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- Taj city shivers at 1.7 degrees
Agra, Feb 9: Temperature in the Taj city dipped to a shivering 1.7 degrees Celsius today, an icy breeze neutralizing the effect of bright sunshine.
At the 17th century Taj Mahal, visi....
- Working for change in UP: A lot can be done
New Delhi,Feb 9: This isn't a work of fiction, nor is it constructed to bash politicians or start a revolution, especially at a time when this sprawling state is going to the polls. It'....
- Polling picks up pace in UP, 42 percent turnout till 3 p.m.
Lucknow, Feb 8: Election day in Uttar Pradesh started off cold and damp with people huddled indoors but the scene changed as it grew warmer and long queues could be seen outside polling booths ....
- Uttar Pradesh set to vote amid hung house prediction
New Delhi, Feb 7: The mother of all elections since the 2009 parliamentary battle starts in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, with the outcome bound to cast a long shadow on national politics.
- Businessman shot in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad Feb 3: A businessman was shot late Thursday night in Ghaziabad town's posh Rajnagar locality, Kavinagar police said.
Some unidentified assailants shot at businessman San....
- Student attempts suicide, alleges 'torture'
Agra, Feb 3: A Class 6 student attempted suicide here, leaving behind a note in which he accused his teacher of torturing him and asking his father not to spare her, police said today.
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- UP quizzed on faulty implemenation of ICDS
New Delhi, Feb 2: After being in the eye of a storm for corruption in National Rural Health Mission projects, the Uttar Pradesh government finds itself under the scanner for the faulty implemen....
- Judge BSP's support by crowds at rallies, says Mayawati
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 1: Expressing optimism about her continuing in office after the assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said support to her party can be judged ....
- Will Mayawati's magic work in 2012? Pundits doubtful
New Delhi, Jan 31: Her rock solid Dalit support may still be intact. But with charges of corruption and poor governance enveloping her, Chief Minister Mayawati may find the going tough in Uttar....
- Nominations for fourth phase begin in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 25: The filing of nominations for the fourth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh began today.
The fourth phase, which would cover 56 of the state's 403 assem....
- Sunny morning brings relief to Agra
Agra,Jan 23:After 0.4 degrees on Saturday night and 1.4 degrees on Sunday night, the minimum temperature in Agra rose to 6 degrees celsius today, giving immense relief to people in the Taj Maha....
- Agra battles stray dogs
Agra, Jan 22: After battling bovine and simian threats to tourists, authorities in the Taj Mahal city have declared war on stray dogs.
Dogs have bitten many tourists not only around t....
- Mayawati sacks yet another minister
Lucknow, Jan 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati dismissed another minister -- the sixth -- on Wednesday night following his indictment for corruption by the state Lok Ayukta Justice N.K.....
- Taj city fogged out, traffic movement affected
Agra, Jan 18: This Taj city was today morning enveloped in a thick blanket of fog, reducing visibility to a few metres which affected traffic movement. The minimum temperature was recorded at 7....
- Uttar Pradesh sportspersons seek job quotas
Lucknow, Jan 16: Sportspersons of Uttar Pradesh TOday appealed to all political parties to consider a two percent quota fotr them in all government jobs.
"While parties are talkin....
- Hospital launches anti-suicide project
Ghaziabad, Jan 14: A hospital here today launched a Suicide Prevention Programme to provide much needed intervention to those in need.
Senior Superintendent of Police Raghubir Lal lau....
- Poll panel makes huge seizure of unaccounted cash in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 14: Seizure of about Rs.40 lakh from two places in poll bound Uttar Pradesh on Friday took the recovery of unaccounted money in the state to Rs.27 crore in the past few days.
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- Agra gets to enjoy the sun
Agra, Jan 12: After days of cold and murky weather, with mercury plunging to 1.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, there was some respite for this Taj Mahal town today.
The minimum temper....
- Tiger on prowl in Lucknow's neighbourhood
Lucknow, Jan 10: A fully-grown tiger on the prowl for the last five days near Rehman-Khera village, about 18 km from Lucknow, has caused panic in the area. Authorities have now geared up to tra....
- 62 candidates in Congress fourth list for Uttar Pardesh
Lucknow,Jan 8:The Congress today released its fourth list of 62 candidates for the Feb 4-28 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
With 281 candidates already on board, this takes the part....
- Remove home secretary, police chief, poll panel tells Mayawati
Lucknow, Jan 7: The Election Commission today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to remove the state's home secretary and the police chief.
Making the announcement here, ruling Ba....
- Four of family killed in town near Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Jan 7: Four members of a family were killed on Friday night in Loni town of Ghaziabad district, police said today adding that personal enmity was suspected as the motive.
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- What Anna factor? Parties fail to break caste barriers
Agra, Jan 6: Anna Hazare's efforts to inject a degree of sanity in political behaviour appears to have made no impact on political strategies and selection of candidates for the forthcoming....
- Agra lawyers to step up stir for high court bench
Agra, Jan 6: Lawyers in the five districts of Agra division have decided to intensify their agitation for an Allahabad High Court bench in this city. And this will include a siege to the Taj M....
- Medical scam accused sent to CBI custody
Ghaziabad, Jan 5: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court today sent a suspect in Uttar Pradesh's multi-crorre rupee National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam to the agency....
- Gurgaon firm's Rs.50 lakh mysteriously lands in vendor's account
Gurgaon, Jan 5: The bank account of a vegetable vendor in Kolkata was frozen after the mysterious transfer of nearly Rs.50 lakh from a Gurgaon-based firm, police said today.
The unaut....
- Taj city fogged out, commuters hit
Agra,Jan 5:Agra was all wrapped up in a thick blanket of fog today, and the Met Office has forecast similar foggy conditions on Friday and some showers on Saturday.
Poor visibility af....
- Bomb scare at Taj Mahal
Agra, Jan 4: An anonymous telephonic warning forced security forces to comb the Taj Mahal for a hidden bomb today afternoon, but it proved to be a hoax call.
Police and the bomb dispo....
- Man shot in suspected honour killing in Uttar Pradesh
Ghaziabad, Jan 2: In a suspected case of honour killing, a man and woman were fired at by members of the woman's family on Sunday in a village near Meerut. While the man has died, the woman....
- Second cold spell in Uttar Pradesh after incessant rains
Lucknow,Jan 1:A night-long drizzle followed by incessant rain since today's morning has brought the mercury down in large parts of Uttar Pradesh.
The met office in Lucknow recorde....
- Rain ushers in 2012 in Agra
Agra, Jan 1: Farmers in Agra and Aligarh greeted the New Year with cheer after a spell of rain that they think will immensely benefit the wheat crop.
However, the New Year's eve r....
- Dalit killed in clashes between protesters, police
Agra, Dec 30 A Dalit was shot dead on the Agra-Firozabad highway in Uttar Pradesh in exchange of firing between the police and protesters demanding compensation for an accident victim, an offic....
- Chill continues in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 29: Uttar Pradesh continued to be in the grip of a cold wave today, though there was a slight rise in temperatures compared to the past few days.
Agra again recorded the ....
- Man shoots trespassing neighbour
Ghaziabad, Dec 29: A house owner in Ghaziabad shot and killed a man he found trespassing in his compound in the early hours today, police said, adding the dead man tuned out to be a neighbour.
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- Agra shivers but visitors throng Taj
Agra, Dec 28: Agra was the coldest city in Uttar Pradesh today but this did not deter tourists from thronging the Taj Mahal.
Despite chilly winds, Christmas and New Year holiday crowd....
- Nine booked for a Noida family's deaths
Noida, Dec 28: The Noida police have registered a criminal case against nine persons for abetting a man in killing his wife and a child, and himself.
On the basis of a suicide note re....
- Mayawati sacks four ministers for corruption
Lucknow, Dec 26: In a clean-up move ahead of assembly polls in the state, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday recommended removal of four ministers facing probes on corruption charges.
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- Agra power utility employee killed
Agra, Dec 23: A 20-year-old lineman of a private power distribution company (discom) died on Thursday while fixing a fuse wire on a high power transmission line of Agra, police said.
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- Some respite from chill, train services still fog-hit
New Delhi, Dec 21: People in parts of north India today got some relief from the bone-chilling winds of last few days but the early morning fog continued to disrupt train services. In Uttar Pra....
- Freezing cold, fog claim 65 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 20: The cold wave sweeping large parts of Uttar Pradesh over the past three days has claimed the lives of 65 people so far.
According to an official source, "most of ....
- Uttar Pradesh shivers as mercury plummets
Lucknow, Dec 19: With the day temperature dipping by as much as 10 degrees Celsius to this winter's lowest, large parts of Uttar Pradesh were in the grip of a severe cold wave today.
- Centre returns Mayawati's proposal to divide Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, Dec 19: The central government day returned the proposal for division of Uttar Pradesh into four states as passed by the state assembly last month and sought clarifications on propos....
- Agra fogged out, records season's lowest
Agra, Dec 19: The city of Taj Mahal was literally fogged out today morning, slowing down traffic to a crawl and causing a couple of minor accidents. It also recorded the season's lowest min....
- Mayawati's style of playing hide and seek with EC
Lucknow, Dec 16: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has found a novel way of playing hide and seek with the Election Commission of India.
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- Chopper over Taj causes flutter, ASI files complaint
Agra,Dec 16: A helicopter of a private company hovered over the Taj Mahal and made several rounds of the 17th century world heritage monument on Wednesday, causing alarm among conservationists.....
- Taj city shivers at four degrees
Agra, Dec 16: It is freezing cold in the city of the Taj Mahal these days, with the minimum temperature on the last two nights hovering around 4 degrees Celsius.
"Though the day ....
- Agra crackdown on buffaloes, washermen
Agra,Dec 16:Authorities have cracked down on stray buffaloes, cows and 'dhobis' in the Taj Mahal town of Agra for polluting the Yamuna river.
Environment Officer Rajiv Rathi s....
- Mayawati's key confidante under Lokayukta's scanner
Lucknow, Dec 13: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's confidante and high profile multi-portfolio minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui is now under the Lok Ayukta's scanner - the fifth mini....
- Bumper potato crop nightmare for Agra farmers
Agra, Dec 11: Potato cultivators in Uttar Pradesh's Agra region are a distressed lot these days. Their hopes of hitting a goldmine with a bumper crop this season have been dashed by similar....
- Students go on rampage in Aligarh
Aligarh, Dec 7: Students pelted stones, torched vehicles and went about smashing windscreens of buses here today after a student of a intermediate college was crushed to death by a truck, polic....
- Agra student found murdered
Agra, Dec 7: A 20-year-old college student was found stabbed in her home near here today, police said.
Reema's body was found in the bathroom of her house in Ladham village, some ....
- History and logic favour Uttar Pradesh's division
New Delhi, Dec 7: The decision to divide Uttar Pradesh into four states by Chief Minister Mayawati has set a new agenda in the state's politics. This will have far reaching consequences for....
- Four killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Lucknow, Dec 5: Four people were killed and seven critically injured when the car carrying them overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, police said today.
"The accident ....
- Little drops make an ocean, Agra woman shows how
Agra, Dec 5: Two years back, she placed 500 piggy banks in as many Agra shops, asking for donations as low as Re.1 per day. Though her dream to collect enough money to build a hospital for the ....
- Aspiring engineer shot dead by two students
Lucknow, Dec 2: Two students of a government-run polytechnic shot dead a B.Tech student in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, police said.
Gunjan Tiwari, 20, a B.Tech third y....
- Six firearms smugglers arrested after gunfight
Lucknow, Dec 2: Six people, including a woman, working for a Bihar-based illegal firearms racket were arrested following a shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said today.
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- Agra markets join shutdown against FDI in retail
Agra, Dec 1: Markets in Agra wore a deserted look today as shopkeepers joined the nationwide shutdown to protest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector.
All opposition p....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three of family murdered
Lucknow, Dec 1: A couple and their three-year-old daughter were found with their throats slit at their home in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
Jai Singh Katiyar, 40, a businessman,....
- Helping hands spread warmth among Agra poor
Agra, Nov 30: With the winter chill setting in, helpful souls in the Taj city have begun setting up night shelters for the poor, complete with bonfires, quilts and morning tea.
Sri Na....
- Uttar Pradesh: Farmer, two sons held for killing daughter
Ghaziabad, Nov 29: A farmer and his two sons were arrested in Ghaziabad for killing his daughter over a love affair they were opposed to, police said on Monday.
Imran and his sons Par....
- Panchayat orders Rs.5,000 fine on spurious liquor sellers
Lucknow, Nov 28: A panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district has decided to slap a penalty of Rs.5,000 on those who sell and consume spurious liquor, a villager said today.
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- Student commits suicide, cremated without autopsy
Ghaziabad, Nov 27: The body of an engineering student, who allegedly had committed suicide, was cremated without an autopsy -- mandatory for a mysterious death -- as the police of two districts....
- Court stays arrest of Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders
Lucknow, Nov 24: Four Congress leaders, including two union junior ministers, got a breather after the Allahabad High Court today stayed their arrest in a case of allegedly assaulting Samajwadi....
- Fog claims 15 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Agra, Nov 24: Fifteen people have been killed in accidents in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, Mathura, Agra, Mainpuri and Hathras districts as dense fog enveloped the entire region.
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- Cop beats jeweller to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 24: A police officer has been accused of beating a jeweller to death in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said today.
Ram Kumar, 48, died on Wednesday after pol....
- Western Uttar Pradesh backs Mayawati
Ghaziabad/Noida, Nov 22: Residents of western Uttar Pradesh have overwhelmingly supported Chief Minister Mayawati's move to break up Uttar Pradesh into four states.
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- Why Taj city is raising a stink
Agra, Nov 22: Tourists coming to Agra these days are not just taking away with them memories of one of the most breathtaking monuments but also the foul smell that has enveloped the city since ....
- Uttar Pradesh division needs central government, parliament approval
New Delhi, Nov 21: Though the Uttar Pradesh assembly today passed a resolution seeking division of the state into four states by a voice vote without any discussion, the division can take place....
- Uttar Pradesh split not a poll stunt: Mayawati
Lucknow, Nov 21: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today denied any political motive behind the assembly resolution calling for a four-way division of the state.
"There is no....
- No political agenda behind move to split state, says Mayawati
Lucknow, Nov 21: Chief Minister Mayawati today denied any political motive behind the assembly resolution favouring the division of Uttar Pradesh into four separate states.
"Ther....
- Ex-Mayawati aide claims threat from minister
Lucknow, Nov 20: Former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, once considered close to Chief Minister Mayawati, on Saturday accused a state minister and two bureaucrats of conspir....
- CBI files case in rural health programme scam in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered five cases relating to alleged bungling in the execution and implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRH....
- Uttar Pradesh government transfers 'mentally unstable' senior cop
Lucknow, Nov 19: Exactly two weeks after he was declared "mentally unstable" when he openly lambasted the state government for alleged corruption, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday....
- UP:Three held with fake currency worth Rs.1 lakh
Lucknow, Nov 18: Three men linked to a fake currency racket in Uttar Pradesh and its adjoining states have been arrested with counterfeit Indian notes worth Rs.1 lakh here, police said today.
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- Nitish Kumar backs Mayawati plan to split Uttar Pradesh
Patna, Nov 17: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday came out in support of Mayawati's plan to divide Uttar Pradesh into four states."I am always a supporter of smaller states....
- Two held with leopard skin in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 17: Two poachers were nabbed with a leopard's skin in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said today.
Kasim and Shaqeel Ahmad, both in their early thirties, w....
- Uttar Pradesh: Man held for killing daughter, her lover
Lucknow, Nov 16: In a case of honour killing, a man was arrested today for hacking his 18-year-old daughter and her lover to death in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, police said.
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- Congress slams Mayawati over Uttar Pradesh split
Lucknow, Nov 15: The Congress party slammed Chief Minister Mayawati on her move to split Uttar Pradesh into four smaller units, but remained non-committal on the question of supporting or oppos....
- Uttar Pradesh cabinet decides to divide state into four
Lucknow, Nov 15: In a move that Chief Minister Mayawati said was inspired by B.R. Ambedkar, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet today decided to divide the state into four: Purvanchal, Pashchim Pradesh, ....
- Two treated in Agra after gas leak
Agra, Nov 15: Two people were treated at a hospital in this Taj city after an ammonia gas leak at a cold storage near here killed five workers and destroyed potato crop around it two days ago. ....
- Congress ministers rough up Samajwadi Party men at Rahul Gandhi rally
Allahabad, Nov 14: Two union ministers and two legislators of the Congress roughed up a handful of Samajwadi Party activists who broke through the security cordon to show black flags to party g....
- Five killed in ammonia gas cylinder explosion
Lucknow, Nov 14: At least five workers, including an engineer, were killed and another five injured after an ammonia gas cylinder exploded at a cold storage in Uttar Pradesh's Mahamaya Nag....
- Tourists feel cheated on Taj lighting event
Agra, Nov 14: Scores of foreign tourists felt cheated when the Taj Mahal did not don a blue hue on Sunday evening, as projected by managers of a diabetes awareness campaign.
A large n....
- Mayawati woos Brahmin community
Lucknow, Nov 13: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today sought to convey to the Brahmin community that her party "alone was the well-wisher"....
- Uttar Pradesh: Mob clashes with police over teen's death
Lucknow, Nov 12: The death of a teenager, mowed down by a truck, sparked violence and tension as a mob fought pitched battles, damaged vehicles and blockaded roads in protest in Uttar Pradesh&#....
- PM's, Mayawati's letters read out in Uttar Pradesh schools
Lucknow, Nov 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's message to school children across the state on National Education Day observed today was read out along side Prime Minister Manmohan....
- Six prisoners injured in fire
Lucknow, Nov 10: Six prisoners received burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a jail in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today, police said.
The fire broke out in the jail&....
- Four women killed after being hit by train
Lucknow, Nov 10: Four women, including three sisters, were today crushed to death and two critically injured after being knocked down by an express train at a railway crossing near Garhmukteshw....
- On Kartik Purnima, thousands take holy dip
Lucknow, Nov 10: A large number of devotees converged on the pilgrim towns of Allahabad, Varanasi and Ayodhya today for a holy dip in the Ganges and other rivers on Kartik Purnima, considered a....
- Suicide by three of a family: Food samples sent for tests
Ghaziabad, Nov 9:Food samples and other articles collected from the spot where a woman and her two daughters committed suicide here have been sent for forensic tests, police said today.
- Army housing complex inaugurated in Lucknow
Lucknow, Nov 8: A new housing complex for Indian Army personnel, comprising 570 dwelling units, was opened at the cantonment area here today, a statement said.
Minister of State for D....
- Haridwar Stampede: Rs.4 lakh compensation for each dead
Haridwar, Nov 8: Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri and Gayatri Parivar organisation today both offered a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the kin of each of the 16 killed in a stampede here.....
- Mayawati announces steep hike in sugarcane price
Lucknow, Nov 8: With an eye to the 2012 assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced a steep hike in the sugarcane purchase price, making it the highest in the coun....
- Cop dubbed unstable by Mayawati out of hospital
Lucknow, Nov 8: The Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was put under psychiatric treatment after he termed the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government "most corrupt" was today discha....
- Students arrested for killing old couple
Lucknow, Nov 8: Three students have been arrested for allegedly murdering the retired principal of a government polytechnic institute and his wife with sharp edged weapons in Uttar Pradesh'....
- 'Mentally unstable' Uttar Pradesh cop wants to leave hospital
Lucknow, Nov 7: A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer who termed the Mayawati government "most corrupt" and was subsequently put under psychiatric treatment, wants to be discharged fro....
- Uttar Pradesh: Boy declared dead wakes up in mortuary, doctor suspended
Lucknow, Nov 7: The Uttar Pradesh government today suspended a doctor in a case of medical negligence in which a teenager declared dead by him regained consciousness in a mortuary in Muzaffarna....
- Eid-ul-Zuha celebrated with fervour in Lucknow
Lucknow, Nov 7: Eid-ul-Zuha, also known as Bakrid, was celebrated with traditional fervour and gaiety amidst heavy security arrangements in Uttar Pradesh's capital today.
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- Nine killed in two road accidents in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Nov 6: Nine people were killed and 20 injured in two separate road accidents in Ghaziabad today, police said.
The incidents took place in Hapur and Loni on National Highway....
- Uttar Pradesh: Girl set afire for resisting rape
Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 5: A minor girl in this Uttar Pradesh district was allegedly set afire by a youth for resisting rape, police said today. She is battling for her life in hospital.
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- Uttar Pradesh: cop dubbed unstable after anti-Mayawati remarks, probe ordered
Lucknow, Nov 5: A day after a senior police official - called "upright and honest" by his colleagues - levelled serious corruption charges against it, the Mayawati government today orde....
- Azamgarh tense after student's death in accident
Lucknow, Nov 4: A mob fought pitched battles with police and resorted to arson and vandalism in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district today after a school student was mowed down by a private bu....
- Maximum complaints from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi: NCW
New Delhi, Nov 4: Uttar Pradesh tops the list of complaints made to the National Commission for Women (NCW), followed by Delhi, the women's panel chief said today.
Out of a total....
- Uttar Pradesh: Policemen arrested for extortion
Lucknow, Nov 2: Three of four policemen of the Special Operations Group (SOG) accused of extorting money from a businessman in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested, police said today.
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- Man held for honour killing in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 1: In a three-month-old honour killing case, a man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district for killing his daughter over her love affair, police said today.
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- UttarPradesh: Girl set afire for resisting rape, two held
Lucknow, Oct 31: Two brothers in Uttar Pradesh were arrested for setting afire their 14-year-old neighbour when she resisted their attempts to rape her, police said. The girl received 70 percen....
- Gurgaon: bank asked to seize Metallica concert organisers' account
Gurgaon, Oct 30: Even as Banagalore readied itself for Metallica's performance today, the Gurgaon district administration has asked the Indian Bank there to seize the bank account of the or....
- Three escape in Uttar Pradesh jail break
Lucknow, Oct 28: Three undertrials today escaped from an Uttar Pradesh jail in Bhadohi district after scaling its wall, police said.
Raju, Nanhe and Amawas fled from the district jail....
- Uttar Pradesh: eight killed as jeep runs over Ramlila audience
Lucknow, Oct 28: At least eight people were killed and six injured after they were run over by a jeep while watching the Ramlila, a mythological Hindu play, in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh dist....
- Illicit liquor kills four in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 27: Three women and a man died while three other people were hospitalised after they consumed illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, police said today.
- Two held for Uttar Pradesh cop's killing
New Delhi, Oct 27: Two people were arrested in south Delhi in connection with the killing of an Uttar Pradesh police constable in Ghaziabad last week, police said today.
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- Hindus, Muslims celebrate Jamghat - with kites
Lucknow, Oct 27: Hundreds of kites resembling butterflies, dragons, fish and birds today fluttered in the Lucknow sky, particularly in the old city where Hindus, Muslims and others came togeth....
- Ghaziabad: betting ring busted, Rs.1 crore seized
Ghaziabad, Oct 26: Three men in their 30s were arrested today for running a betting racket here, police said. A sum of Rs.1 crore was seized from them.
Ghaziabad police chief Raghuvir....
- Uttar Pradesh: people in 6 villages observe 'Black Diwali'
Lucknow, Oct 26: Residents in various villages of Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district observed a 'Black Diwali' today to protest against the central government's proposal to lower t....
- Uttar Pradesh: RAF Trooper found dead in camp
Lucknow, Oct 26: A Rapid Action Force (RAF) trooper died after suffering a bullet injury in a camp in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, police said today.
Sohanveer, 32, from Mu....
- Leopard kills girl
Lucknow, Oct 25: A leopard killed a seven-year-old girl while she was sleeping outside her house in a village in Uttar Pradesh, an official said today.
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- Police gun down gangster
Lucknow, Oct 25: A gangster carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture was today gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said.
Yogendra alias Kalu, ....
- Blast in TV kills woman, injures parents
Lucknow, Oct 24: In a freak accident, a young woman was killed and her parents injured following a blast in their TV in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, police said.
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- Uttar Pradesh water board gets award
Lucknow, Oct 24: Uttar Pradesh government's Jal Nigam or water board has won a national level award for making landmark progress in its drinking water and sanitation network across the sta....
- Child trafficker held, eight kids rescued
Lucknow, Oct 24: A man from Bihar was arrested and eight children, being taken to Rajasthan to work as labourers, were rescued from a train in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, police sai....
- Man held with fake currency
Lucknow, Oct 24: A 35-year-old man was arrested with fake currency notes totalling Rs.50,000 in Uttar Pradesh's Ramabai Nagar district, police said today
Rizwan Ahmad, a native of....
- Taj city frets in dark despite privatisation
Agra, Oct 23: This Taj city turns dark for several hours daily despite privatisation of power distribution last year and a clear Supreme Court directive to ensure "uninterrupted power supp....
- Three held for cheating, launching fake companies
Ghaziabad, Oct 21: They launched several fake companies, luring people to invest a nominal amount in return for hefty gains and in the process duped them of at least Rs.50 crore. But today, th....
- Greater Noida farmers hail high court judgment
Greater Noida, Oct 21: Many Greater Noida farmers today welcomed the Allahabad High Court ruling that cancelled land acquisition in three villages and hiked compensation in 61 villages by 64 pe....
- Land acquisition cancelled in three Greater Noida villages
Allahabad, Oct 21: The Allahabad High Court today cancelled land acquisition in three Greater Noida villages. The three villages are Chakshabekri, Abdullapur and Devla. Farmers of 61 villages ....
- Six die in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, Oct 21: At least six people were killed when the bus they were travelling in overturned and fell into a deep pit in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district today, police said.
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- Youth held with revolver at Rahul Gandhi's rally
Amethi, Oct 20: A 19-year-old youth carrying a revolver was arrested by the Special Protection Group (SPG) for attempting to get close to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi shortly after h....
- Mayawati defends minister accused of rape
Lucknow, Oct 20: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today dismissed the allegation of rape against Rural Development Minister Daddu Prasad, saying the charges were "false and baseless....
- Uttar Pradesh: One student killed, 10 hurt as van overturns
Lucknow, Oct 20: A student was killed while 10 others were injured when their school van overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district today, police said.
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- Uttar Pradesh opposition demands minister's sacking
Lucknow, Oct 20: The opposition in Uttar Pradesh today demanded sacking of state Rural Development Minister Daddu Prasad who, along with his personal assistant, has been accused of rape.
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- Official shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 19: An Uttar Pradesh government official was shot dead by two unidentified men in the state's Banda district today, police said.
The motive behind the crime is yet to....
- Bus knocks down 11 in Meerut, two killed
Lucknow, Oct 19: At least two people were crushed to death and nine others were critically injured when they were knocked down by a state-owned bus in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman kills three kids, commits suicide
Allahabad, Oct 19: Apparently distraught over her strained relations with her husband, a woman in this Uttar Pradesh district has killed her three minor children before committing suicide, pol....
- Uttar Pradesh: Businessman's son kidnapped
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 19: The nine-year-old son of a prominent industrialist here was kidnapped by unidentified men on Tuesday, police said.
Parsh Jain, a class 3 student of Dewa....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman killed, two injured as car catches fire
Lucknow, Oct 18: A woman was charred to death while two others received serious burns in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district on Monday when the car they were travelling in went up in flames ....
- Mayawati gives bonus to 15 lakh government employees, teachers
Lucknow, Oct 17: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced a bonus for all Class III and Class IV employees as well as teachers of all government and state-aided educational instit....
- Lucknow: Two injured in leopard attack
Lucknow, Oct 17: A leopard mauled a mother-daughter duo after straying from the Katarniaghat forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, officials said today.
Rajwati (45....
- Lucknow: Man held with fake notes
Lucknow, Oct 17: A man linked to a Nepal-based fake currency racket was arrested with counterfeit Indian notes with a face value of around Rs.50,000 in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, po....
- Police rescue locked up NRI woman in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Oct 17: An Indian woman who came from Oman and married her lover was rescued on Sunday from a house in Ghaziabad city where her in-laws locked her up and disappeared.
Mrina....
- Mayawati orders FIR against Congress state unit chief
Lucknow, Oct 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday got both state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi and a Congress lawmaker booked for "interference in government work....
- Mayawati inaugurates Rs.684 crore Dalit park
Noida, Oct 14: With rose petals, prayers and thousands of people looking on, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today inaugurated a Rs.684 crore park dedicated to the Dalit cause in this sa....
- Eight child labourers rescued from bakery
Lucknow, Oct 14: Eight child labourers, who had been working for four months without any wages, were rescued from a bakery in this Uttar Pradesh capital, police said today. Two people involved....
- Four of family bludgeoned to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 13: A couple and their two minor children were bludgeoned to death by unidentified people in Uttar Pradesh's Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district, police said today.
- Uttar Pradesh: Six of family killed in accident
Lucknow, Oct 13: Six members of a family were killed when a speeding mini-truck rammed into their car in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district today, police said.
The accident took p....
- Uttar Pradesh: Police nab kidnappers of industrialist, recover money
Noida, Oct 13: More than 20 days after a Noida-based industrialist Kapil Gupta was kidnapped, the Noida police in a joint operation with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Uttar Pradesh Poli....
- Uttar Pradesh blames UPA government for power shortage
Lucknow, Oct 11: The Uttar Pradesh government today pointedly blamed the centre for the sudden power crisis that has hit not only the state but also a large part of the northern grid.
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- Uttar Pradesh CM dedicates 484 welfare schemes to Kanshi Ram
Lucknow, Oct 9: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today launched 484 development and welfare schemes, involving an expenditure of Rs.6,035 crore, to mark the fifth death anniversary of the ....
- Human sacrifice: Four arrested for killing girl in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 8: A woman and three members of her family killed their neighbour's seven-year-old daughter after a self-styled godman said it would improve her marital relations, police in U....
- Poor woman delivers baby at hospital door
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 7: Unable to pay bribe allegedly demanded by the hospital staff for admission, a poor woman gave birth to her child on the doorsteps of a government hospital in B....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman kills five children, commits suicide
Lucknow, Oct 7: A woman poisoned her five minor children and then took her own life in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said today. She was evidently depressed over declining relatio....
- Lucknow: Train hits four at unmanned crossing, two killed
Lucknow, Oct 7: Two women of the same family were crushed to death and two were critically injured early today after being knocked down by the Rajdhani Express at an unmanned railway crossing i....
- Four injured as communities clash in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 7: A skirmish between two communities left four people injured in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district on Thursday, police said.
It happened when a heated argument at ....
- Five killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, Oct 6: At least five people were killed and 20 injured when their mini truck overturned and fell into a deep pit in Uttar Pradesh early today, police said.
The accident took ....
- Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 5: Police in Uttar Pradesh gunned down a man who along with four others on motorcycles had opened fire at two people being taken to prison on attempt to murder charges, officials s....
- Lokayukta wants another Uttar Pradesh minister to go
Lucknow, Oct 4: After getting two ministers sacked, Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta Justice (retd) N.K. Mehrotra today recommended removal of yet another minister facing charges of large scale corrupti....
- Lucknow: Student stabs teacher inside classroom
Lucknow, Oct 4: Angry over being pulled up for indiscipline, a Class 11 student in Uttar Pradesh stabbed his teacher inside the classroom, police said today. The accused is absconding.
- Uttar Pradesh: MP offers Rs.20 lakh to girl suffering from cancer
Lucknow, Oct 3: A young cancer patient's plea for euthanasia in an Uttar Pradesh court today prompted a local MP to offer Rs.20 lakh needed for her treatment.
Twentyone-year-old A....
- Uttar Pradesh: One killed, 21 students injured in accident
Lucknow, Oct 3: A man died and at least 21 students were injured, five of them critically, following a collision between a school bus and a mini-truck in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district tod....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three die, 28 injured at Durga Puja function
Lucknow, Oct 3: At least three devotees, in their 20s, were electrocuted and 28 injured when electric wires used for tapping power illegally fell on a Durga Puja marquee in Uttar Pradesh's ....
- Noida farmers to stall building projects
Noida, Oct 2: Farmers of around 54 villages today threatened to stall the projects of builders to protests against the alleged inaction of Noida Authority in meeting their demands over land tak....
- Explosives seized in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 1: As many as six bombs, 10 detonators and bundles of fuse wires were recovered from Maoist-hit Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The container bomb....
- Brij Lal to be Uttar Pradesh police chief
Lucknow, Oct 1: Uttar Pradesh top police official Brij Lal has been named as the state's new director general of police.
A decision to the effect was taken by Chief Minister Mayaw....
- Bandit gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 30: A bandit wanted in over 15 cases, including murder and abduction, was gunned down by police in a forested area of Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, an official said toda....
- Ghaziabad Residents protest police action against councillor
Ghaziabad, Sep 30: A group of Ghaziabad residents on Thursday protested against what they called police excesses against a local councillor whose house was allegedly ransacked a day earlier by ....
- Boy kidnapped for ransom in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Sep 30: The four-year-old son of a car dealer's employee was kidnapped for ransom by two men on a motorcycle in Ghaziabad on Thursday, police said. The boy's aunt was later c....
- Nepali women held with Rs.20 lakh drugs
Lucknow, Sep 29: Two Nepali women in their mid-30s were arrested with drugs worth Rs.20 lakh in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said today.
Vimla Giri and Pyarisa were ....
- 25 hurt as school bus overturns
Lucknow, Sep 29: As many as 25 students were injured, four of them critically, when their school bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district today, police said.
The acci....
- Uttar Pradesh gets new district
Ghaziabad, Sep 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced here that erstwhile Hapur tehsil will form the 74th district of the state.
Carved out from Ghaziabad district,....
- Navratri begins with fervour in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 28: Amidst vedic chants and religious hymns, devotees here in Uttar Pradesh thronged the temples as Navratri - the nine-day festival dedicated to Goddess Durga - began today.
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- Two patrolling policemen killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 28: Two constables on night patrol were killed by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said today.
The two constables - Krishna Kumar ....
- Agra IT commissioner arrested for graft
New Delhi, Sep 27: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested income tax commissioner Homi Rajvansh for corruption during his tenure in National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing F....
- Anonymous email threatens to bomb Lucknow station
Lucknow, Sep 26: Tension prevailed at the Charbagh railway station here after a local TV channel claimed to have received an email today threatening to blow up the station.
No sooner....
- 36 killed in heavy rains in eastern Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 26: As many as 36 people died and about 25 others were injured in heavy rains that lashed parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, officials said today.
Most of the dea....
- Uttar Pradesh: Headmaster held for molesting girls
Lucknow, Sep 26: The headmaster of a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district was arrested today on charges of forcing girl students to remove their uniforms on the pretext o....
- Two held in Gurgaon toll plaza killing
Gurgaon, Sep 26: Two youths were today arrested for the murder last week of a toll plaza attendant here following scrutiny of CCTV footage, police said.
The youths, Vijayveer and Man....
- Cracker blast at Gorakhnath temple raises security concerns
Lucknow, Sep 26: An explosion on Sunday night on the premises of the ancient Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district has raised security concerns.
According to the....
- Goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 24: Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Lucknow-Sitapur-Delhi route after six wagons of a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, police said today. No casualty was reported.
- Greater Noida:Husband of village pradhan shot dead
Greater Noida, Sep 23: A 28-year-old man, the husband of a village head, was shot dead by a group of men as he was standing outside a gym in the Dadri area of Greater Noida on Thursday morning....
- Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 22: A criminal wanted in more than a dozen cases of attempted murder, abduction, loot and robbery, was gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said tod....
- Three bodies found near Uttar Pradesh town
Lucknow, Sep 22: The bodies of three unidentified people, including a woman, were found near a town in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district today, triggering panic among the locals. According ....
- Three convicted for professor's murder
Ghaziabad, Sep 22: A CBI court here today convicted three people for the 2006 murder of university professor Kavita Chaudhary in Uttar Pradesh.
A notice was also issued to former sta....
- Two injured in leopard attack
Lucknow, Sep 22: A leopard grievously injured a nine-year-old girl and a 50-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said today.
The leopard strayed out of ....
- Children murder parents for money?
Greater Noida, Sep 21: An elderly couple was allegedly murdered by their son and daughter who were eager to grab compensation money that had come the father's way, police said today.
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- Undertrial commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh prison
Lucknow, Sep 20: An undertrial accused of rape allegedly committed suicide in a district jail in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Rajiv Kumar, 22, was found hanging from a tree on t....
- Man held with explosives, may have Maoist links
Lucknow, Sep 20: A man suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district with a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate and detonators, police said ....
- Mayawati now asks PM for quota for Jats
Lucknow, Sep 19: In her third letter in as many days to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today has demanded reservation for the Jat community.
Seek....
- Mayawati regime not helping in new units: Steel minister
Lucknow, Sep 19: Accusing Uttar Pradesh's Mayawati government of not coordinating with the central government in undertaking developmental projects, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma here to....
- Maoist nabbed in Uttar Pradesh
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 19: A Maoist, who operated in Bihar and Jharkhand, has been arrested from a forested area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said today.
Vijay Chand....
- Suspected ISI agent nabbed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 18: A suspected agent of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
"At this sta....
- Mayawati seeks reservation for upper caste poor
Lucknow, Sep 18: Barely a day after she raised demand for reservation for Muslims, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today shot off another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking r....
- Explosion at Agra hospital
Agra, Sep 18: At least three people were injured in a low-intensity explosion at a hospital in Agra on Saturday evening, police said.The explosion took place at the reception area of Jai Hospit....
- Mayawati turns her focus to people's needs
Lucknow, Sep 17:With state assembly elections knocking at her door, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday presided over a day-long review meeting of several key departments and sounde....
- Samajwadi Party workers clash with police during protest
Lucknow, Sep 16: Hundreds of Samajwadi Party (SP) activists clashed with police here in Uttar Pradesh today while protesting the hike in petrol prices, an official said.
Shouting slo....
- Crocodile kills minor in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 16: A crocodile killed a 10-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, officials said today.
The crocodile attacked Anjali, a native of Kaharigarh vil....
- Seven Jharkhand players injured in clash in train
Lucknow, Sep 16: At least seven sportspersons from Jharkhand were injured, two of them critically, when 20-25 unidentified youths in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district on Thursday attacked ....
- Mayawati government to lease out hotels to private firms
Lucknow, Sep 15: In a quiet move, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to give out most state-run hotels and tourist bungalows on long-term lease to private players, state Touri....
- Whistleblower hounded by Uttar Pradesh minister
Lucknow, Sep 15: A whistleblower, who complained to the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta against alleged land grabbing by Labour Minister Badshah Singh, said today that he was being hounded by the polit....
- Uttar Pradesh: Five men arrested with fake notes
Lucknow, Sep 13: Five people, linked to a Nepal-based fake currency racket, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh with counterfeit Indian notes worth Rs.2.75 lakh, police said today.
Aged be....
- Islamic clerics weigh against music, buffets at marriages
Lucknow, Sep 12: Up in arms against music and buffet meals at Muslim marriages, a group of Islamic clerics have announced they would not conduct a "nikaah" (wedding ceremony) wherever t....
- Uttar Pradesh: 18 school kids injured as bus overturns
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 12: At least 18 students were injured, eight of them critically, when their school bus overturned in this Uttar Pradesh district today, police said.
Th....
- Uttar Pradesh: Farmers' leader Teotia fasts for sixth day in jail
Greater Noida, Sep 11: The fast of farmer's leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led the agitation against land acquisition at Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida in May, continued on the sixth day ....
- Two held for smuggling of antique idols
Lucknow, Sep 11: Two men, involved in smuggling of antique idols, were arrested and three 'ashtadhatu' (eight-metal) idols worth around Rs.25 crore were seized in Uttar Pradesh's A....
- Student thrashed by colleagues at private college
Greater Noida, Sep 11: A second year B.Tech student was thrashed and injured and his cousin allegedly ragged by two students of a private college in Greater Noida, police said on Saturday.
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- Farmer leader Teotia fasts in jail
Greater Noida, Sep 10: Farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led a farmers' agitation against land takeover in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida in May, is on a fast in Dasna jail si....
- Arms smuggler held in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 10: An inter-state arms smuggler was arrested after a brief shootout with police in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today with 10 pistols.
Police said Aftab alias ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Former Minister withdraws plea against Lokayukta
Lucknow, Sep 10: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Awadhpal Singh Yadav, indicted of corruption by Lokayukta Justice N.K. Mehrotra, withdrew his petition against the ombudsman's recommendation,....
- School student hospitalised after assault by teacher
Lucknow, Sep 9:A 13-year-old student was hospitalised after being assaulted by his school teacher in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Ramashankar, the Class 8 student of a government....
- Muslim paper takes up Hindu cause, furthers oneness
Lucknow, Sep 9: Don't kill cows and don't eat beef - that's the message of harmony a Muslim editor in Uttar Pradesh has been sending out to the community since 1998 when he began a ....
- High alert in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 7: A high alert was sounded across Uttar Pradesh today after a bomb blast in the national capital killed nine people.
Uttar Pradesh Police spokesman D.P. Srivastava said ....
- Three youths found murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 7: The bodies of three Dalit men in their 20s were found in a pond in an Uttar Pradesh town, police said today, adding that there were signs of injuries with a sharp edged weapon a....
- 'Green blessings' from Lord Ganesha
Lucknow, Sep 6: Prayers before the elephant-headed Lord Ganesha here are answered with blessings to make the earth greener!
Shubh Sanskar Samiti, a Lucknow-based organisation holding....
- Uttar Pradesh: Policeman kills man for Rs.50
Lucknow, Sep 6: A policeman was arrested for allegedly killing a man after he refused to pay him Rs.50 bribe for moving into a no-entry zone, authorities said today.
The incident hap....
- Schoolboy runs over four students
Ghaziabad, Sep 5: Four students were injured, two of them critically, when a student who attempted to drive his friend's car ran over them outside a school here, police said.
The....
- Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh boycott work
Lucknow, Sep 5: Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh struck work today to protest the killing of two of their colleagues during a clash with revenue officials in Lakhimpuri Kheri district, officials s....
- Major fire in Uttar Pradesh commercial complex
Lucknow, Sep 5: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a major fire that broke out in a commercial complex in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, an official said. No casualty was....
- Lucknow doctors to head two new AIIMS
Lucknow, Sep 4: Of the six new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) coming up in different states, two will be headed by doctors from this Uttar Pradesh capital.
G.K. Sin....
- Greater Noida farmers vow to reject land takeover package
Greater Noida, Sep 3: Over 40 Greater Noida farmers from 20 villages today vowed not to accept the state government's compensation package for land takeover, a peasant leader said.
- Two lawyers killed in Uttar Pradesh clash
Lucknow, Sep 3: Two lawyers were killed and four others injured following a clash with lekhpals (revenue officials) in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district today, police said.
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- From cops to clerks, Agra comes clean on graft
Agra, Sep 3: After moving the police to take a collective oath, the Anna effect has now begun to influence other government segments in the city of Agra.
Last week, the Agra police pl....
- Uttar Pradesh: Medical students attempt suicide over low marks
Kanpur, Sep 3: Depressed over their poor performance in exams, three MBBS students of a government medical college in Kanpur attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills, police said today. Th....
- Underworld gang member nabbed
Lucknow, Sep 2: An aide of underworld don Bannanje Raja, wanted by the Karnataka police, was arrested in this Uttar Pradesh capital Friday, an official said.
Javed Khan was arrested b....
- Class 9 students held for killing schoolmate
Lucknow, Sep 2: Three Class 9 students in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district have been arrested for killing a Class 7 schoolmate after a verbal duel, police said today.
Atul, 13, wa....
- Minor set afire for resisting rape, one held
Lucknow, Sep 1: A teenaged girl in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district was set afire and injured by three youths for resisting rape, police said today. One accused has been arrested.
- Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 1: A gangster wanted in about 15 criminal cases, including murder and abduction, was today gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, an official said.
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- Delhi policeman found dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 1: A Delhi policeman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, authorities said today.
The dead body of Joginder....
- Woman set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 31: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district over a land dispute, police said today. The woman was said to be critical.
Urmila Devi,....
- Truck crushes three of family, mob attacks police
Lucknow, Aug 30: Three members of a family were today mowed down by a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, sparking violent protests by locals who clashed with police, vandalised shops and dam....
- New police chief for Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 30: The Uttar Pradesh government today announced the appointment of Atul Gupta as the state's new police chief.
A 1976 batch Indian Police Service officer, Atul, who ....
- Goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 30: Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Lucknow-Gorakhpur route after a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh today, an official said. No casualty was reported.
Three....
- Muslim sings Hindu devotional songs, propagates harmony
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 30: Spreading the message of communal harmony, a Muslim performer here is winning hearts by singing Hindu devotional songs for a living while the people hail him ....
- Massive fire in Uttar Pradesh warehouse
Lucknow, Aug 29: A massive blaze at a cold storage in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district destroyed equipment and stocks of spices and dry fruits worth over Rs.20 crore, police said today. No....
- Six cops injured in mob attack in Uttar Pradesh village
Lucknow, Aug 29: At least six policemen were injured in mob violence at Rataul village, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, following the murder of a local farmer, officials said.
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- Seven devotees killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, Aug 29: At least seven devotees were killed and 40 injured when their bus overturned and fell into a deep ditch in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said today.
The....
- Agra police take no-bribe pledge
Agra, Aug 28: Police personnel in Agra today adopted a pledge to refrain from seeking or accepting bribes.
The move was an initiative of Aseem Arun, a 1994 batch Indian Police Service....
- Hindu-Muslim unity in Anna's support
Lucknow, Aug 28: In a symbolic rejection of efforts to communalise the Anna Hazare movement, two prominent Muslim leaders here today offered juice to five of his supporters who were fasting fo....
- Anna supporters ask PM to contest polls
Lucknow, Aug 27: Thousands of supporters of Anna Hazare marched down the main thoroughfares of this Uttar Pradesh capital torday, asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to contest Lok Sabha elec....
- 108-year-old former prisoner dies
Lucknow, Aug 26: Over two months after being released on grounds of ill-health at the age of 108, Brij Bihari Pandey, a murder convict, breathed his last in his ancestral village in Uttar Prad....
- Uttar Pradesh: Teacher thrashes boy for leaving classroom
Lucknow, Aug 26: A Class 12 student of a government-aided school in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district was hospitalised after being beaten by a teacher for leaving the classroom without his....
- Uttar Pradesh blames centre for bad roads
Lucknow, Aug 26: Uttar Pradesh Public Works Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui on Thursday pointedly blamed the central government for the poor condition of several highways and major roads in the s....
- SBI employee arrested for killing wife, children
Lucknow, Aug 25: A State Bank of India (SBI) employee was today arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district for allegedly killing his wife and two minor children, police said.
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- Soon, fly into Taj city from global destinations
Agra, Aug 25: Global tourists may finally be able to fly directly into Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal that attracts millions every year.
While the civil aviation ministry has moved t....
- Lucknow: Five injured in communal clash
Lucknow, Aug 25: At least five people, including a policeman, were injured in a communal clash over a land dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said today.
Hindus ....
- Apex court sets aside land takeover in Ghaziabad
New Delhi, Aug 24: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Uttar Pradesh government notification taking over farm land in Chitoli, Sabli and Imtori villages in Ghaziabad district to set the &#....
- Apex court sets aside land takeover in Ghaziabad
New Delhi, Aug 24: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Uttar Pradesh government notification taking over farm land in Chitoli, Sabli and Imtori villages in Ghaziabad district to set the &#....
- Trade unions, scribes come out in Hazare's support
Lucknow, Aug 23: Trade unions and journalists of Uttar Pradesh were the latest to come out in open support of Anna Hazare here today.
Hundreds of employees from different public sect....
- Uttar Pradesh national park inundated
Lucknow, Aug 23: Release of water from overflowing dams in Nepal has flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, including areas of the Dudhwa National Park, the state's largest....
- Three mowed down by speeding vehicle
Ghaziabad, Aug 23: Three people were killed and 10 injured when a pickup vehicle first rammed into parked vehicles and then group of people near a temple on the National Highway-58 in Ghaziabad....
- Four of family found murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 22: Four members of a family, including a woman and her two children, were found murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district today, police said.
Hemlata, 32, her tw....
- 40 killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 22: At least 40 devotees were killed and around 20 injured when the tractor-trolley carrying them overturned and fell into a deep roadside ditch in a rural area her....
- Couple held with 15 pistols in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 21 : A young couple involved in smuggling firearms was arrested with 15 pistols in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today, police said.
Arif, 24, and his wife Anju....
- Yamuna above danger mark in Agra
Agra/Mathura, Aug 21 The Yamuna river here in Uttar Pradesh crossed the danger mark early today, officials said.
"We are fully prepared and are closely monitoring the situation,&#....
- Curfew lifted from Uttar Pradesh city
Lucknow, Aug 21: Curfew was lifted from Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city today, over 10 days after it was imposed in parts of the city following a communal clash that left 12 people injured,....
- In Lucknow, doctors write out anti-graft message
Lucknow, Aug 20: Doctors in this Uttar Pradesh capital are expressing solidarity with social activist Anna Hazare in a novel way - they are printing pro-Anna messages on their prescriptions and....
- Three of family murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 19: A 50-yar-old man, his wife and brother were found killed in their home in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said today.
Zaheed Beg (50), his wife Noorjaha....
- Moradabad curfew to be relaxed for 16 hours
Lucknow, Aug 16: With normalcy returning fast to the trouble-torn areas in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city days after a communal clash left 13 people injured, the authorities today decided t....
- Support for Anna swells in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 15 : People in various cities of Uttar Pradesh have begun rallying round social activist Anna Hazare, who begins an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi on Tuesday to press for a str....
- Marches in Ghaziabad to back Hazare
Ghaziabad, Aug 15 : Ghaziabad residents and students today took out marches and came out in support of activist Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption.
The spontaneously organi....
- Tree falls on train, one killed
Lucknow, Aug 15: A tree fell on a moving train in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district today, killing a passenger and injuring five others, including the driver.
The freak acci....
- Uttar Pradesh: Six injured in fire
Lucknow, Aug 14: Six people suffered burns after a major fire broke out in a building in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district early today, police said.
The fire engulfed the four-sto....
- Tyre burst in Air India flight
Lucknow, Aug 14 : An Air India flight from Delhi suffered a tyre burst during landing at the airport here in Uttar Pradesh today, an official said. All the passengers are safe.
AI-41....
- Train crushes three men on motorcycle
Agra, Aug 13 : Three men on a motorcycle were crushed by a train while they were crossing the tracks here today, police said.
Laxman, 25, Bunty, 22, and Jai Singh, 20, all of them e....
- Boy prefers Hindu guardian to Muslim mother
Lucknow, Aug 12: "I do not wish to go back to my mother," 12-year-old Akbar says, looking up with love at his foster father Aiku Lal who has brought him up like his own since he found ....
