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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UP to wrap up arrangements for Haj pilgrims by Sep 11
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday asked officials to complete all arrangements by Sep 11 for the departure of Haj pilgrims from the state.In separate letters written ... Read more...
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UP to launch state portal for citizen welfare
July 19th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Thursday announced it will launch a web portal from Aug 1 to provide services like civil supplies, employment registration, and old age pension ... Read more...
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UP officials told to improve law, order
July 15th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Javed Usmani Saturday directed police and administrative officials to spruce up law and order.He said officials should be available to listen to ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh to get highway network soon
July 9th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh will now have four state highways and road connectivity projects would be taken up with priority to stimulate industrial growth and socio-economic development, officials ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh to give foodgrain via biometric cards
July 5th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh will computerise the public distribution system and issue biometric smart cards to its residents, an official said Thursday.Chief Secretary Javed Usmani said foodgrain would ... Read more...
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UP orders digitization of government records
July 4th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) In the aftermath of the terrible fire that swept through the Mantralaya in Mumbai, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the digitization of all important official ... Read more...
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GAIL to invest Rs.11,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh
June 14th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 13 (IANS) Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) Wednesday informed the Uttar Pradesh government that it proposes to invest around Rs.11,000 crore in the state which would lead ... Read more...
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UP to set up control rooms for road accident victims
May 25th, 2012 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh will set up control rooms on national and state highways to provide emergency services to accident victims in district-level hospitals across the state, officials ... Read more...
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UP gears up for Kumbh Mela 2013
May 14th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) Gearing up for the Kumbh Mela being held in Allahabad next year, the Uttar Pradesh government has said that preparations will be reviewed every fortnight.At a ... Read more...
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Taj city upset over losing airport
May 9th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 9 (IANS) Agra is furious. If its business leaders are to be believed, an airport that citizens of the Taj city were lobbying for may now come up ... Read more...
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Camel safari, night viewing, cycle track and boating around Taj Mahal soon
May 4th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 4 (IANS) The Taj Mahal may soon be opened up for night viewing, from a safe distance though. The Uttar Pradesh government is working on a roadmap to ... Read more...
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UP to keep tab on employees
April 11th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 11 (IANS) Reporting late work will not be tolerated any more by the Uttar Pradesh government.In a terse "direct to point" letter, Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani has asked ... Read more...
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Akhilesh transfers 1,000 bureaucrats in 24 days
April 9th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) With more than 1,011 transfers in 24 days, the once powerful bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh is running for cover these days.And so while the babudom was ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro project to get extended to Ghaziabad
April 7th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 7 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has drawn an ambitious project to extend the Dilshad Garden-Rithala Delhi Metro link to New Bus Stand here in Uttar Pradesh.The ... Read more...
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UP to revise Mayawati’s excise policy
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) The Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government has decided to re-examine the excise policy of the previous Mayawati government to help increase revenue.An official order to this ... Read more...
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Jawed Usmani takes over as UP chief secretary
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Jawed Usmani Friday took over as chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh.The unassuming, 1978-batch officer returned from a central deputation with ... Read more...
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UP abolishes Cabinet Secretary’s post
March 21st, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has done away with the Cabinet Secretary's post, put in place by erstwhile chief minister Mayawati.As per a new government order issued ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray again attacks north Indian migrants
July 18th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) For the second time in five days, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Monday targeted north Indians and the migrant population and demanded a check ... Read more...
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Mumbai lawyer demands CBI probe into triple blasts
July 18th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) A Mumbai lawyer Monday filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court to demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the July ... Read more...
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Blasts suspect’s family awaits body for funeral
July 18th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The body of Faiz Usmani, who died after being detained for suspected links with the July 13 bomb attacks here, would be handed over to his ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts suspect dies, probe ordered (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Police Sunday ordered an investigation into the death of a young man who died of brain haemorrhage here early Sunday after being detained for suspected links ... Read more...
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Mumbai blast suspect dies
July 17th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) A man being questioned by police in the July 13 Mumbai blasts died following a brain haemorrhage early Sunday, a medical officer said.Faiz Usmani was picked ... Read more...
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Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan to check narcotics smuggling
November 25th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan signed an agreement here Thursday on a joint plan of action to curb smuggling of narcotics in the region.The agreement ... Read more...
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SHC reserves judgment on Musharraf treason trial till Oct 14
October 12th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Oct 12 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has reserved its judgment for two days over a petition seeking to initiate a high treason trial against former President Pervez Musharraf. ... Read more...
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Sindh High Court reserves verdict on Musharraf’s high treason trial
August 18th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has reserved its verdict on the petition seeking the high treason trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf.During the proceeding, the division bench ... Read more...
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Sindh High Court declares Musharraf a ‘proclaimed offender’
August 10th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 10(ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender for not appearing in court despite several notices.A division bench of the court, ... Read more...
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100 drone strikes in Pak in 18 months under Obama compared to 45 in entire Bush term
July 28th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 28(ANI): US drones have now launched more than 100 deadly strikes in Pakistan since President Barack Obama came to power.According to statistics compiled by the New American Foundation, at ... Read more...
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Somali pirates release hijacked Indian vessel
April 10th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) Somali pirates have released Sea King, the fifth of the eight Gujarat registered cargo vessels hijacked by them last month, a shipping association official said Saturday.
Ashok Bhanushali, secretary ... Read more...
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Somalian pirates release another vessel
April 7th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 7 (IANS) Somalian pirates Wednesday released 'Nar-narayan', the fourth of the eight Gujarat registered cargo vessels hijacked by them last fortnight, a shipping association official said.
Haji Kasim Bholim, president of ... Read more...
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‘Road, Movie’ first Hindi film to go to Tribeca: Abhay Deol
March 5th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Having already traversed the world festival circuit in places such as Berlin, Tokyo, Toronto and Doha, Abhay Deol's "Road, Movie" has been selected for the Tribeca ... Read more...
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Driving truck no big deal, says Abhay Deol (Film Snippets)
March 4th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Having already proven his acting mettle in movies like "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!" and "Dev D", Punjabi boy Abhay Deol will now show his driving skills ... Read more...
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Abhay Deol, Tannishtha promote upcoming flick ‘Road, Movie’ in Mumbai
March 3rd, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, March 2 (ANI): Bollywood actors Abhay Deol and Tannishtha Chatterjee on Tuesday promoted their upcoming film 'Road, Movie', a film about a young man who runs away from his house to ... Read more...
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Musharraf: Will return when time is right
December 26th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, currently on a lecture tour of Europe, has said he will return home when the time is right.
"I will surely return ... Read more...
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Azam Khan fires another salvo at Amar Singh
April 10th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) April 10 (IANS) The bitter war between Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and veteran leader Mohammed Azam Khan rages on in the run-up to the elections ... Read more...
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