UP government rolls out 133 ambulances
September 14th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva, the biggest emergency medical transport service in the country.Yadav flagged-off 133 ambulances under the ... Read more...
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Two murders convicts escape from Gurgaon jail
September 1st, 2012 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 31 (IANS) Two murder convicts escaped from the Bhondsi district jail Friday as the jail complex was being cleaned, a police official said.They were identified as Zile Singh, ... Read more...
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Delhi policemen arrested in UP for kidnapping engineer
August 8th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Two cops of the Delhi Police Crime Branch were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police Wednesday for kidnapping an engineer from Bijnor district, officials said.The state police ... Read more...
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After Azam barb, disquiet in SP out in open (News Analysis)
July 26th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) Blame it on a generation gap or simply differing styles, all is clearly not well within Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP). After senior leader ... Read more...
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Miffed Azam Khan offers to quit UP cabinet
July 26th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) Miffed at his powers being curtailed, senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has sent a terse letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav offering to quit the ... Read more...
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14 killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
July 20th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 20 (IANS) At least 14 people returning from a cremation were killed Friday when a speeding truck rammed into their tractor trolley in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar area, police ... Read more...
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Delhi triple murder accused held after 16 years
June 10th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A 44-year-old gangster from Uttar Pradesh was arrested here in connection with a triple murder that took place in the capital 16 years ago, Delhi ... Read more...
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Missing RTI activist traced (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A 38-year-old RTI activist who went missing two days ago from here was brought back from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday.Shiv Kumar Tiwari, ... Read more...
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Mayawati expels legislator for rape attempt (Lead)
June 25th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Muzaffarnagar, June 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati Friday expelled legislator Shahnawaz Rana from her party for an alleged attempt to rape two ... Read more...
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Mayawati expels party legislator for attempt to rape
June 24th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati Friday expelled legislator Shahnawaz Rana from her party for an alleged attempt to rape two ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh restricts gatherings in areas close to Delhi
June 7th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 6 (IANS) In an obvious bid to pre-empt any move by yoga guru Baba Ramdev to stage a demonstration near Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government late Monday evening
imposed ... Read more...
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BSP trying to suppress Ramdev’s campaign: BJP
June 6th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here Monday accused Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of conniving with the Congress-led central government in suppressing yoga ... Read more...
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Gadkari, Dikshit condole Tikait’s death
May 15th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday condoled the death of prominent farmer's leader Mahendra Singh Tikait.In ... Read more...
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Star boxer Vijender to tie the knot Tuesday
May 15th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), May 15 (IANS) Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh will tie the knot Tuesday with Delhi girl Archana, a relative of the star boxer confirmed Sunday.
Vijender also ... Read more...
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Farmer leader Tikait dies
May 15th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Muzaffarnagar, May 15 (IANS) Mahendra Singh Tikait, prominent north Indian farmer leader and founder president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), died here Sunday morning, his family said. He was 76.Mahendra ... Read more...
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Three caught for cheating ATM users
April 25th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Two people, including a girl, were arrested here and their minor accomplice detained for allegedly cheating people while "helping" them withdraw money from ATMs, ... Read more...
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Seven passengers killed as bus falls into pit
April 6th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Drug trafficker held
March 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A drug trafficker was arrested and 350 grams of heroin seized from him, police said Tuesday."Rampal, 44, was arrested Sunday from the Ashok Nagar bus ... Read more...
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Man found dead in Delhi hotel
March 19th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In a case of suspected suicide, a 26-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was found dead in a hotel in central Delhi, police said Saturday.Vipul Chowdhary ... Read more...
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Three held for stealing vehicles after drugging drivers
March 9th, 2011 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A man, his son and his daughter-in-law have been arrested for stealing vehicles they hired after drugging the drivers, police said Tuesday.The trio, identified as ... Read more...
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Hostage killed before cops gun down two gangsters
January 18th, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 18 (IANS) 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 Tuesday. A ... Read more...
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Budding engineers among seven held for robberies
January 5th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Seven men, including engineering and computer science students, were arrested for road robberies and two luxury cars and pistols recovered from them in Ghaziabad, police said Wednesday.The seven ... Read more...
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Seven die as car falls in canal
December 22nd, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 22 (IANS) Seven members of a family, including five minors, drowned after the car they were travelling in spun out of control and fell in a canal in Uttar Pradesh's ... Read more...
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Two killed in Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls violence
October 22nd, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) Two people were killed in sporadic incidents of violence during the third round of the four-phased panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh Friday.While candidate Shyam Tripathi was gunned down ... Read more...
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2 killed in poll violence in Uttar Pradesh
October 14th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 14 (IANS) 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 Thursday, police said.According to ... Read more...
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Three held for betting on Games
October 10th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Three bookies involved in betting on the Commonwealth Games were arrested here Sunday, police said.Gang leader Yogesh Kumar Gupta and Ravi Kumar, both residents of Muzaffarnagar, and Rahul, ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict: Government extends ban on bulk SMSes, MMSes till Friday
September 30th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): With the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court set to announce its verdict in the Ayodhya title suit, the Central Government on Thursday extended the ... Read more...
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Verdict on Ayodhya title suit today
September 30th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Sep 30 (ANI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will pronounce its judgement today on the 60-year-old Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.The three-Judge bench comprising Justice S ... Read more...
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Cabinet meet postponed over Ayodhya verdict
September 29th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 29 (ANI): With the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court set to announce its verdict in the Ayodhya title suit, the Central Government has postponed its weekly cabinet ... Read more...
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Flood continues to wreck havoc in Karnal, Muzaffarnagar
August 27th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Sarfaraz Khan/ Kanwarjeet Singh VirkKarnal (Haryana)/ Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 27 (ANI): Waters of the swollen River Yamuna flowing through Haryana's Karnal district and the Rivers Ganga and Sonali in Uttar ... Read more...
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Uproar in Uttar Pradesh assembly over law and order
August 9th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) 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 Monday.
The continued ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh denied permission for Upper Ganga Canal Expressway
August 3rd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The central environment and forests ministry has refused Uttar Pradesh permission to build the 148-km-long Upper Ganga Canal Expressway, contending that the project would result in massive deforestation ... Read more...
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Police baton charge contractual teachers in Muzaffarnagar
July 28th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
By SarfarazMuzaffarnagar, July 28 (ANI): Police personnel baton charged hundreds of protesting Shiksha Mitra (contractual teacher) at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.The teachers were demanding training, permanent jobs and better salaries on Tuesday.As ... Read more...
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Newly-wedded woman sedates in-laws, decamps with Rs.4 lakh
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 21 (IANS) A 20-year-old newly-married woman allegedly sedated her in-laws and ran away with jewellery and cash worth Rs.4 lakh in Ghaziabad, police said. The girl's parents say that she ... Read more...
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Villagers lynch suspected thief in Uttar Pradesh
July 17th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) 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, ... Read more...
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