- Curfew on in Moradabad, no fresh violence
Lucknow, Aug 11: Curfew continued in several parts of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city today, two days after a communal clash involving Kanwariya pilgrims left around 13 people injured, poli....
- Uttar Pradesh bans 'Aarakshan'
Lucknow, Aug 11: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday late evening ordered a ban on Prakash Jha multi-starrer 'Aarakshan' across the state saying some dialogues in the film were pr....
- 50 held for Uttar Pradesh communal clash
Lucknow, Aug 10: Around 50 people have been arrested in connection with a communal clash in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city, involving Kanwariya pilgrims and locals that left 13 people injur....
- Five get life term for murdering kidnapped man
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 10: A court here today awarded life imprisonment to five people, including a woman, for killing a youth in 1998, police said.
The special anti-dacoity cou....
- Uttar Pradesh tops list of dowry deaths
New Delhi, Aug 10: Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum number of dowry deaths in 2009, while the figure was nil for most northeastern states, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh sa....
- ABVP activists baton-charged
Lucknow, Aug 9: Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were baton-charged in Lucknow today after they turned violent and clashed with police while protesting against the Con....
- Man sacrifices boy on godman's suggestion
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 8: In a case of human sacrifice, a man in this Uttar Pradesh city killed a minor boy after a self-professed godman assured him that the act would make him wealthy ov....
- Three crushed to death by train
Lucknow, Aug 8: Three members of a family, including a teenaged boy, were mowed to death by an express train while trying to cross a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, an offi....
- Milk for poor kids - a different holy offering
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7: Nine-year-old Gautam, son of a daily wage labourer, doesn't know the religious significance of the holy month of Shravan. But this is the time when Gautam a....
- Compensation rate raised for Greater Noida village
Greater Noida, Aug 6: The Greater Noida authority and agitating farmers of Patwari village in Uttar Pradesh today amicably settled issues related to land acquisition, with the administration ra....
- Three die in house collapse
Agra, Aug 6 : A young woman and two children were killed and eight others were injured when the two-storeyed house they were sleeping in collapsed in an Agra locality following incessant rain....
- Cop commits suicide
Lucknow, Aug 6: A policeman accused of assaulting his family members allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his home in Uttar Pradesh.
Amit Awasthi, 32, posted in Jalaun di....
- Rains lash Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna fills up
Lucknow, Aug 6: Moderate to heavy rains lashed several districts of Uttar Pradesh today. The Yamuna river next to the Taj Mahal is also in full flow.
"Upper air cyclonic pressure ....
- Woman, two sons murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 6: A woman along with her two minor sons was found murdered inside her house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Friday, police said.
Renu, 35, and h....
- Woman, two sons murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 5: A woman along with her two minor sons was found murdered inside her house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today, police said.
Renu, 35, and her ....
- Student shot at in Uttar Pradesh institute
Allahabad, Aug 5: A student of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) here was shot at and seriously injured by unidentified assailants inside its premises, police said today. Th....
- Six-year-old dies as school van overturns
Lucknow, Aug 5: A six-year-old student was killed and 10 children injured when their school van overturned in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The accident took place in Naraini are....
- Uttar Pradesh doctor spreads smiles, and greenery
Varanasi, Aug 4: Having successfully treated thousands of cleft-lip patients, including the little waif Pinki Sonkar -- the lead character of Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki" -- ....
- Two jewellers shot dead, traders on rampage in Faizabad
Lucknow, Aug 3: After two jeweller brothers were killed today morning in an Uttar Pradesh town, traders went on rampage, staging angry demonstrations and demanding early arrest of the assailan....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three students hospitalised after beating by principal
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 2: Three students of a government school were hospitalised allegedly after being brutally beaten by their principal for not bringing textbooks, police said today.
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- Rs.17 lakh looted from ATM van
Lucknow, Aug 2: In a daring daylight robbery, two men on a motorcycle whipped out their weapons today and looted around Rs.17 lakh from a bank van delivering cash to ATMs.
They escap....
- Doctor's house robbed of Rs.20 lakh
Ghaziabad, Aug 2: Six armed men looted cash and jewellery worth about Rs.20 lakh from the house-cum-hospital of a doctor here today.
The incident occurred in the posh Shalimar Garden....
- Hundreds of Uttar Pradesh villages flooded
Lucknow, Aug 2: Hundreds of villages and towns along the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh were flooded by waters gushing down the Himalayan rivers, the government said today.
Inces....
- Five die in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, Aug 2: Five people were killed when a bus ploughed into their van in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police said today.
The accident occurred late Monday in Mau area....
- Gender barrier broken in Agra musical tradition
Agra, Aug 1: In a social revolution of sorts, women have been inducted for the first time in Bhagat singing troupes, a 400-year-old musical tradition unique to Agra.
A fortnight-long ....
- Widespread rainfall in store for Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 1: After remaining subdued for the last few days, the monsoon rain is expected to pick up in most parts of Uttar Pradesh from today, a weather official said.
"Widesp....
- Uttar Pradesh: Minor set afire on charges of theft
Lucknow, Aug 1: A 12-year-old boy was allegedly set afire by three people in Uttar Pradesh's Chanduali district on charges of theft, police said today. While the boy is battling for life wi....
- Man held with 55 fake passports in Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi, July 30: As many as 55 fake passports were on Saturday seized from a man suspected to be involved in a human trafficking and was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi city, police ....
- Tigress found dead in Uttar Pradesh forest
Lucknow, July 30: The carcass of a three-year-old tigress was found in Dudhwa forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur today, an official said.
Divisional Forest Officer Gane....
- Rains to slow, flooding rivers will recede
Lucknow, July 30 : Having left major rivers overflowing, rainfall in most parts of Uttar Pradesh will decline from today, an official said.
"With the weakening of cyclonic circul....
- Two die in bus accident
Agra, July 29: Two people died and over a dozen were injured when two buses fell into a canal on the Agra-Jaipur highway in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The buses were trying to....
- Uttar Pradesh police officer questioned for filing suit
Lucknow, July 28: The Uttar Pradesh government today issued a show cause notice to Deputy Inspector General of Police Jasveer Singh for filing a petition against Enforcement Director Arun Mathu....
- 350 rare birds rescued in Ghaziabad
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Ghaziabad, July 28: About 350 rare birds were today rescued from smugglers on the National Highway-24 in Ghaziabad near Delhi border, an animal activist said.
The endangered birds, th....
- Maoist surrenders in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 28: A Maoist surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradesh in Mirzapur district today, an official said.
Vinod Kharwar, 40, a native of Bihar's Kaimur district, sur....
- Heavy rains lash Agra
Agra, July 28: Early risers in Agra were in for a pleasant surprise as thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rains greeted them today morning.
The rains, which lasted around 30 minutes,....
- Farmers from Mayawati's village move court
Lucknow, July 27: At least 50 farmers from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's native village Badalpur in Greater Noida Wednesday moved the Allahabad High Court against acquisition of s....
- Uttar Pradesh: Policeman dies, 10 hospitalised after physical test
Lucknow, July 27: In a second incident of its kind in less than a week, a police constable died and 10 others were hospitalised today after falling unconscious during a physical test for depart....
- Leopard found dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 27: The carcass of a five-year-old male leopard was found dead near Uttar Pradesh's Katarniaghat forest reserve today, an official said.
Divisional Forest Officer (D....
- Spurt in rapes shocks Taj city
Agra, July 27: More than 25 sex-related crimes against women from April to July have left people in and around the Taj city shocked, with civil society accusing the political class and lawkeepe....
- Train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 27: A passenger train derailed early today in Uttar Pradesh, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Howrah-Delhi route, an official said. No casualty was reported.
Three co....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three forest guards run over by truck
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh), July 27: Three forest guards were killed when a speeding truck ran over them in this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday, police said.
The accident took place un....
- Uttar Pradesh: Villagers lynch two dacoits
Ghaziabad, July 26: Villagers lynched two members of a dacoit gang in this Uttar Pradesh district while they were trying to flee after committing a robbery, police said today.
The inc....
- Greater Noida authority, farmers told to settle land row
Lucknow, July 26: The Allahabad High Court today referred the Noida extension land acquisition issue to a larger bench and gave the Uttar Pradesh government and the agitating farmers 17 days to....
- Bodies of couple, two sons found on tracks
Lucknow, July 26: The mutilated bodies of a couple and their two children were found lying on a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district today.
The bodies were recovere....
- New twist in demand for probe into health mission funds
Lucknow, July 25: In a new twist to the demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged bungling in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds in Uttar Pradesh, two ap....
- Government staffer kills three kin
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), July 25: A 32-year-old government employee has been arrested for shooting dead three of his family members, including two minors, after an argument, police said t....
- Farmers hold ritual for Greater Noida officials
Greater Noida, July 24 : Farmers here today organised a "mind-purification" ritual for officials of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) as it was allegedly delay....
- Girl burnt to death for rejecting marriage proposal
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), July 23: A teenaged girl was burnt to death by some locals here for rejecting a marriage proposal, police said today.
The 15-year-old, a native of Khajuria ....
- Greater Noida farmers oppose new move to take their land
Greater Noida, July 23 : Farmers in Greater Noida today staged a sit-in at the Shahberi village here to protest the Uttar Pradesh government's move to acquire their lands anew under the ne....
- Kanwarias clash with police
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), July 23: Hundreds of Kanwarias, the orange-robed devotees of Lord Shiva, today went berserk after a car mowed down one man and injured four fellow pilgrims here, police....
- Unite like farmers to topple government, Rahul tells Uttar Pradesh youth
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), July 22: Continuing his political campaign through Uttar Pradesh's hinterland, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday called on the youth of the state to uni....
- Child dies after vaccination, doctors face action
Lucknow, July 22: Action has been recommended against a deputy chief medical officer and another doctor after an infant died and two others took ill following administration of measles vaccine ....
- '1.5 crore voters yet to be listed in Uttar Pradesh'
Lucknow, July 22: As many as 15 million voters still remain to be listed in the electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said here on Thursday evening.
- Decision of shoora is final: Vastanvi
Lucknow, July 21: Declaring that he would not challenge the decision of the 'majlis-e-shoora' (governing council), Deoband-based Darul-Uloom chief Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi made it clea....
- Ghaziabad councillor found murdered
Ghaziabad, July 21: A councillor of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was today night found murdered in the Loni area of Ghaziabad.
Sachin Chaudhary, the councillor from Ward No. ....
- '1.5 crore voters yet to be listed in Uttar Pradesh'
Lucknow, July 21: As many as 15 million voters still remain to be listed in the electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said here today evening.
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- Health is not good
New Delhi, July 21: If one thing Mayawati's government excels in is that of wastage of money. She has been diligently doing this for quite some time. If her statue dream bore testimony to ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three policemen booked for youth's death
Lucknow, July 21: Cases have been registered against three policemen in Uttar Pradesh after a youth, detained on charges of assaulting a relative, died shortly after being released from their c....
- Cop dies, 20 colleagues faint during physical test
Meerut/Kanpur, July 20: A constable died and 20 were hospitalised when they fainted while appearing for a physical fitness test for departmental promotion organised in Uttar Pradesh's Meeru....
- Rahul to visit Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 20: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will undertake a two-day visit of eastern Uttar Pradesh from Thursday for promoting membership drive of the Youth Congress, an official....
- Another woman's body found on rail tracks in Agra
Agra, July 20: The naked and badly-mutilated body of a young woman was found on the railway tracks in Artauni area, close to the National Highway 2 (NH-2), in Agra district today, police said.....
- Lucknow varsity to offer facilities for differently-abled
Lucknow, July 20: Facilities for free movement of differently-abled students will be provided in the Lucknow University (LU) campus soon, an official said today.
"The provisions ....
- Businessman's murder sparks clashes in uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 19: A businessman's murder sparked violent protests in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkarnagar today as the locals targeted vehicles, public property and fought pitche....
- Teenage girl's body found on railway track
Agra, July 19: The mutilated body of a young girl with her hands and legs tied was found on the railway track near here.
The identity of the body, found by railway police on the Agra-....
- South Korean woman tourist robbed in Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 19: A South Korean woman tourist was robbed by unidentified men inside a train near here, police said today.
Lee Yunha was Monday approached by three-....
- Five students drown in pit
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), July 18: Five schoolchildren, including two girls, were drowned in a pit filled with rain water in this Uttar Pradesh district today, police said.
The five, al....
- Uttar Pradesh questioned on health scheme funds
Lucknow, July 18: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today gave a week's time to the Uttar Pradesh government to reply to charges of bungling in a central government-funded heal....
- Motorbike showroom gutted in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), July 18: Motorcycles worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a two-wheeler showroom in Uttar Pradesh today, police said. No casualty has been....
- Uttar Pradesh rivers in spate
Lucknow, July 18: Heavy rains across Uttar Pradesh have led to swelling of several major rivers, posing a threat of floods in some villages, officials said today.
While Ghagra river ....
- Now spotlight on land acquisition in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, July 18: Fingers are now being pointed at the acquisition of 8,700 acres of land spanning 18 villages in Ghaziabad for a "hi-tech city" even as the Uttar Pradesh government f....
- Building collapse toll is five, 16 critical
Ghaziabad, July 17: Soldiers and police searched for possible survivors under the debris of a five-storey building here today evening, more than 30 hours after its collapse left five workers de....
- Four dead in building collapse
Ghaziabad, July 17: The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction here rose to four today, with two more people succumbing to their injuries, police said.
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- Maid to order -- with biodata!
Kanpur, July 17 : It's a problem of hearth-shaking proportions! You need to hire a new maid but don't know where to begin and whom to trust and also hate having to haggle about wages....
- Noida farmers seek CBI probe in land acquisition
Greater Noida, July 16 : The farmers of villages in Noida Extension have moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the acquisition of their lan....
- 'Hold inquiry into Uttar Pradesh cabinet secretary's decisions'
Lucknow, July 16 : With the Supreme Court questioning the appointment of non-civil service officer Shashank Shekhar Singh as Uttar Pradesh's cabinet secretary, opposition parties today de....
- Control crime or face action, Mayawati warns officials
Lucknow, July 16: Stung by a spate of rapes, murders and other heinous crimes across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday took top officials to task, issuing a stern warning to curb....
- Devotees throng Shiva temples, celebrate 'Shravan'
Lucknow, July 16: Devotees thronged at Lord Shiva temples in Uttar Pradesh today for offering prayers on the onset of the Hindu month of `Shravan' that heralds the coming of the monsoon.
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- Rains bring relief to parts of Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 16: After days of sultry weather, parts of Uttar Pradesh, including capital Lucknow, today witnessed light to moderate rains accompanied by thunderstorms.
"A cycloni....
- Rains expected in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 14: Light to moderate rains are expected in parts of Uttar Pradesh from today for a few days that will bring much-needed relief from the sultry weather in the region.
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- Rights panel seeks report on fund misuse in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, July 13: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking a report over allegations of officials in Bundelkhand area misusing ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman arrested for sacrificing infant
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), July 13: A woman was arrested in Uttar Pradesh today for allegedly killing her neighbour's child after a godman told her the act would help her bear a son, ....
- Noida house burgled, lakhs missing
Noida, July 13: Burglars decamped with Rs.35 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs.50 lakh from the house of an IT professional in Noida, police said today.
The incident took place late....
- Youth killed by girlfriend's parents in Uttar Pradesh
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 12: In a case of honour killing, a 20-year-old youth was strangled to death in Uttar Pradesh by the parents of the woman he was in a relationship with, police s....
- Woman poisons self, four kids; three die
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 11: Apparently disturbed over her poor financial condition, a woman in this Uttar Pradesh district today gave poison to her four sons before consuming it herself....
- 20 dead in Howrah-Kalka Express derailment
Lucknow, July 10 : At least 20 people were killed when 14 coaches of the Howrah-Kalka Express went off the rails in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh today noon, police said.
"T....
- Uncertainty looms over realty projects in Greater Noida
Greater Noida/New Delhi,: July 10 Once touted among the most attractive destinations for housing projects in the National Capital Region, uncertainty looms large at Greater Noida after 156 h....
- Woman held for illegal liquor sale
Ghaziabad, July 10: A 40-year-old woman was on Saturday arrested for illegally stocking and selling liquor from her house in Loni area of Ghaziabad, police said.
Preeti Kaur, a widow ....
- Heavy rains at Rahul's rally
Aligarh, July 9 : Heavy rains lashed this Uttar Pradesh city today ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's farmers' rally even as organisers tried to boost the morale of th....
- 10 women fall ill after antibiotic injections
Kanpur, July 8: Around 10 women undergoing post-operative pregnancy treatment in a government hospital became ill here today allegedly after they were administered antibiotic injections.
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- Shopkeeper set ablaze
Banda (Uttar Pradesh), July 8: A teenager and his brother today set a shopkeeper here in Uttar Pradesh ablaze after he asked them to clear their dues, police said.
While the shopkeep....
- Lucknow custodial death: Supreme Court favours independent probe
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court today said it was in favour of an independent investigation into the custodial death of Lucknow deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan. The court, however....
- Rahul Gandhi: Where is the 'crown prince' headed?
Aligarh/New Delhi, July 8: He is the undisputed crown prince of India's ruling Congress, seen to bide his time before taking over the reins of government from an ageing Manmohan Singh. As ....
- 38 killed as train rams into bus in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 7: At least 38 people were killed and about 30 injured when an express train collided with a bus at an unmanned crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar district early toda....
- Supreme Court quashes land acquisition in Greater Noida
New Delhi, July 6: In a major setback for the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today upheld an Allahabad High Court verdict and quashed the acquisition of land in Shahbe....
- Cops, locals clash over alleged Quran desecration
Lucknow, July 6: Police clashed with a group of Muslims in an Uttar Pradesh village today over the alleged desecration of a Quran, an event some police officials said never happened.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Man attacks wife, mother-in-law, kills self
Lucknow, July 6: An air force personnel jumped to his death on a train track in Uttar Pradesh after brutally assaulting his wife and mother-in-law, police said today.
Pawan Pandey, 32....
- This year most peaceful in a decade: Chidambaram
Greater Noida, July 6: So far this year, India has witnessed the lowest levels of violence in a decade thanks to the paramilitary forces, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today."In the fi....
- Villagers awestruck as Rahul bathes, rests on terrace
Rampur Bangar (Uttar Pradesh), July 6: It is an occasion villagers here are unlikely to forget -- a night Rahul Gandhi spent with them.
As the sun went down, the Congress leader, seen....
- Uttar Pradesh: Cop shot dead by criminals
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), July 6: A policeman was gunned down here on Tuesday by a group of car-borne criminals during police's effort to apprehend them, an official said.
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- BSP leader shot dead, supporters protest
Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh), July 5: A local leader of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was shot dead here by unidentified assailants, triggering protests by partymen in various....
- Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death
Lucknow, July 4: Raising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court tod....
- Another cop held for girl's death in police station
Lucknow, July 3: The alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl inside a police station in Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh took a new turn today when another policeman was arrested....
- Sachin Pilot dares Ramdev to join politics
Noida, July 3: Congress leader Sachin Pilot, the junior minister for communications and IT, today dared yoga guru Baba Ramdev to join politics and criticised his anti-corruption agitation.
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- Mariah can harm us, says Neeraj Grover's mother
Kanpur, July 2 : Neelam Grover, mother of slain television executive Neeraj Grover, says that she fears a threat to her life from Kannada actress Mariah Susairaj, who was released from jail to....
- Uttar Pradesh: Medical student commits suicide
Lucknow, July 2: A 24-year-old MBBS student from Ghaziabad committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her hostel room in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said tod....
- Mayawati government refusing to cooperate with us: NCW
Lucknow, June 30: The National Commission for Women (NCW), led by panel acting chair Yasmin Abrar, today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of refusing to cooperate with it on the issue of ri....
- Rahul meets family of girl found dead in police station
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 29: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi paid a surprise visit in Uttar Pradesh today to meet the family of a girl who was allegedly raped and killed in....
- Four killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, June 29: At least four people on their way back from a wedding were killed when their car fell into a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, police said today. Some of those in....
- NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh on journalist's detention
New Delhi, June 28: The Uttar Pradesh government has been issued notice by the Natioanl Human Rights Commission over complaints alleging that a TV journalist was picked up by the state police a....
- Five engineering students arrested for killing classmate
Lucknow, June 28: Five engineering students were arrested here for allegedly killing their classmate due to differences over a girl student, police said today.
Pradeep Kashyap, Obais....
- Five pilgrims killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, June 28: Five pilgrims, including three teenaged girls, were killed and 10 others critically injured when a speeding bus ploughed into the jeep carrying them in Uttar Pradesh's Bi....
- Train collides with bus on track, one injured
Greater Noida, June 28: One person was critically injured when a passenger train rammed into a private bus that was crossing a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida area near the ....
- Tune in to Uttar Pradesh's human radio
Ramabainagar (Uttar Pradesh), June 28: "It's 4.15 in the morning...time for the weather report," crackles a loudspeaker perched atop a temple here. For the next 30 minutes, the voi....
- Mayawati suspends two policemen for attacking scribe
Lucknow, June 27: In a post-midnight action, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered suspension of two police officers who allegedly assaulted the local bureau chief of a news channel an....
- Goods train derails, no casualty
Lucknow, June 27: Seven coaches of a coal-laden goods train heading to a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) unit derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district, an official sai....
- Through ponds, Agra to clean up Yamuna river
Agra, June 27: Uttar Pradesh officials have devised a novel method to clean up the highly-polluted Yamuna river: excavate 10 ponds to store waste water that was hitheto flowing into the river ....
- Doctor's death: Murder case filed on family's plea
Lucknow, June 26: Four days after Uttar Pradesh deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a jail, police today registered a murder case against &....
- SC/ST panel questions Uttar Pradesh on doctor's death
Lucknow, June 25 : The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (NCSCST) today questioned the Uttar Pradesh government why it was not willing for a CBI inquiry into the de....
- Minor girl dies of burns, kin allege rape, murder
Ghaziabad, June 25 : An eight-year-old girl died of burns in the Pilakhuwa area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district today, police said. The girl's family alleged she was raped and ....
- Mayawati responsible for rising crime in state: BJP
New Delhi, June 25: Holding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati directly responsible for the increasing crime in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said it will take up the....
- Uttar Pradesh rights panel takes up killed doctor's case
Lucknow, June 24: Uttar Pradesh's State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) today issued notice to the state government and police, taking cognisance of the autopsy report of dead deputy chief ....
- Rights panel preparing reports on Uttar Pradesh assaults
New Delhi, June 24: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said its reports on alleged sexual assaults on women in Bhatta-Parsaul village and the rape and killing of a girl in a poli....
- Uttar Pradesh jail death: Family plans legal action
Lucknow, June 24: The family of deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Lucknow jail, today said it was contemplating legal action to for....
- Man castrated in Uttar Pradesh jail, probe launched
Agra, June 23: A 24-year-old man, who was allegedly assaulted and castrated by his two co-prisoners in Mainpuri district jail in Uttar Pradesh, was today shifted to the general ward after surge....
- Flight makes emergency landing after passenger's suicide bid
Lucknow, June 23: A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing at Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow today after a passenger allegedly consumed poison on board, police said.
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- Dead medical officer's kin demands CBI probe, opposition cries foul
Lucknow, June 23: The family of suspended deputy chief medical officer Y.S Sachan, who was found dead in the Lucknow jail a day ago, today demanded a CBI inquiry, alleging he was murdered "....
- Accused in medical officer's murder dies in jail
Lucknow, June 23: Exactly five days after he was named as the key accused in Lucknow chief medical officer B.P. Singh's murder, jailed deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan was found de....
- Two Uttar Pradesh cops booked for gang-rape
Lucknow, June 22: Two policemen and two others were booked for gang-raping a married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district, taking the number of fresh rape cases reported today in the stat....
- Nine rapes in last two days in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 21: With four more rapes reported today in Uttar Pradesh, the total number of such cases in the state has gone up to nine during the last two days.
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- Once barred from her gods, she now 'lights' their lamps
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), June 21: For nearly three decades Guddi Athwal was not allowed to enter any of the temples in her neighbourhood in Rajasthan because she was an "untouchable" ....
- Opposition flays Mayawati for 'breakdown of law and order'
Lucknow, June 20: Lashing out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for what they termed as "complete breakdown of law and order", the state's opposition parties today sought ou....
- Two arrested in housing fraud case
Ghaziabad, June 20: Two members of a cooperative housing society were arrested on charges of allegedly duping the society members and the UP Housing Corporation, a police official said today.
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- Digvijay slams Mayawati government
New Delhi, June 20: Reacting to recent incidents of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today slammed the Mayawati government for the collapse of la....
- Congress slams Mayawati for inaction in rape cases
New Delhi, June 20: The Congress today slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for its "lack of seriousness" in dealing with the recent incidents of rape and said Chief Minister Mayawati w....
- Three teenagers drown in Agra
Agra, June 20: The bodies of three teenagers, who drowned in the Yamuna river over the weekend, were handed over to their families here tiday morning, police said.
The young boys, id....
- Ghaziabad residents voice green concerns
Ghaziabad, June 19: People living in Ghaziabad organised a 'paryawaran' panchayat today to voice concern over the city's deteriorating environment.
Former vice chancellor ....
- Minor girl blinded with knife in UP
Lucknow, June 19 : A minor girl in an Uttar Pradesh village was blinded with a knife by two boys when she resisted their rape attempt, police said today. The girl has been admitted to the Kanp....
- Mayawati orders arrest of party leader
Lucknow, June 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered the arrest of an influential Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader on Saturday night after his involvement in a murder case was confi....
- Woman kills kids, self in Uttar Pradesh
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), June 18: Apparently disturbed over her poor financial condition, a woman allegedly committed suicide after poisoning her two minor children, police said today.
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- 'Thank you', says India's oldest prisoner after being freed
Lucknow, June 18: "God is great, thank you," said Brij Bihari Pandey after being released from Gorakhpur district jail. At 108 years, the murder convict was India's oldest prisone....
- Monsoon enters Uttar Pradesh, to remain normal
Lucknow, June 18: With the monsoon arriving, widespread light to moderate rains are expected in parts of Uttar Pradesh today, met officials said.
The monsoon that arrived in the state....
- BSP government interfering in police's work: BJP
Lucknow, June 18: Accusing Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of providing "political patronage" to policemen, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said there wo....
- Lucknow doctor's murder solved, junior behind killing: police
Lucknow, June 17 A junior of Lucknow's chief medical officer Dr. B.P.Singh, who was gunned down just outside his residence in the city's posh Indira Nagar April 2, was behind the killi....
- 'Murdered' man reappears in Ghaziabad, wife on the run
Ghaziabad, June 15: A 40-year-old man whose wife claimed that his family members had murdered him for property suddenly reappeared at his home here today, police said. The wife is now on then ....
- Murdered Uttar Pradesh girl's mother demands CBI probe
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) June 15: The mother of the murdered minor girl in Uttar Pradesh today said only a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe would help solve the case and insis....
- Moderate rainfall in Himachal Pradesh
Shimla, June 15: Widespread moderate showers early today across Himachal Pradesh pushed down temperatures.
"The entire state witnessed mild to moderate rains. The day's temper....
- Not opposed to CBI probe into girl's murder: Mayawati
Lucknow, June 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said she was not opposed to a CBI probe into the death of a girl whose body was found hanging in a police compound, but feared the ....
- Mayawati says 'no' to CBI probe in girl's murder
Lucknow, June 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today vowed to bring to book the killers of a 14-year-old girl who was found hanging in a police compound five days ago. But she rejected....
- Firing at Ghaziabad mall
Ghaziabad, June 14: Two unidentified armed youths opened fire at a mall in the Kaushambi area of Ghaziabad today afternoon, police said. No one was injured.
According to police, the ....
- Four charred to death in Kanpur accident
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), June 14: Four men were charred to death here as their car exploded on being hit by a speeding truck, police said today.
The accident took place late on Monday....
- Mayawati orders probe into girl's death at police station
Lucknow, June 13: Chief Minister Mayawati has ordered a police probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl who was found hanging from a tree inside a police station compound i....
- Minor girl's body found, police suspect human sacrifice
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), June 12: A minor girl was found dead with one of her kidneys missing in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said today, adding that it could be "a case of human s....
- Girl found dead in police station was not murdered: Police
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 12: Ruling out murder as the cause of death of a teenaged girl found dead in a police station compound in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, pol....
- Ghaziabad job office under scanner for violating rules
Ghaziabad, June 12: The district employment office here is under the scanner for allegedly violating government rules in the recruitment of government staff, after a complaint was received that....
- 11 cops suspended after girl found dead in police station
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 12: As many as 11 policemen, including a police inspector, were suspended here on Saturday after the body of a teenaged girl was found in the compound of ....
- Work state's new land policy in central projects, Mayawati to PM
Lucknow, June 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to implement her government's new land acquisition policy while setting up central projects ....
- Four drown in Agra on Ganga Dashera
Agra, June 11: Four people, among them two minors, drowned in the Yamuna where they had gone for a bath on Ganga Dashera, celebrated in a big way in the whole of Braj area to mark the descent ....
- Workers, management clash in Noida factory
Noida, June 11: A clash between the management and the workers was reported in a Noida factory on Friday and police had to intervene to restore order, police said.
Two officials of th....
- Agra's war on plastic: One step forward, two steps back?
Agra, June 8: It was one of the most successful eco-campaigns in the Taj city, and even earned rare praise from the Uttar Pradesh government, but Agra's war on plastic bags has suffered a ....
- Three poachers held in Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), June 6: Three poachers were arrested here with around 30 tortoises meant for smuggling, police said today.
The three men were nabbed on Sunday night from Ba....
- Tigress kills teenager in Uttar Pradesh
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), June 3: A tigress killed a teenager inside the Katarniaghat forest reserve here, an official said today.
Buddha, 14, a resident of Lonianpurwa village, was k....
- Hands confined to household chores now repair hand pumps
Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), June 2: She is not literate and was once confined to kneading dough, preparing cow dung cakes and doing other household chores. But now Savitri Devi has become a ha....
- Mayawati mulls new land acquisition policy
Lucknow, June 2: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati may do away with the state government's role in acquisition of land for private industrial or commercial development, an official sai....
- Ghaziabad residents protest against poor facilities
Ghaziabad, June 2: The federation of resident welfare associations of Ghaziabad on Wednesday protested against the poor civic amenities in the city and the municipal corporation's lax atti....
- Uttar Pradesh minister named in attempt to murder case
Ghaziabad, June 2: Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Education and Research Minister Rajpal Tyagi and a former municipal councillor have been named as conspirators in a case of attempt to murder a sit....
- BSP councillor shot at in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, June 1: A municipal councillor of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was critically injured after he was shot by three unidentified assailants on Tuesday, police sa....
- Youth, girl found dead in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, May 31: A 20-year-old youth and an 18-year-old girl were found dead today in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, police said, adding that it could be a suicide.
Accor....
- Teenager shot dead by cop
Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), May 31: A policeman shot dead a 16-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh allegedly after he continued to stalk his daughter, an official said today. The cop has been ar....
- This is no age to marry, village teenagers tell peers
Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh), May 29: Gautam Kumar, a student of Class 10, eagerly waits for his school to get over so he can join his friends - not to play games, but asking others his age n....
- Woman lawyer stabbed in Mathura collectorate
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), May 28: Unidentified assailants stabbed and assaulted a woman lawyer in the district collectorate premises here today, police said. The lawyer is battling for her life....
- Mother of Greater Noida farmer leader threatens protest
Gulaothi (Uttar Pradesh), May 28: The elderly mother of farmer leader Manvir Teotia, sought by police after a violent protest against land takeover in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh&#....
- Nine die as boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), May 28: Nine people, including a woman and eight minors, died after the boat ferrying them capsized in a river in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The acciden....
- Mayawati abandons Buddha statue project
Lucknow, May 26: Stung by the violent protests in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida, the Mayawati government has decided to abandon the takeover of agricultural land for installation of ....
- 200 Agra doctors on strike
Agra, May 26: More than 200 private doctors here went on strike today after a doctor alleged that he and his wife were beaten up by the relatives of a man who died at their nursing home.
- Taj city's daily struggle for water
Agra, May 25: The city of the Taj Mahal is becoming infamous for its dirty and scarce drinking water. Despite being situated on the banks of the river Yamuna, Agra today suffers from a severe ....
- Four of a family killed near Agra
Agra, May 24: Four people of a family - husband, wife and two children - were killed by a gang of unidentified men in the Fatehpur Sikri area near Agra in the early hours of today, police said ....
- Building catches fire in Uttar Pradesh, four injured
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 24: Four firemen were injured while trying to douse a major fire which broke out in a multi-storied commercial building in a densely populated area here today, offi....
- Student's clash: Congress calls strike in Tripura
Agartala, May 22: Tripura's main opposition Congress has called a dawn-to-dusk strike on Monday after members of its student wing NSUI clashed with Students Federation of India (SFI) activi....
- Remove acting chief of NCW, demands Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 21: The Uttar Pradesh government today demanded immediate removal of acting chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Yasmeen Abrar, who earlier in the day in New Delhi all....
- 26 killed in Uttar Pradesh storms
Lucknow, May 21: At least 26 people were killed in the thunderstorms and lightning that struck parts of Uttar Pradesh early today, officials said.
According to an official spokesman,....
- Uttar Pradesh: Two arrested for running IPL betting racket
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), May 21: Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, police said today.
Harendra Nagpal, 35, and A....
- High court orders probe in Amar Singh's financial affairs
Allahabad, May 20: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's troubles continue with the Allahabad High Court today asking the Enforcement Directorate to probe his financial affairs foll....
- Fire in Lucknow warehouse, two labourers killed
Lucknow, May 20: Two labourers were killed and two received multiple burns in a major fire that broke out in a warehouse of a paint agency here, police said today.
The incident occur....
- Fire in Kanpur plastics scrapyard
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 17: A major fire broke out in a plastics scrapyard at Jajmau town here today, police said. No casualties were reported in the blaze which firefighters managed to br....
- We pay more compensation to farmers than centre: Mayawati
Lucknow, May 16: Stung by the widespread criticism over the farmers' agitation in Greater Noida, the Mayawati government today issued a statement to emphasise that it had evolved a very pra....
- Agra's unique Jal Sewaks return
Agra, May 16: Agra's unique voluntary force of Jal Sewaks has returned, running a network of over 50 water huts to provide safe, cool and free drinking water to anyone who wishes to quench....
- Five killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, May 14: Five members of a marriage party were killed and 10 critically injured when their overloaded jeep overturned after being hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich....
- Dalit's daughter Mayawati now chasing money: Digvijay Singh
New Delhi, May 13: Mayawati has morphed from a Dalit's daughter to a "daulat ki beti" (daughter of wealth), Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here on Thursday in a sha....
- BSP refutes Digvijay's charge of massacre of farmers
Lucknow, May 13: The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has strongly refuted Congress leader Digvijay Singh's allegations about the massacre of farmers by the Uttar Pradesh police in Greater....
- Hundreds detained as Congress takes on Mayawati government
Lucknow/Greater Noida, May 12 Hundreds of Congress activists were detained in Uttar Pradesh as they took to the streets, clashed with police, blockaded railway tracks today, a day after their ....
- Clashes as Congress takes on Mayawati government
Lucknow, May 12: Congress workers took to the streets in several places in Uttar Pradesh, resulting in clashes with police today, a day after their leader Rahul Gandhi was arrested and subsequ....
- Returning from marriage, eight of family killed in accident
Meerut, May 12: Eight members of a family, including four women and three children, who were returning from a marriage function were killed when a speeding truck rammed into their vehicle here....
- Congress plans statewide protests against Rahul's arrest
Lucknow, May 12: After a night of high political drama that saw the arrest and subsequent release of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for staging a sit-in in support of farmers, his par....
- Ashamed to be an Indian, Rahul tells agitating farmers
Greater Noida, May 12: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the police action against farmers agitating for higher compensation for their land and said he was feeling &....
- Rahul Gandhi arrested in Uttar Pradesh, released
Greater Noida/Lucknow, May 12: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was arrested in a dramatic late night swoop on Wednesday while he was on a sit-in at Bhatta Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh to support ....
- Three of family murdered in Mathura
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), May 11: Three members of a family, including two women, were found with their throats slit at their home in this Uttar Pradesh town, police said today.
Mukes....
- Six killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), May 10: Six people, including a woman, were killed and five injured critically when their vehicle rammed into a truck here today, police said.
The accident ....
- Three held with peacock carcasses
Lucknow, May 10: Three men have been held with peacock carcasses in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, police said today, revealing that the birds were killed for their flesh. The peacock is ....
- Villagers left out of rural power scheme: Greenpeace
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), May 10: A large section of people in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district have been left out of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), a scheme to pro....
- Fire hits bank in Agra
Agra, May 10: A major fire broke out at the circle office of the Central Bank in Agra at around midnight Monday, destroying furniture and records. Fire fighting operations continued till early....
- I am alive says 'dead' girl
New Delhi, May 10: Apparently a girl declared dead and buried by her kin, suddenly made an appearance in the court, much to the shock of people present there. She accused her family of attempti....
- Opposition leaders arrested at Greater Noida
Greater Noida, May 9: Opposition leaders, including former Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav and Janata Dal-United chief Shara....
- Security guard killed in Uttar Pradesh bank fire
Allahabad, May 9: A security guard was killed and property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in a major fire that broke out in a bank here early today, an official said.
The fire brok....
- Farmers' fury spreads, death toll four
Lucknow/Agra/Greater Noida, May 8: Farmers' fury over land takeover spread today to Agra and Aligarh districts in Uttar Pradesh as the number of dead in clashes with security forces in Grea....
- Uttar Pradesh: Rs.50,000 reward announced for farmer leader
Greater Noida, May 8: The Uttar Pradesh government today announced a reward of Rs.50,000 for the arrest of farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia who has been blamed for violence over land takeover ....
- Karvi women come up with a recipe for self-reliance
Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), May 8: They are illiterate and have never undergone any vocational training, but they are churning out "recipes" of success and self-reliance from their kitc....
- Mischief mongers behind Greater Noida violence: Government
Lucknow, May 7: The Uttar Pradesh government today blamed "mischief mongers" for the violent clash in Greater Noida earlier during the day, which left three people dead and more than a....
- Lucknow anti-encroachment drive protest turns violent
Lucknow, May 7: Residents of a locality in this Uttar Pradesh capital fought pitched battles with police, resorted to arson and targeted several government vehicles while protesting an anti-en....
- Farmers clash with police in Uttar Pradesh, official injured
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), May 7: Farmers in Gautam Budh Nagar district held the crew of a state roadways bus hostage and clashed with the police today after an agitation to demand higher c....
- Uttar Pradesh: Armyman held for killing three of a family
Lucknow, May 7: An armyman was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Chanduali district for killing three members of a family, including a teenager, following a verbal duel, police said today.
- Men with suspected Maoist links held with explosives
Lucknow, May 6: Two men suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district with a huge quantity of gelatin rods and electronic detonators,....
- Two-thirds of rights violations in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
New Delhi, May 6: Of the 18,000 human rights violations recorded in India in the first three months of this year, a staggering 65.57 percent, or roughly two-thirds, were reported in Uttar Prad....
- Locals clash with police over death of worker
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 5: Tension prevailed here today after a mob fought pitched battles with the police, torched vehicles and damaged public property after a sanitation employee was ....
- Uttar Pradesh officials, IIT professor in dock over PIL
New Delhi, May 5: A public interest litigation (PIL) moved by an IIT-Delhi professor and two senior Uttar Pradesh officials against Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Arun Mathur has landed the....
- 11-year-old shoots at friend in Uttar Pradesh village
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), May 4: An 11-year-old shot at his friend after an argument in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said today. The victim is in critical condition in a hospital and th....
- Hopes of harmony unite Ghaziabad villages
Ghaziabad, May 4: For the villages in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, where local body elections are usually followed by long periods of violence between opposing groups, the idea of &#....
- International quake convention begins in Agra
Agra, May 4: Experts from 40 countries today assembled here to begin deliberations on earthquakes at the Asia-Pacific Earthquake Response Exercise.
The National Disaster Management A....
- Passenger train derails, no casualties
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 3: A passenger train derailed here today, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Lucknow-Delhi route, police said. All passengers are safe.
The engine of the ....
- Lucknow teachers to start helpline against corruption
Lucknow, May 3: It comes close on the heels of Anna Hazare's campaign against graft. The teachers' association of Lucknow University, with 400 members, has decided to launch a helpline ....
- Factory guards fire at protesting workers, injure eight
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 3: At least eight workers of a private factory here were injured today after the company's guards opened fire at them following a clash between the workers a....
- Poisonous gas kills teen labourer
Kanpur, May 2: An 18-year-old labourer was killed while two others were hospitalised after they inhaled some poisonous gas while working in an illegal plastic recycling unit here today, police....
- Major fire in Meerut market, no casualty
Meerut, May 2: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted and at least 10 shops were destroyed in a major fire that broke out here in a market area, an official said today. No casualties have been....
- AMU campus peaceful, students leaving for home
Aligarh, May 1: A day after the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration announced the varsity's sine die closure following violence among students, the campus was peaceful and stude....
- Aligarh university closed after violence
Aligarh, April 30: A day after violence involving students on the campus, the administration of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh today announced the closure of the universi....
- Police officer commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 30: A police officer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver in this Uttar Pradesh district today, an official said.
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- Write god's name 125,000 times to repay this 'loan'
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), April 30: In the eight decades of its existence, over 100,000 people have opened accounts here. Ram Ramapati Bank in Varanasi is a bank all right, but it doesn't d....
- Protests erupt in Agra as botched abortion victim dies
Agra, April 29: As activists continued protests against quacks and the administration kept up raids on illegally-running nursing homes with unqualified personnel, a 29-year-old woman died here ....
- BJP activists baton charged in Lucknow
Lucknow, April 29: Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists were assaulted with batons and detained in Lucknow today after they clashed with police during demonstrations against the Congr....
- Uttar Pradesh workshop gutted
Lucknow, April 29: Equipment and machinery worth several lakhs were gutted after a major fire broke out in a workshop of the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in Sult....
- Four killed in Agra accident
Agra, April 28: A speeding truck rammed into a cab near this Taj Mahal city today, killing four people and injuring seven, police said.
The taxi was coming from Tundla railway station....
- BSP leader shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 28: A leader of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was shot dead by unidentified assailants near his house here, police said today.
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- Suicide or harassment? Woman jumps to death in mall
Lucknow, April 28: A young woman committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a shopping mall here, Lucknow police said on Thursday, citing marital discord and ruling out her cousin'....
- Three schoolboys injured as bus hits scooty
Ghaziabad, April 28: Three schoolboys were injured, two of them seriously, when a private bus hit the scooty they were riding in the Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad on Wednesday afternoon.
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- Train derails in Uttar Pradesh, all passengers safe
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 27: A passenger train derailed near this Uttar Pradesh city today evening, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Howrah-Delhi route, police said. No casualty was b....
- Lucknow: Teachers cry foul over scrapping of Anna's function
Lucknow, April 27: Teachers at Lucknow University today said the varsity administration's decision to cancel a function involving social activist Anna Hazare is aimed at crippling his campa....
- Uttar Pradesh admits health scheme bungling
Lucknow, April 26: Admitting large-scale financial irregularities in the execution of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) schemes in Uttar Pradesh, the state government today announced a syste....
- Many holes in Arunima's story, say railway police
Lucknow, April 26: While injured athlete Arunima Sinha is receiving treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, railway police in Uttar Pradesh said today they were l....
- What did Mayawati do for Dalits, asks BJP
Lucknow, April 25: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati must first list the steps she has taken for the betterment of Dalits before demanding the inclusion of a Dalit member in the Lokpal Bill....
- 30 injured in communal clash in Meerut
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 25: A communal clash over a cleric in a mosque being roughed up led to at least 30 people, including 10 policemen, being injured, police here said today. Seventeen....
- Mock quake drill in Agra
Agra, April 25: Ahead of a May 3-6 international convention on earthquakes here, Agra will hold a large-scale mock quake drill today to test the state of disaster management preparedness.
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- Over 50 tenders used to douse Agra fire
Agra, April 24: A fire at a printing press in Agra was only doused today afternoon after more than 50 fire tenders battled the blaze for hours, police said. No casualties were reported.
- Three killed, 40 hutments gutted in fire in Uttar Pradesh
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), April 23: At least three people, including two minors, were burnt to death, and around 40 hutments gutted in a fire that broke out in a village in this Uttar Pr....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman jumps before train with kids
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), April 23: A young woman along with her two minor children allegedly committed suicide in Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh by jumping before a train after being persistently hara....
- Rahul Gandhi visits Amethi
Amethi, April 23: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi to call on the family of a party worker who died sometime back.
After offerin....
- Doctor couple brings cheer to Agra's baldies
Agra, April 23: On a crusade against baldness, a doctor couple here has set up Uttar Pradesh's first hair transplant unit using a new technique called Fue, developed in Australia and Europe....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman poisons her children, commits suicide
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), April 22: Depressed over strained relations with her husband, an Uttar Pradesh woman today committed suicide after poisoning her four minor children among whom one die....
- 37 seminary students hospitalised in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 21: At least 37 students of a madrassa(seminary) in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar were hospitalised today as they took ill allegedly after eating the food served in the s....
- Vrindavan cleaning drive rides on corporate support
Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), April 21: Support is being mobilised to clean up the holy town of Vrindavan, which is living in perpetual fear of being deluged with garbage and sewer waste. The first....
- College student killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, April 21: A student was killed and 12 injured when the vehicle taking them to college skidded off the road and fell into a deep pit in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district here today, pol....
- Court asks for report on Lucknow medical chiefs' killings
Lucknow, April 20: The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit by May 9 a report on police investigation into the murder of two chief medical officers here.
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- Lucknow Maulana issues fatwa against female foeticide
Lucknow, April 20: Alarmed by the latest census report confirming a steep fall in the male-female ratio in Uttar Pradesh - India's most populous state - a leading cleric from a prominent Is....
- Major fire in chemical factory, no casualties
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 20: Goods worth Rs.40 lakh were destroyed as a major fire broke out in the warehouse of a chemical factory here today, police said. No casualties have been reporte....
- Uttar Pradesh: Two drug peddlers nabbed with Rs.1 crore-worth heroin
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 19: Two drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were arrested here today carrying heroin worth around Rs.1 crore, police said.
The ....
- Only four Uttar Pradesh IAS officers declare assets
Lucknow, April 19: Nearly 500 officers belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) appeared to be in a fix today over declaration of their assets.
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- Rs.300 crore package for Ghaziabad slum cluster
Ghaziabad, April 19: The Uttar Pradesh government announced a package of Rs.300 crore for the development of Khoda slum cluster in Ghaziabad district that has a population of over five lakh.
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- Nine killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), April 18: At least nine people were killed and 18 injured when their bus was hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
The accident t....
- Fire spreads through 20 villages, six killed
Lucknow, April 18: Six people, including two children, were killed and about 100 hutments gutted in a fire that spread to over 20 adjoining villages in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh....
- 'Recognise Yamuna as heritage entity': conservationists in Uttar Pradesh
Agra, April 17: More than a month after ascetics embarked on a 1,000-km journey on foot to call for the restoration of the original glory of the Yamuna, conservationists here have demanded the ....
- Retired banker found murdered in Kanpur
Kanpur, April 16: A 65-year-old retired banker who used to live alone was found with his throat slit at his residence in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said today adding the assailants may hav....
- Judge's complaint on Hepatitis-B to be heard as PIL
Allahabad, April 15: A complaint made by an Allahabad High Court judge against non-availability of a life saving drug in Uttar Pradesh hospitals is to be taken up for hearing as a Public Intere....
- Noida sisters had no financial problems: Police
Noida, April 14: The two sisters who locked themselves inside their Noida house for over seven months till they were rescued on the verge of death two days ago did not suffer from any financial....
- Railway offers job, money to athlete attacked on train
New Delhi, April 14: Indian Railways today offered "all financial assistance" and a suitable job to national-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who lost her left leg while resisting....
- Taj city hosts biggest Dalit power show
Agra, April 14: The biggest annual demonstration of Dalit empowerment in Uttar Pradesh has begun with the three-day Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations in Agra, the Dalit capital of north India.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Childless couple commits suicide
Lucknow, April 14: Depressed over not having a child even after 10 years of marriage, a couple in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh immolated themselves, police said today.
Phool Ch....
- Boycott French goods over burqa ban, says group
Aligarh, April 13: An Aligarh-based NGO has urged Indians to boycott French goods to protest the ban on the burqa in France.
The Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis has submitted a ....
- Teenaged boy dies after being hit by cricket ball
Lucknow, April 13: In a freak accident, a teenaged spectator at a local cricket match died in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur after being hit by the cricket ball, police said today.
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- NCW orders inquiry into Noida sisters case
New Delhi, April 13: The National Commission for Women (NCW) today ordered an inquiry into the case in which two sisters had locked themselves in their Noida house and starved for seven months.....
- Rescued Noida woman dies in hospital
Noida, April 13: One of the two sisters, rescued from their Noida flat after they locked themselves in following severe depression over their father's death, died at Kailash Hospital today.....
- Five devotees killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, April 13: At least five devotees were killed and 30 injured when the bus in which they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Th....
- 28 Uttar Pradesh cops booked for staged gunfight
Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), April 12: A criminal case has been registered in this Uttar Pradesh district here against 28 policemen for killing a criminal in a staged gun battle in 2005,....
- Four policemen injured in mob attack
Lucknow, April 12: At least four policemen were critically injured after a mob in Ambedkarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh attacked them for taking four people in custody in connection with a gr....
- Sisters, locked up for 7 months, rescued
New Delhi/Noida, April 12: Two sisters, who were locked up in their home for seven months, were rescued from their house in Noida in a state of acute starvation, police said today.
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- 12 killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Lucknow, April 12: At least 12 people, including four children, were killed and 25 injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling overturned after ramming into a tree, police said today....
- 10 injured in Uttar Pradesh clash
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 11: At least 10 people were seriosuly injured today following a communal clash in an Uttar Pradesh town over a trivial dispute, police said.
Tension gr....
- Four troopers injured in villagers' attack
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh),April 11: At least four Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers were injured in a mob attack after they tried to intercept a group of villagers who were illegally cutting tr....
- Uttar Pradesh doctors to resume protests from Monday
Lucknow, April 10: Services in all state-run hospitals across Uttar Pradesh will remain suspended for two hours from Monday as a mark of the doctors' protest against the lack of any progres....
- Mayawati contests charges of maximum harassment of Dalits
Lucknow, April 10: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today sought to refute Union Social Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik's charge about the state leading the way in atrocities on Dali....
- Uttar Pradesh: College vice principal sets himself afire
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), April 9: Frustrated with his poor health, a vice principal of a government college in this Uttar Pradesh city today committed suicide by self immolation, police s....
