Voting in UP polls second phase begins
February 11th, 2012 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IANS) Voters queued up outside polling booths as the second round of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, involving 1.97 crore voters in 59 constituencies, began Saturday.Polling began ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh to vote in second round Saturday
February 10th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) The second round of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, whose outcome is bound to affect national politics, will take place Saturday, involving 1.97 crore voters ... Read more...
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Barabanki gets the chills, slow polling in first hours
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) The enthusiastic first time voter and the loyal Dalit were out but many others stayed inside their homes Wednesday, waiting for the chill ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh set to vote amid hung house forecast (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) The mother of all elections since the 2009 parliamentary battle starts in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, with the outcome bound to cast a long shadow ... Read more...
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BJP alleges Mayawati’s brother owns airline, demands probe
February 7th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's brother owns a private airline and sought a probe into its funding, alleging ... Read more...
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With kids around, no time for romance: Manyata Dutt
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) With Valentine's Day round the corner, Manyata Dutt wants to spend some quality time with husband Sanjay Dutt. However, she admits that romance has taken ... Read more...
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Mayawati launches BSP campaign in UP, spews fire at Congress (Second Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 1 (IANS) Launching her Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) election campaign Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati attacked the Congress, blaming it for anything that she ... Read more...
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Funds not reaching poor in Mayawati land: Sonia
February 1st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 1 (IANS) Slamming the Mayawati government for "inefficient implementation of centrally funded developmental programmes", Congress president Sonia Gandhi began her campaign for the Uttar Pradesh polls Wednesday.
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Rahul keeps up attack on Mayawati, Mulayam
January 31st, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 31 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday continued to target Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, as he went ... Read more...
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Rahul will become PM in 2014: Congress
January 30th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 30 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rashid Alvi declared here Monday that Rahul Gandhi's rise to the prime minister's chair in 2014 was a forgone conclusion.He was reacting ... Read more...
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Pitroda to join UP Congress manifesto release function
January 30th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Sam Pitroda, technology and innovation advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will join senior Congress leaders at a function to release the party manifesto ... Read more...
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Supreme Court notice to centre, UP (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition pending before ... Read more...
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BJP dares Rahul to become PM
January 29th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday dared Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to become India's prime minister, saying it would reveal his "capability" to run the ... Read more...
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Will clear all pending cases in three years in UP: Congress
January 27th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress plans to bring to an end the rising pendency of cases before the courts in Uttar Pradesh in the next three years.Disclosing this while ... Read more...
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UP celebrates Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) India's 63rd Republic Day was celebrated with the usual gaiety in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, with Governor B.L. Joshi taking the salute at a colourful parade in ... Read more...
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Did not summon UP engineer in health scam: CBI
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday said it did not examine or summon the 55-year-old engineer who shot himself dead fearing arrest in the ... Read more...
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Minority institutions may soon be exempt from RTE: Digvijay
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 23 (IANS) Minority education institutions may soon be exempt from the right to education act, Congress leader Digvijay Singh said here Monday."The issue has already been discussed ... Read more...
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National TT: Sharath, Shamini start favourites
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) Top Indian paddlers, including defending champion Sharath Kamal, will headline the senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships which get underway at the Sports Authority of ... Read more...
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Congress attacks Uma Bharti for Sonia remark
January 19th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Congress Thursday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti for commenting on party president Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin and said that Bharti's ... Read more...
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Rahul, Uma take on each other in battleground UP
January 19th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 19 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh pollscape heated up Thursday with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uma Bharti taking on each other in ... Read more...
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BSP fields more upper castes, Muslims in Uttar Pradesh
January 15th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday released the names of all 403 candidates for the February 8-March 4 assembly ... Read more...
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A handicapped man on noble mission to educate (With Images)
January 15th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mahuwara Khurd (Azamgarh), Jan 15 (IANS) He can't walk without support but that hasn't stopped Amarnath Rajbhar from helping others stand on their own feet. The physically challenged man has ... Read more...
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Mayawati to confine birthday bash to party office
January 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 14 (IANS) Keeping in mind the model code of conduct in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will host the birthday bash of Chief ... Read more...
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India Posts inks logistic pact with Air India
January 9th, 2012 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) India Post Monday signed an agreement with Air India for a Logistics Post Air service, targeted to help customers send their consignments to different parts ... Read more...
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Feb 4 Uttar Pradesh poll to be rescheduled
January 9th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Uncertainty over whether 'Barawafat' will fall on Feb 4, the Election Commission Sunday decided that the notification for polling in 60 assembly constituencies in Uttar ... Read more...
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Cover all statues of Mayawati, BSP symbol: Quraishi
January 7th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Saturday ordered that all statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party poll symbol, the elephant, in the ... Read more...
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CBI arrests ex-official in health scheme scam
January 7th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a former government official Saturday in Lucknow in connection with a multi-crore-rupee scam related to the implementation ... Read more...
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Adityanath opposes Kushwaha’s entry into BJP
January 5th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath Thursday launched a scathing attack on the party's Uttar Pradesh leadership, which he entirely blamed for ... Read more...
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Steering education revolution from Azamgarh shacks (With Image)
January 5th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 5 (IANS) A single bamboo stick holds the thatched roof together, the discoloured floor serves as both bench and chair, the kids sit in neat rows ... Read more...
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NRHM scam: CBI raids 45 places, ex-BSP man under scanner
January 4th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 4 (IANS) The CBI Wednesday raided about 45 places across Uttar Pradesh, including the premises of expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member and former minister Babu Singh ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh weather department goes high-tech
December 30th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) The meteorological office of Uttar Pradesh has gone high tech with the commissioning of its much awaited Doppler weather radar, an official said Thursday."The new radar ... Read more...
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Agra residents angry over erratic power supply
December 26th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 26 (IANS) Residents of Agra are a frustrated lot these days with the power supply in the city continuing to be erratic despite power distribution being handled ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh shivers as mercury plummets
December 19th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 19 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh to visit Patna Dec 22?
December 19th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan, who had to cancel his "Don 2 - The King Is Back" promotional trip to Patna for security reasons, will reportedly visit ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s attacks out of desperation: Congress
December 18th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's attacks on the Congress party are borne out of desperation at its rising popularity in the state and realisation that ... Read more...
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