UP official locks up family for three days
July 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) The family of an Uttar Pradesh-based businessman was locked up in their house by an official for three days after he failed to clear dues with ... Read more...
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Over half a million still without power in US
July 6th, 2012 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS) Six days after a sudden summer storm knocked large parts of US powerless, more than 580,000 homes and businesses in the American capital and eleven states were ... Read more...
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UP government transfers 109 officials
April 7th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 7 (IANS) The new Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government Saturday transferred 109 provincial civil service (PCS) officials and posted new ones in many important places.Among those transferred are ... Read more...
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Junior judo tournament begins in Agra
February 18th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 18 (IANS) While all eyes are on the electoral battle raging in Uttar Pradesh, 900 junior judo champions from 27 Indian states are fighting it out at the ... Read more...
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Firozabad forms record 115-km human chain for polls
February 15th, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 15 (IANS) The residents of Firozabad Wednesday claimed to have set a new world record by forming a 115 km long human chain.On Valentine's Day, Firozabad's ... Read more...
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Hopes of harmony unite Ghaziabad villages
May 4th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 4 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Folk art shows how women fought for their rights
March 25th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) A large number of rural women used folk art to show how they had fought for National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), public distribution ... Read more...
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SP activists protest against BSP, baton-charged
March 7th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Hundreds of Samajwadi Party (SP) activists were baton-charged and detained Monday in Uttar Pradesh as they launched a three-day protest against Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan ... Read more...
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20 injured as lawyers, officials clash
March 1st, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, March 1 (IANS) At least 20 people, including several policemen, were injured here Tuesday as a clash broke out between lawyers and employees of the district administration, with both groups indulging ... Read more...
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Heavy downpour signals trouble for potato farmers
February 16th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 16 (IANS) With the Taj city witnessing a heavy downpour early Wednesday accompanied by thunder lightning, farmers in this potato belt fear damage to their crop. However, the rain seems ... Read more...
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iPhone swipe enough to pay for your shopping
January 27th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) Technology will now enable people to make purchases by swiping their mobile phone across a till scanner-to be rolled out this summer.Consumers will be able to buy ... Read more...
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Soon, you could ’swipe’ your iPhone instead of a credit card!
January 27th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): There's plenty you can do with them - play music, send pictures and what not - but soon, you could be using your iPhones for shopping.Barclaycard and the ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s birthday celebrated in Agra
January 15th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's 55th birthday was celebrated in grand style here Saturday with 1,400 beneficiaries of various government schemes being felicitated at a programme at the ... Read more...
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73 Mathura villages join battle against Yamuna pollution
January 10th, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Rajpura (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) Animal carcasses are not to be dumped into the river, washermen should not use chemicals to wash dirty clothes, the river bank is not ... Read more...
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Malaysians have the most friends on their social networks: Study
October 11th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 11 (ANI): A large-scale research project, which looks at online behaviour around the globe, has shown that Malaysians have most friends on their social networks, while Japanese users have the ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh government issued notice in rural jobs scam
May 7th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with alleged large-scale bungling in the execution of the Mahatma Gandhi ... Read more...
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Now Ambedkar inspires a ‘Babasaheb Charit Manas’
May 1st, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) Inspired by B.R. Ambedkar's fight against social discrimination, a senior official in Uttar Pradesh has penned "Babasaheb Charit Manas", a collection of poems on audio CD eulogizing ... Read more...
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BSP legislator makes bribe-takers apologise, return money
April 10th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) A legislator of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) made two government officials, allegedly demanding bribes in his constituency, confess their crime before the villagers and ... Read more...
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BJP MP seeks Japanese intervention in Agra sewer project
October 7th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 7 (IANS) Rama Shankar Katheria, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Agra, suspects rampant corruption in a Rs.900 crore sewer line project in the city that is being funded ... Read more...
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Nokia to offer mobile financial service, creates new unit
August 27th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, Aug 27 (DPA) Nokia, the world's largest maker of handsets, is to offer a mobile financial service for mobile phone users, including those who lack a bank account.
The group Thursday said ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh school replaces Dalit cook with Brahmin
August 26th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) A Dalit cook was replaced with a Brahmin one in a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh when students protested and refused to eat the food cooked by ... Read more...
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Abandoned by family, former MLA’s widow found begging (Lead)
August 18th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18 (IANS) From power to penury, Prema Devi has seen it all in her 80 years. The widow of a two-time Jan Sangh legislator, considered close to ... Read more...
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Former legislator’s wife found begging in Uttar Pradesh
August 18th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Dead get wages for building road in Uttar Pradesh
June 24th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 24 (IANS) Authorities in Uttar Pradesh have shown "over 100 dead villagers" as beneficiaries of a central government sponsored job guarantee scheme, according to a plea filed in a court.
The ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh Govt. transfers 13 IAS officers
May 23rd, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, May 23 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government, in a major administrative reshuffle, has transferred 13 Indian Administrative Service officers (IAS).The decision was taken on Friday soon after the government transferred ... Read more...
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Voters in two Uttar Pradesh villages boycott polling
April 23rd, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Voters in two villages of Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district Thursday boycotted the Lok Sabha elections to protest the lack of development of the area.
As many as ... Read more...
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Delhi Sultanate era silver coins found in Uttar Pradesh
March 12th, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) As many as 62 silver coins, appearing to be from 13th century Delhi Sultanate period, have been found in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, an official said Thursday.
A group ... Read more...
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Pinki’s Oscar to bring drinking water, power to her village
February 23rd, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) As "Smile Pinki", a short film about a cleft lip girl - Pinki Sonkar from Uttar Pradesh's Rampur Dabai village - won an Oscar, her undeveloped ... Read more...
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Trial run at Delhi airport’s new runway from Aug 21
August 11th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi airport's third airstrip - Asia's longest at 4,430 metres - will undergo a trial run from Aug 21, a top airport official said Monday. The decision ... Read more...
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‘He who neglects parents shall land in jail’
June 4th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 4 (IANS) A resident of the city of the Taj Mahal has been arrested and sent to jail for not giving any food to his old mother. The arrest was ... Read more...
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Girl rescued from bore well recovering in Agra hospital
March 27th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by admin
Agra, March 27 (IANS) Three-year-old Vandana, who fell into a 50-foot deep bore well shaft in a village and was rescued by army soldiers late Wednesday night, is recovering well at a ... Read more...
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