- Celebrations in Lucknow as Anna ends fast
Lucknow, April 9: People burst crackers, danced to the beat of drums and blew conches here today after veteran social activist Anna Hazare ended his 97-hour fast following assurances from the g....
- Uttar Pradesh: Major fire in textile factory, no casualty
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 8: Fabric and machinery worth around Rs. 2 crore were reduced to ashes in a massive fire at a textile factory in this Uttar Pradesh city today, an official said. N....
- Two Uttar Pradesh ministers resign
Lucknow, April 7: Two Uttar Pradesh ministers stepped down today as a fallout of the murder of a senior medical officer, Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekar Singh announced here.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Armed robbers assault train passengers, 12 injured
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 7: At least 12 people were injured when unidentified armed robbers assaulted and looted passengers on train headed to New Delhi, police in this western Uttar Prade....
- Uttar Pradesh: Seven passengers killed as bus falls into pit
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 6: At least seven passengers were killed and 33 injured when an Uttar Pradesh government-owned bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell ....
- Activists in Lucknow support Hazare's campaign
Lucknow, April 6: Three people continued their fast for the second day and scores of people held protests in this Uttar Pradesh capital to support social activist Anna Hazare's crusade for ....
- Agra activists agitate in support of Hazare
Agra, April 6: Civil society activists and youth leaders representing various voluntary organisations staged a protest in Agra today in support of Anna Hazare, who is on a fast-unto-death in De....
- Uttar Pradesh forest officer kills self
Banda (Uttar Pradesh), April 6: Depressed after being diagnosed with cancer a few months back, a forest officer shot himself dead in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
Satya Swaroop Sr....
- Four devotees die in Uttar Pradesh accident
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), April 6: At least four devotees, including three women, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into their SUV here, police said today.
Ten people were in....
- Heavy fines for squatting on Agra's heritage land
Agra, April 6: Encroachers in Agra and the surrounding area will no longer have it easy, with the state government setting up a panel and announcing heavy fines to tackle the menace and monitor....
- Strike over Lucknow medical officer's murder suspended
Lucknow, April 4: Striking government doctors in Uttar Pradesh returned to work today after police assured them of nabbing the killers of the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) who was gunned ....
- Uttar Pradesh: One killed in college building collapse
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), April 4: A labourer was killed and seven injured when an under-construction building of a private college collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, police said today....
- Agra's dilemma over the dead
Agra, April 4: It is a dilemma that can probably be resolved only if the dead could return and pick up one of the two options - the electric crematorium or the traditional cremation ghat in Agr....
- World Cup: 2 injured in celebratory firing
Ghaziabad, April 3: Celebrations after India's cricket World Cup victory turned sour in the Maliwara area of Ghaziabad when two people, including a woman, were seriously injured in firing b....
- Uttar Pradesh: Taj amid sand, this time for real!
Agra, April 3: Some years back there was a story in a leading daily that the Taj Mahal is being shifted to Rajasthan. It later emerged that it was an April fool's joke. With a camel safari ....
- Tourists skip Taj for World Cup final
<>bAgra, April 2: The number of visitors to the Taj Mahal thinned today afternoon as the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka got under way at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Roads in....
- Agra set for major tourism plans
Agra, April 2: The tourism profile of Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, is all set to change with a line-up of projects that would bring in more revenue and extend basic amenities at its world f....
- Man held with antique idol worth Rs.3 cr in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 1: A man has been arrested in Mau area of Uttar Pradesh with an antique Buddha idol worth around Rs.3 crore that was stolen from Bihar a few months ago, police said today.
- Lucknow fans can't watch semifinal on theatre screens
Lucknow, March 30: The administration's decision to not allow theatres to screen the India-Pakistan World Cup cricket semifinal today due to security reasons has disappointed many enthusias....
- Uttar Pradesh plans development of areas bordering Nepal
Lucknow, March 29: The Uttar Pradesh government today announced a Rs.45-crore package to develop villages and towns within the 10-km of the India-Nepal border.
The decision was taken ....
- Mayawati denies fuelling Jat trouble
Lucknow, March 28: Strongly refuting the allegation about instigating the Jat trouble in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati has termed the opposition charge as "baseless, false and unfo....
- Uttar Pradesh: 12-year-old booked for apprehension of breach of peace
Lucknow, March 26: The Uttar Pradesh police have booked a 12-year-old boy for apprehension of breach of peace in Shahjahanpur district, about 190 km from here, in what his father claimed is a f....
- Clash in Uttar Pradesh city after woman's death
Allahabad, March 26: The death of a woman, who was mowed down by a speeding bus, sparked violence and tension in Allahabad today as a protesting mob indulged in arson, targeted public property ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Leopard mauls 11 people, killed by villagers
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), March 25: A leopard was killed by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh today after it mauled at least 11 people, including a forest official.
The leopard,....
- Uttar Pradesh: Cricket fan fires shots after India's win, one hurt
Agra, March 25: A businessman was hurt when an excited cricket enthusiast fired two shots from his pistol after India clinched the crucial quarterfinal against Australia in the ongoing World Cu....
- Nursery kid thrashed by principal, sustains fracture
Lucknow, March 25: Angry with a nursery student's "illegible handwriting", a principal thrashed the child so hard that the four-year-old suffered a fractured arm, police said today.....
- Yamuna campaign: Marching ascetics reach Taj city
Agra, March 24:The movement for the restoration of the Yamuna river has picked up steam as the marching ascetics and activists campaigning for it have reached the Taj city on way to Delhi.
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- Makeover in offing for police in Agra
Agra, March 24: No more wallowing in British era legacy of servitude, no more pumpkin-shaped personnel and absolutely no gruff, discourteous staff. These are the words of Agra's new police ....
- Taj in danger from dry Yamuna, delegation tells president
Agra, March 24: The Taj Mahal was in grave danger from the dry Yamuna, Lok Sabha MP from Agra Ram Shankar Katheria has told President Pratibha Patil.
"The Taj's foundation nee....
- Uttar Pradesh: School faces action for detaining children
Lucknow, March 23: The Bijnor district administration in Uttar Pradesh today ordered the police to take action against a private boarding school for "illegally detaining" two brothers f....
- Uttar Pradesh: 18 peacock carcasses found, poisoning suspected
Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh), March 22: The carcasses of 18 peacocks have been recovered from a village near Auraiya. The deaths were not natural and appear to have taken place due to poisoning, a f....
- Where has all water gone, asks thirty Agra
Agra, March 22: Agra that fought floods and faced an overflowing Yamuna river only a few months back, woke up to another morning of dry taps today.
On the World Water Day today, resid....
- Massive blaze in Kanpur factory
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 21L: A massive fire broke out in a chemical factory here early today morning, triggering several explosions and creating panic in the area, officials said. No casu....
- Uttar Pradesh: 12 arrested after communal clash
Lucknow, March 20: Twelve people were arrested in Itaunja town, on the outskirts of this Uttar Pradesh capital, which remained tense today evening following a "minor clash" between memb....
- Uttar Pradesh: Death of two teenagers sparks violence
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 20: The death of two teenagers, who drowned here today, sparked violence as a mob fought pitched battles with police and damaged government vehicles in protest aga....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three arms smugglers held
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh), March 20: Three men who smuggled arms to various states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been arrested, police said today.
The....
- Uttar Pradesh: Trains back on track as Jats end blockade
Agra, March 20: Railway services have resumed in Uttar Pradesh after Jats demanding job quotas ended their rail blockade, but officials said today that it would take time to restore "full n....
- Holi banned near Agra monuments
Agra, March 20: Agra has banned Holi celebrations near its famed monuments, the Taj Mahal included.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) warned people against throwing colours at ....
- Tourists visit Taj Mahal under Supermoon
Agra, March 20: More than 160 tourists, including 92 foreigners, thronged the Taj Mahal when the Supermoon lighted up the Saturday night sky.
The tourists were given entry in five gro....
- Holi banned near Agra monuments
Agra, March 20: Agra has banned Holi celebrations near its famed monuments, the Taj Mahal included.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) warned people against throwing colours at ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Braj gives stray cattle new shelter on Holi
Mathura, March 19: On the eve of Holi, a new cattle shelter for the strays was opened near Matura in Govardhan, the hillock which mythology says Lord Krishna lifted on his little finger to save....
- Uttar Pradesh: SP leader killed, activists resort to violence
Allahabad, March 19: The murder of a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader at Allahabad sparked violence and tension after party activists damaged several vehicles, blocked roads and targeted public prop....
- Mayawati government warns opposition on stir
Lucknow, March 16: The state government is bound by judicial orders to take stern action against demonstrations by political parties that disrupt law and order, a senior Uttar Pradesh official ....
- Policemen punished for helping prisoner
Etawah, Mar 16: Sub-inspector Ummed Ali along with four policemen was suspended for helping the prisoner with facilities. The prisoner, Vinod Gujjar was being taken to the court when the four ....
- Chambal dacoit shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Agra, March 16: A dreaded Chambal dacoit who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture has been shot dead in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Vishnu Parihar, 28, was killed in a gun ba....
- Hindi institute's golden jubilee celebrations in Delhi
Agra, March 16: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will inaugurate the year-long golden jubilee celebrations of Agra's Central Hindi Institute in Delhi on March 28.
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- Holi revelry picks up momentum in Braj area
Agra/Mathura/Vrindavan, March 15: With the winter nip remaining later than usual, Holi revelries in Agra and the surrounding Braj area of Uttar Pradesh, which last almost two months, began on a....
- Molester told to organise feast as punishment
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 15: Defying the law, a village panchayat here dealt in its own way with a molester -- it ordered him to organise a feast for the villagers as his punishment, po....
- Lucknow painted blue for Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary
Lucknow, March 14: The Uttar Pradesh capital appeared to have been painted blue on the eve of the 77th birth anniversary of Kanshi Ram, the late founder of the state's ruling Bahujan Samaj ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati advises Jats to shift protests to Delhi
Lucknow, March 14: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today announced her support for the ongoing Jat agitation for declaring the community a backward c....
- BSP leader shot dead, two detained
Lucknow, March 14: A leader of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was shot dead by unidentified assailants while he was sleeping at his home in a village near Amroha, police s....
- Devotees gather for 'Lath Mar' holi in Barsana
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), March 14: Thousands of pilgrims have gathered here today for the traditional 'Lath Mar' Holi, which will see women revelers beating up men with sticks.
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- Two leopard cubs clubbed to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, March 13: Even as a national campaign is underway to save India's tiger population, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh village today clubbed to death two one-year-old leopard cubs in an a....
- Museum an added attraction in Agra
Agra, March 13: Tourists visiting this Taj city will now get further insights into its history with a museum housing statues, murals and manuscripts that were hitherto lying scattered at variou....
- 1 shot dead in Uttar Pradesh, 10 burnt alive in caste clash
Lucknow, March 12: Ten people, including five children, were burnt alive on Friday by supporters of a village headman murdered earlier in the day in a long-running feud between two families bel....
- Four cops suspended, booked for murder
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 11: Four policemen were today booked for murder and suspended for conniving with a girl's family that torched the house of relatives of a youth, who had alle....
- Armed men loot, assault passengers on Pune-Patna train
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 11: Passengers on a train from Pune to Patna were robbed and assaulted when unidentified armed robbers struck in the dead of the night, officials said Friday.
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- 152 Samajwadi Party workers released in Agra
Agra, March 11: As many as 152 Samajwadi Party (SP) workers have been released from the district jail here at the end of a three-day 'Jail Bharo' agitation to protest the Uttar Pradesh ....
- SP workers clash with cops, detained
Lucknow, March 9: Hundreds of Samajwadi Party (SP) activists were detained across Uttar Pradesh today following clashes with police during demonstrations against the state's ruling Bahujan ....
- Akhilesh Yadav arrested, calls Mayawati autocratic
Lucknow, March 9: Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, the son of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was arrested from the airport here today to prevent him from taking part in protests against Utt....
- Akhilesh Yadav arrested in Lucknow
Lucknow, March 9:Akhilesh Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit, has been arrested from Amausi airport here today morn....
- Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi workers clash with police, leaders detained
Lucknow, March 8: Thousands of Samajwadi Party (SP) activists in Uttar Pradesh, including senior leaders Ram Gopal Yadav and Azam Khan, were today detained and several were baton charged as the....
- Hot oil cauldron kills two children
Lucknow, March 8: A six-year-old girl and her infant cousin met a horrific death when they fell into a cauldron of hot oil being used to prepare a marriage feast in Balrampur town of Uttar Prad....
- Man falsely accuses Rahul Gandhi of gangrape, fined Rs.50 lakh
Lucknow, March 7: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today fined a petitioner Rs.50 lakh for falsely accusing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi of gangrape of a girl in his Ame....
- SP activists protest against BSP, baton-charged
Lucknow, March 7: Hundreds of Samajwadi Party (SP) activists were baton-charged and detained today in Uttar Pradesh as they launched a three-day protest against Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahuj....
- Three arms smugglers held in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, March 7: Three arms smugglers were arrested following a brief shootout on the outskirts of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
The three men worked for a Bihar based g....
- Jats demand reservations, block Lucknow-Delhi route
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh), March 6: Demanding reservations under the other backward classes (OBC) category for central government jobs, a large number of Jats demonstrated here today, disrupting t....
- Varun Gandhi marries Yamini Roy in Varanasi
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), March 6: Gandhi scion and BJP MP Varun Gandhi tied the knot with graphic designer Yamini Roy at the Kamkoteshwar temple here today morning with the shehnai playing in ....
- Varun Gandhi's wedding rituals start at Varanasi
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), March 6: The rhapsodic ragas of shehnai and sonorous sound of conches reverberated the Kamkoteshwar temple as the wedding rituals of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Ga....
- Uttar Pradesh: Criminal lynched by villagers
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), March 5: He had seven criminal cases pending against him, right from dacoity and abduction to attempt to murder, but Durga Prasad's luck finally ran out whe....
- Uttar Pradesh: Taj in real danger from dry, polluted Yamuna
Agra, March 5: Till recently it was a mere conjecture, but now signs of stress and physical distortions on the marble surface are beginning to confirm what everyone has been fearing - the Taj M....
- Uttar Pradesh: Arrest of BSP leaders for arson a ploy says Congress
Lucknow, March 4: The Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit chief, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, today said there seemed a "well-orchestrated game" behind the sudden arrest of two prominent Bahujan S....
- Over 80 fall sick in Ghaziabad after consuming special flour
Greater Noida/Ghaziabad, March 4: Nearly sixty people in Greater Noida and over two dozen in Ghaziabad fell ill after consuming special fasting flour (kuttu) Wednesday evening and have been adm....
- Uttar Pradesh: Nude mutilated body found on rail track
Ghaziabad, March 3: The nude mutilated body of an 18-year-old girl was found on a rail track here in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
The body, found near Khudalia village, also bore....
- Uttar Pradesh: Bareilly mayor detained during Mayawati's visit
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), March 2: Bareilly Mayor Supriya Aron was allegedly detained in her house by police today in a bid to prevent her from meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati dur....
- Uttar Pradesh: Teenagers kill friend over cricket dispute
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), March 2: A 17-year-old boy was killed today by three of his teenaged friends after they got into an argument while playing cricket, police in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pra....
- Mayawati pulls up officials on sudden inspection in Lucknow
Lucknow, Feb 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday pulled up officials of the Lucknow district administration as she chose to suddenly return from her tour of the districts well b....
- Police arrest betting gang in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 27: Police today arrested four businessmen from Ghaziabad for taking bets on the India-England World Cup cricket match and recovered around Rs.150,000 from them along with a cach....
- Uttar Pradesh engineer owns assets worth Rs.100 crore
Lucknow, Feb 26: Simultaneous raids over the past three days by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at more than half a dozen cities across India have unearthed immovable properties worth....
- 24 students injured in Uttar Pradesh bus accident
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 26: At least 24 students were injured, four of them critically, when a speeding truck rammed into their school bus at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
- Showers, hail hit potato crop in Agra
Agra, Feb 26: Showers accompanied with hail in some areas lashed Agra district early today morning, leaving farmers in this potato belt worried for the crop as it could be affected with disease....
- Man held with detonators in Uttar Pradesh
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 25: A man was held with 1,950 detonators and a huge quantity of aluminium wire in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said.
Badrilal, 45, was held from K....
- Uttar Pradesh: Two Nepalis arrested with detonators, gelatin rods
Lucknow, Feb 25: Two Nepali nationals suspected of supplying explosives to Maoists have been arrested with a cache of detonators and gelatin sticks in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, police....
- Uttar Pradesh: Two criminals killed in gun battle with police
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 24: Two criminals, wanted for many cases by police of several states, were gunned down by a team of Uttar Pradesh Police at Muzaffarnagar, an official said to....
- Mayawati defends forcible removal of opposition legislators
Lucknow, Feb 22: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today sought to justify Speaker Sukhdeo Rajhbhar's action to get protesting opposition legislators bodily lifted and removed from the ....
- Violence in Uttar Pradesh after youth's death
Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 21: At least eight people, including five policemen, were injured here tonight after a mob indulged in arson and vandalism to protest the death of a youth ....
- Lucknow: Teachers climb water tank in protest; baton charged
Lucknow, Feb 21: At least 12 qualified Urdu teachers were injured in Lucknow today after police baton charged to break their demonstration demanding appointment in schools, officials said.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Girl set ablaze by spurned suitor, dies
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 18: A 15-year-old girl, whom a youth set ablaze in this Uttar Pradesh district for resisting his advances, died today, police said. The accused, who was on ....
- Saharanpur jail launches self-employment training for inmates
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 18: In an attempt to make jail inmates self-employed, the prison authorities in this Uttar Pradesh city have tied up with a multi-business conglomerate for train....
- Four of family in Ghaziabad seriously ill after eating flour
Ghaziabad, Feb 18: Four members of a family, who fell ill after consuming chapatis made of contaminated flour in Ghaziabad, were still in a critical condition, police said on Thursday. The owne....
- Uttar Pradesh: Buddha's home Kapilavastu lies in dire neglect
Kapilavastu (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 17: The Uttar Pradesh government may be trying to project itself as a champion of Buddhism, yet the Buddha's original home Kapilavastu, along the India-Nepa....
- Uttar Pradesh: Buddha's home Kapilavastu lies in utter neglect
Kapilavastu (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 17: The Uttar Pradesh government may be trying to project itself as a champion of Buddhism, yet his original home Kapilavastu, in the remotest corner of the sta....
- Uttar Pradesh: Teenager arrested for raping minor
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 16: A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Firozabad today for raping the six-year-old daughter of his neighbour, police said.
The boy raped the child on Tue....
- Heavy downpour signals trouble for potato farmers in Agra
Agra, Feb 16: With the Taj city witnessing a heavy downpour early today accompanied by thunder lightning, farmers in this potato belt fear damage to their crop. However, the rain seems to be a ....
- Showers bring back chill in Lucknow
Lucknow, Feb 16: People in Lucknow today woke up to a brief spell of showers, which revived the chill in the air. But the minimum temperature at 13.2 degrees Celsius was above normal due to clo....
- Traffic jams: Nightmare on Agra streets
Agra, Feb 15: Seeing the Taj Mahal, the monument to eternal love, is a dream come true for tourists. However, a nightmare awaits them before they reach the destination in the form of Agra's....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three kids killed as mother jumps into well with them
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 15: Driven to the brink of desperation by her poverty, a woman here today jumped into a well with her three sons, killing them instantly, police said. The mother is....
- Uttar Pradesh: Dalit icon Mayawati is focus of scholar's research
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14: Apart from being an icon for millions of India's Dalits, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has now also become a topic of research for doctorate in philo....
- Ghazipur: Eight held with heroin worth Rs.2 crore
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14: Eight men were arrested at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh today with heroin worth around Rs.2 crore, police said.
The men were nabbed from Nandganj area, ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Mystery shrouds death of retired IAF personnel
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14: A retired Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel was found dead under mysterious circumstances near a railway crossing here today, police said.
The body o....
- Agra runs on Valentine's Day, Sena posts 'love guards'
Agra, Feb 14: As thousands began Valentine's Day by running for world peace early today in Agra, housing the monument to love, Shiv Sena activists said they would post "love guards"....
- Uttar Pradesh: Blackmailing drives youth to suicide
Lucknow, Feb 14: A man who had an affair with his neighbour's wife killed himself in Jhansi town of Uttar Pradesh after he was frustrated by a blackmailer's constant demands for money, ....
- 13-year-old beggar gangraped, killed in Agra
Agra, Feb 13: A day after a missing 13-year-old beggar girl's body was found in a drain, an autopsy has revealed that she was gangraped, subjected to unnatural sex and killed, police said i....
- Uttar Pradesh: 50 yr old constable dies during endurance test
Lucknow, Feb 13: A 50-year-old police constable died on Saturday while running as part of an endurance test in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
Special Director General of Police Brij Lal s....
- Uttar Pradesh: Impaired vision drives youth to suicide
Lucknow, Feb 12: A youth suffering from "inferiority complex" due to blurred vision shot himself dead here today, police said.
Arvind Kumar, aged around 22 years, committed su....
- Young lovers end life in Agra
Agra, Feb 12: Even as the world got ready to celebrate love on Valentine's Day, a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl ended their lives in Agra following objections from their families to their rel....
- Two arrested for killing peacocks in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 11: Two poachers, who had killed two peacocks in Ghaziabad, were caught by alert farmers today and handed over to police, officials said.
Two men, carrying a sack, were....
- Jhansi: Student forced to finish race dies
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11: A class 9 student passed away in Jhansi today after allegedly being forced to finish a race organised by his school administration in a sports meet, an official ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Amar Singh takes off trousers at press meet
Kanpur, Feb 10: Cheesed off with the-oft repeated criticism about using luxury vehicles during his much-hyped Purvachal Yatra in pursuance of his campaign for carving out a new state out of eas....
- Cops gun down gangster in Lucknow
Lucknow, Feb 10: A gangster, wanted in over 10 cases including murder and abduction, was gunned down while his three aides managed to escape in the shootout in Lucknow, police said today.
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- Samajwadi, BJP walk out from assembly over Mayawati's absence
Lucknow, Feb 9: The Samajwadi Party and the BJP today staged a walkout from the Uttar Pradesh assembly to protest against the absence of Chief Minister Mayawati from the house when Leader of Op....
- Muslims preach RSS values in Lucknow
Lucknow, Feb 9: Donning skull caps and armed with RSS literature, small groups of Muslims here are on a campaign to preach the values of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh among members of their c....
- Meerut jail inmates to churn out sports goods
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 9: From behind bars, they will churn out cricket pads, footballs and badminton racquets. Inmates of Meerut District Jail will now produce sports goods, gaining skill....
- Kanpur: divisional commissioner relocated following negligence
Lucknow, Feb 9: The state government of Uttar Pradesh has relocated the divisional commissioner responsible for Kanpur. It has been stated that he has been negligent and rather relaxed in obser....
- Another teen attacked in Uttar Pradesh, one held
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 9: A minor girl was stabbed in the jaw and throat for spurning the advances of a man in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said today, just three days after another 17-....
- Rahul Gandhi meets three rape victims in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Feb 8: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi spent Monday meeting three victims of sexual assault, including a young girl with deep gashes and half an ear chopped off in a brutal att....
- Ghaziabad: Parents of man who filed gangrape complaint scared for his safety
Ghaziabad, Feb 7: The parents of the young engineer who filed a complaint about the gangrape of his girlfriend in Ghaziabad on Saturday night are scared about his security as he has to travel a....
- Rahul Gandhi travels to Banda village to meet rape victim
Lucknow, Feb 7: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who planned to visit Kanpur to meet the Dalit girl disfigured by attackers because she resisted gangrape, could not land in the Uttar Pradesh industria....
- Gorakhpur: Three arrested with drugs worth Rs.1 crore
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7: Three drug peddlers, who worked for a Nepal-based racket, have been arrested in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh with banned drugs worth over Rs.1 crore, police said t....
- Girls not safe in Uttar Pradesh, say activists
New Delhi, Feb 7: Women activists today expressed shock at the attack on a Dalit minor whose ear was nearly chopped off and fingers smashed after she resisted gangrape, saying girls were not sa....
- Uttar Pradesh: Two held for threatening calls to Varun Gandhi
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7: Two men have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for making threatening calls to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi, police said here today.
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- Net times for Agra's league of seniors
Agra, Feb 6: For senior citizens of the city of the Taj Mahal, some of them well over 70-years-old, a new world of learning has opened up that keeps them young at heart.
A social orga....
- Major fire in Uttar Pradesh power utility's warehouse
Allahabad, Feb 5: Equipment and goods worth around Rs.1 crore were gutted on Saturday after a major fire broke out in a warehouse of the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Lim....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman attempts suicide after killing her kids
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 4: Depressed over her poverty, a 35-year-old woman in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh today killed her three children before attempting suicide, leaving her battling for life in....
- Cases lodged against ITBP, rail rooftop riders
Lucknow, Feb 4: The Uttar Pradesh Police late Thursday lodged criminal cases against 20,000 unidentified youth for allegedly going on rampage in Bareilly city after a last minute cancellation o....
- Ghaziabad: forced to tonsure heads for fee delay, allege Dalit students
Ghaziabad, Feb 3: Thirty Dalit students of a privately-run institute in Ghaziabad, affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, were forced to tonsure their heads as the state governme....
- Ghaziabad: Dalit students forced to tonsure heads for fee delay
Ghaziabad, Feb 3: Thirty Dalit students of a privately-run institute in Ghaziabad, affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, were forced to tonsure their heads as the state governme....
- UP: Workers in small scale industries to get hike in DA
Kanpur, Feb 3: Workers in small scale industries in Uttar Pradesh have something to feel good about as the state labour commissioner announced an increase in their monthly dearness allowance(DA....
- Four held with cache of firearms in Uttar Pradesh
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 3: Four men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district for supplying illegal firearms and ammunition to various states of the country, police said today.....
- Noida to get new communication system for crime control
Noida, Feb 3: Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway Authority area in Uttar Pradesh will soon have an integrated communication and intelligence system to support crime control and traf....
- Uttar Pradesh: Police forced us to sit on train roof, allege survivors
Lucknow, Feb 2: Many youths who travelled on board the Himgiri Express that turned fatal for 18 youths in Uttar Pradesh say they were either forced to sit on the roof of the train by police or ....
- Government doctor hangs self in Uttar Pradesh
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 2: A government doctor, who had just got engaged, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh polic....
- Ghaziabad: Five youth held for vehicle thefts
Ghaziabad, Feb 2: Five youth, including two relatives of police officers, were arrested in Ghaziabad on Tuesday for alleged involvement in several vehicle theft cases, police said.
Th....
- Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: Girija Vyas
Lucknow, Feb 1: Uttar Pradesh tops in crime against women in India, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas said here today after visiting the family of a teenager who was g....
- ITBP aspirants go on rampage in Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 1: Thousands of aspirants for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) here today indulged in arson and vandalism alleging mismanagement in the force's recruitmen....
- Wanted gangster killed in Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 31: A gangster, who was wanted for several cases of murder and abduction, was gunned down by police here early today, but his accomplice managed to escape, an offici....
- Uttar Pradesh: Rapist run over by train, dies
Ghaziabad, Jan 29: A man who raped a five-year-old girl in Loni town of this district died after he was run over by a train while trying to escape late on Friday, police said today.
P....
- Uttar Pradesh minister's kin arrested for gang rape
Ghaziabad, Jan 29: The Ghaziabad police today arrested the kin of an Uttar Pradesh minister after he was found involved in the gang rape of a married woman, according to an official.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Farmer immolates self to protest land acquisition
Lucknow, Jan 29: A farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district set himself on fire, protesting the acquisition of his agricultural land for an irrigation project and demanding higher compensa....
- Security demanded for Uttar Pradesh RTI activists
Lucknow, Jan 28: Pitching in strongly in support of a Right to Information (RTI) activist, who was shot at allegedly for seeking information on irregularities in government welfare schemes, sev....
- Attack on Rajesh Talwar: Utsav's parents put up defence for son
Ghaziabad, Jan 28: Stressing that their son has a serious mental disorder, the Varanasi-based parents of Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside ....
- School principal sets herself afire in Uttar Pradesh
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 27: A school principal in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh set herself afire outside the home of the school manager who she claimed had been sexually harassing her, police sa....
- Uttar Pradesh: Children rescued from carpet unit
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 26: Six child labourers from Bihar have been rescued from a carpet manufacturing unit here, officials said today.
The six - aged 10-13 years - were freed ....
- Deoband chief offers to quit over Modi remarks row
Lucknow, Jan 26: Caught in controversy over his alleged praise for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Deoband Islamic seminary's vice chancellor Maulana Mohammad Ghulam Vastanvi on Tuesd....
- Rajesh Talwar attacked with cleaver outside court
Ghaziabad, Jan 25: Rajesh Talwar, the father of murdered teen Aarushi, was today seriously injured after an unidentified man attacked him with a sharp-edged cleaver outside the special Central ....
- Mob injures three policemen in Uttar Pradesh
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 25: At least three policemen were injured here after a mob, protesting the death of a local youth, turned violent and fought pitched battles with the police, offi....
- Uttar Pradesh: Five of a family die after drinking tea
Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 24: Five members of a family, including four minors, died after drinking tea at their home in this Uttar Pradesh district today, police said.
Amar Singh, 4....
- Agra ponds lost to land sharks, Officials get high court notice
Agra, Jan 24: The Allahabad High Court has issued contempt of court notice to top officials of Agra administration, civic agencies and police over a petition alleging that several ponds in the ....
- Three held with 500 cartridges in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 24: Three men were arrested here with a cache of cartridges, police said today.
Around 500 cartridges of country-made pistols were seized from them on Sund....
- Uttar Pradesh: Magic makeover for Lucknow's famed Hazratganj market
Lucknow, Jan 23: Barely five months ago, when the idea of restoring the glory of Hazratganj was mooted on completion of 200 years of this historic city, no one was ready to believe that Lucknow....
- 40 illegal firearms seized, three held in Uttar Pradesh
Aligarh, Jan 22: An arms cache was recovered from a unit illegally manufacturing firearms which was unearthed in this Uttar Pradesh city and three men were arrested for supplying these arms in ....
- Noida man receives his death certificate!
Noida, Jan 20: Police said today that they were investigating how a man in Sector 22 area here received his death certificate.
The family of Ishwar Chand Sharma, a resident of Chaura ....
- Uttar Pradesh gains: Khursheed, Jaiswal, Verma promoted
New Delhi, Dec 20: As Uttar Pradesh heads for assemby polls next year, three of the state's Congress leaders - Salman Khursheed, Sriprakash Jaiswal and Beni Prasad Verma - gained in Wednesd....
- Uttar Pradesh CM sacks minister for forgery, irregularities
Lucknow, Jan 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today sacked state minister Ashok Kumar Dohre for allegedly committing forgery and financial irregularities, an official said here.
- Folk music to promote voting in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 18: The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission here today announced popular folk singer Malini Awasthi as its "first brand ambassador" who would promote voting practices t....
- Uttar Pradesh: Hostage killed before cops gun down two gangsters
Lucknow, Jan 18: In a dramatic shootout in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, two gangsters shot dead a businessman they had kidnapped before being gunned down by police, officials said today.
- Bright day in Lucknow, chill persists
Lucknow, Jan 18: A cold and sunny day greeted residents of Lucknow today morning, with the weather office saying similar conditions would prevail for the next couple of days.
The stat....
- Three Chinese held for photographing troopers' camps
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 18: Three Chinese nationals, including a woman, were held by paramilitary personnel after they were found taking the photographs of their camps along the Indo-Nepa....
- Schools reopen in Uttar Pradesh as cold abates
Lucknow, Jan 17: The schools were reopened today after a mini winter vacation declared due to the intense cold conditions here earlier this month.
The schools were closed following th....
- On-line power bill payment starts in west Uttar Pradesh
Ghaziabad, Jan 16: About 32 lakh consumers of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in western Uttar Pradesh will now be able to pay their electricity bills on the internet, a sta....
- Uttar Pradesh: A rickshaw puller and an author of four books
Lucknow, Jan 16: Rehman Ali Rehman, a rickshaw puller in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, doesn't mind if has to wait long for a customer. He uses the time to scribble on pieces of paper....
- Uttar Pradesh: Agra girls defy stereotype, drive tractors
Manoharpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 16: Tractors ploughing the fields have a macho appeal that sleek cars lack. The roaring sound of the engine and the smoke coming out of its exhaust add to the tr....
- Sunny day in Uttar Pradesh; 3 more dead
Lucknow, Jan 15: A warm day today in Uttar Pradesh saw people enjoying the sun even as three more deaths were reported over the past 24 hours.
The deaths occurred in Maharajganj, Bhad....
- Fire breaks out in power corporation office in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 15: A major fire broke out in a multi-storeyed government building housing the office of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in Lucknow today, an official said. A man s....
- Uttar Pradesh: Birthday girl Mayawati announces Rs.4,000-crore projects
Lucknow, Jan 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati announced some 600 new projects and welfare schemes worth Rs.4,000 crore on her 55th birthday today.
She also chose to give a ne....
- Eight more pass away in UP, sunny day in cities
Lucknow, Jan 14; It was a warm and bright today throughout Uttar Pradesh, but the eight more deaths reported over the past 24 hours were a grim reminder the winter's impact on the homel....
- Unidentified bodies to be treated decently in Agra
Agra, Jan 14: The Agra police have announced measures to ensure that unidentified bodies, earlier allegedly thrown into the Yamuna river, are not callously disposed of without any records.
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- Mayawati orders BSP legislator's arrest in minor's gang rape
Lucknow, Jan 12: The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh today ordered the "immediate arrest" of Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Purshottam Narain Dwivedi for his alleged involvement in....
- Nepali poacher arrested with leopard skins
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 12: A Nepali poacher has been arrested with two leopard skins in this Uttar Pradesh town, police said on Tuesday.
Veer Bahadur, 48 years, was held with ....
- Azamgarh redefined: An educational hub in 'nursery of terror'
Beenapara (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 12: This small village is redefining the image of Azamgarh, branded as the 'nursery of terror' after the 2008 Batla House shootout in Delhi. With a popula....
- Cold wave takes 13 more lives in UP, toll 103
Lucknow, Jan 11: With 13 more deaths reported over the past 24 hours, the total toll of winter deaths in Uttar Pradesh reached 103 today.
The mercury dipped further in several parts o....
- Agra students quiz Rahul Gandhi on price rise
Agra, Jan 11: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today took questions on price rise and corruption from students with whom he interacted in Agra. He also motivated them to join politics to....
- Lucknow: Rahul Gandhi feasts on tunde kebabs
Lucknow, Jan 11: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi chose to feast on Lucknow's famed tunde kebabs instead of having dinner at the five-star Taj hotel here on Monday night, party sourc....
- Situation in Uttar Pradesh worse than Emergency: Varun Gandhi
Barielly, Jan 10: Training his guns on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi said here Monday that conditions in the state were worse than during t....
- 8 more pass away in Uttar Pradesh cold, toll rises to 90
Lucknow, Jan 10: At least eight more people died in different parts of Uttar Pradesh over the last 24 hours, taking the winter toll to 90 in the state, an official said today.
Severe ....
- 73 Mathura villages join battle against Yamuna pollution
Rajpura (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10: Animal carcasses are not to be dumped into the river, washermen should not use chemicals to wash dirty clothes, the river bank is not to be used as a toilet and....
- Ghaziabad cops promise e-filing; say crime dipped in 2010
Ghaziabad, Jan 10: The Ghaziabad police on Sunday promised e-filing of complaints in the New Year and claimed a drop in the number of crimes during 2010 as compared to 2009.
Burglarie....
- Uttar Pradesh child adoptions under court scanner
Lucknow, Jan 9: Inter-country adoption of orphans and the destitute children through the family court in Lucknow has come under the scrutiny of the Allahabad High Court following allegations of....
- Agra residents protest erratic power supply
Agra, Jan 9: Even as the mercury plummeted to 0.6 degrees Celsius today, the Taj city witnessed heated protests in several parts over electricity shortages, with the residents saying the experi....
- 13 more die in UP, winter toll reaches 82
Lucknow, Jan 9: The cold wave in Uttar Pradesh claimed 13 more lives today as the temperature dropped to new lows across large parts of the state. The death toll in the state has climbed to 82.....
- Another man killed by tiger in Uttar Pradesh
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 8: In the second incident in three days, a man has been killed by a tiger near the Katarniaghat forest reserve in this Uttar Pradesh district, an official said tod....
- Rahul Gandhi to visit colleges in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 8: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit colleges in Uttar Pradesh on Monday and Tuesday in a bid to attract new members to the National Students Union of India (NSUI)....
- Income tax raid unearths 7,000 kg onion in Lucknow
Lucknow, Jan 7: A hidden stock of 7,000 kg of onion was today unearthed by income tax inspectors in a raid at a state-run vegetable marketing outlet (mandi) in Lucknow.
The two wholes....
- 4 more dead in UP; sunny day brings little relief
New Delhi, Jan 7: Uttar Pradesh today saw the winter chill claiming four more lives even as a comparatively warmer and sunny day brought smiles back to people's faces in many parts of north....
- Policeman's body found on rail tracks in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 7: A policeman's body was found on a railway track in Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, an official said today, adding that it appeared he had been murdered and thrown before a runnin....
- Fog envelopes Agra, trains disrupted
Agra, Jan 7: The city of the Taj Mahal, already frozen in the minimum temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius, was completely enveloped in a thick layer of fog early today morning, a weather officia....
- Delhi-Howrah rail route disrupted
Lucknow, Jan 6: Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Delhi-Howrah route after a high-tension wire snapped and fell on the overhead power cable in Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh today, an official....
- Agra records season's coldest night at 0.6 degree
Agra, Jan 6: The city of the Taj Mahal recorded this winter's coldest night with the minimum temperature touching 0.6 degree Celsius in the pre-dawn hours today morning, a Met department of....
- Winter chill shuts Noida schools
Noida, Jan 5: In view of the harsh winter, authorities Wednesday decided to close all schools in Noida and Ghaziabad on the capital's outskirts till Jan 9.
While Gautam Budh Nagar....
- Uttar Pradesh: Religious leader under attack over pornographic film
Vrindavan, Jan 5: A religious preacher in Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh is on the run after a porn film he is said to have produced with his wife went into circulation here, triggering noisy protests....
- Delhi: 'Justice for Aarushi' march planned for Thursday
New Delhi, Jan 5: Disappointed over the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) decision to close the probe into the Aarushi Talwar murder case, students of Noida's Delhi Public School ....
- Mob torches outpost, five policemen injured in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 5: At least five policemen were injured, two of them critically, when a mob torched their outpost in Uttar Pradesh today to protest the arrest of a suspected robber.
Alle....
- Taj Mahal city shivers
Agra, Jan 5: The Taj Mahal city of Agra experienced this winter's coldest day today-- at 1.2 degrees Celsius.
This was a fall from Monday's 2.5 degrees. The weather office sai....
- Two policemen injured in attack by villagers in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 5: Two policemen were critically injured after a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district attacked a search party on the trail of a suspected murderer, an official said today.
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- Taj Mahotsav to focus on Ghalib, Mir
Agra, Jan 4: The ten-day heritage festival Taj Mahotsav, beginning Feb 18, will focus on doyens of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib and Mir Taqi Mir, an official here said.
The festival, whic....
- Chill in Agra makes it tough for denizens, tourists
Agra, Jan 4: Foggy conditions prevailed and chilly winds blew in this Taj city early today, giving denizens and tourists no respite from the bone-chilling cold.
The weather office has....
- One killed in Agra as ex-captain opens fire
Agra, Jan 4: One person was killed and two others injured when a retired army captain on Monday morning opened fire on his neighbour's family after losing a recent panchayat poll in Uttar P....
- Uttar Pradesh rape victim's medical report 'inconclusive'
Lucknow, Jan 4: The medical report of a 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly gangraped by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator and his cohorts in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, was....
- Youth killed in police firing at Deoria Uttar Pradesh
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 3: A teenager was killed and two others were injured today in police firing as a protest after the murder of a Hindu holy man in Deoria, an Uttar Pradesh district, t....
- Agra schools close for two days as mercury dips
Agra, Jan 3: Agra schools will remain closed today and Tuesday due to the intensive cold wave conditions in the Taj city, district magistrate Amrit Abhijat said.
With Wednesday a holi....
- Uttar Pradesh plans ponds for animals along highway
Agra, Jan 2: The Uttar Pradesh forest department has suggested developing 33 ponds along the Delhi-Agra national highway to provide water to wild animals, an official said.
"These....
- Uttar Pradesh: Devotees flood Vrindavan, Mathura on New Year day
Vrindavan, Jan 2: Thousands of devotees from Delhi, Haryana and other places visited the holy towns of Vrindavan and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh to begin the new year with a visit to the temples.
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- Two arrested with cartridges in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 1: Two men were arrested with a cache of cartridges of country-made pistols in this Uttar Pradesh city today, police said.
The two men were nabbed from Tra....
- Man held with heroin worth Rs.1 crore in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 1: A drug peddler was arrested with heroin worth around Rs.1 crore in Chanduali district in Uttar Pradesh, the police said today.
Azad, aged about 25, was nabbed late on ....
- Two held for carrying pistol in Noida Metro station
Noida, Dec 31: Two people were arrested for illegally carrying a pistol in the City Centre station of Delhi Metro in Noida on Thursday evening, police said.
According to Girish Kumar ....
- Agra hopes for cleaner, greener 2011
Agra, Dec 30: Agra can look forward to a whole lot of new developments in 2011, from banning of polythene bags, a much-needed war on encroachments around historical monuments, streamlining traf....
- Uttar Pradesh aims 3300 MW power generation hike in 2011
Lucknow, Dec 29: Uttar Pradesh is all set to augment its power generation by a substantial 3300 megawatts in the coming year, a senior official said today.
UP Power Corporation Chairm....
- Cold wave shuts schools in Noida
Noida, Dec 29: In view of the harsh winter, the authorities have decided to shut all schools in Noida and Greater Noida till Jan 2, 2011, an official said.
"We have decided to clo....
- Ghaziabad: Eunuchs castrate man after argument
Ghaziabad, Dec 28: A man who played the dholak with a group of eunuchs was castrated by them following an argument in Modi Nagar area of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh police said today.
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- Agra to embark on 'door to door collection' of garbage
Agra, Dec 28: The Agra Municipal Corporation has embarked on a new project with a private player to collect domestic garbage from each house in the city.
The corporation has collabora....
- Uttar Pradesh: Untrained man plays nine musical instruments together
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 28: Siyaram, a small farmer in Uttar Pradesh, has created a unique musical instrument - a combination of nine different instruments including a steel plate and a ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Student in hospital after being beaten by teacher
Lucknow, Dec 28: A 10-year-old student of a private school in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun town has been hospitalised with multiple injuries after his teacher beat him up brutally, police said to....
- Temperatures to dip in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 27: Cold conditions in Uttar Pradesh would intensify as parts of the state would experience rains in the coming days, the weather department said today.
"In the next ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three officials suspended for cutting 70 trees
Lucknow, Dec 25: Three forest officials were suspended today for illegally cutting down 70 trees from the Katarniaghat forest range in Uttar Pradesh, the authorities said.
"In the....
- Man passes away at daughter's college gates at Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Dec 24: A Kashmiri man who came to Ghaziabad to take home his daughter studying in a college was killed today when a heavy chunk of steel slipped from a crane and crushed his car at ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Seven suspended for vulgar dance show in government office
Lucknow, Dec 23: Seven employees of Uttar Pradesh's health department were suspended today for their alleged involvement in organising a vulgar dance programme in the premises of a governme....
- Machine gun, hand grenades seized from cop's house
Lucknow, Dec 22: A police sub-inspector was today booked in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun city for illegally keeping firearms and ammunition, including hand grenades, rifles and a machine gun, in ....
- Agra skies ready for pigeon flying contests
Agra, Dec 22: Thousands of pigeons are getting ready for Agra's skies -- to respond to catcalls and shouts from excited "kabootar baz" (pigeon flyers) in the small residential neigh....
- Uttar Pradesh: Kashmiri gets 10 years in jail for carrying RDX, pistols
Ghaziabad, Dec 21: A man held with RDX in Ghaziabad in 2008 was today sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by a court here, a prosecutor said.
Fast Track Court Judge Mukesh Kumar S....
- Uttar Pradesh: student dies as school wall collapses
Lucknow, Dec 21: A student was killed and five others were injured today when a wall of a government school collapsed in Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
The incident took pla....
- Uttar Pradesh: Passengers stranded as Gujjar agitation continues
Mathura, Dec 21: Hundreds of passengers were stranded today as movement of trains between Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan's Bharatpur was disrupted by Gujjars who have been agitating....
- Aligarh: Mob injures three cops after youth's murder
Lucknow, Dec 20: At least three policemen were injured in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district today after a mob turned violent during protests against the murder of a local youth.
Hu....
- Raja Bhaiya, Samajwadi Party MP Raghuraj Pratap Singh arrested for bid on candidate
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 19: Controversial Independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh, better known as Raja Bhaiya, and a Samajwadi Party MP and two legislators, were today arrested fo....
- Agra residents form human chain against polythene bags
Agra, Dec 19: Braving a chilly today morning, thousands of Agra citizens sporting white caps and holding banners formed a 20 km long human chain to sensitise people about the environmental haza....
- Two sisters immolate themselves in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 18: Fed up by the continuous tauntings of neighbours after their brother was named in a murder case, two sisters committed suicide by setting themselves on fire in Uttar Pradesh....
- After businessman, two Agra students missing
Agra, Dec 18: Two cases of students going missing were reported in Agra today, police said.
Gaurav Chauhan, 20, went missing while on his way to his school in Sadar area.
Th....
- Agra socialists mourn Surendra Mohan's death
Agra, Dec 18: Former Socialist Party members, Lohiaites, and other Left-leaning activists Friday mourned the death of veteran socialist thinker and former parliamentarian Surendra Mohan, 84, wh....
- Lucknow: Indian gold medallist ignored by authorities, leaves event midway
Lucknow, Dec 18: Indian athlete and Asiad gold medallist Sudha Singh left a racing event midway in a huff in Lucknow today after being "completely ignored" by the Uttar Pradesh state sp....
- Prisoners to teach other inmates in Uttar Pradesh
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 17: They are behind bars, but they are educated enough to teach. Around 100 prisoners have been shortlisted for a literacy campaign in an Uttar Pradesh jail where....
- Delhi-Agra highway choked with devotees
Mathura, Dec 17: The Delhi-Agra national highway has been choked for the last three days as devotees of a local spiritual leader make their way on foot and in packed buses and trucks for a four....
- Uttar Pradesh: Teacher critical after acid attack
Lucknow, Sep 16: A woman teacher was in critical condition today after three men threw acid on her inside a government school in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Ranjana Singh, 30, was att....
- Uttar Pradesh: Family pawns children for a loan
Lucknow, Dec 16: Poverty has driven a family in an Uttar Pradesh village to give away their three children in bondage against a loan of Rs.42,000.
The children have to now toil for 12....
- Beheaded body of corporator found in Uttar Pradesh
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 16; The beheaded body of an Uttar Pradesh municipal corporator has been found in Baghpat, police said today. Two men have been arrested.
The body of S....
- Noida businessman kills abductor, escapes
Noida, Dec 15: A Noida businessman escaped from captivity after killing one of his abductors, police said today.
Pramod Chauhan, who runs a lifestyle showroom in the posh Sector 18 ma....
- Aligarh to impose 'steep' fine on rickshaw users
Lucknow, Dec 14: Residents of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district who remain seated on a cycle-rickshaw while going up a steep incline will now be fined Rs.500, an official said today.
- Six held in Agra with drugs
Agra, Dec 13: Six people were arrested in Agra with 130 kg of cannabis worth Rs.20 million (Rs.2 crore), police said here today.
A team of Special Task Force personnel arrested them n....
- Worker buried alive at Formula-1 racing track work site
Noida, Dec 10: A construction worker was buried alive Friday when a big pile of mud fell on him at the site of Formula-1 racing track in Greater Noida, police said.
According to Laksh....
- Gangster killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 10: A gangster carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture was gunned down by security forces in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras area today while his accomplice managed to escape, p....
- Hindus, Muslims pray at Varanasi for harmony
Varanasi, Dec 10: Hindus and Muslims joined hands here on Thursday to pray for peace on the same Ganga ghat where a terror attack only two days ago killed a toddler and wounded over 30 people.
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- Three crude bombs recovered in Allahabad
Lucknow, Dec 9: Panic gripped a residential area of Uttar Pradesh's major city Allahabad today after three live crude bombs were recovered from a garbage trolley, within two days of a bomb ....
- Software engineer accuses friend of rape
Noida, Dec 4: A software engineer working in a BPO was allegedly raped by a friend in Noida after promising to marry her, police said today. The accused befriended her through a matrimonial web....
- Teacher found hanging inside school's classroom in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 3: A teacher in a government school in Uttar Pradesh was today found hanging from a ceiling fan inside a classroom, police said.
Pannalal Shukla, headmaster of the Yakoot....
- Lucknow: Not able to enroll for a course, woman hangs self
Lucknow, Dec 2: Depressed over not being able to enroll for a computer course due to financial constraints, a 22-year-old woman committed suicide in Lucknow by hanging herself on Wednesday, pol....
- Moradabad: School makes girls perform bike stunts
Lucknow, Dec 1: A renowned girls' school in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh is facing enquiry after a local TV channel aired footage of students performing stunts on bikes as part of pr....
- Agra: Four years gone, no trace of missing Japanese tourist
Agra, Dec 1: Four years after a 21-year-old Japanese tourist disappeared in Agra, the police are clueless about his whereabouts.
S. Kota disappeared after visiting the Taj Mahal and o....
- Taj Mahal being spruced up for Sarkozy visit
Agra, Dec 1: The Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri are being spruced up for French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni's visit today.
A French official delegation visite....
- Agra's sweet makers made to pay sanitation fee
Agra, Dec 1: Makers of Agra's trademark petha sweet were today slapped a monthly charge of Rs.3,000 by the municipal corporation for disposal of the waste generated by their units.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Elephant hit by truck, killed
Lucknow, Dec 1: An elephant was killed while its handler was critically injured after being hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district on Tuesday evening, police said.
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- Class 5 girl commits suicide in Lucknow
Lucknow, Dec 1: Upset over her poor academic performance, a teenaged class 5 student committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in Agra on Tuesday, police said.
Soni Kumari, 13....
- Four of family burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 30: A couple and their two young children were burnt to death early today in a fire that broke out while they were sleeping in their home in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district....
- BSF trooper found dead inside train in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 30: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper posted in Jammu and Kashmir was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a train in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Th....
