Rail link partially restored, probe starts
August 1st, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) The rail link between West Bengal's northern and southern parts was partially restored Monday afternoon while officials began a probe into the derailment of the Guwahati-Bangalore ... Read more...
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New railway minister meets Kalka Mail accident victims
July 13th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 12 (IANS) Hours after being sworn in as railway minister, Dinesh Trivedi arrived here Tuesday night to meet the victims of the Howrah-Kalka Mail accident in Uttar ... Read more...
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Eight IAF aircraft in railway rescue operations
July 11th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed eight aircraft -- including one IL-76 heavy airlifter, two Avros, one Embraer, two MI-17s and two Chetak helicopters -- ... Read more...
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15 trains cancelled after Uttar Pradesh accident
July 11th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Fifteen trains were cancelled and 10 were diverted Monday, a day after the Kalka Mail derailed and its coaches fell on the adjoining tracks in ... Read more...
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Four devotees die in Uttar Pradesh accident
April 6th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) At least four devotees, including three women, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into their SUV here, police said Wednesday.Ten people were ... Read more...
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Ascetics highlight Yamuna pollution to president
March 8th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), March 8 (IANS) More than 100 Vaishnavite ascetics from Maharashtra have requested President Pratibha Patil to help save the Yamuna river from pollution.In a memorandum submitted ... Read more...
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Rahul’s healing touch - visits victims of sexual assault
February 7th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi devoted Monday to visiting two 17-year-old Dalit girls who have been victims of brutal sexual assault -- he first travelled to the village ... Read more...
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It is ‘rule of thugs’ in Uttar Pradesh: Krishna Tirath
February 7th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh administration, terming it as "goonda-raj (rule of thugs)".The minister said that she ... Read more...
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Girls unsafe in Uttar Pradesh, say women’s panel, activists (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a committee to investigate the shocking case of a Dalit minor who was brutally attacked for resisting rape in ... Read more...
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Girls not safe in Uttar Pradesh, say activists
February 7th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Women activists Monday expressed shock at the attack on a Dalit minor whose ear was nearly chopped off and fingers smashed after she resisted gangrape, saying girls ... Read more...
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Minor girl in Uttar Pradesh attacked for resisting rape
February 6th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
Kanpur, Feb 6(ANI): A 16-year-old girl has been left severely injured after she was attacked by four men for resisting a rape attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Sunday.The teenager, ... Read more...
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Dalit girl attacked for resisting rape, one held
February 6th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 6 (IANS) A teenaged Dalit girl was subjected to brutal attack and one of her ears nearly chopped off while resisting a rape attempt by three youths of her village ... Read more...
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Schoolboy’s death sparks violence in Uttar Pradesh
October 29th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) A schoolboy was mowed down by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district Friday, sparking violence as mobs clashed with police, damaged vehicles and blocked a highway ... Read more...
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Doctor commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh
August 13th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) A doctor committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said Friday.
Sanjay Kumar, a 40-year-old government doctor, was Thursday evening found hanging ... Read more...
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66-year-old fails in Class 10 boards for 45th time
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Eight held with idol worth Rs.1.5 crore
February 18th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 18 (IANS) Eight people involved in smuggling of artefacts have been arrested with an 'ashtadhatu' (eight-metal) idol worth an estimated Rs.1.5 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, police said Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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Killer cold claims over 60 lives, Leh freezes at -18 (Roundup)
January 5th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Ranchi/Lucknow/Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) The north and parts of east India were Tuesday in the grip of deadly cold that has so far claimed over 60 lives in the states of ... Read more...
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Cold wave kills 21 more in Uttar Pradesh; toll 51
January 5th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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27 policemen suspended for extortion
May 22nd, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 22 (IANS) As many as 27 policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district have been suspended from service after being found guilty of extorting money, a police official said Friday.
"Six sub-inspectors ... Read more...
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I don’t want to be known by Gandhi name, but my work: Varun Gandhi
April 26th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Khaga (Uttar Pradesh), April 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) newest poster boy and Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi Sunday said he did not want to be known by his Gandhi name ... Read more...
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Three killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
January 26th, 2009 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 15 injured, eight of them seriously, when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling turned turtle in an Uttar Pradesh village, ... Read more...
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Mayawati in Delhi, law targets her four legislators
July 22nd, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Even as Chief Minister Mayawati was busy taking political centrestage in New Delhi for over a week, back home in Uttar Pradesh the law was closing in on ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh minister declared absconder by court
July 20th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Sports Minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal was declared an absconder by a court in a five-year-old land grab case, an official here said. While hearing a five-year-old ... Read more...
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