Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan has hit back at party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying he had lost the right to call himself secular, and demanded a probe into the SP’s alleged use of black money in elections. Devotees take holy dip in river Ganges on “Ganga Dussehra”VARANASI/ALLAHABAD - Devotees took a holy dip in the sacred Ganges River to mark the occasion of “Ganga Dussehra” on Tuesday. meracareerguide.com, one stop destination for education, career related informationNOIDA - Noida-based startup today introduces a unique educational information portal, ‘meracareerguide.com” that promises to help students to take informed career decision. International airport to come up in KushinagarKUSHINAGAR - An international airport is soon to come up in Kushinagar, the destination of Buddha ‘Parinirvana’ or final salvation, where Buddha breathed his last. Agra craftsman successfully attempts unique glass inlay workAGRA - A craftsman in Agra has successfully attempted a unique inlay work on glass, boasting it to be a first in the world. I won’t forget my poll promises, Maneka tells AonlaAONLA - On her first visit here after winning from the Aonla parliamentary constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi Saturday vowed to fulfil her poll promises. Thunderstorm in Bijnor damages raw mango cropBIJNOR - A thunderstorm of high intensity in Bijnor has destroys raw mango crop in the orchards. AREVA T andD India bags 400 kV substation order from WBSETCLNOIDA - AREVA T andD India has received a prestigious order for 400 kV Substation at Kharagpur (West Bengal), from West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company (WBSETCL). Unhappy Azam Khan quits as SP general secretaryNEW DELHI/RAMPUR - Capping weeks of discontent with the party, especially over its association with Kalyan Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan Sunday resigned as the party general secretary as well as parliamentary board member citing the SP’s ‘closeness to communal forces’. Azam Khan quits as SP general secretaryNEW DELHI/RAMPUR - Disgruntled Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan Sunday resigned as the party general secretary as well as parliamentary board member over the SP’s ‘closeness to communal forces’. Uttar Pradesh vote against politics of religion, caste: RahulSULTANPUR - The electoral verdict in Uttar Pradesh, where the Congress won 22 Lok Sabha seats defying all expectations, is a vote against the politics of religion and caste, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Saturday. Victory is for youth and poor: Rahul GandhiSULTANPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday credited India’s youth and its poor for his party-led United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) win in the Lok Sabha elections even as he declined to accept any ministerial position Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s second government. Maneka Gandhi losesAONLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi lost to Dharmenda Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Aonla constituency Saturday by 22,000 votes. Uttar Pradesh village inspires Hindus-Muslims to live in harmonyOdora (Pachlai),UTTAR PRADESH - Odora Pachlai village of Uttar Pradesh state has a temple and a mausoleum which share common priest and premises. Chicken pox outbreak in Uttar PradeshKHORABAR - Strains of chicken pox have broken out in the Khorabar village of Uttar Pradesh. The outbreak of disease was first reported in the middle of March and spread fast in the following months. Dussehri mangoes taste ’sour’ in Uttar PradeshMALIHABAD - Farmers of Malihabad of Uttar Pradesh are worried as mango production has hit a record low due to bad weather and pest attacks. German national who became Hindu monkAYODHYA - A German national who converted himself to become a Hindu and even abdicated social life to become a monk has been propagating tenets of Indian ethos at Aydodhya for over three decades. I will not leave politics even if I lose, says Jaya PradaRAMPUR - In the eye of an increasingly ugly political storm, Samajwadi Party’s (SP) actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada said Wednesday that she would not quit politics even if she lost the election. Case registered gainst Mulayam for tiff with Etawah EC officialETAWAH - A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, a day after he was involved in a second tiff with an Election Commission (EC) observer, this time in Etawah. Thanks to Varun, Pilibhit is a house dividedPILIBHIT - Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi appears to have polarised Pilibhit on communal and even caste lines like never before, making the outcome of the May 13 Lok Sabha poll here quite unpredictable. Varun Gandhi exhorts voters to rise against MayawatiPILIBHIT - A day after a court panel recommended revocation of the National Security Act (NSA) provisions against him, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi asked voters in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit parliamentary constituency to rise against the ‘anti-poor’ Mayawati government. Rise against Mayawati government, Varun Gandhi exhorts votersPILIBHIT - A day after a court panel recommended revocation of the National Security Act (NSA) provisions against him, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Varun Gandhi asked the electorate of Pilibhit to rise against the ‘anti-poor’ Mayawati government of Uttar Pradesh. Violence in Mathura on polling dayMATHURA - Agitated voters from a village near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday smashed windowpanes of several cars belonging to the relatives of a poll candidate who were allegedly distributing money and solicit votes. Security beefed up across India for fourth phase of electionsNEW DELHI/PATNA/ORAIYA - Tight security arrangements have been made across the country for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on Thursday. A BJP candidate who believes in namaz and Hindu godsRAMPUR - He is a Muslim man who also visits Hindu temples. He offers the namaz but also sports a tilak on his forehead. Meet Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and candidate in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur Lok Sabha constituency. Vote for party not candidate, Mayawati tells Saharanpur MuslimsSAHARANPUR - Muslims should vote for a party and not a candidate to ensure that their votes are not divided, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said here Tuesday while alleging that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were working against her BSP. How and where have I wronged Azam Bhai: Jaya Prada (Interview)RAMPUR - Fighting discontent within her own party rather than her political opponents in the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party’s actor-MP Jaya Prada says she would have ‘abdicated’ the Rampur Lok Sabha seat for her party rival Azam Khan if he had told her so. |