- Delhi-based flour merchant killed in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Nov 30: A Delhi-based flour merchant was hacked to death in Ghaziabad on Monday night, police said. Enmity is suspected to be the motive as a large amount of cash was found on the bo....
- Class 6 student found dead outside school in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 29: A Class 6 student was today found dead under mysterious circumstances outside his school in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said.
Vikrant Kumar, ag....
- Uttar Pradesh: Widows in Braj well fed says Report
New Delhi, Nov 29: They are not well off financially and many don't have access to basic amenities like toilets, but most widows in the temple towns in Uttar Pradesh's Braj region are q....
- Widows in Uttar Pradesh's Braj region well fed: Report
New Delhi, Nov 29: They are not well off financially and many don't have access to basic amenities like toilets, but most widows in the temple towns in Uttar Pradesh's Braj region are q....
- Caricatures show Agra's civic plight
Agra, Nov 28: Cartoonists in Agra today drew the attention of the people towards civic issues by displaying humorous caricatures at the annual cartoon exhibition.
"Our cartoonists....
- Taking cue from Nitish Kumar, Mayawati shifts focus to governance
Lucknow, Nov 28: Obviously taking a cue from the success story scripted by Nitish Kumar in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has visibly shifted her focus to the hard issue of govern....
- Uttar Pradesh: man begs to help impoverished women marry
Lucknow, Nov 28: Carrying a bowl in his hands, he wanders around barefoot, seeking alms from people - not for his own survival, but for solemnising the weddings of impoverished women!
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- Assaulted engineer was corrupt, says Ghaziabad mayor
Ghaziabad, Nov 27:,/b> An executive engineer of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation who was assaulted on Friday was employed illegally on the behest of Mayawati government, city mayor Damyanti Goel sai....
- Uttar Pradesh: Sub-inspector arrested for acid attack on woman
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 27: A police sub-inspector and his wife were arrested after they threw acid on a woman after a dispute over money in this Uttar Pradesh district on Friday, police....
- Agra saw seven lakh tourists in October
New Delhi, Nov 26: Nearly seven lakh tourists, both domestic and foreign, visited various monuments in Agra, including the Taj Mahal, in October when the country hosted the Commonwealth Games.
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- Uttar Pradesh: MBA student commits suicide
Lucknow, Nov 24: A first year student of a renowned management college in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district today committed suicide allegedly due to exam stress and fear of failure, police ....
- Uttar Pradesh: Four engineering students booked for friend's death
Ghaziabad, Nov 23: Four B. Tech students of a private engineering college in Ghaziabad were booked for causing death of a fellow student by negligence in Masuri area, police said today.
- Schoolkids man traffic in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Nov 23: Around 150 students from different schools stepped into the shoes of traffic policemen for a day here as part of an awareness programme.
"These school children ....
- Global firm opens hospital in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Nov 23: Columbia Asia, a healthcare company with facilities in four countries in the Asian region, has launched a hospital here.
The company, with its headquarters in Malay....
- Family of three killed in Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad, Nov 23: A widow and her son and daughter were today found murdered at their residence in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said.
Kusum Devi, 50, her son Pawan,....
- At 64, ex-IAF man goes back to college
Robertsganj (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 23: He is a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) serviceman with two grown-up sons who are well settled. Yet, Meerut native Jaigopal Tiwari has gone back to college a....
- Debt-ridden man's daughter rescued from money lender in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Nov 21: A teenaged girl, handed over to a money lender by her father who failed to repay a loan of Rs.15,000, was rescued by police from Ghaziabad today, an official said.
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- Students come to aid of Varanasi's riverside poor
Varanasi, Nov 21: A walk by the river to take the mind away from the hard grind of studies led a group of college students to become caretakers of the homeless and poor in a village near this a....
- Uttar Pradesh villagers attack policemen over land dispute
Lucknow, Nov 17: Six policemen were injured in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district when a mob attacked them for freeing government land being used illegally for agriculture, an official said ....
- Poacher held with tiger skins in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 17: A poacher was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district with skins of tigers and a leopard, police said on Tuesday.
"Rakesh Kumar, 28, a native of Utta....
- Uttar Pradesh minister booked for criminal intimidation
Lucknow, Nov 16: An Uttar Pradesh minister and seven others have been booked for criminal intimidation and extortion in Sitapur district, police said today.
A case against Weights and....
- Chhath Puja attracts thousands to Yamuna banks.
Agra/Mathura, Nov 13: Thousands of devouts thronged the Yamuna banks today for the Chhath Puja at the break of dawn despite dead fish floating in the river in Mathura and heavy pollution in Agr....
- Uttar Pradesh: Student knifes man trying to molest him
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 13: A Class 9 student in Uttar Pradesh murdered a 31-year-old man for allegedly attempting to sodomise him, police said today, adding the boy has been arrested.
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- RSS-Congress activists clash in Lucknow
Lucknow, Nov 12: Congress and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activists came to blows in Lucknow today evening, police said.
The clash erupted in the Model House area, where Congres....
- Rakhi Sawant booked by Uttar Pradesh police in connection with man's death
Lucknow, Nov 12: Police in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district today registered a criminal case against Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant in connection with the death of a young man who had feat....
- Family blames Rakhi Sawant for their son's death
Lucknow, Nov 11: A 24-year-old man from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh who appeared on a reality show featuring Rakhi Sawant was so upset by the reportedly "indecent remarks" made against him ....
- Five oil tankers of goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 11: Thousands of litres of diesel were spilled and train services on the Sitapur-Delhi route were disrupted after five oil tankers of a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's ....
- Uttar Pradesh CM to revive township plan along expressway
Lucknow, Nov 9: The Uttar Pradesh government today announced the revival of an abandoned plan to build a hi-tech township around Tappal town in Aligarh district along the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamu....
- Cop murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 9: A policeman was murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, an official said.
Constable Rajiv Kumar, 28, was found dead in a forested area of the....
- Lucknow family holds thief captive for two days
Lucknow, Nov 5: A man was caught and tied with chains in a dingy place in Lucknow for two days by a family from whose house he had allegedly stolen three tractor trolleys but was caught on a se....
- Uttar Pradesh: Bodies of three women recovered from fields
Lucknow, Nov 5: The decomposed bodies of three young women were recovered from fields in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district, police said today.
The bodies were half-buri....
- Goat delivers test tube twins in Uttar Pradesh
Farah (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 4: A goat, which had been artificially implanted with fertilised eggs through in-vitro technique, has delivered twins at a research institute in Uttar Pradesh's M....
- Uttar Pradesh: Five cops hurt in protests on power cut
Lucknow, Nov 3: At least five policemen were injured when a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district today went on the rampage, damaging vehicles and indulging in brick batting, to protest er....
- Securitymen attacked, rifles snatched away in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 3: Two armed men in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district attacked a policeman and a Home Guard and shot one of them before making away with their rifles early today.
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- Supporters of SP, Ulema Council clash in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Nov 3: Security has been tightened in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh following a clash between members of the Ulema Council and supporters of a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader, police ....
- Human skeleton in sack found in Kanpur
Lucknow, Nov 2: Panic gripped an area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today after a human skeleton was recovered from an unclaimed sack, police said.
The sack was found late to....
- Human skeleton in sack found in Kanpur
Lucknow, Nov 2: Panic gripped an area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today after a human skeleton was recovered from an unclaimed sack, police said.
The sack was found late to....
- UP hikes sugarcane support price by Rs.40 a quintal
Lucknow, Nov 2: In a bid to woo sugarcane growers across the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced an unprecedented hike of Rs.40 per quintal in the support price of suga....
- Haryana rallies force Delhi-Agra traffic to a crawl
Agra, Nov 1: Two massive rallies organised in Haryana caused massive jams on the Delhi-Agra highway today.
In Gurgaon, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) organised a rally in memory o....
- Police take Agra woman back to husband in Kerala
Agra, Nov 1: Acting on court orders, police are escorting a married woman back to her husband's home in Kerala as she was allegedly being illegally confined by her parents in Agra.
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- Six year old girl in Allahabad is a yoga trainer to grownups
Allahabad, Nov 1: She is barely six years old but calls the shots at a class full of sadhus, housewives and other grownups. Meet Shruti Pandey, a yoga trainer at an ashram in Uttar Pradesh'....
- Defeated candidate chops off rival's hand in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 31: A candidate defeated in the recently-concluded panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh chopped off a hand of his rival, who too had lost the election, police said today.
Ass....
- Murder of village head's son sparks violence
Lucknow, Oct 30: The killing of a village head's son sparked violent protests by locals in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district who today fought pitched battles with police, damaged privat....
- Parents seek CBI enquiry into murder, rape of daughter
Lucknow, Oct 29: Parents of a school girl who died after being sexually assaulted in Uttar Pradesh met Governor B.L. Joshi here today and sought a CBI enquiry into the rape and murder of their ....
- Schoolboy's death sparks violence in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 29: A schoolboy was mowed down by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district today, sparking violence as mobs clashed with police, damaged vehicles and blocked a hig....
- Five die as mud mound caves in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district
Lucknow, Oct 28: Five people, including three children, were killed and six injured when a mud mound caved in on them in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district today, police said.
The ....
- Uttar Pradesh: lawmaker's drunk son opens fire, one killed
Lucknow, Oct 28: A Samajwadi Party legislator's son has been arrested for firing indiscriminately in an inebriated state in and outside an automobile showroom in Uttar Pradesh's Bareill....
- Doctor shot dead in Lucknow
Lucknow, Oct 27: Two motorcycle-borne assailants shot dead a senior government doctor here today morning, police said.
Fifty five-year-old Vinod Kumar Arya, chief medical officer, Fam....
- Celebrations outside Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house in Lucknow
Lucknow, Oct 27: Supporters of Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was retained as Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit chief for a second term, thronged her home here on Tuesday, burst crackers and played lo....
- 2 rail employees booked after 5 deer run over by train in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 25: Two railway employees have been booked for the death of five spotted deer that were run over by a train in a wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an off....
- Man shot dead inside train in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 25: Gunmen shot dead a man and left his son critically injured inside an air-conditioned coach of a train in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district today, police said.
The inci....
- Uttar Pradesh: Alarmed by deaths, Mayawati warns officials
Lucknow, Oct 25: Alarmed by the deaths caused by an "unknown killer virus" in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday warned all civic officials to work properly or face action....
- Uttar Pradesh: Office of custodian of enemy property hotbed of corruption says Amir Mohammad Khan
Lucknow, Oct 23: Accusing the Custodian of Enemy Properties of conniving with his tenants to deprive him of his properties worth Rs.30,000 crore, Amir Mohammad Khan, the raja of the erstwhile p....
- Rebuked, student commits suicide
Lucknow, Oct 23: A Class 5 student of a private school in Lucknow today committed suicide after being allegedly rebuked by the school authorities for not paying his fees, police said.
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- Ex-jail chief booked for prisoner's murder in Uttar Pradesh
Ghaziabad, Oct 21: A murder case was today registered against a former Ghaziabad jail superintendent for the death in the prison last year of a serial blast accused.
The case was regi....
- Man arrested for supplying arms to radicals in Lucknow
Lucknow, Oct 21: A man was arrested from Lucknow for supplying arms to a member of the radical social outfit Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadath, police said today.
Izhar Ahmed, a resident of A....
- Three bandits killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 21: Three bandits wanted in over a dozen criminal cases, including murder, were shot dead in a gunfight with police in a forested area of Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district ea....
- Uttar Pradesh: BSP legislator faints during campaigning in Meerut
Lucknow, Oct 20: A legislator of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was hospitalised after he fell unconscious today in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district while campaigning for a contestant ....
- 10 deaths in five days in Lucknow, health officials confused
Lucknow, Oct 20: Ten people have died in Lucknow of an illness marked by high fever, vomiting and headache in the past five days. But health officials are yet to ascertain the specific cause of....
- First invitee in Uttar Pradesh village is a well, not relatives
Lucknow, Oct 20: Not the elders or close relatives who head the list of guests at weddings, birthday celebrations or social events in an Uttar Pradesh village, but it's the village well tha....
- Four arrested in Noida for planning to kidnap Delhi doctor
Noida, Oct 20: Four people have been arrested in Noida for allegedly conspiring to kidnap a Delhi-based doctor for ransom, police said today.
According to sources in Special Task Forc....
- Agra: Three boys drown in Yamuna, two bodies recovered
Agra, Oct 17: The bodies of two of the three boys who drowned in river Yamuna were recovered by divers early today, police said.
Four youngsters of Sita Nagar in Etmauddaula area had ....
- Four killed in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy
Lucknow, Oct 16: Four people were killed and 10 others fell ill after consuming illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said today. Two people have been detained.
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- Woman kills herself, two kids
Lucknow, Oct 16: Upset after her husband refused to give money for treatment of their ailing children, a woman set herself and her two children on fire in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Unn....
- Congress leader shot in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 16: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants today shot and seriously wounded a Congress leader and a former member of the Legislative Council in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
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- Uttar Pradesh journalists demand Bukhari's arrest
Lucknow, Oct 15: Journalists of Lucknow Friday urged Chief Minister Mayawati to order arrest of Delhi Jama Masjid's Imam, Maulana Ahmed Bukhari, who had assaulted a reporter at a press conf....
- A park between Yamuna and Taj is eyesore to conservationists
Agra, Oct 15: Years ago, the Yamuna waters would lap gently against the base of the Taj Mahal. But an artificial park developed between the river and the Taj can endanger the 17th century monum....
- Eight devotees killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 15: Eight devotees were killed and 12 critically injured when a speeding bus rammed into a tractor-trolley in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, police said today.
The a....
- 2 killed in poll violence in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 14: Two people were killed and at least 20 injured in widespread violence during the second round of the four-phased panchayat election in Uttar Pradesh today, police said.
- Six hurt in Uttar Pradesh explosion
Ghaziabad, Oct 13: At least six people were injured in an explosion today evening in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, a senior official said. Police have ruled out a terror link in t....
- Uttar Pradesh blast: Alert in towns near Delhi
Ghaziabad, Oct 13: An alert has been sounded in the national capital region (NCR) towns of Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshar, Baghpat and Noida in Uttar Pradesh following an explosion which injured....
- Uttar Pradesh: Police baton charge Kanpur protesters, 10 hurt
Lucknow, Oct 13: At least 10 people were injured when police resorted to baton charge after locals in Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Kanpur district today staged demonstrations demanding closure of a....
- UP: Bareilly College women teachers protest dress code
Lucknow, Oct 13: Teachers of a prestigious Bareilly College, one of the oldest in the country, in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district are up in arms against the college authorities for sugges....
- Aligarh university vice chancellor, students hold talks
Aligarh, Oct 13: Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis today held talks with agitating students who launched a sit-in on Oct 4 demanding restoration of the students' uni....
- Three students of La Martiniere College go missing in Lucknow
Lucknow, Oct 11: Three students of the prestigious La Martiniere College here went missing today, police said.
Utkarsh Madan, Swapnil and Divyanshu Singh, all students of class 8, did....
- Allahabad University hostel turns into classroom for poor children
Allahabad, Oct 8: Carrying a sack on his shoulder, Bhola, 12, a ragpicker, enters the hostel of Allahabad University. He is there not to collect discarded items but to become literate under the....
- Major fire in Kanpur warehouse, no casualty
Lucknow, Oct 7: Property worth lakhs of rupees was destroyed in a massive fire which engulfed a paint factory warehouse in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, police said. No casualty wa....
- A fresh campaign to clean up Agra mounted
Agra, Oct 6: With a lot of Commonwealth Games visitors expected to descend on the Taj Mahal, the city's new municipal commissioner has launched an all-out war on garbage and pervading squal....
- Aligarh Muslim university students demand union's restoration
Aligarh, Oct 6: Aligarh Muslim University students on Tuesday staged a sit-in outside Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis' office to demand restoration of their union which was dissolved in 200....
- Goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Oct 5: A goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district today, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Delhi-Lucknow route, officials said. No casualty was reported.
- Taj city decked up for warm welcome to CWG guests
Agra, Oct 4: Splendid glimpses of the Taj Mahal and an array of Indian crafts promise a treat for Commonwealth Games (CWG) guests who come visiting. The city is all decked up as a special train....
- Agra short of priests for 'pitrapaksh' rituals
Agra, Sep 30: This city seems to be running short of priests during 'pitrapaksh', the fortnight when many Hindus offer prayers to ancestors. Pundits from other parts of Uttar Pradesh as....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman immolates self, kids
Lucknow, Sep 29: Depressed over her poor financial condition, a woman set herself and her two minor sons on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district on Tuesday, police said.
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- Yamuna continues to flow above danger mark in Agra
Agra, Sep 28: Yamuna continued to flow over the danger mark in Agra today morning, but authorities are hopeful that it would soon start to recede.
The impact of the flood in Agra regi....
- Bodies of three minor girls found in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 27: The mutilated bodies of three minor girls have been found lying near the railway tracks in a town in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, police said today.
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- Flood situation in Agra worsens
Agra, Sep 27: The flood situation in the Agra region took an alarming turn as the water level in Yamuna crossed the medium flood level of 152.09 metres on Sunday evening, submerging most of the....
- Proposed road endangers Uttar Pradesh mango belt
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 26: One of the prime mango belts of the country is fighting a battle for survival in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh as the central government plans t....
- Three hurt in Youth Congress, National Students Union of India clash
Lucknow, Sep 25: Three activists of the Youth Congress were injured in a clash with members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and some vehicles were damaged at the Congress office ....
- Central government not providing adequate forces: Mayawati
Lucknow, Sep 21: Ahead of the judgment in the Ayodhya case due on Sep 24, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday criticised the central government for its "apathy" in providing....
- Four of a family drown in pond in UP
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 21: Four teenaged members of a family drowned in a pond in this Uttar Pradesh district today, police said.
The four - Sheebu, Shahdab, Sallu and Roshan - ag....
- Woman, daughter set on fire in Noida
Noida, Sep 20: A 28 years old woman and her seven years old daughter were allegedly set on fire by her husband in the Phase-II area of Noida on Saturday.
According to Phase-II station....
- Six die after drinking moonshine in UP
Lucknow, Sep 17: Six people were killed and 18 others fell ill today after allegedly drinking moonshine in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, police said.
"We have arrested si....
- As teacher, eunuch chooses a life of dignity in UP
Mugalsarai (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 17: Dressed in a sari and holding a book in one hand, Lata writes a question on the blackboard as her primary class students look on eagerly. There is nothing un....
- Flood fears abate in Agra, no further rise in Yamuna water level
Agra, Sep 17: With no further rise in the water level in the Yamuna, people living along the banks of the river in Agra heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday.
The water level has remain....
- Ghaziabad: Over 200 college girls get new cycles from government
Ghaziabad, Sep 16: A very rare but unique example of social development came to light in Uttar Pradesh. The district magistrate handed over new cycles to over 200 college girls of the region. T....
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Train hits car in Ghaziabad, drags it for a kilometre
Ghaziabad, Sep 16: A car was hit by a train and dragged for a kilometre in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district early on Wednesday, police said. There were no casualties as the car owner had ....
- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 15: A gangster who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head was shot dead by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district even as his two aides managed to escape, police said to....
- 10 policemen injured in Uttar Pradesh mob attack
Lucknow, Sep 14: About 10 policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district were today injured as a mob indulged in heavy brick-batting and arson attack, angered by the death of a school student ....
- Noida builder held for fraud
Noida, Sep 14: The chairman of a leading private company, Nitishree Builders, was on Monday arrested in Noida for defrauding people of huge amounts of money, police said.
Company chai....
- Yamuna's water level rises alarmingly in Agra, Mathura
Agra, Sep 14: As the Yamuna's water level began receding in Delhi, the situation in Mathura and Agra became alarming on Monday as the river began flooding the low-lying areas, leading to ev....
- 50 women booked for assaulting cop in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 12: As many as 50 women have been booked for assaulting a cop with slippers inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, police said today.
The w....
- Swollen Yamuna poses flood threat to Agra
Agra, Sep 12: Hundreds of families living in low-lying areas near the Yamuna river in Agra and Mathura districts of Uttar Pradesh were shifted to safe areas on Saturday as the river level inche....
- GAIL official killed, three injured in plant fire
Lucknow, Sep 11: An official of the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) was killed while three others suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in a GAIL plant in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya d....
- Hindu-Muslim peace marches ahead of Ayodhya verdict
Lucknow, Sep 11: In a unique show of communal harmony, a large number of Muslims and Hindus have joined hands in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district to take out peace marches ahead of the Ramja....
- Yamuna rise has Agra residents in panic
Agra, Sep 10: People living along the Yamuna in Agra and Mathura were in panic mode today as the river began to rise, threatening low-lying areas with flooding.
The Divisional Commiss....
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman, 3 children die in wall collapse
Lucknow, Sep 10: A 34-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh and her three children were killed as a wall in their house collapsed on them today, police said. A fourth child received critical injuries....
- Agra clinic delivers 1,000th test tube baby
Agra, Sep 9: Agra's well-known medical couple Narendra Malhotra and Jaideep Malhotra say they have delivered the 1,000th test tube baby at their clinic, becoming one of the few IVF centres ....
- Uttar Pradesh gangster shot dead by police
Lucknow, Sep 9: A gangster wanted in nearly 36 criminal cases was gunned down by security personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district but his aide managed to escape, police said today.
- India's first shoe market opens in Agra
Agra, Sep 8: India's first "Joota Mandi" or shoe market has opened in this Taj city.
Uttar Pradesh Minister for Urban Development and Public Works Nasimmuddin Siddiqui ina....
- Goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 8: Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Pilibhit-Bareilly route after a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district today, an official said. No casualty was rep....
- Army generals join college assembly, inspire students
Agra, Sep 7: It was a unique get-together that just might have motivated a few schoolchildren to join the armed forces. Four senior Indian Army officials joined the assembly at their alma mater....
- Power cuts in Agra due to transformer fire
Agra, Sep 6: Almost half of the Taj city of Agra remained without power for the most part of Sunday after a fire damaged a transformer, an official said.
The incident, ahead of the Co....
- Uttar Pradesh: Prisoners 'escort' cops to police station
Lucknow, Sep 4: In a role reversal, two prisoners took into "custody" two drunk constables who were escorting them for a court hearing and took them to a police station in Uttar Pradesh....
- Italian found dead in Varanasi guesthouse in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Sep 4: An Italian tourist was found dead in a guesthouse in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said today.
The body of Romano Antonio, 40, was found on Friday nigh....
- Forest rights panel on Uttar Pradesh visit from Saturday
Lucknow, Sep 3: The special committee set up jointly by the union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to enquire into the status of implementation of Forest R....
- Uttar Pradesh announces new land acquisition policy
Lucknow, Sep 3: In a bid to placate agitating farmers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced a new land acquisition policy which offers several sops to the people whose lands ar....
- Protests over sealing of hall in prestigious Agra convent
Agra, Sep 3: Teachers, students, parents and even the city mayor are up in arms over the Agra Development Authority's (ADA) move to seal the hall of a prestigious convent school - said to b....
- Hundreds attend Rahul's janata darbar in Amethi, UP
Amethi, Sep 3: Around 2,000 people attended a 'janata darbar' (people's court) held by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today in his parliamentary constituency of Amethi in U....
- Telecom services can bridge rich-poor divide: Rahul
Amethi, Sep 2: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today launched 3G-services in his parliamentary constituency, noting that telecommunication services play an important role in development....
- UP Women tie rakhis to Rahul, get assurance of development
Amethi, Sep 2: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi turned 'brother' for several women and girls of a village at Amethi who tied rakhis to him and he promised to turn their dreams of....
- Paying for her crime by teaching behind bars
Naugarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 2: Call it an act of atonement. A woman who is in jail in Uttar Pradesh for torturing her daughter-in-law has donned the role of a teacher for fellow prisoners and ....
- Pakistani students visit Noida school
Noida, Sep 1: Six Pakistani students arrived at a school in Noida today on a mission to spread the message of love and peace between their country and India. "India has a vibrant culture, v....
- Mayawati's plan for new district including Amethi okayed
Lucknow, Sep 1: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was today allowed by the Supreme Court to create a new district including Amethi parliamentary constituency represented by Congress general....
- Prisoner shot at inside train, one attacker killed
Lucknow, Sep 1: Armed miscreants in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district today opened fire at a prisoner inside a train coach while a police team was taking him to a court. One of the miscre....
- Four newborns in Uttar Pradesh die due to medical negligence
Muzaffarnagar, Sep 1: Four children died an untimely death in a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Kadhla town as they passed away at the time of delivery. The hospital and its staff h....
- Agra farmers write petition in blood
Agra, Sep 1: Agitating farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district today wrote a petition in their blood to protest acquisition of their lands for townships along the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna ....
- 22 year old pregnant woman in Noida gives birth in a car
Noida, Sep 1: In another incident that revealed the ebbing humanity among the people, a government hospital in Noida turned away a 22 year old pregnant woman for the lack of money.
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- 11 electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 31: At least 11 labourers engaged on a state government-sponsored construction project were electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district today, an official said. Accordin....
- Ex MP's son produces fake note, thrashes petrol pump attendant
Muzaffarnagar, Aug 31: An obscure petrol pump in Muzaffarnagar's Shamli road was attacked once again on Monday. This is the second attack on the gas station in two days.
The pre....
- Undertrial jumps to death from court
Lucknow, Aug 31: An undertrial jumped to his death from the seventh floor of a court at Lucknow on Monday, police said.
Amrinder Singh, 35, managed to escape from police custody and j....
- Human skulls discovered in Dharwad in Karnataka
Dharwad, Aug 30: Workers of city municipal corporation discovered around twenty human skulls from the suburbs of Dharwad city in Karnataka. The workers were carrying on some construction work i....
- Student stabbed to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 30: A Class 11 student was stabbed to death on the campus of his school by three unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today, police said.
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- Traders, BJP activists attack police in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 30: Over 2,000 traders and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists today carried out violent protests, attacked policemen and damaged the district magistrate's vehicle in Uttar ....
- Governor stays away from Agra
Agra, Aug 29: Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi today called off his visit to Agra, one of the districts affected by an agitation launched by farmers demanding higher compensation for their lan....
- Two farmers murdered in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Aug 29: Two farmers were killed in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district today in suspected fueds related to compensation received by them for land acquired by....
- 'Man-killer' tiger to be tranquilised
Lucknow, Aug 28: A male tiger, which is believed to be responsible for eight human killings in Uttar Pradesh since May, has been formally declared "man-killer" and will be tranquilised ....
- Three held for counterfeiting currency notes
Lucknow, Aug 28: Three men involved in the manufacturing and supply of fake currency notes to various states in India were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, police said today.....
- Uttar Pradesh farmers call indefinite fast from Monday
Lucknow, Aug 28: Upset over politicians' bid to use them to serve their own political ends, agitating farmers of western Uttar Pradesh have decided to go on indefinite fast with effect from....
- Yamuna nears danger mark in Agra
Agra, Aug 28: The Yamuna river was close to touching the danger mark in this Taj Mahal city while floodwaters entered more villages in Agra and Mathura districts today, officials said.
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- MLA arrested in Uttar Pradesh for assaulting policemen
Lucknow, Aug 28: An independent legislator was arrested on Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district on charges of assaulting police personnel in order to secure the release of two of his....
- Two students killed in Greater Noida accident
Greater Noida, Aug 27: Two students were killed and three others critically injured when their car turned turtle in this satellite town of the national capital, police said today.
Aro....
- Apex court shows red light to new Uttar Pradesh district
New Delhi, Aug 26: In an apparent setback to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court today restrained the creation of a Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district by redrawing ....
- Lucknow's civic body gnashes teeth against stray dogs
Lucknow, Aug 26: Civic authorities in this Uttar Pradesh capital can do little but to gnash their teeth and grunt against the growing stray dogs menace in the city. They have virtually no staff....
- Uttar Pradesh government transfers 8 senior IAS officers
Lucknow, Aug 26: Uttar Pradesh government transferred eight senior IAS officers today.
Announcing this major administrative reshuffle, the official spokesman added that this reshuffl....
- Four kids killed in house collapse in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 26: Four minor siblings were killed and their mother received critical injuries when their mud house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh early today, police said.
The accident too....
- Congress not to join march on farmers' demands
New Delhi, Aug 26: The Congress party on Wednesday said it will not join the march to parliament today being organised by the Rashtriya Lok Dal and some other parties to support Uttar Pradesh f....
- Fire in railway office in Lucknow
Lucknow, Aug 25: A fire broke out in the Northern Railway divisional manager's office here today, an official said. No one was injured in the incident.
"The fire broke out in ....
- Yamuna in spate, flood threat in Agra
Agra, Aug 25: The threat of flood looms large in the lower reaches and along the banks of river Yamuna in Agra with authorities sounding a danger alert and advising people to move out as the wa....
- High alert as farmers along Yamuna Expressway begin shutdown
Agra, Aug 25: Farmers demanding higher compensation for their land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh began a daylong shutdown in Mathura, Agra and Aligarh districts today, thr....
- Uttar Pradesh seeks 60 percent power from centre-owned plants
Lucknow, Aug 23: The Uttar Pradesh government today demanded at least 60 percent share in the power generated at plants owned by the central government located in the state.
The deman....
- Fire in Uttar Pradesh warehouse
Lucknow, Aug 23: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed when a fire broke out in a warehouse in a busy market area in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district today, police said.
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- Seek land acquisition act amendment instead of visits: Mayawati
Lucknow, Aug 23: A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday asked politicians "interested....
- Rahul Gandhi visits agitating farmers, assures help
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 22: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday assured farmers demanding higher compensation for their land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pra....
- Two held for killing techie in Greater Noida
Greater Noida, Aug 21: Two men were arrested today for allegedly murdering a software engineer in Greater Noida township of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Deepak Singh and Rajesh Bhati w....
- AI pilot abandons take-off after engine snag
Lucknow, Aug 21: The pilot of a New-Delhi-bound Air India (AI) flight abandoned its take-off at the Lucknow airport today after the plane developed some technical problems, an official said.
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- Lok Ayukta lends ear to Congress on Uttar Pradesh mills' deal
Lucknow, Aug 21: Uttar Pradesh Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) Justice N.K. Mehrotra has assured the Congress of looking into its allegations of a scam involving the sale of four state-owned sugar mills....
- 2-year-old girl thrown out of running train, dies
Lucknow, Aug 20; A two-year-old girl died after she was allegedly thrown out of a running train in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district by four men following an argument over seat-sharing with....
- Private chopper makes emergency landing in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 19: A private helicopter made an emergency landing in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today after it developed some technical snag, police said. The two passengers and t....
- Opposition homes in to isolate BSP in farmers' agitation
Agra/Mathura/Aligarh, Aug 19: With farmers rejecting the enhanced compensation offered by the Uttar Pradesh government in lieu of the land acquired for the Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway, the sta....
- Protests against proposed air force facility
Tundla (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 19: Farmers here in Firozabad district have hit the streets to protest land acquisition for an air force facility even as resentment over the Yamuna Expressway is fa....
- Student found dead in Noida college
Noida, Aug 19: A 21-year-old B.Tech student of a private engineering college died under mysterious circumstances on the campus situated in Sector-62 here, police said on Wednesday.
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- 'Ghaziabad residents forced to drink hazardous water'
Ghaziabad, Aug 18; The residents of Ghaziabad say they have been forced to drink polluted water due to the discharge of effluents by industrial units and that the problem has been compounde....
- Be responsive to people: Mayawati tells cops, bureaucrats
Lucknow, Aug 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday seemed unhappy with the style of functioning of the state bureaucracy and the police and urged officials to be responsive to ....
- Two more die of encephalitis, death toll in UP rises to 174
Gorakhpur, Aug 18: Encephalitis is making its presence felt in eastern UP as two more people died in Gorakhpur today. According to a health official, the death toll in Uttar Pradesh's easte....
- Farmer-government stand-off continues in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 18: The stand-off between farmers and the Uttar Pradesh government continued in Aligarh today, with protesters refusing to accept the enhanced compensation offered in lieu of their....
- Agra incident-free, farmers refuse to relent
Agra, Aug 18: Talks between agitating farmers and the Uttar Pradesh government were held amid tight security in Agra district today, a day after peasants turned violent in their demand for high....
- Uttar Pradesh sugar mill handed over to industrialist
Lucknow, Aug 18: A recently disinvested sugar mill in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh was on Tuesday handed over to industrialist Ponty Chadda amid tight security.
Kundan Sugar Mill ....
- Carcasses, garbage make abandoned Taj corridor an eyesore
Agra, Aug 18: With the blatant dumping of civic garbage and carcasses, the land once earmarked for the controversial 80-acre Taj Corridor has now been reduced to an eyesore even as different go....
- 36 arrested for Bareilly riots
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18: Thirty-six people have arrested for the communal clash that broke out in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said on Tuesday, adding the situation was now "und....
- Three held with fake currency
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18: Three people were arrested after a gunfight in this Uttar Pradesh district and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs.90,000 was seized from them, police sai....
- Opposition has no work but to provoke farmers: Mayawati
Lucknow, Aug 17: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati raised suspicion about the role of the opposition parties in provoking the farmers in Aligarh and Mathura to agitate and launch a sate-wid....
- Ex-MP's son arrested in murder case
Lucknow, Aug 17: A former Janata Dal MP's son who with his two brothers killed a youth has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, police said today.
Rahul Singh,....
- Villagers attack police in Agra
Agra, Aug 17: Angry villagers, including a large number of women and children, of Etmadpur here today morning attacked police pickets, demanding higher compensation for their farm land acquired....
- Mayawati's special envoy defuses Aligarh crisis
Lucknow, Aug 17: Senior Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat Shashank Shekhar Singh, who was sent as Chief Minister Mayawati's special envoy to Aligarh, today succeeded in defusing the crisis triggered....
- Samajwadi Party, RLD join Uttar Pradesh farmers' stir
Lucknow, Aug 16: Supporting farmers' demand for higher compensation for their lands acquired for the Yamuna Expressway, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) held demonst....
- Opposition leaders offer support to agitating farmers
Tappal (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 16: Opposition leaders today made a beeline for Tappal town in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district to show support for the thousands of agitating farmers after two ....
- Four mutilated bodies found in Uttar Pradesh town
Lucknow, Aug 16: Four mutilated bodies were found lying near a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district today morning, police said.
The bodies were recovered from near t....
- Mulayam demands Maaywati's dismissal over farmers' deaths
New Delhi, Aug 16: The Samajwadi Party (SP) today demanded dismissal of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati over the police firing on farmers in Aligarh district leading to the killing of two....
- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 16: A gangster wanted in over 25 criminal cases, including murder and abduction, was gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district early today, an official said.....
- Uttar Pradesh shunts officials after police firing
Lucknow, Aug 16: The Uttar Pradesh government late on Sunday gave marching orders to district magistrates and police chiefs of the state's Aligarh and Mathura districts, a day after police ....
- Sombre I-Day for Agra, Mathura, Aligarh farmers
Agra, Aug 16: The Independence Day celebrations in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, Mathura and Aligarh districts lacked the usual festive and upbeat mood on Sunday, a day after two people were killed....
- Mayawati honours policemen on I-Day
Lucknow, Aug 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati hoisted the tricolour here today to mark India's 64th Independence Day and honoured three policemen for meritorious services.
- Common man tells Lucknow how to treat the national flag
Lucknow, Aug 15: A 52-year-old activist has taken up a unique task - picking up all the national flags discarded on the streets of Lucknow after the official Independence Day functions.
- Goods train jumps rails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 13: Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Varanasi-Chhapra route after 10 wagons of a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district today. No casualty was reported....
- CAG raps Mayawati government for pulling down stadium
Lucknow, Aug 13: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has rapped the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh for pulling down a sports stadium here to make room for the expansion of ....
- Two run over by train in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Aug 13: Two people were killed when a train hit their vehicle while it was crossing the Delhi-Moradabad railway track near Masuri in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday, police s....
- Seven girls rescued from red light area
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 13: Seven teenaged girls, four hailing from Nepal, were rescued from a red light area in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Thursday, police said.
Two ....
- Yoga to help jail inmates shun violence
Lucknow, Aug 12: Prisoners in a jail in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district will be given yoga lessons to help them overcome violent behaviour and tendencies, an official said today.
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- Bonds that shine: Sisters polish shoes for ailing brother
Kanpur, Aug 12: Their heads bent in concentration as they furiously polish shoes on a roadside in this Uttar Pradesh city, the two young girls are extraordinary profiles of hope in the face of ....
- Students torch vehicles to protest fellow scholar's death
Lucknow, Aug 11: Students of a private engineering college in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district today went on a rampage and torched three college buses and several private vehicles to prot....
- Man-eater strikes in Pilibhit again
Lucknow, Aug 11: A man-eater, which has been on the prowl in and around the jungles of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, made its sixth kill in a village of the district.
Redawati Devi, 55, ....
- BSP leader killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 11: A local leader of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district, police said today.
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- Youth dies in police custody, protesters block road
Ghaziabad, Aug 11: Angered residents of Loni town in Ghaziabad district vandalised vehicles and blocked the Delhi-Saharanpur road on Tuesday after a 19-year-old youth was allegedly beaten to de....
- Mayawati allocates Rs.500 crore more for parks, memorials
Lucknow, Aug 10: Unfazed by criticism against "overspending" on parks and statues, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati once again allocated nearly Rs. 500 crores towards her dream pro....
- Violence in Uttar Pradesh town after schoolboy's death
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 10: The death of a teenaged student, mowed down by a speeding bus, sparked violence in this Uttar Pradesh town today, with an angry mob indulging in arson and fi....
- Uproar in Uttar Pradesh assembly over law and order
Lucknow, Aug 9: Demanding a discussion on the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the entire opposition was up in arms in the Uttar Pradesh assembly today.
The continu....
- Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 9: A gangster wanted in connection with over 20 criminal cases and carrying a bounty of Rs.50,000 was shot down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said....
- Two women, teen murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 9: Two women and a teenage girl were found murdered in their rented house in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said today.
The three bodies were recovered lat....
- Woman, two children burnt to death in sleep
Agra, Aug 9: A woman and her two sons were burnt to death in their sleep and another son was injured in a fire in their house early on Sunday in Agra, police said.
The incident toop p....
- Agra city going green - the voluntary way
Agra, Aug 9: The city of the Taj Mahal is set to look greener from the barren wasteland it has been reduced to over the decades.
Inspired by one man's example of planting trees, n....
- Python in hospital creates panic
Agra, Aug 8: A seven-foot python that strayed into a nursing home here creating panic among patients and staff was today moved to a forest, police said.
The high drama at Khushi Hospi....
- Four train passengers injured as youths go on rampage
Kanpur, Aug 7: At least four passengers, including three soldiers, were injured today when several unidentified youths went on a rampage trying to occupy reserved seats in a train in this Uttar....
- Doctor by day, teacher for slum children by noon
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7: Medical check-ups, vaccination and medicines are not the only things on offer at a paediatric clinic here. For, it doubles up as a classroom for impoverished c....
- Senior bank official found dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 7: A senior official of Punjab National Bank (PNB) belonging to Delhi was found dead in a hotel room in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said today.
Kulbhush....
- Key accused in Allahabad blast surrenders in court
Allahabad, Aug 7: A man wanted in connection with last month's bomb attack targeting Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal Gupta alias Nandi, surrendered in a court here on Friday, officials sa....
- Trees on 65 percent area of Noida memorial: Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, Aug 6: The Uttar Pradesh government today told the Supreme Court that it would plant trees on 65 percent of the land of the Noida Park memorial project dedicated to Bahujan Samaj Par....
- Class 3 student beaten by principal, arm fractured
Lucknow, Aug 6: The left arm of a Class 3 student of an Uttar Pradesh school was fractured after the principal allegedly beat him for making noise in the classroom, police said today.
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- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 6: A gangster wanted in over 20 criminal cases, including murder and abduction, was gunned down in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district but his aide escaped, police said today.
- Couple consume poison inside police officer's office
Lucknow, Aug 6: An elderly couple in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district on Thursday consumed poison inside the office of a police officer, alleging harassment by the police in a case, official....
- Shia cleric comes to Mahmoodabad ex-royal's rescue
Lucknow, Aug 6: Prominent Shia scholar and cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawaad on Thursday sprung a surprise by coming out in support of the erstwhile royal of Mahmoodabad who was suddenly deprived of ....
- Mayawati orders tough steps against food and drug adulterators
Lucknow, Aug 5: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today ordered tough steps against food and drug adulterators and also against her officials displaying laxity in bringing the culprits to b....
- Two cops suspended for Noida abduction
Noida, Aug 5: Two policemen were suspended on Wednesday for laxity when a man was kidnapped outside the Great India Place Mall in Noida.
On Tuesday, three unidentified armed men kidna....
- Class 11 student found dead in Lucknow sports college
Lucknow, Aug 4: A Class 11 student was today found dead under mysterious circumstances near the swimming pool of Lucknow's Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, police said.
Faiz Alam....
- After winning 32-year legal battle, a royal loses again
Lucknow, Aug 4: After winning a 32-year-long court battle following which huge properties were restored to the erstwhile royal of Mahmoodabad by the apex court in 2005, an amendment in the enem....
- Trooper held for killing villagers in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 4: A trooper of the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has been arrested on charges of killing two villagers during a clash in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district, police sa....
- Pakistani women on Taj visit talk harmony
Agra, Aug 3: It is in the interest of peoples of India and Pakistan to have harmonious and friendly relations, a group of women belonging to Pakistani NGO Paiman said during a visit to the Taj ....
- Taj city residents oppose widening of Delhi-Agra highway
Agra, Aug 3: Thousands of Taj city residents today opposed the central government's decision to widen the Delhi-Agra national highway and presented a memorandum to the divisional commission....
- 'Poorly trained troopers responsible for villagers' killing'
Lucknow, Aug 3: Blaming the killing of two villagers on Monday by Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) troopers manning the India-Nepal border on the the force's "poorly trained" personnel, the....
- Two killed in firing by troopers in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 2: Heated arguments between villagers and personnel of a paramilitary force took an ugly turn in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district today when the troopers opened fire leaving ....
- Man lynched in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Aug 2: A 47-year-old man was lynched in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district on suspicion of taking a cow for slaughter, police said today.
The incident took place Sunday....
- Army officer with AK-47 bullets arrested at airport
Lucknow, Aug 1: An Indian Army officer was arrested at the Lucknow airport today after two AK-47 cartridges were found in his baggage, police said.
Identified as Captain Varun Misra, ....
- Kanwarias flood highway to Haridwar, vehicles to be diverted
Ghaziabad, Aug 1: It's the time for kanwarias to flood the highway leading to Haridwar again. Thousands of orange-robed men with bamboo staffs slung across their shoulders carrying decorate....
- Huge fire in plywood factory in Kanpur
Lucknow, July 31: A massive fire broke out in a plywood factory in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today morning, destroying goods worth lakhs of rupees, police said. No casualties were rep....
- Death for six in double-murder case
Lucknow, July 31: A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district on Friday gave death sentence to six people in a double-murder case of August 2000, an official said.
The specia....
- Murder case against six Uttar Pradesh cops
Lucknow, July 30: A murder case was slapped against six policemen today for allegedly torturing a man in their custody to death in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, authorities said.
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- ATM catches fire, Rs.3 lakh burnt
Lucknow, July 30: Currency notes worth Rs.3 lakh were reduced to ashes after an ATM of a public sector bank caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, police said.
The ....
- Cameras to monitor crime in Noida
Noida, July 30: Cameras mounted at vantage points in crowded areas that will be monitored 24X7 and other technology-based mapping systems and information systems will make this growing city saf....
- Close shave for JetLite flight in Lucknow
Lucknow, July 29: A New Delhi-bound JetLite flight with 140 passengers on board had a narrow escape here today after a bird hit just as it was about to take-off, an official said.
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- Man held with animal hides, antlers in Kanpur
Lucknow, July 29: A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today for possessing several animal hides, antlers and other animal parts, officials said.
Tushar Kant Vish....
- Ex-cop 'Radha' told to pay Rs.15,000 maintenance to wife
Lucknow, July 29: Former Uttar Pradesh inspector general of police D.K. Panda, who abandoned his wife after proclaiming himself to be a reincarnation of Lord Krishna's childhood companion R....
- Software engineer killed in Greater Noida
Greater Noida, July 29: A 25-years-old software engineer was found dead with stab wounds in the Kasna area of Greater Noida early on Wednesday, police said.
Abhinav Ratnavat was found....
- Angry mob vandalises police post in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 28: An angry mob indulged in arson and vandalism at a police outpost, protesting the death of a teenaged boy, who was mowed down by a tractor in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad dist....
- Goods train overshoots signal in Uttar Pradesh, probe ordered
Lucknow, July 27: A tragedy was averted on the Howrah-Delhi rail route, near a railway station in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district, on Tuesday when the driver of a goods train ignored the s....
- Railway employee held for raping minor
Lucknow, July 28: A railway employee was arrested here on charges of raping a three-year-old girl on Tuesday, police said.
Vishnu Dayal (28) allegedly raped the three-year-old daughte....
- Goods train overshoots signal, probe ordered
Lucknow, July 28: A tragedy was averted on the Howrah-Delhi rail route, near a railway station in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district, on Tuesday when the driver of a goods train ignored the s....
- Protesting teachers stop train in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 27: Hundreds of temporary teachers of government and private schools disrupted rail traffic and clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today, demanding ....
- Three of Dalit family killed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 27: Three members of a Dalit family were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Jyotiba Phule Nagar today, police said.
Mukhram, 55, his wife Gyanwati, 50, and their son Rahul, 2....
- Taj city delegation meets president
Agra, July 27: A delegation of social activists, businessmen and concerned citizens of Agra met president Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday to demand a barrage on river Yamuna.
- Snake bites fireman inside Lucknow airport premises
Lucknow, July 26: A fireman was in a critical condition today after a snake bit him in the airport premises here, officials said, adding that frantic efforts were on to recover the reptile and ....
- Tiger kills man in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 26: A tiger killed a man in a village adjoining a forest area in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district. His partially eaten body was found in the fields, an official said today.
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- People will unseat Mayawati soon: Sibal
Lucknow,July 25: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's "days in power are now numbered as the people of the state are going to unseat her soon", Human Resource Development Minster....
- Injured Uttar Pradesh minister recovering well
Lucknow, July 24: Uttar Pradesh Minister Nand Gopal Gupta alias Nandi, who was critically injured in a bomb blast in Allahabad, has been removed from life support system as his condition is bet....
- First government website on Taj Mahal launched
Agra, July 23: Panoramic views, along with complete historical background, timings and ticket rates - the first official government website on the Taj Mahal takes visitors on a virtual trip to ....
- Injured Uttar Pradesh minister wants to resign?
Lucknow, July 22: Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal Gupta alias Nandi, who is undergoing treatment in hospital for injuries he received during a bomb blast outside his residence in Allahabad, h....
- Allahabad bomb blast accused sent to police custody
Allahabad, July 22: A court in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district today sent four people accused of the July 12 bomb attack on a state minister to police custody, officials said.
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- Four cops suspended over custodial death
Lucknow, July 22: Four policemen have been suspended over the death in police custody of a 45-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, police said today.
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- Principal booked for thrashing student
Lucknow, July 22: The principal of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district has been booked for brutally thrashing a class one girl student that left her needing ....
- Now lodge FIR via SMS, new service launched
Meerut, July 20: In a unique attempt to make it convenient for the people this district in Uttar Pradesh has launched a service where people can file an FIR through SMS from their mobile phones....
- Boy found semi-nude in girl's room lynched
Ghaziabad, July 19: Residents of a Ghaziabad village beat a boy to death after he was found in a semi-nude condition with a girl in her room early today, police said.
According to pol....
- Kanshi Ram memorial to get silicon coat
Lucknow, July 19: The barely one-year-old Rs.750 crore Kanshi Ram Memorial here is to be given a special silicon coat to provide a shield against seepage and discolouring of the pink Dholpur st....
- Three men buried alive
Agra, July 18: Three men were buried alive under mud while scooping out silt from a pond today near this Uttar Pradesh city, police said.
The victims were identified as Rakesh, 18, Aj....
- Mayawati blames Allahabad blast on opposition
Lucknow, July 17: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today blamed the opposition for the Allahabad blast which left one dead and five injured, including Institutional Finance (Stamps and Reg....
- Villagers lynch suspected thief in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 17: Villagers on patrol duty beat a youth to death with iron rods, sticks and bricks after they caught him sneaking into a house in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police s....
- RDX-petrol mix used in Uttar Pradesh blast
Lucknow, July 16: RDX was mixed with petrol to provide the lethal explosive for carrying out a sensational blast in Allahabad which left one dead and five, including an Uttar Pradesh minister, ....
- NTPC engineer found dead
Lucknow, July 16: A senior engineer with power generation major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar dis....
- Samajwadi Party leader behind attack on minister: Police
Lucknow, July 15: The Uttar Pradesh Police today said they had unearthed the conspiracy behind the blast in Allahabad city targeting a state minister with the arrest of two people, and accused ....
- Woman, paramour get death penalty for killing seven
Lucknow, July 15: A court in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district today awarded death penalty to a woman and her paramour for killing seven people in 2008 for property, police said.
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- Injured Uttar Pradesh minister to undergo plastic surgery
Lucknow, July 15: Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal alias Nandi, who continues to be on life support system four days after he was critically injured in a bomb blast, will undergo plastic surge....
- Escaped prisoner nabbed after three weeks
Lucknow, July 15: After remaining elusive for over three weeks, one of the four prisoners who had escaped from the Mathura jail has been nabbed in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, official....
- Injured Uttar Pradesh minister still on life support
Lucknow, July 14: Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal alias Nandi, who was critically injured in a bomb blast, is recovering but continues to be on life support system for the third day today, of....
- Four gangmen run over by train, three die
Lucknow, July 14: Three railway employees repairing tracks were killed when they were run over by a train in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district today. A fourth gangman is critically injured....
- Record-holding guitarist misses scholarship, father demands justice
Agra, July 14: His guitar playing got him into the record books and he also has an excellent academic record. But Agra boy Akash Gupta is in deep despair - he had been dreaming of admission to ....
- Journalist injured in Uttar Pradesh blast brought to Delhi
Lucknow, July 14: Indian Express correspondent Vijay Pratap Singh, who sustained serious injuries in Monday's bomb blast in Uttar Pradesh' Allahabad city which left one dead and four in....
- Injured Uttar Pradesh minister is out of danger
Lucknow, July 13: Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal Gupta alias Nandi, who was critically injured in a bomb blast in Allahabad, is "conscious and out of danger", doctors said here today....
- Five detained in Allahabad blast case
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), July 13: Five people have been detained in connection with the blast here that killed one man and critically injured five, including Uttar Pradesh minister Nand Gopal....
- Uttar Pradesh minister injured in blast
Allahabad, July 12: An Uttar Pradesh minister was critically injured in a blast outside his residence in Allahabad district today, police said. Nand Gopal Nandi, the minister for institutional ....
- Four dead monkeys in Agra hospital's water tank
Agra, July 12: Unable to bear the stench from the water they had been using for several days, employees of the district hospital here decided to look into the matter and got a shock when they f....
- Two held in train with cache of firearms
Lucknow, July 12: Two men have been arrested with a huge cache of firearms from a train in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, police said today.
Sajid and Shahzad were arrested l....
- Goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 12: A coal-laden goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district today, an official said. No one was injured.
The train from Dhanbad in Jharkhand was....
- No radioactive threat in AMU
Aligarh, July 11: An expert committee has concluded that the radiation level of the radium beryllium (Ra-Be) source stored in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was within safe limits, an offi....
- PM, Sonia, Mayawati's silence agonises dead boy's parents
Kanpur, July 11: Eight days after a severely injured boy bled to death because he could not be taken to hospital in time due to security restrictions during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ....
- Clear loans, Uttar Pradesh panchayat poll aspirants told
Agra, July 10: Aspirants in the panchayat (village council) elections in Uttar Pradesh later this year will have to clear all dues against loans taken from government agencies, an order issued ....
- No one should die due to VVIP security, says family
Lucknow, July 9: A grieving Kanpur family whose only son died because he could not be taken to hospital quickly due to restrictions for the prime minister's visit today made a emotive plea ....
- Students refuse food cooked by Dalits, principal suspended
Lucknow, July 9: The principal of a government-run school in Uttar Pradesh's Ramabai Nagar district was suspended for inaction and negligence after students refused to eat the midday meal p....
- Woman kills self, two children
Lucknow, July 9: A woman allegedly set herself on fire along with her two minor children in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district following a heated argument with her husband, police said toda....
- Samajwadi Party workers sprayed with drain water
Lucknow, July 8: The Samajwadi Party today alleged that its workers were sprayed with drain water during a demonstration here earlier in the week to protest the hike in fuel prices.
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- Four pilgrims die in road accident
Lucknow, July 8: At least four pilgrims, including two women, were killed and eight critically injured when their jeep was hit by a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district today, police....
- Six drown in tomato pulp pit
Lucknow, July 7: In a bizarre accident, six labourers drowned in a pit filled with tomato pulp at a ketchup manufacturing unit here late on Wednesday.
"First a woman labourer slip....
- Acid attack on cop in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 7: Unidentified men threw acid on a 25-year-old constable at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district today, an official said.
The incident took place i....
- Uttar Pradesh civic poll curbs challenged
Lucknow, July 7: Two public interest lawsuits were filed on Tuesday in the Allahabad High Court, challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to bar civic poll candidates from using ....
- Student found dead in Uttar Pradesh madrassa
Lucknow, July 6: A 17-year-old student was today found dead at a madrassa in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, police said.
The body of the victim, identified only as Abdullah, was ....
- Father kills three minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 6: Unable to deal with his poverty, a father slit the throats of his three minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district early today, police said.
Ahmad, 40, ....
- Police officer injured in gunfight
Ghaziabad, July 4: An Uttar Pradesh Police sub-inspector today sustained critical injuries during a raid on a criminal's hideout in the Modinagar area of Ghaziabad district, police said.
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- Saying it with stones at an Uttar Pradesh temple
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), July 4: People carry stones in their hands, looking out for more, some running, while others walk swiftly in a particular direction. No, the group is not getting ready f....
- Major connecting roads in NCR to be widened
Ghaziabad, July 3: In a bid to ease traffic congestion in the national capital region (NCR) before the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, all major connecting roads, including highways, will be widen....
- Frustration taking a toll on Agra youth
Agra, July 3: Family disputes, frequent transfers, poor health... these seem to be enough reason for youth to take their lives in the Taj city.
Four people in Agra committed suicide o....
- Jama Masjid bomb hoax caller arrested
New Delhi, July 2: A 24-year-old man was arrested today for making a hoax call to police claiming bombs had been placed in the historic Jama Masjid here.
Vishal was arrested from Muza....
- Rahul Gandhi's Amethi constituency made district
Lucknow, July 1: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today declared Amethi - the parliamentary constituency of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi - the state's 72nd district and rena....
- SDM arrested for plotting to kill neighbours
Lucknow, July 1: A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) has been arrested here for hatching a conspiracy to kill his two neighbours who allegedly tried to "spoil his daughter", police said t....
- Eight killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, July 1: At least eight people were killed and five injured when a speeding truck rammed into their vehicle in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district early today, police said.
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- Suspected custody death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 29: The family of a 69-year-old man has alleged that he was beaten to death in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district but the charge was denied by a senior polic....
- Missing man's return puts brother in dilemma
Lucknow, June 29: A man, who married his brother's wife after he disappeared, now faces a dilemma - the missing man is all set to return home after being freed from a Pakistani prison.
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- Mayawati demands withdrawal of fuel price hike
Lucknow, June 29: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday demanded the withdrawal of the fuel price hike and said protests will be held against i....
- Now a mango wine to take you 'high'
Lucknow, June 28: If the several mango drinks available in the market are not enough to give you a kick, a group of scientists here have developed wines made of mangoes that can take you really....
- Lucknow kids fund green mission with pocket money
Lucknow, June 26: Children of their age usually prefer spending pocket money on junk food, enjoying a joyride in an amusement park, or buying a DVD of their favourite cartoons. But here's a....
- Probe ordered after prisoners found in jail hospital
Lucknow, June 25: Seven prisoners were found in a jail hospital rather than their cells in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district. An enquiry has been ordered into the incident, an official said....
- Fire in Lucknow building
Lucknow, June 25: A fire enveloped a commercial building near the Raj Bhawan here today, but there were no casualties and everyone in the complex was evacuated to safety, an official said.
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- Congress holds state-wide stir against Mayawati government
Lucknow, June 24: The Congress party today held state-wide demonstrations against the Mayawati government's decision to hold urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh along non-political ....
- 14 state-owned sugar mills up for sale in UP
Lucknow, June 24: Decks have been cleared or the sale of 14 state-owned sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh.
These mills are among the 33 identified by the state government as "sick"....
- Tiger kills man in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 24: A tiger killed a man in a village adjoining a forest area in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said today.
The partially eaten body of Bulakiram, 55, w....
- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 23: A gangster wanted in over 20 criminal cases was gunned down early today in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district even as his two aides escaped, police said.
Radhey H....
- Probe into cops' absence at terror suspect's court appearance
Lucknow, June 22: An enquiry was ordered today against seven police sub-inspectors who failed to show up when terror suspect Fahim Ansari was brought to a court in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur di....
- Two men found dead in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, June 22: The bodies of two men, who allegedly died of a drug overdose, were found in Ghaziabad today, police said.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police Raghubir Lal....
- Eight killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, June 22: Eight people of a marriage party were killed and six critically injured when their vehicle rammed into a roadside tree in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, police said to....
- Katiyar must apologise for objectionable posters: Congress
Lucknow, June 21: The Congress today demanded an unconditional apology from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president Vinay Katiyar for issuing "objectionable posters linking Con....
- Agra heat fails to deter tourists
Agra, June 21: Despite the heat wave that has sent day temperatures soaring to 40-45 degrees Celsius, there is no marked drop in the tourist inflow into the Taj city.
"This time o....
- Man dies in police custody, three cops suspended
Lucknow, June 21: The death of a physically-challenged man in police custody sparked mob fury and led to the suspension of three policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, officials ....
- Nepali children rescued from Ghaziabad councillor's house
Ghaziabad, June 19: Four Nepali children, who escaped to Ghaziabad from a study centre in Dehradun, were today rescued from a councillor's house here. They alleged that they had been held c....
- Rahul Gandhi's 40th birthday grand affair in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 19: The Congress in Uttar Pradesh today took out marches and organised blood-donation camps, besides distributing sweets, fruits and medicines amongst the poor on the occasion of ....
- Nine killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow, June 19: Nine people were killed and 20 injured early today when a tractor trolley carrying over 40 people returning from pre-marriage function was hit by a speeding mini-truck in Utta....
- Deranged man jumps onto funeral pyre, dies
Varanasi, June 19: A man, said to be mentally unstable, was charred to death on Friday after he jumped onto a funeral pyre in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said.
The i....
- Court orders stop to construction on Gomti river bed
Lucknow, June 18: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court today ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to stop all construction activity along the banks of the river Gomti here.
A div....
- Uttar Pradesh to hold partyless local bodies polls
Lucknow, June 18: The Uttar Pradesh government today decided to hold the much-awaited local bodies elections on a partyless basis -- a move which has all the state's opposition parties up i....
- Delayed monsoon in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 17: Monsoon has been delayed by a few days in Uttar Pradesh where it normally arrives by June 15, an official said today.
"Monsoon might arrive in the state by June ....
- Bad weather forces Uttar Pradesh governor's plane to land
Lucknow, June 16: An aircraft carrying Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi made an unscheduled landing on Wednesday evening at an Indian Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district du....
- Agra residents cry foul over airport in Jewar
Agra, June 16: This city, which is home to the Taj Mahal and gets around 12,000 tourists a day, has no airport. But its residents point out that a little known place called Jewar, 100 km away, ....
- Poachers held with 60 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 16: Three poachers have been arrested with 60 tortoises, some still alive, in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said today.
The men were nabbed late on Tues....
- Security deployed after communal clashes in Greater Noida
Greater Noida, June 15: Heavy security was today deployed in Kalonda village of Greater Noida and several people were detained after one person was killed and six critically injured in a commun....
- Closure of railway crossing sparks violence
Lucknow, June 15: Twelve people, including six policemen, were injured in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district today when a mob went on a rampage after the closure of a railway crossing, officia....
- 55 bodies recovered after boat capsize, hunt on for more
Lucknow, June 15: Rescue workers had pulled out 55 bodies from the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district and were still searching for those missing after a boat packed with people capsi....
- 10 drown as boat capsizes
Lucknow, June 14: At least 10 people drowned when a boat capsized in the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district today, officials said, adding that rescue operations were on.
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- Uttar Pradesh to subsidise CFLs for consumers
Lucknow, June 13: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) will subsidise energy efficient CFLs for its consumers as a part of its drive to bring down carbon emissions and reduce power consu....
- Agitating Jats cut water supply to Delhi
Ghaziabad, June 13: Members of the Jat community, protesting denial of reservation to the community in recruitment for central services, today stopped water supply from the Upper Ganga Canal to....
- College criticises Modi government over photo ad
Lucknow, June 12: A college in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district today criticized the Gujarat government for using without persmission a photograph of its girl students in newspaper adverti....
- Crime files of mafia dons go missing
Lucknow, June 12: Crime files of some notorious mafia dons have gone missing from the courts in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said today.
The Uttar Pradesh Police realised on Thursd....
- Man wants son killed in police shoot out
Lucknow, June 12: No father would want to see his son dead. But, a man in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambhi district wishes so. He wants his son killed in a police shoot out for his anti-social ac....
- Poacher held with over 300 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 12: A poacher has been arrested with 335 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, police said today.
Iqbal Ahmad, 45, was nabbed late on Friday from Amethi r....
- Mayawati to give land holdings to poor dalits
Lucknow, June 11: After prolonged upper caste baiting, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is back to focussing on her core support base of dalits.
She has begun the work by issuing....
- PVR announces entertainment city in Noida
Noida, June 11: Film company PVR Ltd o Thursday announced the launch of an entertainment city comprising multi-screen theatres, a bowling alley, a skating rink and food plazas in the national c....
- Nigerian arrested for credit card fraud in Noida
Noida, June 10: A Nigerian national was arrested in Noida today for credit card fraud, police said.
Oyesbaniji Kamoru Funday, 22, was arrested red-handed at a shopping mall.
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- Goods train engine catches fire, no casualties
Lucknow, June 10: A fire broke out in the engine of a coal-laden goods train in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district today, railway officials said. No casualty was reported in the incide....
- She is illiterate, but 'masterin' to farmers
Lucknow, June 10: She never went to school and is completely illiterate. But 48-year-old Dhaneswari Devi gives lessons - not in a school, but in the fields where she trains farmers in organic c....
- Construction of new bridge over Yamuna stopped
Agra, June 9: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has asked for immediately stopping construction of a bridge on the river Yamuna here as it is quite close to a Mughal era monument.
- Taj city is greener, cleaner but larger battle remain
Agra, June 9: Seventeen years after India's Supreme Court called for reducing pollution around the Taj Mahal, this tourist city certainly boasts of cleaner public transport and improved gre....
- Major fire at fertiliser factory in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 8: A major fire broke out at a fertiliser factory in an industrial area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, police said. No injuries were reported.
At least ei....
- Mild tremors in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, June 8: An earthquake of light intensity hit parts of western Uttar Pradesh, an official said here today. No damage of life or property was reported.
"It was a light in....
- Train engine catches fire in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 7: A fire broke out in a running train in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district today, leading to the evacuation of the passengers, a railway official said today. No injury or casua....
- Uttar Pradesh groom finds a boy in disguise of a bride
Lucknow: This is perhaps the worst thing that can happen to a bridegroom on the wedding day - discovering a teenage boy in his bride's place. This bizarre incident took place in a small vil....
- 27 suffer acid burns during marriage function
Lucknow, June 7: At least 27 people at a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district were hospitalised after they suffered acid burn injuries during a marriage ritual today mor....
- Dailt teenagers accused of theft tied with ropes, dragged
Lucknow, June 7: Two Dalit teenagers were assaulted, tied with ropes and then dragged for several meters by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district on charges of stealin....
- Greens up against Mayawati's dream expressway
Ghaziabad, June 6: Chief Minister Mayawati's dream project of an eight-lane expressway from Greater Noida to Saharanpur along the Upper Ganges Canal in Uttar Pradesh has generated much cont....
- Uttar Pradesh to hold partyless local bodies polls
Lucknow, June 18: The Uttar Pradesh government today decided to hold the much-awaited local bodies elections on a partyless basis -- a move which has all the state's opposition parties up i....
- Uttar Pradesh to hold partyless local bodies polls
Lucknow, June 18: The Uttar Pradesh government today decided to hold the much-awaited local bodies elections on a partyless basis -- a move which has all the state's opposition parties up i....
- Three killed in Agra wall collapse
Agra, June 5: Three people were killed today after a wall collapsed on them due to strong winds in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district, police said.
The victims were identified as Kunda....
- Criminal wanted for murder shot dead
Lucknow, June 5: A criminal who carried a reward of Rs.1.5 lakh was gunned down along with an associate by police in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said today.
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- Power cable damaged, train services hit in UP
Lucknow, June 5: The movement of several long distance trains were affected along the busy Delhi-Chennai route after an overhead power cable was damaged in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, ....
- CRPF trooper kills man over land dispute
Lucknow, June 4: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper shot dead his neighbour over a land row in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, police said today.
Hari Shankar Shuk....
- With goddess 'watching', houses here have no doors
Singipur (Uttar Pradesh), June 4: The houses of this village have no doors, yet its residents don't feel the lack of protection as they believe goddess Kali watches over them. What's mo....
- Cash, jewellery robbed from Noida house at gunpoint
Noida, June 3: Unidentified armed men barged into a house in Noida and fled after robbing Rs.200,000 in cash and jewellery at gunpoint, police said today.
The incident occurred on Wed....
- Two held with explosives
Lucknow, June 3: Two men have been arrested with a huge cache of explosives in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district, police said today.
The duo was arrested late on Wednesday at Jakh....
- Fire at power substation in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 3: A major fire broke out at a power substation today in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, police said. No one was injured in the incident.
At least eight fire ten....
- A monitor lizard comes calling on Ghaziabad family!
Ghaziabad, June 2: A family in Ghaziabad had a surprise visitor on Tuesday night - a four-feet long monitor lizard that became the house guest while the scared hosts had to spend the night out ....
- 66-year-old fails in Class 10 boards for 45th time
Lucknow, June 2: It was 45th time unlucky for 66-year-old Jabbar Husen from an Uttar Pradesh village who has failed his Class 10 exams again this year -- but the never-say-die grocer is determi....
- Man throws acid on daughter for love outside faith
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), June 1: In an alleged attempted "honour killing", a man poured acid on his daughter and threw her into a canal for planning to marry a man from another reli....
- 15 die as bus runs over marriage procession
Lucknow, June 1: At least 15 people were killed and 11 injured when a bus ran over a marriage procession in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said today.
The accident took place late o....
- Bachchan to face police probe over Barabanki land
Lucknow, June 1: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is likely to face a probe after an Uttar Pradesh court on Monday directed police to look into an allegation of cheating a villager by not buildi....
- Skulls, bones found in Uttar Pradesh pond
Lucknow, May 30: At least 10 human skulls and a number of bones were recovered from a dried-out pond in Uttar Pradesh's Etah town on Saturday, police said.
The skulls and bones su....
- Six engineers suspended for Jhansi chimney collapse
Lucknow, May 29: Six engineers have been suspended for negligence after a chimney collapsed at a power plant in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district killing two workers and injuring at least, an....
- Major fire in Allahabad building, no one injured
Lucknow, May 28: A major fire broke out today in a four-storey commercial building in the busy Jonsenganj area of Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said. No one was injured.
- Inspection reveals 'pathetic' conditions at Lucknow children's home
Lucknow, May 27: "Shocking" and "pathetic" is how an inspection team has described the conditions at a government-run shelter for abandoned children in Lucknow and sought action....
- Two held with idols worth Rs.20 crore
Lucknow, May 27: Two men have been arrested from an Uttar Pradesh town with two 'ashtdhatu' (eight-metal) antique idols worth Rs.20 crore in the international market, police said today.....
- Gangster, aide killed in gun battle in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 26: A gangster, who was a sharp shooter of mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, and his aide were killed in a gun battle with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district today, an off....
- First death in Jhansi chimney mishap, one still missing
Lucknow, May 26: The body of a labourer was dug out today from the debris of the chimney collapse in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, confirming the first death in the accident that occurred t....
- Criminal gunned down by police in Lucknow
Lucknow, May 26: A dreaded gangster, who carried a reward of Rs.1 lakh for his arrest, has been gunned down by the police here, an official said today.
Bichauli Kewat, who had around ....
- 12 get jail for trading in tiger parts
Allahabad, May 25: A city court here today sentenced 10 women and two men to three years in jail and fine of Rs. 10,000 each for their involvement in the illegally trading tiger parts.
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- Ghaziabad launches drive to seal illegal mobile towers
Ghaziabad, May 25: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) today launched a drive to seal illegally installed mobile phone towers in the city, an official said.
Today, the GDA seale....
- Adulterated food, contaminated water claims 15 lives
Lucknow, May 25: At least 15 people in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district have died in the last 10 days after consuming adulterated food and contaminated water, prompting the state government....
- Eight killed in two road accidents in Agra
Agra, May 24: Eight people, including two government engineers and six members of a family going to pay condolences, were killed in two road accidents in Agra district today, police said.
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- Protesting doctors baton charged by police
Lucknow, May 24: At least five doctors were injured when Uttar Pradesh police today wielded baton and used water canons on intern doctors here protesting state government’s failure to augment t....
- Mayawati to seek re-entry to Uttar Pradesh's upper house
Lucknow, May 24: Bahujan Samaj Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will seek re-entry into the state's upper house of legislature.
Announcing her decision at....
- Four dead as Uttar Pradesh power plant chimney collapses
Lucknow, May 24: At least four people were killed and several others injured when a 540 feet-tall chimney of a 500 MW thermal power station collapsed in Paricha town of Jhansi district in Uttar....
- Mayawati's yes for special force for statues, memorials
Lucknow, May 24: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to go ahead with her decision to form a special force to protect her multi-billion dream projects -- memorials and statues, officia....
- Bus runs over seven, four killed
Lucknow, May 24: At least four people were killed and three injured critically when a bus ran over them in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district today, police said.
The accident took pla....
- Water woes continue in Agra
Agra, May 22: Seventeen years after 17 people died and dozens fell sick after drinking water supplied by the Agra Water Works, water continues to remain the number one problem of the city of th....
- Three of family murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 22: Three members of a family were found murdered in their home in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district, police said today.
The decomposed bodies of Satyawati, a 60-yea....
- Six girls drown in Uttar Pradesh river
Lucknow, May 21: Six teenaged girls drowned in Rapti in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district today as they tried to swim across the river, police said.
"The six, who were aged b....
- Law to conserve groundwater on anvil in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 20: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to bring in a law to regulate exploitation of groundwater across the state after finding that an alarming situation was developing in 4....
- 'Sonia, Rahul not keen on Uttar Pradesh's development'
Lucknow, May 20: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi are only interested in developmental schemes in their parliamentary constituencies, not the all-round development of Ut....
- Murder accused released after 'victim' found alive
Greater Noida, May 17: A man, arrested for abducting and murdering a girl, was released after the "victim" was found alive, a police official said today.
According to police, ....
- Couple die hours after marriage in road accident
Lucknow, May 17: A man and a woman, who were on their way to making a new life after tying the knot, were killed in a road accident today barely hours after they got married. Four of their rela....
- Two criminals shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 17: Two criminals wanted in cases of murder, loot and kidnapping were today gunned down by a team of the Special Task Force (STF) in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police....
- 400,000 deployed for census in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 16: Over 400,000 personnel have been engaged for carrying out census in Uttar Pradesh, where the enumeration program was launched by Chief Minister Mayawati today.
The bu....
- Criminal gunned down by police in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, May 16: A criminal carrying a reward on his arrest was killed in a gunfight with police in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district today, police said.
"An Indigo car and....
- I'm committed to Ram temple: Kalyan Singh
Agra, May 16: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president Kalyan Singh today reiterated his commitment to building the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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- Uttar Pradesh gives clearance for Rahul Gandhi rally
Lucknow, May 16: After prolonged dilly-dallying, the Uttar Pradesh government today gave a go-ahead to a proposed public rally to be addressed by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in Mirz....
- Auto lifters' gang headed by retired army officer busted
Ghaziabad, May 16: The Ghaziabad police today claimed to have busted a gang of auto-lifters headed by a retired Indian Army officer, who is on the run.
Lt.Colonel M.P. Singh, who reti....
- Six killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Agra, May 16: Six people were killed and four critically injured when two vehicles collided head-on over the Bajna bridge in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said today.
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- Wedding against khap's wish held under police cover
Greater Noida, May 15: A marriage, fixed against the wishes of a khap panchayat (caste council), was solemnised today under police protection in a village in Greater Noida.
In Chither....
- Student shot at inside examination hall
Meerut, May 15: A student was today shot at several times by an unidentified assailant inside an examination hall in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, police said.
Deepak Rathi, who wa....
- Two poachers held with spotted deer skins
Lucknow, May 15: Two poachers have been arrested with skins of spotted deer near the Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said today.
Of the two poachers, in ....
- Scolded over studies, boy kills father, grandmother
Lucknow, May 14: Frustrated at being frequently scolded for not being serious towards his studies, a 17-year-old boy shot dead his father and grandmother here today, police said.
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- Six girls killed in Uttar Pradesh mishap
Lucknow, May 13: Six minor girls were killed and seven others injured when an earth mound caved in on them in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district today, police said.
The mishap too....
- Student commits suicide due to exam pressure
Agra, May 13: A 19-year-old college student committed suicide in her hostel room here as she was under "tremendous mental stress due to examinations", police said today.
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- Mayawati completes three years in office on Thursday
Lucknow, May 12: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati completes three years in office today.
The first ever Dalit woman chief minister of India's most populous state created hist....
- Commando found dead in Ashok Singhal's house
Lucknow, May 11: An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commando, deployed as part of security provided to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Ashok Singhal, was today found dead ....
- Goods train derails, hits another train
Lucknow, May 11: Rail traffic was hit on the busy Jhansi-Delhi route as several wagons and the engine of a goods train derailed and hit another freight train in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi distr....
- Gandhi takes Gates on whirlwind visit to Amethi, Rae Bareli
Jais (Uttar Pradesh), May 11: Microsoft chief Bill Gates and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here today for a day-long visit aimed at giving the global philanthropist a glimpse ....
- 36 students injured in school bus accident
Lucknow, May 11: At least 36 students were injured, six of them critically, when their school bus skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district, p....
- Bill Gates to visit Amethi with Rahul Gandhi today
Lucknow, May 11: Microsoft chief Bill Gates will join Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on a visit to his parliamentary constituency, Amethi, in Uttar Pradesh today.
The visit w....
- Man lynched after he tried to rape teen
Lucknow, May 10: A 26-year-old man died after he was lynched by a village mob for allegedly attempting to rape a girl on the outskirts of this state capital, police said today.
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- Criminal shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 10: A criminal who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture has been gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Varanasi district, authorities said today.
Monu Yadav....
- 'Honour killing' victims make dramatic reappearance
Lucknow, May 10: A couple in Uttar Pradesh declared dead by police in an "honour killing" on Sunday made a dramatic reappearance, even as an incensed father threw his daughter from the ....
- Woman arrested with tortoises
Lucknow, May 8: A young woman has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district and 40 tortoises recovered from her, police said today.
Seema Banerjee, 28, was arrested on Friday ....
- Mayawati government sacks over 1,000 doctors
Lucknow, May 7: The Uttar Pradesh government today ordered sacking of as many as 1,058 doctors for "absconding" from duty.
According to Principal Health Secretary Pradeep Shuk....
- Uttar Pradesh government issued notice in rural jobs scam
Lucknow, May 7: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with alleged large-scale bungling in the implementation of the Mahatm....
- Nine killed in squall in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 7: At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in squall and thunderstorm that hit different parts of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh today, officials said.
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- Pastor, church attacked in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 7: A group of people vandalised a church and assaulted the pastor, accusing him of carrying out forceful conversions in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said today.
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- Noida bank gutted in fire
Noida, May 7: A bank in Noida was gutted after a fire broke out in the premises, a fire officer said today.
An electric short circuit led to the fire in the Union Bank of India in Bra....
- Criminal shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 6: A criminal wanted in over 30 cases of attempt to murder, loot and abduction was killed in a gun battle with police in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, an official said toda....
- Train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 5: The busy Lucknow-Gorakhpur rail route in Uttar Pradesh was disrupted when three coaches of a train derailed early today. No one was injured, an official said.
The supe....
- Three killed in crackers explosion in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 5: At least three members of a family were killed and eight others injured when a bundle of fireworks exploded inside a house in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district on Tuesday, pol....
- Woman sets self, children afire
Lucknow, May 4: A woman allegedly set herself afire along with her three children in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district over some marital dispute following which all the four died, police said ....
- Trooper commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 4: A paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper posted on the Nepalese border in Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district allegedly shot himself dead with a self-loaded rifle, po....
- Uttar Pradesh cops can be Good Samaritans too
Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 4: They may have a heartless image but the suffering of others moves them too. Police in this Uttar Pradesh district have begun adopting abandoned elderly people t....
- Government hospitals to go private in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 3: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to hand over public hospitals to private chains like Apollo and Fortis under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model to improve healt....
- Armyman shot dead in gun battle in Uttar Pradesh
Bulandshahr, May 2: An Indian Army soldier was shot dead in a gun battle with the Uttar Pradesh police in Bulandshahr district of the state, police said today. However, the armyman's father....
- Armyman killed in gun battle with Uttar Pradesh police
Bulandshahr, May 2: An Indian Army soldier was shot dead in a gun battle with the Uttar Pradesh Police after he robbed a car in this district, police said today.
Two men robbed a Math....
- Cop kills two relatives over property dispute
Lucknow, May 1: A policeman today shot dead two of his relatives over a property dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district, officials said.
Constable Om Prakash, in his late 30s,....
- Use of ACs to be banned in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 1: In view of the power crisis in Uttar Pradesh, use of air conditioners in houses, businesses and government offices has been banned in the state between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., an of....
- Seven pilgrims die in Agra road accident
Agra, May 1: Seven pilgrims were killed and 10 injured when the Tempo three-wheeler they were travelling in collided head-on with a car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said today.
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- Rare variety of mango named after Sachin, next is what?
Lucknow, April 29: The mango season is almost knocking at the door and this season there is a major surprise for the mango lovers. Sachin Tendulkar is a living legend of Indian Cricket, a rare ....
- Damaged cable hits train services
Lucknow, April 29: Movement of several trains has been affected on the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route after an overhead power cable was damaged in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district today, offi....
- Don't hassle public when I travel: Uttar Pradesh governor
Lucknow, April 29: Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi on Wednesday directed the state police to ensure no unnecessary traffic restrictions or diversions are imposed during his movement on the ro....
- 40 arrested for communal clash in Rae Bareli
Lucknow, April 29: Around 40 people have been arrested for their involvement in a communal clash that left at least 12 people injured in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, police said tod....
- Criminal case against BJP MLA for land grabbing
Lucknow, April 28: Uttar Pradesh police have filed a criminal case against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator for allegedly grabbing a farmer's land and assaulting his family members....
- BSP will back government on cut motion: Mayawati
Lucknow, April 27: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati said her party would support the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government over the cut motio....
- Four held with Rs.2.5 crore-worth morphine
Lucknow, April 26: Four men were arrested with morphine worth over Rs.2.5 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said today.
The four men, aged between 35-40 years, w....
- Agra tense after 25 shops torched
Agra, April 25: Tension gripped the fort area of Agra city as two groups clashed today afternoon soon after more than 25 shops were torched in an arson attack, police said. There were no casual....
- Cleaning up Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati style
Lucknow, April 25: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is keen to see her state sparkling clean and has got cracking down on senior officials to ensure that it is done. The effect: a senior m....
- Student injured in ragging in Uttar Pradesh college
Lucknow, April 24: An engineering student in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district suffered multiple injuries after he was allegedly ragged by his seniors, police said today.
Accordi....
- Uttar Pradesh cops collect Rs.92,000 for Commonwealth shooter
Lucknow, April 24: A budding Uttar Pradesh shooter struggling to buy a pistol to take part in the qualifying round of the Commonwealth Games has got a helping hand from Baghpat district police ....
- Ayodhya faced greater threat from karsewaks than from ISI
Rae Bareli, April 24: "The Babri mosque in Ayodhya was under greater threat from Hindu karsewaks than from the Pakistani ISI in 1992," senior IPS officer Anju Gupta told a special CBI c....
- Three Agra girls die as mud heap caves in
Agra, April 24: Three girls, all under 15, died when a mud heap caved in near a canal here, police said today.
Karamvati, Pooja and Laxmi of Baseri Chahar village died on the spot lat....
- Two cops held, more suspended after Ghaziabad sting operation
Ghaziabad, April 23: Two Uttar Pradesh policemen were suspended and arrested and five were suspended after men in uniform in two police patrol jeeps were filmed taking bribes from road commuter....
- Uttar Pradesh dumps NTPC for Bundelkhand power project
Lucknow, April 22: The Uttar Pradesh government has dumped the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and opted for Hindustan Bajaj for setting up a 1,900 MW thermal power project in the sta....
- Cop arrested for kidnapping minor in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 22: A sub-inspector, who kidnapped a minor girl, has been nabbed in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district today, police said.
Rajesh Pandey, who is in his early 30s, wa....
- On Earth day, city of Taj spreads threat-awareness
Agra, April 22: Hundreds of students holding placards and banners marched through the streets in the trans-Yamuna area here today to spread awareness about the threats posed to planet earth by ....
- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 22: A gangster wanted in 40 criminal cases was gunned down by a Special Task Force (STF) team in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, police said today.
Anwar alias Doo....
- BSP MPs urge PM to sanction Greater Noida airport
Lucknow, April 21: A group of MPs of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged the central government to give sanction to a proposal to develop a new....
- Thief lynched in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 21: A man was lynched for attempting to burgle a businessman's house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said today.
The man, in his early 30s, was caugh....
- Uttar Pradesh clears seven new thermal power plants
Lucknow, April 20: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for setting up seven new thermal power plants to bring an additional 4,500 MW of power in the energy-starved state, an offic....
- 'Ghaziabad authorities responsible for dying forests'
Ghaziabad, April 20: The only forest area in Ghaziabad, which serves as the city's green lungs, is dying a slow death due to mismanagement by the civic agencies that let it decay into a gar....
- Uttar Pradesh legislator surrenders in murder case
Lucknow, April 20: An independent legislator, who was wanted by police in connection with the murder of a contractor, surrendered today before an Uttar Pradesh court, police said.
Yas....
- Mysterious disease claims four lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 20: A mysterious disease has claimed the lives of a four-year-old girl and three women in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, officials said today.
The deaths took plac....
- Traditional parasols vanishing from Varanasi's ghats
Varanasi, April 20: The faded parasols dotting the banks of the Ganga in this Hindu holy city for years, under whose ample shade priests received their clients or tourists sat for a bit of idle....
- Four injured in crude bomb explosion in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 19: At least four people were injured, one of them critically, when a crude bomb exploded in a garbage dump in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district today, police said.
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- Woman commits suicide after kids fail in exams
Agra: A 32-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping before a running train in this Uttar Pradesh district after three of her school-going children failed in their exams, police said today.
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- CBI tells court it has proof on Mayawati's illegal wealth
New Delhi, April 18: Almost a month after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's money garland row, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Supreme Court that it has evidenc....
- Agra protection home fails to protect its young
Agra: The Children's Protection Home in Agra had handed over 10 young children for adoption to couples between 2004 and 2006. Today there is no trace of six of them.
In 2009, shoc....
- Criminal lynched in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 17: A criminal was lynched in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district after he was caught sneaking into a commercial establishment with the intention of looting it, police said today.....
- Police to prevent schools being used as drinking dens
Noida, April 17: Police in Noida will guard government schools after they close for the day to prevent anti-social elements from misusing the premises for drinking, an official said today.
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- Couple seeks mercy killing along with five blind sons
Lucknow, April 16: Fed up of their penury and the burden of their five blind sons, a couple in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district has sought mercy killing for their entire family.
Munau....
- Fires break out in two Ghaziabad factories
Ghaziabad, April 15: Fires broke out in two factories in the trans-Hindon area of Ghaziabad today, officials said.
A minor fire broke out in Khanna Coir Foams Limited around at noon. ....
- Bomb detected on Delhi-bound train, defused
Lucknow, April 15: An improvised explosive device (IED) detected in a coach of the New Delhi-bound Sampark-Kranti express at Mahoba railway station in Uttar Pradesh was defused early today, ave....
- Two killed in Mathura explosion
Lucknow, April 14: At least two people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at a scrap dealer's shop in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district today, police said while ruling ....
- We will continue to set up parks: Mayawati
Lucknow, April 14: The Uttar Pradesh government will continue to set up parks and memorials in the names of Dalit icons despite the criticism by political opponents of the ruling Bahujan Samaj ....
- Mayawati paints Lucknow blue for Ambedkar anniversary
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has virtually got the city painted blue on the eve of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's birth anniversary.
Various memorials and monument....
- Congress, BSP rallies in Ambedkar Nagar on Wednesday
Lucknow, April 3: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress both are holding rallies in the state's Ambedkar Nagar town on Bhimrao Ambedkar's birth anniversa....
- Ghaziabad custody death: Autopsy shows contusions on body
Ghaziabad, April 13: The autopsy report of a man who was found hanging in a police station cell here revealed that he had contusions all over his body and the death was caused due to suffocatio....
- Mob torches buses as man missing after police grilling
Lucknow, April 13: A mob today went on the rampage, setting four roadways buses on fire, attacking policemen and damaging public property in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district after a man....
- Childless couple 'sacrifice' three-year-old to get son
Lucknow, April 13: A man and his wife have been arrested on charges of 'sacrificing' a three-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar district so that a son is born to them, ....
- Youth dies as shop catches fire
Ghaziabad, April 13: A 23-year-old salesman was burnt to death after a fire broke out in a liquor shop in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, police said today.
The incident took ....
- Court slams back-door entry into Uttar Pradesh upper house
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for an apparent attempt to circumvent the constitution while arranging a "back-door entry" fo....
- No respite from scorching heat in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will continue to reel under blazing heat with the maximum temperature hovering around 40-45 degrees Celsius, the Met office said today.
The temperature will rem....
- Criminal carrying Rs.50,000 reward killed in Noida
Noida: A man accused in nearly a dozen heinous crimes across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi and carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head was killed in a shootout with Noida police early tod....
- Idol theft sparks violence in Uttar Pradesh
Kalpi (Uttar Pradesh): Agitated over the theft of an idol from a temple, devotees here today afternoon attacked the police and set six commuter buses on fire.
The mob indulged in vand....
- Musical protest at Vrindavan to save Yamuna
Vrindavan: The banks of the polluted Yamuna river came alive to the soul-stirring strains of a unique musical protest that bemoaned nature's bountiful beauty turning into a sewage drain and....
- Poachers held with peacock carcasses
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): Three poachers have been arrested with carcasses of peacocks, which were killed by them in a forest area here, police said today.
The three men, in their mid-....
- Bodies of 25 slain CRPF troopers brought to Lucknow
Lucknow: The bodies of 25 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were brought here by a special aircraft today afternoon, a day after they were killed in a Maoist strike in Chhattisgarh.
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- Bitten by learning bug, teacher clears 58 subjects in board exams
Allahabad: His passion for learning seems unending. This headmaster of a government school has been appearing in class 10 and 12 board exams for the past over 20 years, clearing them every time....
- Law student held for stealing motorcycle
Ghaziabad: A student studying law at a private college and his friend were arrested here today for stealing a motorcycle, police said.
"A second year student of LLB from the Insti....
- 3 held with fake currency in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) today nabbed three people with counterfeit notes with face value of Rs.1 lakh in Kanshiram Nagar district, police said.
The three men....
- Panchayat orders killing of couple in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has ordered the killing of a couple after they eloped and married against their families' wishes, police said today.
The Khedka village panch....
- Ghaziabad residents block highway to protest double murder
Ghaziabad: Angry Ghaziabad residents blocked the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway-58 for over an hour near the Nand Gram area on Monday to protest the murder of two youths, police said.
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- Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut: A gangster, carrying a bounty of Rs.60,000 on his head and wanted in nearly 20 criminal cases, was shot dead here today by the Uttar Pradesh police, an official said.
Sonu, 25....
- Probe ordered in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy
Varanasi: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a magisterial probe into the hooch tragedy that claimed at least eight lives in the state's Varanasi and Bhadohi districts today, official....
- Want total funding for implementing RTE, Mayawati reiterates
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today reiterated her demand that the central government fund the cost of implementing the Right to Education Act in her state.
Conveying....
- Retired professor's courtyard is haven for sparrows
Meerut: The numbers of house sparrows may be dwindling fast, but certainly not in the courtyard of a retired professor's house in this north Indian city where these gregarious birds have be....
- Farmers' leader arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Pilibhit: Congress leader and Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan chief V.M. Singh, who has been leading a farmers' movement in Uttar Pradesh over the past few years, was arrested from Rahulp....
- Fraud by BSNL employees in Aligarh unearthed
Aligarh: Many of the taxis hired by the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office in the past decade for official reasons have turned out to be scooters and tractors, pointing to a....
- Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Mau (Uttar Pradesh): A gangster wanted in over 20 criminal cases was today gunned down in this Uttar Pradesh town by a team of the state police's special task force (STF), police said.
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- Showers likely in Uttar Pradesh today
Lucknow: Temperatures across Uttar Pradesh have been hovering around a scorching 40 degrees Celsius but the weatherman has forcast rain in some parts of the state today, signalling relief for t....
- Sanjay Dutt charged for 'jhappi to Mayawati' remark
Pratapgarh: A charge sheet was filed here today against Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt for his allegedly disparaging remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, an official said.
- Five injured in police firing in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least five people were injured today when police resorted to firing to disperse the locals who took to streets in Uttar Pradesh's Sant Kabirnagar district to protest the delay i....
- Sick sugar mills to be sold in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Decks have finally been cleared for the sale of 33 state-run sugar mills that turned "sick" many years ago.
"A formal nod for the privatisation of these mills was....
- Two villagers arrested for killing leopard
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): In a gruesome incident of violence against wild animals, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district killed a leopard with spears and iron weapons. Of the six....
- And now, a Mayawati temple
Lucknow: If all goes well, Uttar Pradesh will soon get a temple dedicated to Chief Minister and Dalit icon Mayawati, whose statues already dot the sprawling state.
The temple is propo....
- Politicians unify to make Big B brand envoy of Allahabad
Allahabad: Cutting across party lines, politicians have joined hands to bring Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to his birthplace Allahabad as its brand ambassador.
Around 70 corpo....
- Brickbats and bouquets for private power discom
Agra: The transfer of power distribution from government to private hands has got a mixed response in this Taj city. More than 2,000 people had complaints while many others praised the private ....
- Hike in power tariff in Uttar Pradesh recommended
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on Thursday night announced 13 percent hike in power tariffs across the state.
The hike - the second in the year -....
- Court stays suspension of gay AMU teacher
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court today stayed the Aligarh Muslim University's suspension of teacher S.R. Siras for "gross professional misconduct".
Hearing the teacher&....
- Final resting place turns into chill out zone!
Barhalganj (Uttar Pradesh): Situated on the banks of the Saryu river and spread over 3.5 acres, with lush green lawns, gushing fountains and artificial caves, it makes for a perfect picnic spot....
- Mayawati crackdown on NREGS bungling eyewash: Congress
Lucknow: The Congress today termed the suspension of 22 officials by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for alleged bungling of funds meant for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme....
- Sonia Gandhi arrives in Rae Bareli
Lucknow: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today arrived in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli and met senior officials to review the developmental projects in the Uttar Pradesh district, ....
- Criminal shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A criminal wanted in cases of murder and abduction was shot dead in a gunfight with a state police squad on the outskirts of this capital city today, an official said.
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- Criminal gunned down in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A criminal wanted in nearly a dozen cases was shot dead in a gunfight with police here, officials said today.
The incident occurred in the Vasundhara locality of the city l....
- A bridge that cannot satisfy Mayawati's whims?
Lucknow: The repeated demolition and reconstruction of a railing along a bridge on river Gomti here leading to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's dream project - the Rs.1,200 crore Amb....
- As 'maharajin buas', these women perform last rites
Allahabad: They are called 'maharajin buas'. Hindu women from several families have defied tradition in Maniaya village of Uttar Pradesh to take up the profession of priests who perform....
- Criminal case slapped against BJP legislator
Lucknow: A criminal case was lodged today against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator for allegedly seizing a vehicle in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said.
Kans....
- Six Kumbh pilgrims killed in accident
Lucknow: At least six pilgrims on their way to the Kumbh fair in Haridwar were killed and 20 injured when a truck hit their bus in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today, police said.....
- HIV-positive woman spreads hope in Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur: After she tested positive for HIV three years ago, Bhanumati was shattered. Living under the shadow of death, the 36-year-old feared she too would die of the infection like her husba....
- Agra lawyers strike work, demand high court bench
Agra: Lawyers in Agra observed a day's strike today to demand a bench of the Allahabad High Court in the city.
The lawyers took out a protest march and Nitin Sharma, a member of t....
- Carting children to school, the eco friendly way
Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh): It could well be a case of back to the future. Bullock carts might be outmoded and belong to an era gone by, but it is the preferred mode of transport for a school he....
- ATM catches fire in Noida, cash safe
Noida: An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a private bank here caught fire today but the cash inside was safe, fire officials said.
According to fire officials, an ICICI Bank ATM ins....
- A temple where upper castes bow to Dalits
Lucknow: Stories of socially marginalised people not being allowed into places of worship are common in India. In such a scenario, a Dalit family presiding over an Uttar Pradesh temple for ages....
- Noida teenager sets his sight on Everest
Noida: Sixteen-year-old Noida student Arjun Vajpayee has set his sights on the world's highest peak Mount Everest and will leave for Nepal today.
"He will be leaving for Kathm....
- HDFC manager's murder solved
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad police today claimed to have solved the January murder of an HDFC Standard Life Insurance manager with the arrest of a man they alleged was having an affair with the victim....
- Melinda Gates visits Uttar Pradesh village
Lucknow: A tiny remote village of Uttar Pradesh today had a surprise guest -- none other than Melinda Gates, wife of billionaire Bill Gates.
Melinda, who flew down from the US only to....
- Violence in Etawah after speeding car kills man
Lucknow: Mobs set vehicles on fire and fought pitched battles with the police as violent protests erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district today after a man was mowed down by a speeding c....
- Women's reservation will provoke young men to whistle in parliament : Mulayam
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said the women's reservation bill, if passed, would "provoke young men to whistle" in parliament.
Asked to comme....
- Mayawati spent over Rs.14,000 cr on memorials: Congress
Lucknow: Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of diverting central government development funds for setting up parks, memorials and statues, the Congress today said Mayawati has in th....
- Muslim prisoners fast during Navratri to atone for sins
Barabanki: They wake up early, keep fast, undertake Hindu rituals, sing hymns and eat a special diet like their Hindu brethren during the ongoing Navratri festival. These Muslim inmates of a Ba....
- Mayawati's garland: Court dismisses CBI probe
Lucknow: Allahabad High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI probe into the gifting of a high-value currency note-garland to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayaw....
- One dead as water tank bursts in Mathura temple
Mathura: One person was killed and five were injured when an overhead water tank on a temple roof burst here today, police said.
"The water tank situated in the premises of the Kh....
- Student leader shot dead in Agra
Agra: A university student's union leader and a member of the Samajwadi Party was today afternoon shot dead by unidentified assailants here, police said.
Police said more than 15 ....
- Two Ghaziabad women honoured for bravery
Ghaziabad: Two Ghaziabad women who fought off robbers were awarded certificates of bravery by the district police today, an official said.
Sunita Sharma, 34, and Rita Singh, 40, took ....
- Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers
Kanpur: Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious ....
- Five Uttar Pradesh cops suspended for custodial death
Lucknow: Five policemen have been suspended and booked in connection with the custodial death of a village head in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said today.
"The fi....
- Guided by 'zakat', a village funds its road and bridge
Lucknow: Guided by 'zakat' - charity as envisaged by the Quran - villagers of Muslim-dominated Shirajpur in Uttar Pradesh have repaired roads, dug wells, established schools and are now....
- Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?
Lucknow: The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politic....
- Night curfew to continue in Bareilly
Bareilly: While night curfew in the trouble-hit areas of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district will continue, the authorities today decided to lift all restrictions on vehicular movement.
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- Bareilly now has only night curfew
Bareilly: Day curfew was today lifted in Uttar Pradesh's riot-hit Bareilly district but it will be clamped at night, the authorities said today.
With no fresh trouble, the curfew ....
- Three arrested with leopard skins in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Three men associated with an international wildlife poaching racket were arrested today with three leopard skins in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, police said.
The three....
- Police probe bee attack at Mayawati rally
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police today registered a case of criminal conspiracy against unnamed people for attempting to trigger a stampede at the rally of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)....
- Magistrate booked for assaulting railway employee
Lucknow: A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) in Uttar Pradesh was booked today for assaulting a level-crossing gateman who did not let him cross the tracks while a train was approaching, an offic....
- Curfew relaxed for 14 hours in Bareilly
Bareilly: Curfew clamped here after communal violence was relaxed for 14 hours today but authorities permitted only cycles, autos and rickshaws on the roads.
With no further violence ....
- No regrets about not meeting Mayawati, says US envoy
Lucknow: US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer today said he had no regrets about not being able to meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who told the diplomat she was preoccupied with pre-fixe....
- Official assaults employee for not opening railway gates
Lucknow: A government official in Uttar Pradesh allegedly roughed up a railway employee for refusing to open the level crossing gates closed before a train was to arrive in Pratapgarh district,....
- SP legislator booked for setting widow on fire
Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator in Uttar Pradesh has been booked for setting a woman on fire over a land dispute, police said today.
S. Azad, who represents the Sadar assem....
- Curfew relaxed for 11 hours in Bareilly
Bareilly: Curfew in Bareilly was relaxed for 11 hours today for the third time since it was imposed two weeks ago as normalcy returned to this Uttar Pradesh town following communal clashes, aut....
- Two poachers held with 80 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Two poachers were arrested today in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district and 80 tortoises were recovered from their possession, police said.
The two men from Kolkata, in thei....
- Mayawati declines to meet with US ambassador
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has declined to meet US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer, who arrived here today on a two-day visit to the state, citing her "busy political sched....
- Curfew relaxed in Bareilly
Bareilly: Curfew in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district was relaxed for eight hours today for only the second time since it was imposed two weeks ago following a communal clash, authorities s....
- Probe into swarm of bees at Mayawati rally
Lucknow: In a late Monday night development, the Uttar Pradesh government ordered a high-level probe into the sudden arrival of a swarm of bees at the Ramabai Ambedkar ground while Chief Minist....
- Rs.5 crore garland for Mayawati?
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was today presented a giant garland of currency notes by her fans from Karnataka. Though the exact value of the garland is not known, onlookers pu....
- What's wrong if I install my own statues, asks Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is unable to understand why she is under fire from various quarters for installing her own statues.
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- BSP's Brahmin mascot Misra in new role
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said party general secretary Satish Chandra Misra was not going to be in the mainstream of the BSP'....
- Curfew relaxed in Bareilly, situation turning normal
Lucknow: With no fresh incident of violence reported in the last two days and the situation fast returning to normal, curfew in Bareilly district was relaxed today, nearly two weeks after a com....
- Lucknow feels heat of Mayawati rally
Lucknow: People in this Uttar Pradesh capital, particularly the board examinees, today had a harrowing time reaching their destinations due to lack of buses owing to the Bahujan Samaj Party'....
- Thousands gather for Mayawati's rally
Lucknow: Tens of thousands of people from all over the country, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, gathered here today for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's rally to mark th....
- Backward districts of UP receive the highest demand for passport
Mumbai: In a surprising revelation it has come to pass that the maximum demand for passports in India comes from the country's most undeveloped districts in eastern and central Uttar Prades....
- Lucknow turns blue on eve of Mayawati's rally
Lucknow: Blue -- the colour of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) -- dominated Lucknow city today on the eve of the ruling party's rally to mark its silver jubilee, touted as the biggest ever wi....
- Elaborate arrangements made for Mayawati's rally
Lucknow: Elaborate arrangements were being made for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's rally here March 15. Over a million people are expected to attend the rally on Bahujan Samaj Part....
- Cyclist on runway as Mulayam's plane lands
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had a narrow escape today morning when a cyclist suddenly appeared on the runway just as his plane was landing at the Saifai aerodrome in Utta....
- Agra to get facelift before Games
Agra: The city of Taj is set to get a new look ahead of the Commonwealth Games in October during which around one million tourists are expected to visit the Mughal era wonder.
The Agr....
- Bareilly remains tense after 12 days of curfew
Bareilly: Tension continued in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, parts of which have been under curfew for 12 days, following the fresh outbreak of trouble in which 15 people were injured ....
- Fake currency notes of Rs.2.48 crore recovered
Lucknow: Fake currency notes of Rs.2.48 crore were recovered from a train in Uttar Pradesh's Chanduali district, a railway official said today.
The fake notes and maps of Thailand....
- Former mayor held for allegedly duping daughter-in-law
Agra: Former Agra mayor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kishori Lal Mahaur has been arrested following a complaint from his widowed daughter-in-law who accused him of duping her of prop....
- Ghaziabad board to impose new cess to fund Metro rail
Ghaziabad: An additional charge will be imposed on realtors to arrange the funds for Metro rail service here and for speeding up the pace of development, Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) s....
- 15 injured in Uttar Pradesh violence
Lucknow: At least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were injured today in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district when members of a community clashed with police to protest the releas....
- Teenaged girl kills child to attain occult powers
Lucknow: A teenaged girl in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district allegedly killed a three-year-old boy to "attain occult powers", police said today.
The 15-year-old girl s....
- Police find photos of godman 'marrying' missing woman
Ghaziabad: Police searching for a missing self-styled godman and a woman devotee he is accused of kidnapping have recovered photographs of the two as a married couple.
Photographs dep....
- Marriage made in heaven, solemnised in police station
Lucknow: The wedding card of this couple who eloped might read something like this -- Satish Kumar weds Maya Pasi. You are cordially invited to attend the marriage at a police station in Uttar ....
- Where Hindus and Muslims pray together
Gaddeajijpur: When Hindus visit a temple in Gaddeajijpur village of Uttar Pradesh, they also make it a point to pray at the adjacent mausoleum. It is no different for Muslims. For, the villager....
- Five children injured in bomb explosion
Lucknow: Five children, including a girl, were injured when a country-made bomb hidden in a garbage dump exploded today in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said.
The childr....
- Boys lodged in juvenile jail for throwing colour on Mayawati's poster
Lucknow: Four minors were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly throwing colour on Chief Minister Mayawati's poster during Holi. The minors have been sent to jail.
Charg....
- Ulema Council threatens stir against cleric's arrest
Lucknow: The Ulema Council today threatened to launch a statewide agitation against the arrest of a leading cleric, nabbed for his alleged role in last week's communal clash in Uttar Prades....
- Pay toll on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway from Sep 30
Noida: The Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will cease to be toll-free from Sep 30, the Uttar Pradesh government said today.
The government, in a notification, has included the 21.5-km-....
- Two government employees robbed
Ghaziabad: Two motorcycle borne men robbed two government employees working with the electricity department of Rs.367,000 here today, police said.
The incident occurred at 1.30 p.m. i....
- Dozen 'Indian Idol' aspirants injured
Noida: Over a dozen people were injured here today when thousands of boys and girls gathered for the audition of music reality show "Indian Idol" rushed into the venue causing a stamped....
- Six killed as train rams into vehicle
Lucknow: At least six people were killed and 16 injured today when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district.
The Farrukhabad-Kanpur passenger train....
- Cold wave in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The temperature is likely to dip in Uttar Pradesh the next few days, with a cold wave making a comeback in the state, the weatherman said today.
The state experienced an unus....
- Cleric arrested for communal clash in Bareilly
Lucknow: Security was today intensified in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district following the arrest of a leading cleric for his alleged role in last week's communal clash.
Maula....
- Look-out notice issued for 'godman' wanted in kidnapping case
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police have issued a look-out notice for a self-stlyed 'godman' who is wanted for the alleged abduction of a 27-year-old woman devotee.
"A senior ....
- Three held with sambar carcasses in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Three poachers have been arrested with carcasses of sambar in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said today.
The three men, who are in their early 30s, were nabbed S....
- Austrian tourist attacked in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A 30-year-old Austrian tourist was attacked, robbed and left unconscious near a rail track in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said today.
Mario Max was found on ....
- Agra music legend struggles to survive
Agra: One of the last exponents of the Agra Gharana of Hindustani classical music, 86-year-old Ustad Akeel Ahmad Khan is not only unwell but is also a disenchanted man. He has no government sup....
- Mayawati too has reservations on women's quota bill
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday expressed strong reservations against the women's reservation bill to be introduced in Rajya....
- Restaurant, huts gutted in Noida fires, 3 injured
Noida: A restaurant in a sector 26 club and a cluster of shanties in sector 63 of Noida were burnt down in two accidents of fire late on fire on Saturday, officials said today.
Accord....
- Ashram management blamed for Uttar Pradesh stampede
Lucknow: The preliminary report of a probe into Thursday's stampede in Uttar Pradesh has held the management of the ashram responsible for the disaster in which 63 people, mostly women and ....
- Two poachers held with leopard skins in UP
Lucknow: Two poachers, who operated in several states of the country, have been arrested with leopard skins in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said today.
Ashish Gupta and....
- No funds to compensate stampede victims: Mayawati
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday said that her state was facing an "acute financial crisis" and was not in a position to give any monetary compensation to the fa....
- Dodging all, Rahul Gandhi meets families of stampede victims
Mangarh (Pratapgarh): Dodging policemen and giving his own partymen the slip, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi called on families of the victims of Thursday's stampede at an ashram h....
- Ashram stampede: Case lodged against organisers of feast
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today lodged a case against unnamed organisers of the "bhandara" (free lunch) at an ashram on Thursday, when a stampede triggered by unmanageable c....
- Undertrial dies in Ghaziabad jail, 10th in a year
Ghaziabad: A prisoner died in Dasna jail in Ghaziabad today, making it the 10th such death in a year.
Jail Superintendent V.K. Singh said Bhupendra Pal, 24, who is facing a trial in a....
- 'My greed responsible for sons' death in ashram stampede'
Mangarh (Uttar Pradesh): Ram Kumar Milan is inconsolable after losing his three sons in Thursday's stampede at the Bhakti Dham ashram here. He can't stop blaming his own "greed"....
- A two-and-a-half-year-old-boy booked for power theft in Kanpur
Kanpur: In one of the most bizarre of cases, Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Limited (Kesco) has booked a two-and-a-half-year-old boy for power theft in Kanpur. Bajariya police have also lodg....
- Electrocution rumour sparked stampede, killing 63
Mangarh (Uttar Pradesh): As a pall of gloom hung over the Bhakti Dham ashram here a day after a stampede killed 63 women and children, an eyewitness said today that an electrocution rumour spar....
- Mayawati orders probe into stampede deaths
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today ordered a high-level inquiry into the stampede that left more than 60 people dead at an ashram in Mangarh village in Pratapgarh district.
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- 37 children, 26 women killed in stampede in Uttar Pradesh ashram
Lucknow: 37 children and 26 women were killed and 25 injured in a stampede in an Uttar Pradesh ashram, police here said today.
63 bodies had been recovered and more could have been killed in t....
- Stampede in ashram, 15 feared dead
Lucknow: At least 15 people could have been killed in a stampede in an ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, an official spokesperson here said today.
The tragedy at the ....
- Curfew relaxed in Bareilly
Lucknow: With the situation in trouble-torn areas of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district limping back to normal, the curfew imposed on Tuesday was relaxed today morning, officials said.
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- Unusually warm weather in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Parts of Uttar Pradesh, including state capital Lucknow, are witnessing unusually warm weather with the day and night temperatures 4-5 degrees above average, the state Met office said ....
- Couple in extra marital affair burnt to death
Agra: A man and a woman allegedly locked in an extra-marital affair were burnt to death in Agra district in Uttar Pradesh after being doused with kerosene, police said.
Police identif....
- Moonshine kills five in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Five people died and six lost their eyesight after drinking spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, police said today.
About 15 more fell ill, a police o....
- Curfew continues in Bareilly, board students let off
Lucknow: Curfew continued in several parts of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district today, a day after a communal clash over a procession, but students were allowed to appear for their board ex....
- Uttar Pradesh gets DNA lab, lie-detector
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's first DNA laboratory with an additional lie-detector facility is coming up here.
Set up on the premises of the existing forensic science laboratory, the n....
- Holi celebrations set off Hindu-Muslim clash
Lucknow: Tension gripped Uttar Pradesh's Badosarai town in Barabanki district today afternoon following a "minor clash" between Hindus and Muslims over Holi celebrations.
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- Holi: a fusion of Dussehra, Diwali in Uttar Pradesh town
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): A Ramlila ending with the effigy of demon king Ravana going up in flames and a brilliant display of fireworks -- that's Holi for you in Bamanpuri town of this dist....
- Drive to check moonshine sale in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today ordered a statewide drive to check the sale of spurious liquor and bust illegal liquor manufacturing units, an official said.
"SPs (sup....
- Five of family murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A woman and her four children were found murdered in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, the police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Morakandar vi....
- Two men shot dead in tiff over throwing garbage
Greater Noida: Two people were shot dead and two others critically injured when an argument over throwing garbage in a drain turned ugly in Greater Noida, police said on Friday.
Accor....
- High court allows Mayawati government to chop over 200 trees
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to chop down 213 trees to make way for a boundary wall around a 120-acre eco park, named after th....
- Elephant runs amok in Meerut, damages over 20 vehicles
Meerut: A male elephant, kept on display at the marriage reception of the children of two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs, ran amok, attacking and damaging 20 cars, a truck and a police jeep befo....
- Elephants from Nepal kill 1, injure eight in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: One person was killed and several injured when a herd of elephants which had apparently strayed in from Nepal went on a rampage in a village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, offi....
- Government employee slapped for delay in producing files
Lucknow: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district today ordered an enquiry against a sub divisional magistrate (SDM) for allegedly slapping a government employee.
Ramesh Cha....
- Four students hurt in explosion in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least four students were critically injured in a bomb explosion near their school in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambhi district today, police said. Officials ruled out any terror angle....
- Kidnapped official rescued in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Rakesh Jain, a 53-year-old Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat who was missing since last Friday, was rescued by the Special Task Force (STF), police said today. Five of Rakesh's abductors ha....
- Main accused in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy held
Lucknow: The main accused in a hooch tragedy that claimed at least 13 lives in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district has been arrested along with a policeman, a police official said today.
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- Eight robbers, chain-snatchers held in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Eight criminals were arrested today in two raids here on charges of robbery and chain snatching, police said.
Four criminals were arrested during a search operation in Khod....
- Engineer quits, citing threats by BSP legislator
Lucknow: An engineer of the Uttar Pradesh irrigation department on Saturday sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister Mayawati following alleged extortion bids by a legislator of the ruling....
- Uttar Pradesh sounds terror alert for schools
Lucknow: With the apprehension of one or more terrorist strikes looming large over India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh police have sounded an alert for schools.
In an advis....
- Two girls burnt to death in Noida
Noida: Two minor girls were burnt to death when their makeshift dwelling caught fire in Harola locality of Noida on Thursday night, police said.
According to Superintendent of Police ....
- Youths run over policemen in Greater Noida
Greater Noida: A police official was critically injured along with four other policemen when eight drunk youth in three cars ran over them in the Kasna area of Greater Noida on Wednesday night,....
- New factories relaxed from electricity duty in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today decided to relax new industrial units from electricity duty to provide relief to industries, particularly power-intensive units.
The decisi....
- Armed youth fights police trying to help him
Lucknow: A mentally unstable youth, who locked himself into a room in his house here on Wednesday, continued to battle the policemen trying to get him out for over 24 hours. The 27-year-old has....
- Toll in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy rises to 13
Lucknow: At least eight more people have died after drinking moonshine in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, taking the toll to 13, an official said today.
"The toll till toda....
- Police officer beats up a dalit woman at police station
Lucknow: In yet another case of persecution and inhuman treatment to the lower section of the society Uttar Pradesh police in Sultanpur district thrashed a Dalit woman who is suspected to have ....
- Ulema Council to hold rally in Lucknow
Lucknow: Members of the Ulema Council (a body of Muslim clerics) will hold a rally here on Feb 20 to protest alleged harassment of the minority community by the police on the pretext of tacklin....
- Five killed after consuming illicit liquor
Lucknow: At least five people were killed and 16 others fell ill today after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, officials said.
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- Two engineering students held with heroin worth Rs.10 mn
Lucknow: Two engineering students have been arrested with heroin worth Rs.10 million (Rs.1 crore) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said today.
Deepak Rawat and Dani....
- 22 killed as bus falls into river in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 22 people on their way to a wedding were killed and 30 injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a river in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, an official said ....
- Women protest atrocities in Uttar Pradesh, caned by police
Lucknow: Women activists of the Congress party here were caned by the police today as they sought to raise the issue of "increasing atrocities on women" in Uttar Pradesh, party workers ....
- Woman throttles children, commits suicide
Greater Noida: A woman throttled her daughter and son, killing the girl, before committing suicide in Greater Noida today, police said. The son is battling for life in the hospital.
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- Two die in police custody, nine cops booked
Lucknow: Nine Uttar Pradesh policemen were today booked for allegedly beating to death two men picked up for "conspiracy" to loot a beer shop in Allahabad.
Sanjay Nishad, 22, ....
- Love to be food of music at Taj festival
Agra: Love will be the theme of the Taj Mahotsava that opens here on Thursday just 500 metres from that eternal monument to love, the Taj Mahal.
The theme song that will open the 10-d....
- Gangster shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A gangster wanted in 37 criminal cases including murder was gunned down early today by the police in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, an official said.
Ali Mohammad wa....
- One killed in firing at wedding
Ghaziabad: A 22-year-old youth was killed in firing by an apparently drunk reveller at a wedding in Ghaziabad, police said on Saturday.
Phool Kumar, a resident of Muzzafarnagar distri....
- Metro gets extension from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) Metro extension project from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad, an official sai....
- Hapur, a hub of flower, vegetable production
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh): Exporting fresh flowers to Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and selling high-value vegetables to hotels and embassies in Delhi, this town in western Uttar Pradesh ....
- BJP looks for a Gandhi vs Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi/Bulandshahr: With Rahul Gandhi creating a storm in Uttar Pradesh, particularly among the young and the disempowered with his whirlwind "mass contact" tours, the Bharatiya Jana....
- Man held for impersonating as top official
Greater Noida: A man was arrested here today for impersonating as a top government official and for driving around in a car with a red beacon, which he claimed he was entitled to as his post wa....
- Rahul to meet students in Azamgarh
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh town, often dubbed a nursery of terror, to meet college students, the party said today.
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- Rainfall likely in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Light to moderate rainfall is likely in parts of Uttar Pradesh today and Thursday, the weatherman has said.
According to the state met department, a weather disturbance affec....
- Uttar Pradesh accident toll rises to 24
Lucknow: The death toll in Monday's accident where a tractor-trolley skidded off a road and fell into a deep, water-filled ditch in Uttar Pradesh, rose to 24 today, police said. The victims....
- Mayawati announces huge salary hike for legislators
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today announced a substantial hike of over 66 percent in the salary and allowances of the state's legislators, who will now receive around Rs.....
- 'Abnormal circumstances made my son attack Rathore'
Lucknow: S.K. Sharma, a Banaras Hindu University (BHU) professor and father of the youth who today attacked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, said "abnormal circumstances" mus....
- Five of a family burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Five members of a family were burnt to death while six were severely injured when a fire broke out at their house in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district, police said today.
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- Labourer's hand chopped for not settling Rs.600 debt
Lucknow: A man's right hand was mercilessly severed by a group of moneylenders after he failed to settle a debt of around Rs.600, police in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district said today.
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- Five held for molesting woman on train
Ghaziabad: Five men were arrested here today for molesting a woman on Ranikhet Express train, officials said.
Babita boarded the general compartment of the train at the New Delhi rail....
- Global neuro-surgery experts to assemble at Agra
Agra: Top international gurus of neuro-surgery will share invaluable knowledge and pass on the latest skills to 200 Indian doctors at a two-day workshop in the city of the Taj, beginning Feb 13....
- International homeopathy meet starts in Agra
Agra: In order to make research in the field of homeopathy more potent, an international research centre in collaboration with six European countries was inaugurated here, with over 50 reputed ....
- Three poachers arrested in UP
Lucknow: Three people have been arrested with skins of two spotted deer and several antlers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district, police said today.
The three men, in their late ....
- Six mutilated bodies found near rail track
Lucknow: Panic gripped an Uttar Pradesh town when six mutilated and decomposed bodies were found lying near the railway tracks today morning, police said.
The bodies of three men, two....
- Youth held for bursting fire cracker near Taj
Agra: A young man has been arrested for bursting a fire cracker close to the world heritage monument of the Taj Mahal here, police said.
Dharmendra, in his early 20s, burst the cracke....
- Uttar Pradesh minister, family booked for seeking dowry
Lucknow: On the directions of an Uttar Pradesh court, the police have booked the state Sports Minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal and his six family members under the Dowry Act, an official said today.....
- Court wants Mayawati's minister booked for dowry demand
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh court today directed the police to book state Sports Minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal and his family members for allegedly calling off his son's marriage because the br....
- Government employees boycott work over mistreatment of Dalit
Lucknow: Hundreds of government employees in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district decided to boycott work today after a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) slapped a Dalit class four government empl....
- A suicide occurs every two hours in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A suicide takes place every two hours in India's most populous state, according to a study.
What was even more glaring was that Lucknow, the state capital, had topped the....
- Security tightened in Azamgarh as Muslims vow to protest
Lucknow: Tight security arrangements have been put in place ahead of senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh's visit to Azamgarh today. The decision was made following an announcement of the ....
- Volunteers to clean Yamuna, Potomac, Yangtze rivers
Agra: As part of a global initiative by the Rivers of the World Foundation and the Yamuna Foundation for Blue Water, volunteers in China, India and the US will pick up trash and clean up the ri....
- Greater Noida police receive traffic complaints via MMS
Greater Noida: The newly introduced system of filing complaints via SMS and MMS by Greater Noida police to nab those violating traffic rules received a good response from the public, police sai....
- Man behind 1993 train blasts held near Lucknow
Lucknow: A Lucknow resident wanted in connection with the 1993 serial train blasts, in which over 200 people were killed, was arrested today after a prolonged gun battle near here, police said.....
- Maid lends womb to childless couple, refuses to give baby
Ghaziabad: A 20-year-old maid of a childless couple agreed to become the surrogate mother to their child. But, after giving birth to the baby, the maid had a change of heart and refused to hand....
- Six of a family set on fire in Uttar Pradesh village
Lucknow: Six members of a family were set on fire in a Uttar Pradesh village over a land dispute, police said today.
Kisan Chand, a farmer and resident of Beejpur village in Mahoba di....
- Uttar Pradesh minister faces dowry allegations
Lucknow: An enquiry has been initiated against Uttar Pradesh Sports Minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal over allegations that he called off his son's marriage because the woman's family failed ....
- Agra meet to discuss robot use in urology treatment
Agra: Use of robots and computers for surgery on patients with urological problems will be discussed at an international conference on advances in urology, to be held in the city of the Taj Mah....
- 91 years old and still writing strong!
Agra: He is 91 years old and has written as many as 157 books. M.L. Agarwal, an educationist from Agra, has been writing prolifically since 1951 and refuses to call it a day.
His book....
- Boy with cancer treated for TB for two years
Lucknow: An eight-year old boy in Uttar Pradesh was treated for tuberculosis for two years when he was actually suffering from cancer, a senior doctor at the Balrampur Hospital said.
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- Student dies during physical education test
Ghaziabad: A class 12 student died during a physical education exam at a public school in Ghaziabad district today, police said.
According to the police, T.R.M. Public School in Modin....
- Memorials will not cost any more money, says Mayawati
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today claimed that the memorials and statues erected by her in Lucknow and in Noida will not put any further drain on the state exchequer.
- Five murders rock Lucknow today
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh capital reported five murders today, leaving the local police groping in the dark.
While an aged couple and their eight-year-old grand-daughter were killed ....
- Mayawati wants her statues to be guarded by a separate police force
Lucknow: The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati has proposed a bill at the state assembly whereby she has asked for a separate police force to be created for the purpose of safeguarding ....
- 'Railway projects worth Rs.1,288 crore in Uttar Pradesh'
Lucknow: The Railways Ministry has allocated a sum of Rs.1,288 crore towards various projects in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa said today.
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- Sun brings relief, but chill continues in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Sunshine today brought some relief to the residents of Utar Pradesh from damp and misty mornings, but the weatherman said the cold wave will continue to sweep most of the state.
- Protests in Ghaziabad over damage to Ambedkar statue
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad was tense today morning as residents of this town adjacent to the national capital held a demonstration protesting the desecration of a statue of B.R. Ambedkar, police said....
- Thick fog in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow schools closed
Lucknow: A thick fog cover and intense cold today hit normal life in parts of Uttar Pradesh, affecting rail services and slowing road traffic. All schools in Lucknow suspended classes up to Cla....
- Uttar Pradesh government employees call off stir
Lucknow: A three-day strike by Uttar Pradesh government employees and teachers has been called off following a late night settlement between the agitating workers and the government.
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- Three crushed to death in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Three persons were killed and a child critically injured when a truck rammed into their motorcycle near the national highway.
Tejpal, his sister-in-law Sangeeta and mother-....
- Maoist arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A Maoist guerrilla was arrested from a forest in Uttar Pradesh's rebel-hit Sonbhadra district, police said today.
Anil Kushwaha, who allegedly worked for Maoist Munna Vis....
- Illegally stocked sugar worth Rs.2 crore seized
Lucknow: Nearly 4,200 quintals of illegally stocked sugar worth Rs.2 crore (Rs.20 million) were seized from a flour mill in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, an official said today.
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- Fog envelops Uttar Pradesh, disrupts rail traffic
Lucknow: A thick blanket of fog enveloped this Uttar Pradesh capital and most parts of the state today, throwing normal life out of gear and affecting movement of trains.
"Uttar P....
- House full at Agra's night shelters
Agra: With the temperature dropping each day and the city of the Taj Mahal enveloped in a thick blanket of fog for the past week, night shelters here are packed to capacity. An NGO that has for....
- Goods train derails in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A goods train derailed near Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh today, disrupting rail traffic in the region, officials said. No one was injured.
The accident took place at Sathiyaon s....
- Agra hit by fog, intense cold
Agra: Dense fog engulfed Agra today morning and the city continued to reel under an intense cold wave as primary schools extended holidays and most tourists preferred to stay indoors.
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- 8 students suspended for ragging in government polytechnic
Lucknow: Eight students of a government-run polytechnic institute in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district were suspended for physically abusing and ragging a junior on the institute campus, a....
- Most UP legislators fail to declare assets
Lucknow: More than two years after the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, 386 of the 403 legislators, including the likes of Chief Minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Ya....
- DPS Ghaziabad evacuated after bomb hoax
Ghaziabad: The Delhi Public School (DPS) Ghaziabad was evacuated today by the police after an anonymous call that a bomb had been planted at the school to blow it up. The threat later turned ou....
- Ex-banker builds secure nests for winged friends
Kanpur: A sparrow's nest fell in C.L. Khanna's courtyard. The eggs were smashed. Khanna cried, gave up his job as a banker and has been building nests for the last nine years.
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- Man arrested for murder after tip-off from brother
Ghaziabad: A 24-year-old man was arrested today on a tip-off to the police by his brother for allegedly murdering a youth here, police said.
Hemant Singh, 24, son of fire station offi....
- Man found dead in train toilet
Lucknow: A man was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the toilet of a passenger train in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district today, an official said.
The young man, who a....
- Madrassa teacher chains students to discipline them
Lucknow: A teacher allegedly chained two students of a madrassa (seminary) in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for more than seven hours as a punishment for bunking classes, police said toda....
- Agra MP arrested for protesting power cuts
Agra: Rama Shankar Katheria, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Agra city, was arrested on Monday while protesting against power supply shortage and alleged mismanagement by the distribution ....
- Huge stock of sugar recovered in raid at Ghaziabad mill
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad district administration today seized a huge stock of sugar and raw sugar, to be allegedly used for sale in the black market, from a subsidiary unit of Simbhaoli Sugar M....
- Yamuna clean up at Agra a sham, say activists
Agra: Agra's district magistrate and municipal commissioner led a host of officials to clean up the Balkeshwar Ghat along the Yamuna river but residents and environmentalists have called it....
- Maya cracks the whip on UP sugar mills
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has lodged complaint against 39 private sugar mills, accusing them of violating rules and norms with respect to procurement of sugarcane, weighment, paymen....
- Robbers loot passengers on Mussoorie Express
Ghaziabad: Unidentified armed robbers looted passengers on Delhi-bound Mussoorie Express today, critically injuring two of them when they tried to put up resistance, police officials said.
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- Thick clouds delay eclipse's view in Lucknow
Lucknow: A large number of people, from students to homemakers, waiting to see the annular solar eclipse in the Uttar Pradesh capital, had to wait for over an hour as a thick cloud cover obscur....
- Mayawati releases book on birthday, targets Congress
Lucknow: On her 54th birthday today, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) boss and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati released the fifth volume of her book detailing her political struggles. In it, May....
- Rs.7,312 crore welfare schemes on Mayawati's B'day
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati's 54th birthday today was a clear deviation from the past, as she announced welfare programmes and develop....
- Mayawati paints Lucknow BSP blue on her birthday
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh capital was literally covered under a blue blanket - from blue lights to blue buntings - to mark the 54th birthday today of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and st....
- 10 injured in clash after villagers hold cops captive
Lucknow: At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured today when villagers clashed with a police party which reached an Uttar Pradesh village to free four cops who were being held....
- Special goggles, telescopes - Lucknow set for solar eclipse
Lucknow: Scientific institutions and schools in Lucknow have made elaborate arrangements - from acquiring special goggles to installing telescopes - for people to watch the annular solar eclips....
- Uttar Pradesh panchayat forces woman to ill-treat her lover
Lucknow: Unwilling to accept their love affair, an Uttar Pradesh village panchayat forced a woman to slap her lover with shoes and tonsure his head. Later, after blackening the man's face, ....
- Insurance firm manager found dead in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The body of an insurance company manager was found lying in a drain in Ghaziabad today, police said.
Deepak Teotia, 30, a manager with HDFC Standard Life, was found dead in....
- Uttar Pradesh woman injured in chapati blast
Lucknow: In a bizarre incident, a woman in Uttar Pradesh suffered burn injuries on her face, hands and midriff when the chapati she was making exploded, police said today.
The inciden....
- Gadkari calls meeting of Uttar Pradesh BJP office-bearers
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has called a meeting of party office-bearers from Uttar Pradesh later this month to prepare a plan for the party's revival in....
- Mayawati's birthday with a difference - gifting monthly dole
Lucknow: A monthly dole for Uttar Pradesh's poorest of the poor -- that is the ambitious scheme to be launched on Chief Minister Mayawati's 54th birthday, a day that has become notoriou....
- Wanted man gunned down in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A alleged gangster of Uttar Pradesh and one of his aides were shot dead during a gun battle with police in the state's Azamgarh district, an official said today.
Kamlesh ....
- The price of 'development' - Ghaziabad colonies layered with concrete
Ghaziabad: Many colonies in Ghaziabad are losing whatever green cover they had and turning into concrete jungles - all in the name of development, residents of the city say.
According....
- Man cuts off tongue before deity to have son
Lucknow: A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be "blessed with a son", police said today.
Mukesh Kumar, 28, a reside....
- Cold weather disrupts rail, air traffic across Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The return of a cold wind and a sharp fall in the day temperature disrupted rail, air and road services across Uttar Pradesh today. The state administration has ordered the closure of ....
- Nine injured as flyover under construction caves in
Lucknow: Nine people were injured when an under construction flyover between the twin towns of Faizabad and Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh caved in early today, police said.
Four of the inj....
- Two carpenters found suffocated to death
Ghaziabad: Two carpenters working at a construction site in Ghaziabad were discovered lying dead in their room, police said, adding it seemed both died of suffocation.
The deaths were....
- RSS chief urges 'serious efforts' to unite Hindus
Lucknow: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today called upon its workers "to make serious efforts for uniting different Hindu castes" to help establish a "discri....
- Criminal lynched in Uttar Pradesh village
Lucknow: A criminal facing a score cases was lynched by a group of villagers in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh after he was caught sneaking into a house with an intention to loot, police sa....
- Lawyer seeks protection after 13 cops get life term
Lucknow: The prosecution lawyer in a fake shootout case in which 13 policemen were this week sentenced to life for killing two innocent men today sought protection saying that he and his family....
- 90 percent polling for Uttar Pradesh upper house
Lucknow: Polling for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council to elect 36 representatives from 35 local authority constituencies passed off today with around 90 percent of the electorate using the....
- Kalyan's party promises nominations for youth
Lucknow: Rajvir Singh, son of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, today said their newly formed Jan Kranti Party (JKP) would not discriminate against any religion while distributi....
- A Singur in the making in Uttar Pradesh?
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): The farming community here is up in arms against the government's reported moves to take over farmland for a railway freight corridor, making a villain of Railway....
- Suspected poacher held for killing tiger
Lucknow: A suspected poacher has been arrested for killing an eight-year-old male tiger in a forest area in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, an official said today.
Sourc....
- Eight policemen get life imprisonment in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: After five policemen in Uttar Pradesh were given life imprisonment for killing two innocent men from Jharkhand, a court in the state sentenced eight more cops in the same case, an offi....
- Kalyan Singh starts new party on birthday
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh today celebrated his 78th birthday by announcing the formation of his new Jan Kranti Party, in which he will work as a "patron"....
- Cold wave kills 21 more in Uttar Pradesh; toll 51
Lucknow: An intense cold wave that has Uttar Pradesh in its grip has claimed 21 more lives, taking the death toll in the state to 51, an official said today.
Of the fresh deaths, four....
- Cold wave claims 30 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The cold wave has claimed at least 30 lives in Uttar Pradesh since Saturday, an official said today. The met office has predicted no change in the weather for the next two-three days.
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- Cold wave claims 14 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 14 people died of intense cold conditions in parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and today, an official said.
"The 14 deaths have been reported from many district....
- Drizzle dampens holiday revelry at Taj
Agra: A slight drizzle today afternoon forced visitors to the Taj Mahal, who had come to enjoy a longish weekend, to run for shelter.
The Taj and other monuments in Agra witnessed an ....
- Kanpur-Delhi rail route restored after train accident
Lucknow: Rail services were restored between Delhi and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh today, a day after 10 people were killed when two trains collided in Kanpur district, an official said.
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- Wanted criminal gunned down in Noida
Noida: A criminal wanted in many cases and carrying a cash reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture was shot dead in Noida, police said today. An AK-47 assault rifle and a pistol were recovered from....
- Foggy weather to continue in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A thick blanket of fog and cold conditions would continue to grip parts of Uttar Pradesh for at least the next two days, the weatherman said today.
Although the western distu....
- Bank in Ghaziabad gutted in fire
Ghaziabad: A branch of a nationalised bank in Hapur town of Ghaziabad district was burnt down in a major fire, police said today.
The blaze in the branch of Vijaya Bank on the Nationa....
- UP cops herald New Year with blood donation
Lucknow: Policemen in Uttar Pradesh ushered in 2010 in a noble way, donating blood today with a New Year's resolution to "save more and more lives".
Policemen in Uttar Pra....
- Prisoners clash with jail officials, 17 injured
Lucknow: At least 17 people were injured when a group of prisoners at a district jail in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town clashed with jail staff, police said today.
Amongst the injur....
- Tourists pack Taj Mahal, jam roads to Agra
Agra: Thousands of tourists, domestic and foreign, flooded Agra on the last day of 2009, causing hours-long traffic holdups that stretched to the next city. In the past week, around 25,000 peop....
- Two held with Rs.75 lakh-worth heroin in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today arrested two men in Mau district with heroin worth Rs.75 lakh, an official said.
"Pankaj Gaur and Mohammad Fahad were....
- Uttar Pradesh artist prepares 60-foot New Year card
Allahabad: An Uttar Pradesh artist has prepared a 60-foot-long greeting card to welcome the new year and bid farewell to 2009.
Titled Memories 2009: Lost and Found, the card carries p....
- Sea of pilgrims throng Sangam as Magh Mela begins
Allahabad: A sea of pilgrims and devotees thronged the Sangam here to take a holy dip on the first day of the annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela that started today amid heavy security, official....
- Magh Mela begins on Thursday in Allahabad
Allahabad: The annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela will begin here on Thursday with nearly 25 lakh devotees expected to take a holy dip at the Sangam on day one, an official said today.
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- Two men held with Rs.10 mn-worth marijuana
Lucknow: Two men were today arrested with marijuana worth Rs.10 million (Rs.1 crore) in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said.
Pramod Kumar and Ram Shankar, both in their....
- Doctors give new life to youth speared with two rods
Lucknow: A 27-year-old man, who fell on two iron rods at a building under construction, has got a new lease of life after doctors here performed a rare surgery and removed the rods which had pi....
- German tourist seriously injured in fall at Taj Mahal
Agra: A 45-year-old German woman tourist today fell off a platform and injured herself while seeking a vantage place to photograph the beauty and grandeur of the Taj Mahal, officials said.
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- Mayawati asks officials to 'expedite' action against corruption
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today asked officials to expedite action in all pending cases of corruption.
Chairing a law and order review meeting at the Yojana Bhawa....
- Mayawati to celebrate birthday as 'People's Welfare Day'
Lucknow: In a sudden somersault, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has decided to alter the motto behind her birthday - from "Fund raising" to "People's Welfare".
- Uttar Pradesh district tense after Muharram clashes
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district was tense today following clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Muharram procession that left at least 10 people injured the day before, poli....
- Death of sect member leads to tension in Agra
Agra: The situation continued to remain tense in some parts of Agra today, two days after the death of a member of a religious sect.
Scores of families in Sikandarpur and Lal Garhi ar....
- Muslims turn blood donors on Muharram in Lucknow
Lucknow: Muslims turned blood donors in a village near here today to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed.
Muslim residents of Amrai village in ....
- RLD to mobilise farmers to agitate for statehood
Lucknow: The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) today said it would mobilise farmers to join the campaign for the formation of Harit Pradesh, a proposed state comprising parts of western Uttar Pradesh, a ....
- Lucknow scientists to rejuvenate mango orchard in Rishikesh
Lucknow: In Uttarkahand's pilgrimage town Rishikesh, old and unproductive mango orchards owned by the world-famous Tirupati temple trust will regain their lost vigour and produce fruits, wi....
- Demand for separate 'Braj Pradesh' gains momentum
Agra: After Harit Pradesh, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand, the demand for the creation of yet another state in north India has gained momentum. This time it is Braj Pradesh, comprising Rajasthan....
- Six bombs found in Uttar Pradesh town
Lucknow: Six live bombs were recovered from a residential area in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district today. Police have ruled out the involvement of any terror outfit in the incident.
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- BJP leaders, PM greet Vajpayee on birthday
New Delhi/Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today observed the 85th birthday of party stalwart and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by organising feasts for the poor and a blo....
- Trader shot dead in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a trader and injured his relative in a broad daylight attack today in this Chhattisgarh capital, police said.
"Two unidentified men entered i....
- Police recovered weapons from Jawan's father house
Pratapgarh: An Indian army jawan's father was arrested by the police after an AK-47 along with several country made arms were recovered from his house at Pholpur village.
The ammu....
- Murder case against three Uttar Pradesh policemen
Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh): Three Uttar Pradesh policemen have been booked for murder of an old man, who allegedly died after being assaulted by them in the state's Hardoi district, officials s....
- Lucknow sees prayers, feasts for poor on Vajpayee's birthday
Lucknow: This Uttar Pradesh capital, once regarded as the political bastion of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today saw members of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrating the ....
- Train hits truck at unmanned crossing in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: An engine of a passenger train caught fire when it hit a truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders at an unmanned railway crossing today in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad....
- Five-foot-tall candle for Christmas
Lucknow: A five-foot-tall candle, weighing nearly 10 kg, prepared by an Uttar Pradesh resident, will definitely light up the festive celebrations for Christmas.
Naveen Kumar of Badaun....
- Crorepati clerks in Uttar Pradesh government
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is notorious for its affluent politicians and bureaucrats. Now a new report by the state vigilance department says even clerks in the state government have been found own....
- Six killed in Uttar Pradesh warehouse collapse
Lucknow: At least six people were killed and 12 injured critically when a warehouse of the forest department in Uttar Pradesh's Jyotiba Phule Nagar district collapsed after a truck rammed i....
- Child worker thrashed mercilessly, salt sprinkled over his wounds
Lucknow: An employer severely beat up a child labourer for stealing money. To add to the torture, the 'gentleman' sprinkled salt over the wounds of the little boy. The incident occurred....
- Bus mows down two people in Noida
Noida: A speeding private bus today morning mowed down two people and injured three when it rammed into two rickshaws and a motorcycle here, police said.
The incident took place near ....
- Girl dies after being beaten by teacher
Lucknow: A teacher of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district has been arrested after he allegedly beat up a seven-year-old girl student who died after she succu....
- Mobile booths outside schools to offer healthy milk products
Lucknow: Lucknow Milk Producers Co-operative Union (LMPCU), Uttar Pradesh's largest dairy organisation, will offer "healthy milk products" to children by opening mobile booths outsi....
- Ensure urban amenities in rural areas, Kalam tells students
Lucknow: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Tuesday asked students in Uttar Pradesh to emulate a development model he had successfully implemented in Tamil Nadu years ago to bring urban ame....
- Uttar Pradesh set to shiver
Lucknow: Chilly winds will lash most parts of Uttar Pradesh in the next 48 hours, bringing down the temperature by several notches, officials said today.
The fall in temperature will ....
- Tension in Uttar Pradesh town after desecration at Sikh shrine
Lucknow: Tension gripped Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district today as hundreds of Sikhs carried out violent protests over desecration of their holy scripture, police said.
Agitated ....
- Rahul Gandhi may spend night in Dalit home again
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is likely to spend yet another night in a Dalit's home in Jhansi district, party sources said today.
The Congress M....
- VHP launching helpline for Hindu pilgrims
Lucknow: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is to start a toll-free helpline service in India for Hindu pilgrims and tourists to help them in booking low-cost accomodation, hiring vehicles and med....
- Security beefed up in Mathura
Mathura: Security has been beefed up at the sensitive Sri Krishna Janambhoomi campus in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said today.
A police officer said security was bee....
- Uttar Pradesh takes steps to control food prices
Lucknow: To check rising prices in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today issued a stern warning to hoarders, a day after she asked the authorities to run mobile shops to sell b....
- Policeman suspended for beating girl
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh policeman has been suspended after he and a colleague thrashed a 12-year-old girl accused of committing a theft, police said today.
Sidharthnagar district De....
- Get ready to cross swords with Rani Lakshmibai - at museum!
Lucknow: Rani Lakshmibai, the fiery queen of Jhansi, had taken up arms against the mighty British in 1857 to free her country, and now she might cross swords with you - in an action-packed comp....
- Three killed in Uttar Pradesh pharma firm fire
Lucknow: At least three people were burnt to death, while eight others were injured when a fire broke out at a pharmaceutical factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said ....
- Two killed in Uttar Pradesh pharmaceutical company fire
Lucknow: At least two people were burnt to death, while eight others received injuries when a fire broke out at a pharmaceutical factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police sa....
- Five poachers held with animal skins
Lucknow: Five poachers from Bihar were arrested with skins of leopards, spotted deer and other animals in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said today. The five men, who are from K....
- Blood signature campaign for Bundelkhand
Lucknow: A regional party, campaigning for a Bundelkhand state out of districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, today announced that it would start a blood signature campaign for the forma....
- Uttar Pradesh power company rapped for harassing small consumer
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has pulled up the state power corporation for harassing small consumers while turning a blind eye to defaults by major consu....
- Man loses wife to fellow gambler in card game
Lucknow: A man in western Uttar Pradesh allegedly gave away his 32-year-old wife to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, police said today.
The incident came to light when the ....
- Bundelkhand protesters disrupt rail traffic, vandalise station
Lucknow: Hundreds of activists of the Bundelkhand Ekikrit Party (BEP), demanding a Bundelkhand state, today vandalised a railway station and blocked rail tracks in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba di....
- Noida police hauled up for torturing kids
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has hauled up Noida police for allegedly torturing two minors earlier this month, saying it is "a serious violation of human rights.&#....
- Smaller states: Mayawati should first do her work, says Digvijay
Lucknow: Slamming Chief Minister Mayawati for playing politics by demanding that smaller states be carved out of Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said she should f....
- Taj Mahal sparkles after early morning showers
Agra: Showers early today morning washed the dust off the Taj Mahal's white marble making it look sparkling white. "Over the months, dust and sand particles had been deposited over the ....
- New strategy to control encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: The government will adopt a three-pronged strategy, including an "election type" house-to-house campaign, to contain Japanese Encephalitis (JE) infection that claimed 560 liv....
- Bundelkhand group to launch agitation for statehood
Lucknow: After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said she was in favour of statehood for Bundelkhand, an organisation from the backward region that straddles Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Prades....
- 'Election type' campaign to fight encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: The government would start an "election type house to house" campaign to fight Japanese Encephalitis that has killed at least 560 people this year in Uttar Pradesh, Minister ....
- Now Mayawati demands a separate Purvanchal
Lucknow: After her demand for trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati has now sought further partition of the state for carving out Purvanchal on the eastern part.
Maya....
- UP's forest cover goes up slightly
Lucknow: For the first time since Uttar Pradesh lost some of its prime forest areas due to the creation of Uttarakhand, the state's forest cover has registered an increase -- though margina....
- Fiji student accuses Hindi professor of harassment
Agra: A case has been lodged against a professor at the Central Hindi Institute here after a girl student from Fiji accused him of harassing her and warning her of bad results if she complained....
- Dissatisfied Sonia asks officials to get pro-active
Rae Bareli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is unhappy over the poor implementation of central government welfare schemes for the poor in her constituency Rae Bareli and has asked officials to ....
- Uttar Pradesh official gets 15 days in jail
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court today ordered 15-day imprisonment to Aligarh Development Authority vice-chairman Rama Shankar for contempt of court, officials said.
A fine of Rs.2,0....
- Mayawati for trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said she is for creation of independent states of Bundelkhand and Harit Pradesh out of an "unmanageable Uttar Pradesh". "I have ....
- Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli on two-day trip
Lucknow: Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrived here today and headed to her constituency Rae Bareli to evaluate the implementation of developmental schemes there, a party official said.
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- River police keep watch at Taj
Agra: River police in motorboats have started patrolling the Yamuna behind the world famous Taj Mahal to keep an eye on polluters and look out for suspicious elements.
Two motorboats ....
- Three held with 150 kg explosives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Three men were arrested with nearly 150 kg of ammonium nitrate, 95 detonators and 2,500 feet length of fuse wires in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
The men were arrested f....
- Uttar Pradesh government complains Rahul violating security norms
Lucknow: The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh today sent a letter to the central home ministry, complaining that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was violating security norms during ....
- Uttar Pradesh official asked to explain failure to bring Ansari
New Delhi: A city court today sought the response of Uttar Pradesh prison authorities over the failure to bring independent legislator Mukhtar Ansari before it.
Additional Sessions Ju....
- Permission for Rahul's press meet in Lucknow withdrawn
Lucknow: The Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh administration today suddenly withdrew permission for a press conference that was to be addressed by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, party leade....
- NGO urges child protection body in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Saksham Foundation, a voluntary organisation committed to assertion of child rights, has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a child protection body in the state.
In....
- Security steeped up in Uttar Pradesh for Babri anniversary
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday ordered security to be beefed up across the state, especially in communally sensitive towns, ahead of the 17th anniversary on Sunday of the dem....
- Two killed in crude bomb explosion in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Two people were killed while three others were injured critically when a crude bomb exploded today in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said.
Satyendra and Moni, both in their....
- After violence, Bihar officials to meet migrants in Ludhiana
Patna: The Bihar government today decided to send its officials to Ludhiana after hundreds of migrant workers went on the rampage in the Punjab city, burning vehicles and blocking roads and rai....
- HIV positive youth forced out of UP village
Lucknow: A 27-year-old HIV positive youth in Uttar Pradesh was forced to leave his village by his neighbours, who feared they could get infected through mosquito bites.
The youth, who....
- Maoist leader's body found in Uttar Pradesh forest
Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh have recovered the body of a Maoist leader, wanted in more than 30 criminal cases in three states, from a forest and arrested two of his colleagues who said he ....
- Major fire at premier Lucknow hospital
Lucknow: A major fire broke out today in the emergency ward of the well known Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here destroying drugs worth over Rs.10 lakh, medical equipmen....
- Eleven Noble laureates to join Allabahad science conclave
Lucknow: At least eleven Nobel laureates would attend the seven-day conclave of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, starting from Dec 8, the institute announced to....
- Varanasi makes a noise about noise pollution
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): If you are in Varanasi, you are advised not to make too much noise.
Until a few weeks ago, no case relating to noise pollution had ever been registered in th....
- Uttar Pradesh invites sugarcane farmers for talks
Lucknow: Buckling under pressure from sugarcane farmers who held a rally in Lucknow today, the Uttar Pradesh government invited them for talks and asked officials to take necessary steps within....
- Sugarcane farmers hold demonstrations in Lucknow
Lucknow: Armed with sugarcane stems, thousands of farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh arrived here in jam-packed trains to demonstrate against the sugarcane pricing policy of the state ....
- In Uttar Pradesh, several officers have committed suicide
Lucknow: Senior Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat Harminder Raj Singh's suicide two days ago continues to puzzle family, friends and police today, but a number of officers in the state have ended th....
- Senior Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat commits suicide
Lucknow: A senior bureaucrat in Uttar Pradesh committed suicide here late Saturday, police said today.
Harminder Raj Singh, principal secretary (housing) in the state government, shot....
- Suspected Mumbai gangster arrested in Lucknow
Lucknow: A man wanted in connection with the July 2006 Mumbai train blasts and for 19 criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh was arrested here today, officials said.
Subhash Yadav was held e....
- Kasab 'hanged' along the banks of Ganga in Allahabad
Allahabad: As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga today t....
- Two arrested in Varanasi for noise pollution
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): In the first such case in this ancient city, two people have been arrested for causing noise pollution. This come four years after the Supreme Court imposed strict nor....
- Farmers clash with police in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Agitated over the government's sugarcane policy, farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat district disrupted a rail route, targeted public vehicles and clashed with....
- Mayawati warns against unrest over Ayodhya
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati warned today that her government would take "strict action" against anyone creating law and order problems over the Ayodhya temple-mosque ....
- Three arrested with tiger skin
Lucknow: Three people were arrested with a tiger skin near the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, officials said today.
Raees Ahmad, Mohammad Naseem and Ban....
- Protesting teachers baton charged in Lucknow
Lucknow: Police said that they had to resort to baton charge here on Monday to disperse hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from schools across Uttar Pradesh after their demonstration i....
- Alert in Uttar Pradesh after Liberhan report release
Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh were put on alert today to guard against any violent fallout of the release of the Liberhan Commission report, which probed the Babri Masjid demolition, officia....
- Teacher beats student, fractures fingers
Lucknow: A teacher in an Uttar Pradesh school beat a Class 10 girl student with a duster on her knuckles for forgetting to bring her English notebook, fracturing her fingers, police said today.....
- Farmers go on rampage in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr
Lucknow: Hundreds of farmers, protesting the alleged black marketing of fertilisers by cooperative institutions, damaged several vehicles and public property, and clashed with the police in Utt....
- Ghaziabad police to install GPRS in patrol vehicles
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police will install GPRS system in all its patrolling vehicles to better tackle crime in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games, authorities said.
Concerned....
- Sugarcane farmers not to send children to school as protest
Lucknow: Sugarcane growers of nearly 10 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district have decided not to send their children to school until their demand for a hike in cane prices is met by ....
- Police jeep hits vehicle that Priyanka drove
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh): A police jeep escorting Priyanka Gandhi hit a green Qualis that was part of her cavalcade here. The vehicle is said to be her brother and Congress general secretary Rahu....
- Two held with fake passports, visas in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two men with fake passports, visas and several other forged documents, officials said today.
"Mohammad Hasan and Maqso....
- 4 killed in train-tractor collision
Lucknow: Four people were killed and one seriously injured when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley on the outskirts of the state capital early today, officials said.
The incident o....
- Uttar Pradesh prepares for Kumbh in Haridwar
Lucknow: Gearing up for the Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, beginning January in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh will set up makeshift rest-halts along road routes ....
- DTC launches low-floor buses on Noida route
Noida: The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Thursday introduced 20 of its new low-floor buses on its service between Noida and Delhi. However, one of them had an accident on the first day i....
- Autorickshaw drivers clash with police in Lucknow
Lucknow: Hundreds of autorickshaw drivers here clashed with police, blocked roads, and targeted public vehicles today as they carried out violent protests against the alleged anomaly over suppl....
- Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jail to serve cows now
Lucknow: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly central jail have come up with a new idea to reform criminals - cow service! Now prison inmates will have to regularly bathe, feed and milk ....
- High court suspects honour killing, raps Ghaziabad police
New Delhi: Expressing dissatisfaction with the Ghaziabad police's investigation in the mysterious death of a girl who had married against her family's wishes, the Delhi High Court today....
- 1,396 religious places in Meerut constructed on public land: survey
Meerut: As per the latest survey conducted by the Additional District Magistrate, about 1,396 places of worship have been constructed at public land here. Moreover, the maximum number of places....
- Policeman arrested for okaying passport for Pakistan spy?
Lucknow: Three people were arrested here today for their alleged involvement with suspected Pakistani spy Sayeed Amir Ali, and one of them is believed to be a policeman.
While police ....
- Cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh temple injures 40
Agra: More than three dozen pilgrims and priests were injured when an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinder blew up in a temple in Bateshwar, 70 km from Agra, police said today.
Thre....
- Samajwadi Party activists court arrest over sugarcane pricing
Lucknow: Over 2,000 Samajwadi Party activists today courted arrest in several parts of Uttar Pradesh and clashed with the police while protesting against the sugarcane purchase policy of the ce....
- Teacher forces girl to perform obscene dance, booked
Lucknow: A teacher of an Uttar Pradesh school has been booked for allegedly forcing a girl student to perform obscene dance in skimpy clothes and filming it with his mobile phone, police said t....
- Probe against me Mayawati's vendetta: Congress MP
Lucknow: Congress parliamentarian P.L.Punia today charged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati with misusing her official position to set up probe against him and aid it was a "political v....
- CBI to get constables from state police, paramilitary: Director
Ghaziabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has stopped direct recruitment of constables and will acquire its constabulary from the state police forces and paramilitary forces in order....
- Are the Communists fast losing appeal in India?
Lucknow: While Mayawati has received a shot in the arm from her successes in the recent by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the dismal run of setbacks for the Communist parties continues unabated. N....
- Uttar Pradesh sugarcane farmers intensify agitation
Lucknow: After carrying out a series of protests in western Uttar Pradesh against the sugarcane purchase policy of the central and the state governments, cane farmers are now spreading their ag....
- Infant dies after fall from overcrowded hospital bed in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A newborn baby died in an Uttar Pradesh hospital after falling from a bed that was shared by him, his mother, another woman and another infant, an official said today.
The ba....
- Principal beats school student to death
Varanasi: He stepped out of the school during the recess and he never knew that he had to pay his life for such a mistake. In another incident of inhuman torture to students, a school principal....
- People jump on to tracks at Noida Metro station
New Delhi: Hundreds of curious passers-by thronged the Noida City Centre Metro station today afternoon and even moved on to Metro tracks posing serious doubts on security issues, barely an hour....
- BHU student commits suicide
Lucknow: A first semester student of law at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree inside the university campus in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi town....
- Defying decrees: A madrassa where students sing Vande Mataram
Lucknow: Even as Vande Mataram is once again being debated, discussed and dissected after a fatwa on singing the national song was re-endorsed by an Islamic seminary here, there is a madrassa i....
- 21-year-old marries grandma bride in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Even an age gap of almost 36 years could not come between their love. Twenty one-year-old Abhimanyu Kumar married 57-year-old Suneeta Devi, who is a grandmother, in Uttar Pradesh, offi....
- Three crushed under slab at under-construction NTPC building
Noida: Three workers from Bihar were killed and 20 seriously injured when a concrete slab of an under-construction building fell on them in the early today while they were sleeping, police here....
- UP politicians, intellectuals demand ban on MNS
Lucknow: Political parties in Uttar Pradesh and intellectuals have come together to protest the assault on SP legislator Abu Asim Azmi in the Maharashtra assembly. Vehemently criticising MNS me....
- A campaign against spurious liquor - by drinkers
Saharanpur: They are not asking people to stop drinking, but insisting that villagers buy alcohol from licensed shops. They are drinkers who are wiser after spurious liquor claimed at least 30 ....
- A campaign against spurious liquor - by drinkers
Saharanpur: They are not asking people to stop drinking, but insisting that villagers buy alcohol from licensed shops. They are drinkers who are wiser after spurious liquor claimed at least 30 ....
- Bypoll a shot in the arm for Mayawati
Lucknow: While jolting Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the results today of bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 11 state assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh have come as a shot in the arm for B....
- Mayawati urges centre to resolve sugarcane farmers's woes
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today urged the central government to resolve the woes of the state's 4.9 million sugarcane farmers, who are staging demonstrations in many pa....
- Am proud of Abu Azmi for defying Raj Thackeray's diktat: Mulayam
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today was all praise for his party's Maharashtra legislator Abu Asim Azmi for defying Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thack....
- Uttar Pradesh cane growers stop trains, damage rail tracks
Lucknow: Agitated over the sugarcane prices suggested by the government, hundreds of farmers took to the streets today, damaged railway tracks, stopped trains, blocked highways and closed shops....
- Uttar Pradesh cane growers damage rail tracks, block roads
Lucknow: Agitated over relatively low sugarcane prices suggested by the government, hundreds of farmers took to the streets today, damaged railway tracks and blocked highways in parts of wester....
- Eminent Hindi scholar Kunwar Pal Singh passes away
Aligarh: The illustrious life of Eminent Hindi scholar and former Dean Faculty of Arts at Aligarh Muslim University, Kunwar Pal Singh has come to an end. He had been suffering from a prolonged ....
- Criminal shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A criminal, wanted in several cases of murder and loot in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar and surrounding districts, was shot dead by police in a gun battle late on Saturday night, p....
- Two killed in Agra accident
Agra: Two men were killed and another critically injured when a speeding milk tanker hit their scooter here today, police said.
The accident occurred in the morning near the TDI Mall,....
- Two trains run over five in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Five railway employees working on tracks in this town adjacent to the national capital were killed today after being run over by two trains including the Dehradun-Delhi Jan Shatabdi ....
- Four Uttar Pradesh officials declare their assets
Lucknow: In highly ill-reputed Uttar Pradesh, four senior officials have voluntarily declared their assets.
Spearheading the campaign was additional cabinet secretary Vijay Shankar Pa....
- Voting begins in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Voting for the by-polls to 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency began today amid tight security, an official said.
A total of 177 candidates, including 12 women, ....
- Mayawati's former aide under scanner
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's one-time close aide P.L. Punia, who is now a Congress MP, has landed in the economic offences net in a 20-year-old scam.
In a late....
- Protesting farmers burn sugarcane crop in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Growing resentment against the sugarcane price policy of the central government has prompted farmers to burn their produce in parts of Uttar Pradesh.
At least 20-25 incidents....
- Teacher strips girl student by force, takes photos
Lucknow: A teacher of a private school in an Uttar Pradesh village has been accused of forcibly stripping a 10-year-old girl student and photographing her on his mobile phone, police said tod....
- Munna Bajrangi's accomplice arrested in Varanasi
Varanasi: An accomplice of gangster Munna Bajrangi was arrested by a team of Delhi Police here on Tuesday evening, police sources said.
Meraj Ahmed was picked up from his house in Jai....
- Deoband meet urges terrorists, Maoists to lay down arms
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh): Urging terrorists and Maoist rebels to lay down arms, an Islamic cleric today assured them the community would help them take up their cause.
"If terror....
- 10-year-old stripped naked, chained and dragged for theft
Lucknow: A 10-year-old boy was assaulted, stripped naked, chained and then dragged for several metres by a group of shopkeepers in an Uttar Pradesh village on charges of stealing Rs.20, police ....
- Statue building spree: Uttar Pradesh chief secretary apologises to apex court
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for violation of its order halting all further construction at various memor....
- Sugarcane farmers up in arms against price policy
Lucknow: After expressing dissatisfaction with the Mayawati government's announcement of a hike of Rs.25 per quintal in the price of sugarcane, the four million sugarcane farmers of Uttar ....
- Man on a green mission to plant 100,000 trees
Lucknow: It started with one sapling 17 years ago. Now for Chandra Bhushan Tiwari, life's sole mission is to plant 100,000 saplings. And he has even left a government job to pursue it.
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- Senior railway official caught accepting bribe
Lucknow: A senior Indian Railway Service (IRS) official was arrested here today by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly accepting a bribe from a contractor, officials said.
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- Mayawati accuses centre of ignoring sugarcane growers
Lucknow: Accusing the central government of disregarding the interest of 4 million sugarcane growers of the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has shot off a letter to Prime Ministe....
- Dalit woman dies after being denied medical attention
Lucknow: Caste discrimination allegedly claimed the life of a young Dalit woman, who died after delivering a stillborn child on Thursday, as the staff of a government-run medical centre in Utta....
- 20 bus passengers injured in blast in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Over 20 passengers were injured, some of them seriously, in a powerful blast in a bus in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district today evening, police said.
The blast occurred bec....
- Ghaziabad police gun down wanted criminal
Ghaziabad: A. criminal, for whose arrest the police offered a cash reward of Rs.50,000, was killed in a gun battle with the Ghaziabad police today afternoon, officials here said
The....
- Big B in trouble, FIR lodged against him over UP land
Daulatpur (Uttar Pradesh): It is trouble season for Amitabh Bachchan as this bollywood megastar has got into a fresh trouble after a Daulatpur woman lodged an FIR against Big B alleging that B....
- Police cremate youth's skeleton two years after death
Lucknow: A youth's skeleton lying on the terrace of a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district since July 2007 has allegedly been cremated by the police two years on, but the....
- Four poachers arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Four poachers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district and several tortoises have been seized from their possession, police said today.
The four were nabbe....
- Uttar Pradesh cops told to probe Amar Singh fraud case
Lucknow: Within hours of Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh on Monday daring Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to proceed against him for alleged financial fraud, the state p....
- Five held for molesting girls on train
Lucknow: Five students have been arrested for allegedly molesting women at gunpoint on a train in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district, officials said today.
The incident took place ....
- Over 40 kids fall sick in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: More than 40 children of Babugarh area here were rushed to a hospital after they complained of suffocation and nausea, an official said today.
The kids were rushed to a gov....
- Non-payment to health workers could derail polio drive in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Simmering discontent among thousands of basic health workers over non-payment of dues is likely to derail the November pulse polio round in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous s....
- Kilometre-long invite for Obama - from Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Barack Obama has mail - from a place in Uttar Pradesh state in India that he would never have heard of.
And how! Measuring over one kilometre, the letter has been put togethe....
- 'Low cane output won't affect sugar production in Uttar Pradesh'
Lucknow: The likelihood of a relatively low sugarcane yield this year would not affect sugar production in Uttar Pradesh, a government official said today.
"This year's suga....
- BSP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh booked for assaulting Dalits
Lucknow: In Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)-ruled Uttar Pradesh, which claims to champion Dalits' welfare, a party legislator and 20 of his supporters have been booked for arson and violence ag....
- Meat found inside mosque, tension in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Tension gripped Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district today morning when a group of Muslims, after finding pieces of meat lying inside a mosque, attacked public vehicles, according to....
- Top district officials visit Dasna Jail
Ghaziabad: Senior judicial, police and civil officers inspected Dasna Jail here following the death of Ashutosh Asthana, prime accused as well as witness in a corruption case involving judges o....
- Wolf kills eight-month-old, mauls three rescuers
Lucknow: A wolf killed an eight-month-old boy and mauled three other people in an Uttar Pradesh village, officials said today.
The wolf, which had strayed into the Comparganj village ....
- Day after Mathura train accident, tracks cleared
Agra: A day after an accident involving two trains killed 23 people in Mathura, the railways today had cleared the track and traffic movement was restored, officials said.
North Centr....
- 23 killed in Mathura train collision
Agra/New Delhi: At least 23 people were killed when two Delhi-bound passenger trains collided early today in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city. Hours after the Goa Express rammed into the statio....
- Uttar Pradesh recruiting 200,000 policemen: Mayawati
Lucknow: Chief Minister Mayawati today announced the government is recruiting over 200,000 policemen to strengthen the existing police force in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state.
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- Uttar Pradesh announces Rs.10 lakh for train mishap victims
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government will give compensation of Rs.10 lakh and a job to the families of those killed in the train accident in Mathura early today, the state's Agriculture ....
- Serious lapses found in Dasna jail
Ghaziabad: Following the death of Ashutosh Asthana, the prime accused-cum-witness in a corruption case involving judges of the higher judiciary, in Ghaziabad's Dasna jail, the district admi....
- Youth marries 60-year-old widow
Lucknow: She could be old enough to be his grandmother. But for 22-year-old Mahaveer Kumar age was no bar when he married a 60-year-old widow in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
Re....
- Save the cow, urges VHP leader Togadia
Lucknow: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia, who has been campaigning vigorously across India to save the "mother cow", advocated wide use of products made of cow dung a....
- Trees chopped near the Taj Mahal
Agra: At least two dozen full grown trees have been chopped off in the premises of a state-run hotel located near the Taj Mahal, within the eco-sensitive 500 metre zone of the monument.
- On Diwali, it's treat time for Lucknow zoo animals
Lucknow: Animals in the Lucknow zoo enjoyed a Diwali feast today with Kesari Kheer, roasted dry fruits, tandoori chicken, fruit salad, fruit juices and other mouth-watering recipes.
O....
- Rs.48.7 crore credited in account mistakenly!
Ghaziabad: An ATM user in Ghaziabad was stunned on Thursday to see a balance of Rs.48.7 crores (Rs.487 million) in his savings bank account.
Abhishek Chaturvedi, a resident of F-144, ....
- Patient shot dead in Ghaziabad hospital
Ghaziabad: A patient in a private hospital in Ghaziabad was shot dead by three unidentified youths on Thursday, police said.
According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (in charge....
- Plan panel clears Rs.39,000 crore outlay for UP
Lucknow: The Central Planning Commission today gave its nod to an outlay of Rs.39,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh's annual plan for the forthcoming financial year.
A decision to the e....
- Man allegedly linked to HuJI arrested in Bareilly
Lucknow: A man having suspected links with terrorist outfits, including the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said today.
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- Harsher penalty on cards for states drawing excess power
Lucknow: The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is planning to double the penalty on states for drawing more power from the central grid than they are entitled to.
Accor....
- Couple in UP forced to become siblings
Lucknow: Repeatedly slapping a love-struck couple with shoes for their 'illegitimate' love affair, an Uttar Pradesh village council forced them to tie a rakhi and become siblings, polic....
- 150,000 kg of adulterated khoya seized in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Nearly 150,000 kg of adulterated khoya has been seized in the past few days in Ghaziabad, police said today.
"We have recovered over 1,500 quintals (150,000 kg) of such....
- Delhi-Mumbai train traffic hit after derailment
Agra: Several trains on the busy Delhi-Mumbai corridor were delayed for several hours today when a goods train derailed at the Jadui station near here.
Five bogies of the goods train ....
- 1,000 quintals of fake ricotta cheese recovered in UP
Ghaziabad: Police and the health department have recovered over 1,000 quintals of fake ricotta cheese in Modinagar locality here early today morning, officials said.
Over two dozen pe....
- Noida officials openly flouting RTI rules, alleges activist
New Delhi: While the nation is celebrating four years of Right to Information (RTI) Act, officials of Noida authority seem to be working to stop the information flow to people, an activist alle....
- Crackers worth over Rs.1 cr recovered in Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad: The police raided a storehouse in this Uttar Pradesh city and recovered fire crackers worth over Rs.1 crore which had been stocked illegally, officials said today.
The reco....
- Ford Foundation fellowships to end in 2010
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): The International Fellowships Programme (IFP) run by the US-based Ford Foundation will end in 2010, an organisation official said today.
"The IFP was lau....
- Man makes calls of Rs.1.75 lakh to Pakistan, Middle East, vanishes
Allahabad: Police are investigating a young man who purchased 10 post-paid SIM cards from this city in July, took them to Azamgarh district and in two days made calls costing Rs.175,000 to vari....
- 11 new CBI courts to be set up
Ghaziabad: Eleven new Central Bureau of Investigation courts will come up across the country and the 60 existing ones will be upgraded, CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said here today.
The....
- Taj city gets battery-run rickshaws
Agra: Agra Mayor Anjula Singh Mahaur today launched a battery-run cycle rickshaw in the city of the Taj Mahal.
Marketed by a Haryana manufacturer under the brand name Bricky, it costs....
- Nepal river floods Uttar Pradesh wildlife park
Lucknow: Excess water from Nepal's Sharda river has flooded large parts of the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh and washed away a key pier of a 120-year-old bridge over the river, a se....
- Allahabad High Court gives go-ahead to Yamuna Expressway
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court today upheld the validity of land acquisition notification for setting up the Yamuna Expressway, allowing the state government to go ahead with the ambitious p....
- Chaos feared on Agra streets with 200 new buses
Agra: As the first 11 of the long-awaited fleet of low-floor buses to be inducted in the city bus service arrived here, residents fear that the new vehicles will lead to frequent traffic jams.
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- UP boy suffers fractures after beating by teachers
Lucknow: A principal and a teacher of an Uttar Pradesh private school have been slapped with cases for beating a class five student because he obtained low marks in a test, police said today.
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- Students forced to clean urinals for coming late
Lucknow: The principal of a government-run school in Uttar Pradesh forced Class 5 students to clean urinals and mop the floors as punishment for not attending their classes regularly, an offici....
- He alone made garden grow out of wilderness
Lucknow: What was once full of thorny bushes, wild grass and bamboo plants today lies transformed into a garden where children come to play. Narsingh Sadhusharan, a farmer in Uttar Pradesh, is ....
- Heavy rains claim 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 20 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, officials said today.
Heavy showers lashed parts of the state on Tuesday. Most of the casualti....
- No civic amenities, no polio drops: UP villagers
Lucknow: Angry with the administration for the apathy towards their complaints on poor civic conditions, residents of two Uttar Pradesh villages decided to protest by boycotting the ongoing pul....
- Uttar Pradesh top babu to explain why SC order flouted
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to be personally present before it on Nov 4 to explain why he should not be punished for "flagrant violation"....
- SC tells Mayawati not to play politics with court
New Delhi: In a stern ultimatum to UP government, Supreme Court today has heavily censured Mayawati and her government for defying the apex body's order to stop any further construction at....
- Three held for forcing 10-year-old girl to marry
Lucknow: Three people were arrested for trying to marry off a 10-year-old girl to a physically handicapped 25-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, police said today.
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- Expect more rains in Uttar Pradesh: Weatherman
Lucknow: With rains lashing various districts of Uttar Pradesh today, the weatherman predicted more heavy showers in the next few days.
"After creating havoc in Andhra and Karnata....
- UP's Dalits in pathetic condition: Joshi
Lucknow: Lamenting the condition of Dalits in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi Saturday said the community remained neglected even in the Am....
- Mayawati's rural cleanliness project bridges social divide
Agra: When Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati launched a rural cleanliness scheme in 2008, not many realised the revolutionary potential of "this seemingly innocent and unattractive sche....
- Sri Lankan tourist found dead in UP
Lucknow: A woman tourist from Sri Lanka was found dead near the railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, the police said today.
Herat Mudian Anulla, 61, was found dea....
- All quiet and low key on Gandhi Jayanti in UP
Lucknow: Official Gandhi Jayanti celebrations organised routinely by the Uttar Pradesh government have never been so quiet as it was today - neither Chief Minister Mayawati nor Governor B.L. Jo....
- Taj city shuts down to demand high court bench
Agra: The Taj city witnessed a near total shutdown today as business chambers, trade associations and political parties observed a day long strike to demand a bench of the Allahabad High Court.....
- UP has lowest per capita power consumption
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has the lowest per capita power consumption in the country, according to a report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
Officials admit that the lack of p....
- Abducted Uttar Pradesh corporator freed by police
Agra: In a swift operation Agra police rescued Bahujan Samaj Party corporator Mahendra Singh from abductors near Nunihai industrial estate in Agra, officials said today.
Mahendra Sing....
- Judges in UP differ over declaring assets
Lucknow: The judiciary in Uttar Pradesh is divided over the issue of declaration of their assets.
While sitting judges of the Allahabad High Court, which also has a bench in the state....
- Villagers torch two train bogies
Lucknow: Two coaches of the Mahananda Express were torched at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh today by a mob protesting against the closure of the town's 100-year-old railway station.
Ov....
- Leopard kills five-year-old in UP
Lucknow: 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 today....
- Over 100 RSS activists booked in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Nearly 125 activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were today booked for violating prohibitory orders and firing in the air during Dussehra celebrations in Uttar Pradesh'....
- Villagers damage college foundation stone laid by Rahul
Lucknow: 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 ....
- Couple beaten, forced to marry by angry elders
Lucknow: 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....
- Now Israeli mobile jammers for Uttar Pradesh jails
Lucknow: 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 inmat....
- Two arrested, gold worth over Rs.10 mn recovered
Ghaziabad: Two people were arrested in Ghaziabad on Monday and jewellery worth over Rs.10 million stolen from a shop in Karol Bagh area of the national capital recovered from them, police said ....
- 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....
- UP Haj committee to demand increase in quota
Lucknow: With more devout from the state applying for the Haj pilgrimage, the Uttar Pradesh State Haj Committee today decided to request the central Haj committee to increase its quota.
- Two held with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currency
Lucknow: Two people were arrested today in Itawah district of Uttar Pradesh with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currency, police said.
Akhilesh Rajpoot and Kalka Prasad were nabbed by the Specia....
- Lucknow a prospering market for pirated CDs and DVDs
Lucknow: "You can get it, though the print is not very clear. But you will not have a problem watching it," says a roadside vendor in the Naka market when asked if a CD or a DVD of Salm....
- Lucknow AIR bag's Unicef children's broadcasting award
Lucknow: 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 (I....
- Two held for molesting Australian woman in UP
Lucknow: Two men were arrested today for allegedly molesting a 37-year-old Australian woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said.
The incident took place Saturday in th....
- UP power crisis dims Durga Puja festive glitter
Lucknow: 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....
- 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 backyar....
- Blast in Lucknow bank, crude bombs recovered
Lucknow: A bomb exploded in the main branch of the ICICI Bank here today, followed by the recovery of two bags of crude bombs, police said, adding that nobody was injured in the blast.
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- Police officer injured as drug addict son opens fire
Allahabad: A senior Uttar Pradesh police official was injured when a bullet fired by his drug addict son during a brawl hit him in the head on Wednesday night here, police said.
The s....
- UP in a tizzy as Rahul stays in Dalit's hut
Lucknow: 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....
- Antique Buddha idol worth Rs.25 crore recovered
Lucknow: 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....
- Uttar Pradesh DSP shot by son
Allahabad: The son of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) shot his father and uncle on Wednesday night after a brawl in the George Town locality of the city, police said.
The inci....
- PM didn't ask UP for report on job scheme: official
Lucknow: 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 h....
- Over 100 human skeletons recovered from field in UP
Lucknow: 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 today.
The inci....
- Raising credibility top priority: UP's new police chief
Lucknow: The new Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police Karam Veer Singh today said that his top priority would be to increase the credibility of the police and make the force more sensitive.....
- Students try to immolate junior in UP
Lucknow: 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 today.
- More than 200 live cartridges found in Taj city
Agra: Over 200 live cartridges were recovered from near the Agra Fort in this city of the Taj in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was conduct....
- Uttar Pradesh names new police chief
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday night named Karam Veer Singh as the state's new director general of police (DGP), an official said.
Chief Minister Mayawati has or....
- Man cuts tongue to get a job
Lucknow: 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 to....
- 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 ....
- 3 arrested with explosives in Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad: Three men were arrested with huge quantity of explosives from Shankergarh area of the Allahabad district today, police said.
About 400 kg of ammonium nitrate, over 400 deto....
- Agra prisoner hangs himself in jail
Agra: A 45-year-old man who was serving a life sentence hanged himself from a tree within the jail premises here, an official said today.
Netra Pal hanged himself using his lungi at t....
- UP apologises to apex court for violating order
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government today tendered an apology to the Supreme Court for a possible transgression of its Sep 8 order asking the government to halt further construction at vari....
- 'Mini vacation' for UP govt employees
Lucknow: It's a long, long weekend for the employees of the Uttar Pradesh government. Starting today, it's a five-day break for the government officials due to various religious festiva....
- Till shoes do us part, love saga ends on sad footnote
Lucknow: A village council in Uttar Pradesh forced a love-struck couple to slap each other with shoes after they were caught sitting together in a park.
Amar Singh, 26, and Omwati, 21....
- 98-year-old freedom fighter dead
Agra: Thakur Ram Singh, a freedom fighter who was an associate of martyr Bhagat Singh, died here today evening after a brief illness. He was 98.
A member of the Communist Party of Ind....
- 42 cops suspended in Lucknow
Lucknow: As many as 42 policemen were suspended here today for dereliction of duty, officials said.
According to an official spokesman, these included two inspectors, two senior sub-i....
- Strike in western Uttar Pradesh courts
Ghaziabad: Work in all courts in 16 districts of western Uttar Pradesh was paralyzed as a three-day strike called by lawyers to demand a high court bench in the region began today.
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- Four Varanasi students arrested for ragging
Varanasi: Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were arrested Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the varsity campus, police said. The universit....
- Headmaster accused of molesting employee in UP school
Lucknow: A headmaster of a government-run primary school in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh has been accused of molesting an employee, police said today.
Virendra Yadav, who ....
- Two young men held with illegal firearms in UP
Lucknow: Two young men were arrested after an hour-long gunfight with police and charged with illegal possession of several firearms in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, authorities said today.....
- Teachers cut hair of Class 5 students for bunking classes
Lucknow: Two teachers of a private school in Uttar Pradesh forcibly cut the hair of four Class 5 students after catching them bunking classes, an official said today.
The teachers cut....
- Uttar Pradesh spends more on elephants statues than live ones
Lucknow: Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of tens of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a specia....
- Four killed in Lucknow accident
Lucknow: Four people were killed and six critically injured when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) jumped over the road divider and hit a car near here today evening, police said.
The ac....
- Two killed in cracker factory blast in Uttar Pradesh
Agra: At least two people were killed in a blast in a fireworks manufacturing factory in a village near this Uttar Pradesh city today morning, police said.
The accident occurred in t....
- Hooch toll rises to 29 in UP
Lucknow: As many as 11 more people died after drinking spurious liquor in Saharanpur district on Saturday and today, taking the death toll from hooch to 29 in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
- 14 deer die mysteriously in Kanpur zoo
Kanpur: Panic prevailed at the zoo following the mysterious death of 13 spotted and one swamp deer today. There was neither any sign of injury nor could the post-mortem carried out by a team of....
- Principal molests girl student in UP
Lucknow: The principal of a private school has been accused of molesting a Class 9 girl student in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district, police said today.
U.M. Montessori principal Pramo....
- Senior Bhopal official's body found near Agra
Agra: The body of the chief of Bhopal Development Authority M.G. Rusia was found by villagers on the railway tracks near Agra. Railway police today said they suspect he was murdered.
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- Hooch toll in UP rises to 18
Lucknow: As many as 18 people have died so far after drinking spurious liquor in Saharanpur town of Uttar Pradesh since Tuesday, police said today.
While two people died on Tuesday, 1....
- Dalit dies after cops' assault, mob beats up police officer
Allahabad: Hundreds of people blocked traffic and beat up a police official in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district today to protest the death of a Dalit man after he was allegedly beaten by ....
- 15 killed after drinking hooch in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 15 people were killed after drinking spurious liquor in Saharanpur town of Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
The deaths were first reported on Tuesday. While two peo....
- Mob attack policeman over death of Dalit
Allahabad: Hundreds of people blocked traffic and beat up a police official in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district today to protest the death of a Dalit man after he was allegedly beaten by ....
- UP hits back at centre for reprimand on IPS transfers
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken exception to the central government's objection against alleged frequent transfers of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers.
Respond....
- Jail inmates clash with policemen in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Panic prevailed in the Ghazipur district jail of Uttar Pradesh today morning after over a dozen jail inmates clashed with policemen posted there, officials said.
Though no on....
- Youth lynched by women in UP
Allahabad: A youth was lynched by a group of women after he participated in a religious ceremony disguised as a woman in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said today.
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- Villagers take govt official hostage for job scheme bungling
Lucknow: Irked over the non-implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in their village, residents of Phaguniya village in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh took....
- Ration cards, voter cards found in UP field
Lucknow: Nearly a thousand ration cards and voter ID cards have been recovered from a field in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, officials said today.
Villagers of Ganeshpur village....
- Manmohan, Mulayam, Rajnath, Thackeray play together here
Lucknow: Here Jayalalithaa takes Bal Thackeray on her lap when he sobs, Manmohan Singh is fond of riding on Mulayam Singh's shoulders, while Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh have no differenc....
- Eviction from unauthorised colony triggers violence in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: An angry mob set ablaze a bus and pelted stones at police as some people violently protested the government's move to evict them from an unauthorised colony here, officials said.....
- Now, Mayawati painted in divine forms
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has now been painted in shades of divinity. A 25-year-old painter has projected Mayawati as a goddess in several paintings on display at Lalit Kal....
- Apex court stops UP from demolishing temples
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stopped the Uttar Pradesh government from demolishing three temples within the premises of Lucknow Central Jail.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balak....
- Weatherman predicts heavy rain in UP, farmers hopeful
Lucknow: The weatherman's prediction of heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh for three days beginning today has raised hopes among farmers that they can still grow something this kharif season.
- Centre putting spokes in Ambedkar park project: Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday charged the central government with trying to put "stumbling blocks" in the path of Chief Minister Mayawati's dream project - the R....
- Women rough up bank manager over loan
Lucknow: A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said today.
Agitated women, armed with brooms a....
- Dera Sacha Sauda not allowed to hold congregation
Agra: A possible confrontation between Sikh leaders and followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect was defused after authorities in this Utar Pradesh district withdrew permission to the sect to hold a ....
- Teacher forces students to mop floor, clean toilet
Lucknow: Some students of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district were made to mop floors and clean the toilet as punishment by a teacher, officials said today.
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- Muslim farmer gave up qawwali to sing Hindu hymns
Lucknow: Overcoming opposition from his family and community, a Muslim man left his ancestral profession of singing qawwalis to sing Hindu hymns in the temples of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Tod....
- Students allege ragging in UP college
Lucknow: Four students of a private college in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district have alleged they were ragged and assaulted by their seniors.
Second year B.Tech students of Sitapu....
- Body of girl found in bag on train in UP
Lucknow: The body of a teenage girl was found in an unattended bag in a Mumbai-bound train in Uttar Pradesh today.
Panic prevailed in an AC coach of the Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Exp....
- Mayawati offers job to martyr's grandson
Lucknow: In a late night move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday offered a job to the grandson of Abdul Hamid, one of the heroes of the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war who was posthumously....
- 3 women perform last rites of grandfather
Lucknow: Notwithstanding stiff opposition from some village elders, three sisters in Uttar Pradesh performed the funeral of their grandfather in contrast to the Hindu tradition of only men perf....
- Two girls suffocate to death inside locked car
Lucknow: Two girls died of suffocation after accidentally locking themselves in a car in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district on Sunday, police said.
"The girls, Rufi (3) and Tan....
- Auto-lifters gang busted in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police today claimed to have busted a gang of auto-lifters with the arrest of eight men. Six vehicles were recovered from them.
"On a tip-off, we raided t....
- Three escape from district jail in UP
Lucknow: Three inmates of the district jail in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district escaped late on Thursday evening, officials said on Friday.
The three scaled the wall of the jail dur....
- Mayawati using official residence for political ends: Congress
Lucknow: The Congress party has criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for using her official residence for "political" purposes.
Referring to a two-day meeting of t....
- Shariat courts to also act as counsellors to save marriages
Lucknow: With a view to curbing the rising incidence of 'talaq' (divorce), shariat (Islamic law) courts have been asked to act as marriage counsellors with a clear cut brief to prevent ....
- No more collection of birthday funds: Mayawati to partymen
Lucknow: In a surprise move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today told her partymen to stop collecting funds for her birthday celebrations with immediate effect.
The Bahujan Sa....
- Many hospitals involved in Lucknow blood racket: police
Lucknow: Initial investigations by the police in the adulterated blood trading racket in Lucknow, busted on Saturday, has revealed the involvement of many hospitals and blood banks, police said....
- HIV positive student turned out of school
Lucknow: A nine-year-old HIV positive student was turned out of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district as the principal mistakenly feared he would spread the ....
- Floods claim seven lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least seven people, including three children, have been killed in floods in Uttar Pradesh triggered by heavy rains and the release of a huge amount of water from barrages in Nepal, ....
- Three held with ancient silver coins in UP
Lucknow: Nearly 68 kg of ancient silver coins dating back to 1861 and 1892 were recovered from three men who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said today.
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- Street vendors to get space in Lucknow shopping centres
Lucknow: Vegetable and fruit sellers, barbers and cobblers, who set up make-shift stalls on roadsides, will soon get their own space in shopping centres in this Uttar Pradesh capital.
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- Kushinagar Express derails, five injured
Lucknow: At least five passengers were injured when four coaches of the Kushinagar Express train from Mumbai derailed today in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, officials said.
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- Hundreds of villages flooded in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Release of water from barrages in Nepal and heavy rain have flooded hundreds of villages and affected hundreds of thousands of people in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said ....
- Howzzat! Government official writes in 125 styles with both hands
Lucknow: It started as an exercise to improve his poor handwriting when in school and has blossomed into a unique calligraphic talent. Government official Ravi Prakash Saraswat, 50, has mas....
- Former legislator's wife found begging in UP
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh): From power to penury, Prema Devi has seen it all in her 80 years. The widow of a two-time legislator, considered close to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has ....
- Uttar Pradesh withdraws temporary ban on meat sales
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today hastily withdrew an order banning the sale of meat for nine days -- which would have coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan -- saying it had....
- Postal officials booked for molesting colleague
Lucknow: Three postal officials, including a chief postmaster, in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district have been booked for allegedly molesting a woman colleague, provoking her to attempt sui....
- Record holiday crowds at the Taj Mahal
Agra: Taking advantage of the Independence Day holiday, a large number of tourists visited the Taj Mahal on Saturday. According to official sources, the number of visitors crossed 25,000.
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- Mayawati criticises central govt on I-Day
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today accused the central government of not aiding in the state's development schemes, while pledging to improve the law and order situation a....
- Mayawati scales down security of ministers, VIPs
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has always been worried about her own security, but in a drastic move has ordered reduction in the special security cover to a number of her own m....
- 'Patriotic' sweets in high demand in Varanasi
Varanasi: "Rashtriya burfi", "tiranga jalebis", "Jawahar laddus" and many such sweets are being offered by the sweet shops in this eternal city as Independence Day appro....
- New bridge threatens Vrindavan's heritage ghat: activists
Agra: A new bridge being constructed in Vrindavan has come in for criticism from local environmental activists, who term it a threat to Kesri Ghat - the only remaining ghat in Vrindavan. They a....
- After a cop, now an engineer who believes he is 'Radha'
Lucknow: Meet V.S. Saxena, 72, a retired senior engineer of the railways, who wears saffron coloured salwaar-kameez and dons anklets, bangles and earrings as he transforms himself into 'Rad....
- Two teachers booked for molesting student
Lucknow: Two teachers of a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district have been booked for allegedly molesting a Class 8 student, police said today.
Ganesh Singh and S....
- Mayawati tells police to pull up their socks
Lucknow: Concerned over the unabated rise in crime across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday asked senior police officers to bring the law and order situation under control or ....
- Case against BJP MP after group clash in Azamgarh
Lucknow: A criminal case was lodged against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Azamgarh Ramakant Yadav today after a young man died in a clash between the supporters of the Ulema Council and ....
- 3 cops suspended for parading teenager half-naked
Lucknow: Three policemen in Uttar Pradesh were today suspended for assaulting a 16-year-old school student and parading him half-naked on the streets of Baraut town in Baghpat district, an offi....
- Ghaziabad clinics, chemists may shutdown over doctor's kidnapping
Ghaziabad: All private hospitals, clinics and chemist shops in this town will remain closed today to protest the kidnapping of a doctor a few days ago, the Ghaziabad wing of the Indian Medical ....
- UP teenager alleges police brutality
Lucknow: A Class 11 student in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district had a nightmarish experience with the police when his motorcycle accidentally hit a woman's car. He claims he was accused....
- Little chance of monsoon revival in UP this week
Lucknow: Though parts of Uttar Pradesh will have overcast skies, the possibility of a monsoon revival will remain bleak, the meteorological department has said.
In Uttar Pradesh, Indi....
- Bank says it gave loan, man says no
Lucknow: A man has issued a legal notice to a private bank in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district after the bank claimed that his uncle, who migrated to Pakistan in 1947, has been given a ....
- Six Bangladeshis held in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Six Bangladeshis were arrested today in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district for their alleged involvement in a human trafficking racket, police said.
"Acting on a tip....
- Bank employee with 5,000 stamps wants to start museum
Lucknow: A bank employee who has collected over 5,000 postage stamps of nearly 200 countries in the past three decades is mulling an idea of setting up a philatelic museum as he wants to "m....
- Arson in Joshi's house: Cops' call records to be checked
Lucknow: As part of the probe into the arson attack on Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house, the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) will collect cal....
- Agra tense, six injured in stone pelting
Agra: Sporadic incidents of violence took place in several parts of the city on Thursday on the eve of Shab-e-raat, and half a dozen people have been injured in stone pelting, police said.
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- Mother kills son for repeatedly demanding chocolate
Lucknow: A mother beat her six-year-old son to death in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district for his repeated demands for chocolate, the police said today.
"Bandana, 32, a resi....
- Drought will bring down UP paddy output 60 percent
Lucknow: Scanty rainfall in most parts of Uttar Pradesh, where 58 of its 71 districts have been declared drought-hit, will hit agricultural production leading to a shortage of rice in the state....
- Rahul Gandhi to address party workers in UP
Lucknow: The Congress headquarters in the Uttar Pradesh capital is all decked up for the visit of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is arriving here today afternoon to address party lea....
- Six injured in clash over loud music in Agra
Agra: Six people were injured, a car was burnt and stones were thrown at shops here as an argument over the playing of loud music turned into a violent clash between two groups, police said tod....
- 3 UP cops held for helping criminal to escape
Lucknow: Three police constables were arrested here on Wednesday for helping a criminal to escape from police custody, officials said.
Constables Jitendra Yadav, Brijesh Sharma and De....
- UP village heads threaten to stop midday meal
Lucknow: The association of village heads of Uttar Pradesh has threatened to stop the distribution of midday meals in primary schools because they can no longer pay for the cooking with the Rs.....
- Mayawati government denies plan for corridor behind Taj
Lucknow: Contrary to reports, the Uttar Pradesh government has no plan to build any kind of corridor behind the 17th century Taj Mahal, a top state official said here today.
State hou....
- Mayawati insensitive to those facing drought: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party today said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is insensitive to the suffering of the people of the state where 58 of 71 districts have been declared drough....
- Power situation worsens in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The power scenario has worsened in Ghaziabad with city areas facing outages of up to 16 hours, while low voltage prevents alternatives like inverters from being recharged and providi....
- Lack of rainfall hits Uttar Pradesh plantation drive
Lucknow: Dry weather conditions in Uttar Pradesh, where 58 of the total 71 districts have been declared drought-hit, are hampering a sapling plantation drive of the state government, say offici....
- Mayawati seeks more money for memorials and statues
Lucknow: Unfazed by the criticism over its statue-erecting spree, the Mayawati government of Uttar Pradesh has sought the assembly sanction for an additional Rs.556 crore (Rs.5.56 billion) for ....
- Youth dies in police custody
Lucknow: A youth died in police custody early today in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district after he was allegedly beaten by policemen, officials said. Family members and villagers halted traf....
- Bundelkhand politics stalls both houses of parliament
New Delhi: Both houses of parliament were adjourned today with noisy protests over the government's plan to set up a separate development authority for the drought-hit Bundelkhand region th....
- Seen the Taj Mahal? Now see the love story behind it
Agra: Wondering how you'll pass the rest of the day in Agra after you've soaked in the beauty of the Taj Mahal? Starting today, you can walk across to see a musical presentation that ca....
- Rains elude UP again, farming hit further
Lucknow: After raising hopes of widespread rainfall in parts of Uttar Pradesh, the monsoon has once again disappointed the people of the state where 47 out of 71 districts have already been dec....
- UP govt pushes forward divestment process
Lucknow: Aiming to expedite the disinvestment of public sector undertakings under its policy of infrastructure development and divestment through public private partnership (PPP), the Uttar Pra....
- Three arrested for posting obscene clips of classmate
Lucknow: Three Class 12 students in Uttar Pradesh were arrested today after they posted obscene clips of a classmate they had sedated, police said.
The students from Muzaffarnagar dis....
- Don't interfere in state affairs: Mayawati tells PM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to keep off "the internal affairs of the state" after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demande....
- Drought-hit Uttar Pradesh can expect rain
Lucknow: People in Uttar Pradesh, where 47 of the 71 districts have been declared drought-hit, can expect some relief in the coming days as the met department has forecast widespread rains in m....
- Women strip to prevent raids at illicit liquor dens
Lucknow: Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the procedure midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in fro....
- 10 BHU students charged with ragging
Lucknow: A criminal case was lodged against 10 students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after they were caught ragging their juniors, officials said today.
Eight second year and....
- Elephant kills man, injures four in UP
Lucknow: A tame elephant trampled a 20-year-old man to death and injured four others in an Uttar Pradesh village today, police said.
The elephant attacked the jeep in which the five w....
- Prophet's picture in textbook stirs row in UP
Lucknow: Taking serious note of a picture of Prophet Mohammed published in an officially prescribed textbook, the Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission today issued a show-cause notice to the sta....
- Joshi to take over as UP governor on Tuesday
Lucknow: B.L.Joshi will reach the Uttar Pradesh capital on Tuesday morning to take over as the state's governor, succeeding T.V.Rajeshwar, who left today evening after completing his five-y....
- Congress launches campaign for by-polls in UP
Malihabad (Lucknow): The Congress party today started its campaign for by-polls to be held in six assembly constituencies Aug 18 with a rally by party national general secretary Digvijay Singh ....
- Hundreds march to Mathura for ecological awareness
Agra: Hundreds of followers of Sri Krishna, who began a trek here to raise awareness about ecological issues, entered Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh today, an official said.
The gr....
- Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash
Lucknow: Sub-inspector Hoshiar Singh, one of the 11 suspects in PWD engineer Manoj Gupta's murder, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district today after absconding for seven mont....
- 20 Uttar Pradesh districts declared drought-hit
Lucknow: A dry spell has led the Uttar Pradesh government to declare 20 of the state's 70 districts as "drought-hit" while nearly three dozen more will be added to the list if the m....
- Software engineer held for snatching mobile phone
Noida: A software engineer was arrested here today for snatching a mobile phone two months ago. He was tracked down using the cell phone's special code, police said.
Three motorc....
- Joshi returns bodyguards allotted by UP govt
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who had alleged that Chief Minister Mayawati could "plan attacks on her", has refused to accept the security cover provided to....
- Drought looms over parts of Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: With rainfall in Uttar Pradesh nearly 58 percent below average so far this monsoon, the spectre of drought looms large over parts of the state. According to the agriculture department,....
- Would-be policemen go on rampage over delay in getting forms
Lucknow: A group of young men gathered at a post office in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district went on a rampage today, protesting a delay in distribution of application forms for jobs ....
- Three-day Shahjahan Urs ends peacefully in Agra
Agra: Despite fears of sectarian differences and confusion, officials heaved a sigh of relief as the three-day 354th Urs, death anniversary, of Mughal emperor Shahjahan ended peacefully here wi....
- Crush of people kills two eclipse watchers in Varanasi
Varanasi: Two people were killed here today morning when thousands of people gathered at the banks of the Ganges to watch the solar eclipse.
"One person died because of drowning a....
- Violence at army recruitment camp in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Tension prevailed in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district when several candidates participating in an Indian Army recruitment drive today indulged in arson and vandalism, alleging ir....
- Joshi replaces Rajeshwar as UP governor
New Delhi: Uttarakhand Governor B.L. Joshi was late on Saturday transferred and appointed as the Uttar Pradesh governor in place of T.V. Rajeshwar, whose term has expired, a Rashtrapati Bhavan ....
- Five injured in blast in Uttar Pradesh court
Lucknow: Five undertrials were injured in a blast in the lock up of the district court in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district today, police said.
Three of them received serious injuri....
- Two former Jharkhand ministers proclaimed offenders
Ranchi: Two former state ministers Enos Ekka and Harinarayan Rai, evading arrests on corruption charges, were today proclaimed offenders by a Jharkhand court and notices saying that they are wa....
- Five arrested for torching Joshi's house: Police
Lucknow: Police say they have arrested five people for setting afire the house of Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi late on Wednesday night. However, family members of the five alleg....
- Joshi will definitely be punished, asserts Mayawati
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said today that jailed state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi might get bail now, but she "will definitely get punished" for making "....
- BJP demands UP be declared drought hit
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded that Uttar Pradesh be declared a drought-hit state and the central government announce special relief packages for its farmers.
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- UP official suspended for Dalit remarks moves apex court
New Delhi: A senior Uttar Pradesh official today moved the Supreme Court challenging the state government's decision to suspend him for anti-Dalit remarks he had made in his book published ....
- UP Congress Chief in jail for 14 days
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was today sent to Moradabad jail on 14 days' judicial custody on a charge of insulting Chief Minister Mayawati, after members of th....
- Burnt house, 14 days in jail for Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was today sent to Moradabad jail on 14 days' judicial custody on a charge of insulting Chief Minister Mayawati, after members of th....
- Mayawati goes all out to impress 13th Finance Commission
Lucknow: Chief Minister Mayawati is out to impress the 13th Finance Commission whose members are here look into Uttar Pradesh's financial demands out of the central government's kitty.
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- Amethi tense following protests over poor power supply
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town, the parliamentary constituency of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, remained tense today following violent protests by people against erratic po....
- Romance of ravines dying out for India's bandits?
Lucknow: The sloping, forested ravines along the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border are part of Indian folklore, igniting popular imagination with stories of the cruelty and daredevilry of the....
- Dalits are top priority, asserts Mayawati
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today made clear that Dalits would remain on top of her list of priorities.
Alarmed by the spate of atrocities against Dalits in different parts ....
- Rahul hunts for youth talent in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Buoyed by the Congress' unexpected success in the Lok Sabha elections, the Youth Congress is busy talent hunting in Uttar Pradesh, a keenly-watched exercise overseen by Rahul Gan....
- Irrigation sources dry up in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: With a weak monsoon bringing in only scanty rainfall, most lakes, ponds and other water bodies used to irrigate vast areas in Uttar Pradesh are drying up fast, officials said today.
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- Holi with cow dung to appease rain gods
Lucknow: It is not about colours, but cow dung and unseasonal Holi. Residents of a village in Uttar Pradesh daub cow dung on one another in this Holi that is believed to appease the rain gods.
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- Illicit liquor making unit busted in UP school
Lucknow: Police have busted a spurious liquor manufacturing unit that was operating from a school in a town in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district and recovered 560,000 litres of illicit liqu....
- Stone quarry blast in Uttar Pradesh killed two
Lucknow: At least two people were killed and 10 injured after a blast in a stone quarry at an Uttar Pradesh village today, an official said here.
The blast took place around 2 p.m. in....
- Student singed, beaten for not attending classes
Lucknow: A 10-year-old boy was allegedly singed with a burning candle and beaten up by his teacher in a school in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district for taking leave without informing authorit....
- Boy saves four lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A 12-year-old boy in an Uttar Pradesh village saved the lives of four people, after a mother attempted suicide by jumping into a river with her three daughters, police said today.
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- Monsoon goes weak in UP
Lucknow: After bringing in showers in parts of Uttar Pradesh, the monsoon that arrived in the state late this year has now gone weak due to changes in the wind pattern, met officials said today....
- Power cut: UP may restrict AC usage
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. (UPPCL) has proposed restriction on use of air conditioners (AC) for all categories of consumers, including government offices, to counter the ....
- Pre-monsoon showers bring relief to UP
Lucknow: Pre-monsoon showers in parts of Uttar Pradesh today brought much-needed respite for people in the state, which had been reeling under intense heat for the last three months.
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- UP cops booked for hiding facts in murder case
Lucknow: A case has been lodged against three policemen for disposing off the body of a kidnapped youth and concealing facts in a murder case in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district. The thr....
- City of Taj reels under power, water shortage
Agra: The monsoon is delayed, the Yamuna river is dry, power is playing truant and tourists are staying away. It is all adding up to make life in the city of the Taj exceedingly difficult and m....
- Three of family dead in Naini town, residents turn violent
Lucknow: Some residents of Uttar Pradesh's Naini town today turned violent and tried to set fire to two police jeeps after three members of a family were found dead, police said.
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- Dalit woman paraded half-naked in UP
Lucknow: Five people allegedly thrashed a 40-year-old Dalit woman, chopped her hair and then paraded her half-naked through an Uttar Pradesh village alleging that her husband was involved in a ....
- Fire destroys Adidas factory in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: The Adidas factory on Delhi-Gurgaon National Highway-8 was gutted in a fire today. There were no casualties, a fire official said.
The blaze started from the basement of the ....
- Fire at Agra market, shops severely damaged
Agra: Fire fighters battled till today morning to put out a blaze that broke out at the Jatni Bagh commercial complex here at about midnight and reduced some shops to ashes, police said.
- Groom demands dowry, gets garland of shoes
Lucknow: Just as the marriage ceremony was about to begin, a groom in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district made a dowry demand. What he got instead was a garland of shoes and a dog collar fr....
- Mayawati goes all out for showdown on Rahul's birthday
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today mobilised workers of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to stage demonstrations in each of the state's 70 districts as the Congress workers b....
- Bandit gunned down after 50-hour siege, four cops killed
Lucknow: After battling over 400 heavily armed police personnel for more than 50 hours in an Uttar Pradesh village, bandit Ghanshyam Kewat was today shot dead after he tried to escape by jumpin....
- Curfew relaxed in Meerut, no fresh clashes
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district reported no fresh violence today, two days after group clashes left 15 people injured. The curfew imposed would now be relaxed for about 14-16 hours....
- 6 booked for forcing boy to marry 30yrs woman
Lucknow: Criminal cases have been slapped against six people for forcing a 10-year-old boy to marry a 30-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, police said today.
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- Curfew imposed in Meerut after violence
Lucknow: Curfew has been clamped in parts of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district after two groups clashed and indulged in arson and vandalism, leaving nearly 20 people injured, police said toda....
- UP governor rejects Mayawati's choice of CIC
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeshwar has turned down Chief Minister Mayawati's recommendation of Ram Kumar, a "tainted" former bureaucrat, for the post of the state's ....
- Dalit teenager dies after hospital refuses treatment
Lucknow: A Dalit teenager in Uttar Pradesh died today after a government-run hospital allegedly refused to admit him, police said.
"Anil Kumar, 18, who had suffered burn injuries....
- Mayawati faces flak over remarks on Gandhi
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has come under severe criticism from opposition leaders for having made derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi.
While addressing a mee....
- Cop swims across river with hands, legs tied
Lucknow: Aiming to enter the record books, an Uttar Pradesh policeman exhibited rare daring by swimming across Ganga river with his hands and legs tied and a canvas bag covering his body.
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- Ghaziabad man allegedly beaten to death in police custody
Ghaziabad: A 45-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in police custody in Ghaziabad, the victim's son said on Sunday. Police say they have ordered a departmental enquiry and registere....
- 3 bringing hashish from Nepal arrested
Lucknow: Three men, involved in bringing contraband drugs from Nepal and supplying them in various parts of India were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district with hashish worth Rs.2....
- Students allege ragging in Punjab college
Lucknow: Two engineering students of a college in Punjab have alleged physical abuse by seniors and registered a case of ragging in Uttar Pradesh. The two ran away from the college and came to ....
- Dress code in colleges to stop eve-teasing draws flak
Kanpur: Instead of banning jeans on college campuses why not train girls in martial arts and empower them to check eve-teasing, suggested a student today as the decision by four women colleges ....
- Uttar Pradesh expects surplus power next year
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is all set not only to achieve self-reliance in power, but if top officials are to be believed, it would also generate surplus energy.
"The commissioning o....
- 100 skulls recovered in Aligarh, police clueless
Aligarh: A fortnight after nearly 100 human skulls were discovered by street urchins in a dried-up pond here, the Uttar Pradesh police are still to come up with a credible explanation for the m....
- World Bank okays Rs.1,332 crore loan for UP
Lucknow: The World Bank has given its nod to a whopping Rs.1,332 crore (Rs.13.32 billion) soft loan for reclamation of sodic land in Uttar Pradesh - a move that will help an estimated 250,000 f....
- Male power officials forced to wear bangles
Lucknow: Agitated over rampant power outages, Congress party workers led by a woman made electricity department officials in an Uttar Pradesh district wear bangles, a measure to shame men, poli....
- Agra citizens form task force for development
Agra: Citizen groups, representatives of NGOs and professionals have formed a volunteer force with the aim of checking corruption, speeding up development issues and improving the general envir....
- Agra region battles water, power woes
Agra: The city of the Taj Mahal is witnessing mass gatherings - not to view the 17th century marble wonder but to protest against the acute shortage of water and electricity.
Despite ....
- Staff of UP hospital go on strike
Lucknow: Hundreds of patients suffered following a flash strike by nearly 2,000 employees, including doctors and para-medical staff, of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Scie....
- Ascetics march to save Lord Krishna's Braj
Agra: Thousands of Hindu ascetics and farmers reached the Agra city border today afternoon, demanding a separate state of Braj - the land of Lord Krishna and his consort Radha - and protestin....
- Agra MP starts his innings with protest demonstration
Agra: Rama Shankar Katheria, the new MP from the city of the Taj Mahal, started his stint as a parliamentarian with a protest demonstration here today against opening of a country-made liquor k....
- Two dozen human skulls, bones, found in UP
Lucknow: Panic prevailed in the Civil Lines locality of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town today when over two dozen human skulls and bones were found in a pond, police said.
The skulls....
- Spurious products flood Agra
Agra: Did the bottled water at the railway station here taste a bit different? Did the ice cream leave a bitter taste? Welcome to the city of the Taj Mahal, where according to the police and so....
- Drunk kin of former legislator hits tanker, five injured
Noida: Five people were critically injured when a kin of a former legislator rammed his vehicle into a stationary tanker in an alleged drunk state, the police said today.
According to....
- Uttar Pradesh all set for 'mini elections'
Lucknow: After the Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh is all set to witness another political battle, as byelections will have to be held in 10 assembly constituencies where seven sitting legis....
- Uttar Pradesh has most tainted MPs
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has once again set a record of sending the maximum number of tainted MPs to the Lok Sabha - 31 of the state's 80 MPs have criminal cases pending against them.
- One arrested for killing peacocks in UP
Lucknow: One man was arrested and four people booked for killing three peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district on Thursday, an official said.
Forest officials and the police....
- Varun accuses poll officials of bias
Lucknow: Varun Gandhi, the controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, had heated arguments with some poll officials today, accusing them....
- Hailstorm, thundershowers claim 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 20 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh after thundershowers and hailstorm lashed the state on Monday night, an official said today. Wall and cei....
- Government employee fires at ATM after failing to get money
Lucknow: Frustrated after his repeated attempts to withdraw money from an automated teller machine (ATM) failed, a government employee in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district opened fire at the mac....
- One killed in Vrindavan temple stampede
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh: One woman was killed and another injured in a stampede at the Bankey Bihari Temple here as thousands of devotees gathered to offer prayers on the occasion of Akshay Tr....
- Noida, Ghaziabad reel under power, water shortages
Ghaziabad: The towns of Ghaziabad and Noida, adjoining the national capital, are facing a major crisis with long power cuts throughout the day and night. Several areas are also facing an acute....
- Hindus will avenge NSA against Varun through votes: Singhal
Lucknow: Hindus will avenge slapping of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi while exercising their franchise, Vishwa Hindu Parisha....
- Kids, women severely burnt as high-tension wire falls on them
Ghaziabad: Three children and three women were severely burnt when a high-tension wire fell on them in the Khoda area of Ghaziabad on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
According to o....
- Mayawati flays EC for removing Jaunpur officials
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday raised objections to the Election Commission transferring three police officials over the suspicious circumstances surrounding the ....
- Rahul to compete among 324 candidates for 17 Lok Sabha seats
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's electoral fate will be decided in the second phase of the country's 2009 general elections on Thursday.
As many as 324 aspir....
- Poll campaigns don't lead to Nithari village
Noida: No posters, banners, rallies or speeches. None of the usual poll humdrum is visible in Nithari village near here. Its residents say they are a forgotten lot but for the macabre killing....
- Two women robbed of passport, US currency in Noida
Noida: Two women who were returning after shopping at a mall here were robbed of their passport, US currency and other valuables at gunpoint by two men on a motorcycle, police said Saturday.
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- Three killed in Ghaziabad accident
Ghaziabad: Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor trolley they were travelling in collided with a truck on National Highway-24 near here, police said.
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- Woman, son burnt alive for dowry in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A 30-year-old woman who was constantly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry was allegedly burnt to death by them along with her two-year-old son, police said Saturday.
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- Doctor shot dead in Greater Noida
Greater Noida: A doctor was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside his clinic here, police said Thursday.
Amit Gupta, a medical practitioner, who ran a clinic in the Jagat Farms market....
- People's view: SP anti-English stand outrageous
Lucknow/New Delhi: Outrageous, illogical and regressive – these are some of the angry reactions from people in Lucknow and other metros of the country to the Samajwadi Party's manifesto that pr....
- 'Kavita Chaudhary murder accused died unnatural death in jail'
Ghaziabad: Ravindra Pradhan, the main accused in Meerut University professor Kavita Chaudhary's murder, didn't die a natural death in jail last year, a medical report has revealed.
The vis....
- Female security guard alleges sexual harassment
Noida: A 30-year-old woman guard with a security agency here has alleged sexual harassment by a senior officer in the company. But the police say it is the firm that has slapped a case agains....
- Two girls killed for falling in love
Ghaziabad: Four criminals have been arrested here on charges of murdering a young girl who fell in love with a boy from another locality.
Senior Superintendent of Police Akhil Kumar said t....
- EC seeks report on cash dole by Congress MP
Lucknow: Taking note of TV footage showing Varanasi MP Rajesh Misra of the Congress offering money to people in his constituency, the Election Commission Friday sought a report from the dis....
- Election time! Liquor makers around Lucknow get busy
Lucknow: The general elections are not far and so households in at least 50 villages around the Uttar Pradesh capital are busy making the one thing that is in high demand by political parties....
- Ghaziabad police file case against Noida policemen
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police have registered a criminal case against five police personnel from Noida under anti-corruption laws following a court directive.
The case was registered T....
- Three copsbooked for killing man in UP
Lucknow: In an alleged case of police excess, three policemen in Uttar Pradesh brutally beat up a man, who later succumbed to his injuries, officials said Thursday. A case has been registered....
- One killed, seven injured in UP communal clash
Lucknow: One person was killed and at least seven were injured as groups of Hindus and Muslims clashed Tuesday during a religious procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said.
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- 'Govt projects polluting Lucknow'
Lucknow: The Mayawati government is turning a blind eye to the "suffocating" levels of air pollution in the Uttar Pradesh capital, says the chief of an environment body set up by the Supreme Co....
- Fifteen injured in Noida during demolition
Noida: At least 15 people were reportedly injured when the police resorted to baton charge and firing after residents of a village here resisted a demolition drive in their area.
According....
- Retired judge in trouble over housemaid
Ghaziabad: Police are in a quandary after a retired district judge was accused of employing a 12-year-old girl as a house maid and for allegedly confining her illegally. The judge in turn h....
- UP polling stations to have telecom facilities
Lucknow: Each of the 128,112 polling stations in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections will have at least one telecommunication facility to ensure prompt and direct connectivity with vo....
- Axe may fall on some UP officials
Lucknow: The two-day stock-taking visit by the Election Commission of India here may eventually prove dear to certain Uttar Pradesh officials, about whose fair conduct some opposition parti....
- Congress names 24 candidates for UP
Lucknow: The Congress announced on Wednesday 24 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Out of 24 seats, nine candidates are sitting MPs.
It is believed that possibility o....
- SP wants six top UP officials removed
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to remove six top officials of Uttar Pradesh, including Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, in view of the forthcom....
- 65-year old appears for class 10 exams for 44th time
Lucknow: A 65-year-old grocery shop owner in Uttar Pradesh, undeterred by past failures, is appearing for class 10 exams for the 44th time.
"Jabbar is taking the exams in the Adarsh Janta In....
- Officials scramble to remove poll banners
Lucknow: After India's election commissioners announced they would visit this Uttar Pradesh capital today evening, officials have been working overtime to remove all evidence of the large num....
- In Delhi's neighbourhood, two grooms ride to weddings in choppers
Noida/Ghaziabad: There have been several occasions when the rich and the famous in India have used choppers to arrive for their weddings by making a style statement - and Delhi's neighbourho....
- Lucknow couple tie the knot in hot air balloon
Lucknow: Marriages are said to be made in heaven and it got a bit closer to that in the case of a Lucknow-based couple who exchanged their vows on Thursday evening in a hot air balloon.
G....
- Prostitution racket busted in Noida
Noida: A prostitution racket operating here and in parts of the national capital was busted on Friday with the arrest of nine call girls and seven men, police said.
"We received informati....
- Anonymous letter threatens terror strikes in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Days after a caller from Pakistan warned of terror strikes in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, the police have received an anonymous letter naming sites where the attacks would ....
- Fraud alleged at online education firm; no wrongdoing, says company
Ghaziabad: One of India's largest online education providers Educomp Solutions has been accused of fraud, but the company insists there is no wrongdoing, saying it has already provided whatev....
- Activists demanding reservation clash with police in Lucknow
Lucknow: Nearly 800 activists of a regional party, demanding special reservation for the most backward classes, clashed with the police here on Wednesday and pelted stones at vehicles, a police ....
- Caller from Pakistan threatens terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district following a call from Pakistan threatening to carry out terror strikes in the region, police said today.
"The ca....
- Two criminals gunned down in Noida shootout
Noida: The Noida police on Monday night claimed to have gunned down two suspected criminals in a shootout in this satellite township on the outskirts of the national capital.
Superintenden....
- Thousands of Muslims hold rally in Lucknow
Lucknow: Thousands of Muslims led by the Ulema Council took to the streets here today to protest the alleged victimisation of youths belonging to the minority community in the name of combating....
- Dalit couple in Uttar Pradesh asks authorities to kill them
Lucknow: A Dalit couple in Uttar Pradesh has asked the authorities to kill them as they are not able to cope with poverty, officials said on Friday.
Ram Lakhan, 50, a resident of Paura vil....
- Government's homeopathy scheme does not reach Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Announced by the central government with much fanfare nearly two years ago, a scheme to promote and provide homeopathic medicines to pregnant women and new-borns is yet to bear fruit....
- Meerut's war on polio finds a global face
New Delhi: Munzareen Fatima is hardly the toast of Indian showbiz ? but the tough Meerut housewife clad in a burqa and a lace shawl covering her head is India's new face at the 2009 Oscar awa....
- MMS scandal victim says she was threatened, blackmailed
Noida: The twenty-something victim of an MMS scandal, that has her striping on camera, on Thursday said she was cheated, threatened and blackmailed by her boyfriend, who circulated the video ....
- Muslims from Azamgarh to hold rally in Lucknow
Lucknow: Thousands of Muslims will converge in this state capital Friday under the banner of the Ulema Council to stage demonstrations against the harassment of Muslim youths by police on t....
- I'm my father's son, Sanjay Dutt tells Lucknow
Lucknow: Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt promised to walk in his late father's footsteps and invoked his family's old, forgotten ties with the city time and again on Wednesday in an effort to tell v....
- Where there's a will, there's a bridge, in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A 200-foot-long bridge under construction in an Uttar Pradesh town is founded on determination, cooperation and willpower of hundreds of villagers, who are setting it up without an....
- Sanjay Dutt in Lucknow to discuss poll strategy
Lucknow: Bollywood star and the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt will meet party workers later Wednesday to formulate strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and interact ....
- Two-year-old Dalit girl raped in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A two-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in an Uttar Pradesh town today by an unidentified man, police said.
"The incident took place in the morning in Chajmanpur locality of....
- Just one centimetre, this 'Hanuman Chalisa' costs Rs.100,000
Lucknow: This book is so small that you need a magnifying glass to read it, but it is up for sale at a whopping Rs.100,000 (Rs.1 lakh). On display at an ongoing fair in Uttar Pradesh's Varana....
- Over 2,000 critical care specialists meet in Agra
Agra: Aiming to provide effective and affordable hospital services to the common man, more than 2,000 critical care specialists today began a five-day conference in Agra.
The specialists from....
- Lawsuits on Lucknow land allotment scam transferred to apex court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday transferred from the Allahabad High Court to itself lawsuits by people close to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who are defen....
- Shiv Sena activists arrested for beating lovers in Agra
Agra: At least 20 activists of the Shiv Sena were on Saturday arrested after they roughed up some youngsters to protest celebration of Valentine's Day, the Agra police said on Saturday.
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- Three points that went against Pandher
Ghaziabad: While the court had enough evidence against Surinder Koli to convict and sentence him for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, it relied on three major points to nail bus....
- Meerut's Gulzar looks beyond Oscar to a polio-free world
Lucknow: Mohammed Gulzar ? the name may not ring a bell. But this polio affected boy plays a key role in the 38-minute Oscar nominated documentary "The Final Inch" and says he is happy with t....
- Mayawati's budget allocates lion's share to infrastructure, social sector
Lucknow: Infrastructure and minority welfare grabbed the lion's share of allocation in the second budget of the 20-month-old Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, presented by Finance Ministe....
- Death for Koli and Pandher for Nithari teen's rape and murder
Ghaziabad: Businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surendra Koli were today sentenced to death for raping and killing a 14-year-old girl from Nithari village four years ago.
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- Uttar Pradesh opposition demands CBI probe into engineer's murder
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Thursday again witnessed unruly scenes as the opposition demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of a public works engine....
- Three killed in caste clashes in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A marriage procession turned into mayhem when three people were shot dead in a clash between Brahmins and Dalits in a Ghaziabad locality on Thursday evening. Police and Provincial ....
- Judgement day sees Pandher relaxed, Koli tense
Ghaziabad: The businessman and his help, accused in the rapes and murders of 19 children and young women in what are known as the Nithari killings, were a study in contrast Thursday ? Moninde....
- Policemen arrested for thrashing boy
Ghaziabad: A police officer was arrested here on Wednesday for allegedly beating up a boy who had given a rose to his daughter, police said.
Vinod Kumar, station officer of the Saasni poli....
- Nine policemen suspended for beating Dalit woman to death
Lucknow: Nine policemen of Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for allegedly beating up a middle-aged Dalit woman, leading to her death, an official here said on Wednesday.
"The nine policem....
- UP budget session adjourned after unruly start
Lucknow:The 2009-10 budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly got off to an unruly start here on Tuesday with the opposition stalling the opening address of Governor T V Rajeshwar.
As s....
- Mikes fly in UP assembly over engineer's murder
Lucknow: The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly got off to a raucous start today with opposition Samajwadi Party legislators throwing paper missiles and hurling mikes while Governor....
- Explain encroachment on Yamuna plains: apex court
New Delhi/Agra: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and the Agra Development Authority to explain within three weeks how builders and colonisers were pe....
- Agra to host global critical care congress
Agra: Making critical care affordable and reducing the incidence of death from snakebites, burns and accidents are some of the issues that over 2,000 experts from different countries will deb....
- Two robbers arrested in Noida
Noida: Two suspected members of an inter-state robbers' gang were arrested from this satellite town of the national Capital city, and the police on Sunday said they were allegedly involved ....
- Now a 12-year-old thrashed by Uttar Pradesh police
Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh have done it again. Days after brutally beating an eight-year-old Dalit girl on suspicion of theft, police detained and mercilessly beat a 12-year-old boy for a....
- Jewellery shop in Ghaziabad robbed of Rs.3.65 mn
Ghaziabad: Six armed men robbed jewellery worth Rs.3.5 million and Rs.150,000 in cash from a shop here Saturday, the police said. The incident occurred at around 6 p.m. Saturday in Chiranjiv Vi....
- Car in Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari's convoy mows down two
Lucknow: Two people were crushed to death by a car that was a part of Bhojpuri actor-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari's convoy in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, police said today.
"We hav....
- Income Tax officials search builders' offices in NCR
Noida: Income-Tax sleuths searched the offices of at least half a dozen real estate builders in the national capital region (NCR) on Friday, sources said.
An 11-member team of Income-Tax o....
- Ghaziabad police give whole register to RTI applicant
Ghaziabad: The police in Ghaziabad have handed over their whole original complaint register to a man who had, through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, sought data on car thefts in Ghaziaba....
- Uttar Pradesh police consider minor boy threat to peace
Lucknow: A 12-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh has been charged by the police of being a threat to peace.
Tehsin, a resident of Qutabpur village in Saharanpur district, has been charged under....
- Doctor's son murdered, wife critically injured in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The son of a doctor was found murdered and his wife lying unconscious with multiple wounds in their house in Ghaziabad Thursday night, the police said on Friday.
The incident ca....
- Samajwadi Party MP trains guns at Mulayam
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Burke on Thursday said Muslims would never pardon party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his growing bonhomie with rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ....
- Uttar Pradesh police shoot at youth for refusing money
Lucknow: Two Uttar Pradesh policemen have been accused of shooting at a youth who refused to give them extortion money, officials said on Thursday.
Arun Kumar Mishra, who received bullet i....
- Victims or victimised? Nithari families face arrest
Noida (Uttar Pradesh): His daughter was one of the 19 children and young women whose body parts were found from a drain in this affluent suburb of the national capital. While Jhabbu Lal waits....
- Uttar Pradesh police books 80-year-old under Gangster Act
Lucknow: How much harm can an 80-year-old man do? Apparently enough to be booked under the Goonda Act by the Uttar Pradesh police, who now deny any knowledge of the matter and have promised a....
- Tulsi for Taj nothing but a gimmick, say conservationists
Agra: Conservationists and environmentalists have questioned the official move to initiate large-scale cultivation of the tulsi plant in Agra, ostensibly to insulate the Taj Mahal from environm....
- Gigantic carpet bags him fresh orders from China
Lucknow: Call it Jabeer Babu Ansari's magic carpet. Having shot into the limelight by weaving a 160-foot-long carpet for a hotel in China, the Indian manfufacturer is now flooded with fresh ord....
- 10-year-old Dalit girl gang raped in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A 10-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped by three men in a village in Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
"The victim's mother, a resident of Ray village in Fatehpur, has a....
- Stray tiger continues to elude Uttar Pradesh officials
Lucknow: A young tiger, who strayed out of his home in the woods of Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit region three months ago and killed a villager, continues to elude wildlife officials.
Even tran....
- Criminal killed in Noida shootout
Noida: A notorious criminal has been killed in a shootout with the Noida police, officials said Tuesday.
Nawal Bihari, a 32-year-old who came from Palamu, Jharkhand, and was staying at Lal....
- Mayawati revamps police structure after child's torture
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday ordered a revamp in the policing structure in nine major districts to improve crime control. "This was being done with a view to impr....
- Several Muslim clerics give clean chit to Mulayam
Lucknow: Alarmed at the resentment within the Samajwadi Party over its new ties with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday held a meeting with 100-odd Mus....
- Uttar Pradesh police officer commits suicide
Lucknow: A police officer on Tuesday shot himself with a service rifle in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. Sub-inspector Rajendra Singh killed himself at the Magora police stat....
- Protesting farmers arrested in Greater Noida
Greater Noida: Police on Monday arrested 129 farmers seeking more compensation for their land acquired for a cement plant in Greater Noida on the outskirts of the national capital after pro....
- Three arrested with 800 detonators in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: As many as 800 detonators were seized from three men nabbed in the Maoist-infested Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
"The three were arrested Sunday night in K....
- 13 killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Lucknow: At least 13 people were killed and four injured when the truck they were travelling in went off the road and fell into a ditch in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Sunday, police ....
- Azamgarh clerics to field candidates for Lok Sabha
Lucknow: After a show of strength in New Delhi, Islamic clerics from Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh town have vowed to field candidates during the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Upset that Muslim....
- A trade fair to pamper your pets
Noida: Food items like salmon sticks, chicken sticks and fish rolls, health seminars and grooming tips - no, this is not any ordinary lifestyle expo but indicative of the wide variety of pr....
- Meerut cinema hall receives blow-up threat
Lucknow: Security around a cinema hall in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, was beefed up Saturday following a threat to blow it up, police said.
The manager of the Nishat cinema hall in the city's....
- Complaint against DPS Ghaziabad for insulting Tricolor
Ghaziabad: A complaint has been filed in the local court against the Delhi Public School (DPS) Ghaziabad for insulting the national flag by allegedly hoisting it upside down, a lawyer said on T....
- Hundreds of protesting Muslims from UP reach Delhi
New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslims from Uttar Pradesh, wanting to hold demonstrations in the national capital against the alleged harassment of youths by police on the pretext of tackling terror,....
- Uttar Pradesh hikes salaries of teachers, civic employees
Lucknow: All teachers of government-run and aided educational institutions, civic employees and junior doctors in Uttar Pradesh will receive the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The s....
- Three Nepali women rescued in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Three Nepali women, promised lucrative jobs in Delhi, were rescued by the police in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. Three men bringing them to the national capital have also been....
- Slain terrorists sneaked into India from Nepal: police
Lucknow: The two suspected Pakistani terrorists whom the police gunned down near New Delhi on the eve of Republic Day had sneaked into India via Nepal, officials said here on Tuesday.
"O....
- Rail network in UP on alert after terror threat call
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): 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 ....
- Uttar Pradesh strongman's brother held in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Punjab police have arrested Dharamvir Singh, brother of Uttar Pradesh strongman and politician D.P. Yadav, for possession of fake currency notes, police officials said on Wedn....
- Agra woman dies while escaping from monkeys
Agra: A young housewife died when she fell off the terrace of a three-storey building here after being attacked by monkeys but a baby she was holding had a miraculous escape.
The incident ....
- Rooftop train ride kills three in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Riding on the train rooftop proved fatal for some young men on their way to an army recruitment board exam in Uttar Pradesh.
At least three men died while about 40 were injured la....
- Two-day-old girl found abandoned in Noida
Noida: A two-day-old girl was found abandoned in this Uttar Pradesh town on the outskirts of the national capital on Monday, police said.
The baby girl was lying beside the road between Sa....
- Factory worker killed in Noida
Noida: An employee of a garment manufacturing unit was killed and two others were injured when a boiler exploded in their factory here on Monday.
According to the staff of Finesse Internat....
- Woman hit by stray bullet meant to scare away monkeys
Noida: In bizarre incident on Sunday, a housemaid sustained gunshot injuries when she was accidentally hit by a bullet fired to scare away monkeys that had been creating a nuisance in the res....
- Six policemen among seven held for abducting schoolgirl
Lucknow: Seven people, including six policemen, have been arrested for abducting a schoolgirl in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
"A case has been filed against seven....
- Collection agent robbed of over Rs.200,000 in Noida
Noida: A collection agent working for a liquor dealer was robbed of Rs.207,000 by six unidentified people here, the police said on Thursday.
Raj Sharma was returning late Wednesday after c....
- Protests in Noida on Mayawati's birthday
Noida: Hundreds of Samajwadi Party workers protested in this Uttar Pradesh district over "absence of law and order" and demanded the removal of Chief Minister Mayawati, who celebrated her 53r....
- Government should probe Mayawati's acquisitions: Mulayam
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday urged the central government to probe Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's acquisitions, especially the expensive birthday g....
- 20 men arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Twenty members of an inter-state gang, involved in manufacturing and supplying spurious country-made liquor, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
The men ....
- 'Illegal' stone mining triggers protests in Mathura
Mathura: Protests were held Monday against the alleged illegal stone mining in this Uttar Pradesh city, amid concerns from environmental activists that ecology was being disturbed at holy pla....
- Wanted man gunned down in Agra
Agra: A man wanted for the murder of a youth leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was Monday shot dead by the police here.
Sanju Pandit was killed in a shootout when he was entering Agr....
- Amar accuses Mayawati, BSP rubbishes charge
New Delhi/Lucknow: Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on Sunday released a CD containing telephonic conversations of what he claimed to be Bahujan Samaj Party leaders asking cadres to....
- One more arrested for Noida gang rape
Noida: One more suspect was arrested on Sunday for the gang rape of a management student in Noida that stunned residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas earlier this week, the p....
- Suspected ISI agent sent to 14-day judicial custody
Lucknow: A court in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday sent Ameer Ahmad, a suspected agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to 14-day judicial custody, the police said.
Ahmad was pres....
- Sanjay Dutt to be Samajwadi candidate from Lucknow
New Delhi: Sanjay Dutt on Thursday became the latest Bollywood actor to dabble in politics with the Samajwadi Party announcing that he would be its candidate from the Lucknow Lok Sabha cons....
- Former BSP minister faces robbery charges
Lucknow: Fifteen people, including a former minister of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), have been named in a "loot and dacoity" case in Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Thursday.
"On the d....
- Noida rapists to be booked under NSA, Gangster Act
Noida: The 10 men charged with gang raping a young woman here will be booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangster Act, given the gravity of the crime, the police s....
- Three killed in accidents near Noida
Noida: At least three people were killed and four others injured in two separate accidents near here on Wednesday, the police said.
In the first accident, two people travelling in an autor....
- I am framed up to save somebody high up: Uttar Pradesh legislator
Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh): Shekhar Tiwari, a legislator of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) who has been arrested for the murder of a government engineer here last month, on Wed....
- Court reserves order on Mayawati's plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's plea challenging the central government's decision to reassess her income in 2001 to f....
- Left sees 'practical difficulties' in pre-poll alliance with BSP
New Delhi: The Left parties' efforts to present a viable third alternative ahead of the Lok Sabha polls later this year have come a cropper due to the practical difficulties involved in bring....
- Uttar Pradesh BSP MP faces fraud charge
Lucknow: Seven people, including a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) parliamentarian, have been accused of selling a plot of land in Uttar Pradesh using forged documents, the police said on We....
- BSP leader surrenders, driver held for engr's lynching
Lucknow: Yogendra Dohre alias Bhatia, a former leader of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), who is prime accused in the lynching of a government engineer, on Tuesday surrendered ....
- Home ministry official's kidnapped daughter found within hours
Noida: A senior home ministry official's daughter, kidnapped from this Delhi suburb late Sunday night, was found in Ghaziabad town in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh a few hours later, the police sa....
- Elite police force created in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: In the wake of many terrorist strikes in India, the Ghaziabad police on Monday constituted an elite force to combat terror.
The 100 member force of the Quick Response Team ....
- Illegal arms factory busted in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: An illegal arms manufacturing factory was busted in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday and almost two dozen country-made pistols seized, the police said.
"Acting on a....
- Heritage status, separate authority demanded for Yamuna
Agra: People's representatives, NGOs, environmental activists and pollution experts from Agra and its surrounding areas in Uttar Pradesh at a conference here have demanded heritage status ....
- Former Samajwadi Party minister charged with abduction
Lucknow: A former minister of the Samajwadi Party and four others have been charged with abduction of a teenaged girl in Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Monday.
"An FIR (first informati....
- Accused MLA's kin questioned on lynching of engineer
Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday questioned two relatives of ruling Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Shekhar Tiwari, who is accused of murdering a government engineer, about the crim....
- Two goods trains collide in Kanpur, route affected
Lucknow: A freak rail accident in Kanpur Sunday disrupted movement of trains on the busy Delhi-Kolkata trunk route.
An incoming goods train rammed into a stationary goods train near the P....
- Uttar Pradesh schools to teach newsreading
Lucknow: Newsreading is to be included in the curriculum of 25,000 government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh to improve the general knowledge and presentation skills of students.
"This new co....
- Engineer's lynching: legislator's remand extended
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh court on Saturday extended till January 7 the police remand of ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari, who is accused of murdering a governmen....
- BSP legislator confesses engineer's murder
Lucknow: Arrested Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari on Friday confessed that he had beaten and tortured Uttar Pradesh government engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta so brutally ....
- More trouble for BSP: Leader held for rape
Lucknow: A senior functionary of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman in Uttar Pradesh. The scandal comes close on the heel....
- Taj to be safer, more tourist friendly in 2009
Agra: Soon, visiting the Taj Mahal may become less of a hassle for those who speak English and not the local language. They can just walk across to the nearest police station for help.
Po....
- Engineer's murder: One cop suspended, three sacked
Lucknow: Auraiya district superintendent of police Ekramul Haque was suspended and three policemen were dismissed for 'dereliction of duty' after an engineer was murdered last week alleg....
- 'Cops too involved in UP engineer's murder'
Lucknow: Police inspector Hoshiar Singh and two police gunmen too could be involved in last week's murder of a government engineer in Auraiya for which a ruling party legislator has been a....
- Mulayam, Amar visit slain engineer's parental home
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and general secretary Amar Singh on Sunday visited the parental home of M K Gupta, a government engineer who was killed allegedly by a legi....
- Three arrested in Uttar Pradesh for smuggling explosives
Lucknow: Three people were arrested in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh today for smuggling in explosives from Madhya Pradesh. A huge cache of explosives was recovered from them, poli....
- Maya ready for CBI probe but with a rider
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawato on Saturday said she was ready for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the murder of an engineer provided the central govern....
- Fingers pointed at ASI as stone slab falls at Taj
Agra: Conservationists here have reacted sharply after a seven-foot-long slab of red sandstone fell off at the Taj Mahal this week. Is the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) - responsible ....
- Rahul Gandhi assures help to slain engineer's familyl
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday spoke with the family of the slain Uttar Pradesh engineer over telephone and assured all help, party sources said.
While Gand....
- BSP legislator booked for lynching engineer
Lucknow: A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator was arrested on Wednesday evening for lynching an engineer in Uttar Pradesh allegedly after he refused to pay extortion for Chief Minister May....
- Samajwadi Party protests engineer's lynching in UP
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party has called for a shutdown in Uttar Pradesh Thursday after a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator was arrested for lynching a government engineer, and ....
- Engineer lynched by BSP legislator, supporters
Lucknow: An engineer in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district was lynched by a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator and his supporters after he refused to pay an alleged extortion demand for ....
- Tiger declared man-eater, to be shot dead
Lucknow: A tiger on the prowl for the past one month in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district is to be shot dead after it was declared a man-eater. The tiger killed a teenage boy, an official....
- Uttar Pradesh junior doctors end strike
Lucknow: The five-day long strike by junior doctors in Uttar Pradesh to demand a raise in salaries on par with the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, ended Friday after a stern stand ....
- Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh support Antulay's demand
Lucknow: Prominent Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh on Friday came out in support of Minorities Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay, who sparked off controversy by questioning the circumstances of ....
- Court orders Uttar Pradesh doctors to end strike
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Thursday ordered striking junior doctors of six state-run medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh to resume their duties by Friday, failing which they would have ....
- Over Rs 3.5mn robbed from Ghaziabad bank
Ghaziabad: Four armed men robbed over Rs 3.5 million at gun point from a bank here Wednesday evening. They took away the gun of a bank guard, the police said.
The armed robbers barged ....
- UP on alert for Babri mosque demolition anniversary
Lucknow:An alert has been sounded in Uttar Pradesh on the 16th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque.
Special security has been provided at all the railway stations, bu....
- 16 killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Lucknow: At least 16 people were killed and over 20 injured when a bus collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Tuesday.The accident occurred late Monday ....
- Two girls injured in blast at Lucknow garbage dump
Lucknow: Two girls picking garbage at a rubbish dump were injured in an explosion on Sunday, police said. This is the third explosion in the city in three days. The ragpickers were sifting thro....
- Two boys injured in Noida explosion
Noida: Two boys were injured in Delhi's Noida suburb today in an explosion in a garbage dump in Chaura locality where they were sifting through the refuse. "Two rag pickers, Monu (8) and Golu (....
- Blast in Lucknow district court
Lucknow: An explosion in the district court premises created panic today. No casualties were reported. "The nature of the blast that took place outside the office of the district judge is yet t....
- Hot oil poured on child seeking mid-day meal
Lucknow: Hot oil from a cauldron was poured on a Class 4 student in an Uttar Pradesh school when the boy asked for lunch provided under the government-sponsored mid-day meal scheme, officials s....
- Diesel sale to stop from Monday in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Diesel dealers in Uttar Pradesh will stop business from Monday if the state government did not withdraw the 5 percent entry tax imposed on the commodity in September, the dealers' body....
- Boy dies after falling into borewell in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A nine-year-old boy, who was trapped in a 50 feet deep borewell in an Uttar Pradesh village, died early on Sunday despite efforts to rescue him, officials said. Puneet fell into the op....
- Six dead in Meerut blast
Meerut: At least six people died and several injured in an explosion that took place at the Bengali Basti and Zakir Nagar area of the city this afternoon. The nature of the explosion is yet to ....
- NRI attacked by call girl, accomplices
Ghaziabad: A US based NRI businesman was allegedly attacked by a call girl and her gang members before they ran away with a taxi he had hired from this satellite town of Delhi, the police said ....
- Teenaged cousins killed allegedly by family for eloping
Noida: In a case of suspected honour killing, two teenaged cousins were shot dead allegedly by their families after they eloped with their lovers at Greater Noida in Gautam Budh Nagar district.....
- Major oil theft busted in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A major theft from the pipeline of the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation has been detected in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. However, no arrests have b....
- 30 cows poisoned to death in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The carcasses of at least 30 cows were discovered in Ghaziabad this morning, with their owner and others suspecting the animals had consumed poisonous garbage at an unauthorised dump....
- Two arrested while smuggling explosives to Nepal
Lucknow: Two people who were trying to smuggle a cache of explosives to Nepal were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, a police official said on Thursday. The Special Operation Grou....
- Man arrested in Noida for faking own murder
Noida: The Noida police has arrested Abdul Salam today, who killed his friend Zakir and disfigured his face before dressing up the body in his own clothes in December 2002, so that Shamshad cou....
- 2,500 kg adulterated khoya seized in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: In the second such seizure on consecutive days, the Ghaziabad police today seized 2,500 kilograms of adulterated khoya (milk product used in making sweets), the police said. The poli....
- Dacoits kill 4 of family in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A jeweller and three of his family members were murdered by dacoits in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Saturday. "In order to loot jewellery and other valua....
- Mulayam, Amar meet prominent Muslim scholar
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and party general secretary Amar Singh on Thursday met Rabe Hassan Nadwi, vice chancellor of the Nadwa College and the chairman of the All I....
- Lucknow zoo on global network
Lucknow: The city zoo in Lucknow will be able to share animal management and conservation information with other zoos across the world, officials said today. Out of 180 recognised zoos in the c....
- SP can contest assembly polls without Cong: Mulayam
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday said it was ready to contest the upcoming assembly elections on its own if it did not reach a consensus with the Congress, which it supports at the centre....
- Mayawati to give back land for railway project
Lucknow: Making a U-turn, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh today decided to return the land in Rae Bareli, Lok Sabha constituency of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, for construction of a r....
- Bomb found, detonated in Agra
Agra: A battery operated bomb was found in the city of the Taj Mahal and had to be detonated after the bomb disposal squad failed to defuse it, police said on Friday. The bomb was found in a lo....
- Non-bailable warrant against ashram chief
Muzaffarnagar: A local court today issued a non-bailable warrant against an asharm head for allegedly murdering his wife and a follower. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rahu Rao also directed the pol....
- Kanpur blast solved with arrest of two: police
Lucknow: With the arrest of two people, police claim to have solved the blast in the industrial city of Kanpur this week that was accidentally caused by firecrackers. Atiq Mohammad, who used to....
- We are close to cracking Aarushi case: CBI
New Delhi: The newly appointed spokesperson of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Harsh Bhal disclosed today that CBI was very close to cracking the infamous Noida twin murder case in which....
- Man arrested in connection with Kanpur blast
Lucknow: One person was arrested on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the blast in Kanpur late Tuesday, the police said. The explosion took place outside a liquor shop in Colonelgan....
- 'Congress hatching political conspiracy against BSP'
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has accused Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of ?hatching a political conspiracy? against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) over the withdrawal of land in ....
- Blast in Kanpur, eight injured
Kanpur: At least eight people, including two children and a woman, have been injured in a bomb blast that took place at the Bajariya area of Colonelganj in the city this evening. The blast occ....
- Six pilgrims killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Lucknow: A tourist bus, carrying pilgrims from West Bengal, rammed into a truck in Uttar Pradesh, killing six and injuring over 10 people, police said. "The accident took place Tuesday morning ....
- Sonia cancels Rae Bareli rally after BSP muscle-flexing
Lucknow: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has cancelled her plans to address a rally and perform a religious ceremony for a rail coach factory in her Rae Bareli constituency today after the Uttar Pr....
- After 96 hours, child's body recovered from borewell
Agra: The body of two-year-old Sonu, who fell into an open borewell in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district four days ago, was recovered today, officials said. "Sonu's dead body has been recovered fro....
- 20 IAS, 12 PCS officers transferred in UP
Lucknow: In yet another reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday transferred 20 IAS officers including two District Magistrates and 12 PCS officers, according to an official release in....
- UP to convert 8 lakh hec of barren land into agri land
Mathura: Uttar Pradesh Govt has decided to convert 8 lakh hectares of barren and unused land into Agricultural land, in the coming four years. "The state Government plans to convert eight lakh ....
- Maya cancels land allotment for Raebareli rail factory
Lucknow/New Delhi: The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has cancelled allotment of land for a rail coach factory in Raebareli, which was to be inaugurated by AICC chief Sonia Gandhi on Octo....
- UP govt withdraws land for UPA's rail coach factory
Lucknow: In a major development ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to her constituency of Rae Bareli, the Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly withdrawn the land it sanctioned ....
- Vijay Mandal molested Aarushi before murder
New Delhi: Aarushi Talwar, the deceased teenager in the infamous Noida double murder case, was allegedly molested by Vijay Mandal before being murdered, highly placed sources in FSL told Hea....
- Little boy falls into well near Agra
Agra: Rescue operations are on to save a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who fell into a 150-foot-deep borewell while playing, the police said. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Raghuvir....
- MP's family caught for travelling without ticket
Lucknow: An MP and two former parliamentarians, all from Bihar, were fined after their family members travelling with them in a Rajdhani Express were caught without tickets, a railway officia....
- Double murder in Noida again
Noida: A businessman and his brother-in-law was murdered by his another cousin today in Dujiana area, police said in the industrial city in the neighbourhood of the national capital. Mahesh Rat....
- Aarushi case: CBI to re-investigate, forms new team
New Delhi: The CBI has formed a three-member core team to re-investigate the sensational Noida double murder case after the agency drew flak for failing to file a charge sheet within the stipul....
- 6 lakh students to appear for B Ed entrance in UP
Agra: Agra University is all set to hold the country's biggest professional entrance examination of Bachelor in Education (B Ed) on October 19. About 600,000 forms have been sold by the varsity....
- Mumbai Police comb Azamgarh in search of Abu Rashid
Azamgarh (UP): The Mumbai Police today conducted a search in Azamgarh town of Uttar Pradesh to look out for Abu Rashid, the main suspect in the recent series of bomb blasts across the country. ....
- Nitish Katara murder witness arrested
Ghaziabad: Ajay Katara, the main witness in the 2002 murder of Delhi youth Nitish Katara, was today arrested in Ghaziabad on charges of kidnapping a property dealer, police said. Police arres....
- Agra school girls pick up brooms to clean city
Agra: Over 500 school girls used brooms to clean up a road as part of a cleanliness campaign in this Uttar Pradesh city, which is home to the Taj Mahal. The girl students from St Anthony's Coll....
- 4 people identified for lynching Graziano CEO
Greater Noida: The police claimed on Tuesday to have identified four people involved in the lynching of the Graziano Trasmissioni India CEO, Lalit Kishore Chaudhary, last week. "We have identif....
- Babloo, two aides get life term
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh court today awarded life imprisonment to alleged gangster Babloo Srivastava and his two aides for the murder of a customs officer 15 years ago. L D Arora, an assistant....
- 4 killed as flyover under construction collapses
Lucknow: At least four people were killed and several injured when a flyover under construction collapsed here today in evening. At least 20 people were believed to have been trapped under th....
- India CEO of US-based IT firm attacked in Noida
Noida: The chief executive officer (CEO) in India of a US-based software firm was dragged out of his car and viciously attacked in Noida, police said today, four days after the India CEO of an ....
- 19 feared drowned as boat capsizes
Pratapgarh: At least 19 people, mostly college students, were feared drowned when a boat capsized in the Sai river about 35 kilometers from the district headquarters this morning. The boat carr....
- Aarushi case: CBI intensifies search operation
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has intensified its search operation in order to recover the weapon of offence and mobile phones of Aarushi and Hemraj. Under the condition ....
- Rising Yamuna poses threat to Taj Mahal
Lucknow: The steadily rising level of the Yamuna river, which is in spate due to heavy rains, could pose a threat to the Taj Mahal in Agra, officials said on Wednesday. The rise in the water le....
- Labour Minister apologies for his remarks on CEO killing
New Delhi: Under attack from the India Inc for his controversial comments in the wake of the killing of a CEO in Noida, Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes today expressed his apologies. "My profou....
- CEO's murder sends negative signals to industry
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): The murder of the Indian CEO of an Italian company on Monday has sent shock waves among businesses with many saying such incidents will send negative signals to o....
- Rain, floods wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The army has been called out to assist the Uttar Pradesh civil authorities after torrential rains combined with flooded rivers wreaked havoc in India's most populous state, claiming 14....
- CEO of a multi-national beaten to death in Noida
New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, the CEO of Grazanio Private Limited was lynched to death by his own employees at Udyog Vihar in Greater Noida, today. The injured CEO, Lalit Kumar Chowdhury (5....
- CISF to step up security at Taj Mahal
Agra: More Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel are to be deployed at the Taj Mahal in view of increased threat perceptions from terrorist outfits, officials said on Sunday. One C....
- 15 killed as torrential rains lash Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Torrential rainfall claimed at least 15 lives in various parts of Uttar Pradesh, including the state capital which received the heaviest rains for September in the last 10 years, offic....
- Mysterious deaths of 14 black bucks in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh forest authorities are at a loss to explain the mysterious deaths of 14 black bucks in Agra and Kanpur districts of the state. In the last two weeks, 14 black bucks have....
- Brothers commit suicide alleging police harassment
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police suspended a police officer and two constables after two brothers committed suicide in state's Aliganj town alleging harassment by the police. The incident was ....
- Uttar Pradesh stops power cuts to industry
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has withdrawn its decision to stop power supply to heavy industries from 10 pm to 6 am, officials said today. The decision was taken 10 days ago and the reason, accordin....
- 50 people hospitalised in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least 50 people of Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have been hospitalised during the last 24 hours, an official said today. "We are still not able to ascertain what made these pe....
- Oil spill in UP worries for officials, brings money to villagers
Lucknow: While an oil spill in the Ganga river in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh brought worries for the government officials, it came as a pleasant surprise for the villagers of the area who....
- Man arrested for offering Rs 1 mn to kill Mayawati
Lucknow: A man, who offered Rs 1 million to kill Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, was arrested in Jaunpur district, the police said on Sunday. Abhilakh Patel, an office bearer of the Bhar....
- Aarushi murder case: Krishna, Rajkumar freed
New Delhi: It seems to be a difficult task for the CBI to unearth anything substantial against the three accused in the blind murder case of Aarushi-Hemraj. The CBI which has already given clea....
- Rahul tours flood-hit Uttar Pradesh district
Gorakhpur: Congress general secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur region, where over 10,000 people have been displaced by floods. Gandhi was in....
- BSP leader found dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: In a schoking incident, a leader of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party was found murdered in a lake in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district on late Tuesday night. "There was several bullet ....
- Uttar Pradesh turning into terrorist hub: BJP
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party today alleged that Uttar Pradesh was fast turning into a hub of terrorists and members of the banned outfit Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Refer....
- Agra tense after communal clashes
Agra: Parts of the city of the Taj Mahal were tense today after a minor accident triggered off communal clashes where mobs pelted stones at each other and two houses were set on fire late on Mo....
- UP girl students to know about women related laws
Lucknow: Students in various girls' degree colleges across the state will know more about women related laws through a campaign to be undertaken by the Uttar Pradesh state women's commission, a....
- Aarushi case: CBI announces Rs 1 lakh reward for clue
New Delhi: After ninety long days of the gruesome twin murder of Aarushi and Hemraj was discovered, Neerja Gotro, DIG Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today announced Rs 1 lakh reward for ....
- UP to host national junior rowing championship
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Rowing Association (UPRA) has started hectic preparations to host the National Junior Rowing Championship (NJRC), to be held in the city for the first time in Novembe....
- English introduced as a subject in engineering colleges
Lucknow: Sensing that poor communication skills in English might be holding back engineering students in Uttar Pradesh from getting good jobs, authorities have decided that the subject would be....
- Second round of Congress-SP talks tomorrow
New Delhi: Congress and Samajwadi Party are set for hard bargaining in the seat sharing talks for Uttar Pradesh tomorrow amid clear signs from the SP that it was in no mood to give more than a ....
- MCA student commits suicide after failing in exam
Ghaziabad: An MCA student of Institute of Technical Studies (ITS) on Friday committed suicide by consuming poison after failing in his examination. The twenty-two years old student, identified ....
- Former UP minister defects from BJP to BSP
Agra: Ram Babu Harit, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister in Uttar Pradesh and three-time legislator, has shifted to the state's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in an apparent move ....
- Tie up or not, Samajwadi to spare Rae Bareli, Amethi
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party today said that it will not contest from the Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh even if it does not form an electoral alliance with the Congre....
- UP schools under scanner over mid-day meal anomilies
Lucknow: Over 50 schools in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district have come under the scanner for anomalies in the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme sponsored by the central government, an official said. So....
- Aarushi murder: CBI watches as Vijay Mandal gets bail
New Delhi/Ghaziabad: The Special (CBI) Court in Ghaziabad today released Vijay Mandal on two bail bonds of Rs 25,000 each and a personal bond of Rs 25,000. He was released on the application mo....
- After 19 years in jail, court finds man innocent
Lucknow: After spending nearly 19 years in jail, a 47-year-old man was on Wednesday found innocent in each of the 67 criminal cases he was charged in by the Uttar Pradesh Police. Sher Bahad....
- Mystery fever forcing mass exodus from Kanpur villages
Kanpur: A mystery fever that has claimed more than hundred lives in past four weeks in Kanpur, is forcing mass exodus from the villages in its vicinity. The worst affected villages in the regio....
- Favoured by Mughals, Agra sandstone attracts modern builders
Agra: The smooth red sandstone used in Mughal monuments like Agra Fort, Red Fort and Fatehpur Sikri had lost its popularity at one time with the increasing use of bricks and mortar, but is back....
- Financial assistance for 100 more madrassas in UP
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is considering proposals for providing financial assistance to 100 more madrassas, according to informed sources. Chief Minister Mayawati is likely to soon....
- Seven killed in train-tractor collision
Bulandshahar: Seven persons were killed and eight seriously injured today when an express train hit a tractor-trolley at Sikandrapur railway station, police said. Muzaffarpur-New Delhi bound Li....
- After 135 deaths UP issues health alert
Lucknow: With thousands of people affected by diarrhea, malaria, gastroenteritis and even a mysterious disease that has claimed at least 135 lives, Uttar Pradesh has sounded a statewide health ....
- SBI manager suspended in fake currency scam
Lucknow: The manager and an accountant of the State Bank of India (SBI) Domariyaganj branch in eastern Uttar Pradesh have been suspended in connection with the fake currency scam, an offici....
- Varanasi blasts: Waliullah sentenced to 10 years
Lucknow: HuJI activist Waliullah was convicted by a Lucknow court in the 2006 Varanasi blasts that claimed nearly 70 lives and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Additional District a....
- RBI finds Rs 30 mn fake currency in SBI currency chest
Lucknow: A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) team has completed the scan of a currency chest at the Domariyaganj branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) and found fake currency with a nominal va....
- Mayawati blames Mulayam for Greater Noida mess
Greater Noida: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday blamed her predecessor Mulayam Singh Yadav for the plight of farmers in Greater Noida who were demanding better compensation for....
- Rahul Gandhi promises more industrial training centres
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday promised the residents of Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh that more industrial training centres would be opened to enab....
- Muslim clerics come out in Abu Bashar's defence
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh): Prominent Islamic clerics led by the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Maulana Ahmed Bukhari, on Thursday came out in support of madrassa teacher Mufti Abu Bashar, ar....
- Botanical Institute establishes India's first moss garden
Lucknow: The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has set up India's first moss garden, scientists said. The garden, which will be inaugurated soon, is only the third of its kind in the....
- SIMI activist linked to Ahmedabad bombings arrested
Lucknow: A Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activist allegedly linked to the Ahmedabad serial bombings was arrested from Lucknow's Moulviganj area by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist ....
- 100 political leaders arrested in Greater Noida
Greater Noida: Two days after five farmers were killed in a clash with police in a Greater Noida village, around 100 leaders of different political parties were arrested on Friday when they att....
- Greater Noida CEO removed after farmers' deaths
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): Chairman and CEO of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority Lalit Srivastava was today removed from his post following the death of five people in viol....
- Five killed in police firing in Greater Noida
Greater Noida: Five people were killed today in firing by police on farmers protesting inadequate compensation for their land being acquired in Uttar Pradesh's booming Greater Noida region bord....
- More bank staff involved in fake currency scam
Lucknow: Preliminary investigations by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) have revealed the involvement of one more bank employee of the State Bank of India (SBI) branch at Domariyaganj in Ut....
- Express trains collide; One dead, five injured
Ghaziabad: One person was killed and at least five others were injured today when two Express trains, on the same track, collided near Sahibabad, about 12 km from Ghaziabad. The incident took p....
- Alert driver prevents major train accident in Kanpur
Lucknow: Thanks to an alert driver, a major accident was averted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district when the brake coupling of the Gomti Express train broke down, an official said today.
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- Activist arrested over remarks against Mayawati
Lucknow: Sarika Chaudhary, the Uttar Pradesh president of the Indian Justice Party, was on Saturday arrested for making allegedly derogatory remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo an....
- Activist arrested over remarks against Mayawati
Lucknow: Sarika Chaudhary, the Uttar Pradesh president of the Indian Justice Party, was on Saturday arrested for making allegedly derogatory remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo an....
- Aarushi case: Judicial custody extended for accused
Ghaziabad: In connection with the twin murder case of Aarushi-Hemraj, the Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad today has further extended the judicial custody of Raj Kumar, Krishna and Vijay Mandal f....
- Pakistan is behind fake currency rackets: Delhi Police
New Delhi: It is not just the terror attacks or ceasefire violation for which Pakistan has been blamed, the Delhi Police on Thursday said, it suspects ISI's role in sponsoring the racket of cou....
- Another fake currency case surfaces in UP SBI
Lucknow: Even as the police probe the fake currency racket in the State Bank of India (SBI) branch at Domariyaganj in Uttar Pradesh, a woman constable with CRPF has registered a police complain....
- 10 killed as boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh river
Lucknow: At least 10 people were drowned and four were missing after a boat capsized in the Saryu river in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the police said.
Five people managed to swim to th....
- RBI unearths fake notes in bank currency chest
Lucknow: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials and sleuths of the Uttar Pradesh police in a Monday night raid unearthed fake notes in the currency chest of the State Bank of India at Domariyaga....
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