30 percent shortage of IAS officers: Government
May 10th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) There is a shortage of nearly 30 percent officers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), parliament was told Thursday.Minister of State for Personal V. Narayanasamy ... Read more...
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Rajasthan cracks down on sonography centres
May 10th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Thursday cancelled licenses of six sonography centres here and issued notices to 24 others for their suspected involvement in female foeticide and ... Read more...
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Apex court sets up panel on Vrindavan widows
May 9th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday set up a seven-member committee to go into the socio-economic condition of widows living in the holy city of Vrindavan ... Read more...
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Gehlot promises Aamir war on foeticide (Evening Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday assured actor Aamir Khan, whose TV show "Satyamev Jayate" on female foeticide has created a storm, that he will ... Read more...
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Poll results disappointing, shed factionalism: Sonia (Second Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In her first address to party MPs since the poor showing in the assembly polls, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Wednesday expressed her deep disappointment ... Read more...
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Aamir meets Gehlot, discusses female foeticide
May 9th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan, whose TV show "Satyamev Jayate" created a storm with its indepth study of female foeticide, Wednesday met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok ... Read more...
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Gang supplying mobile phone SIM cards to Maoists busted in UP
May 9th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) A major gang providing pre-activated SIM cards to Maoists in other states has been busted by the Lucknow police crime branch, police said Wednesday.Two people were ... Read more...
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Six UP cops booked for murdering colleague
May 9th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) Six Uttar Pradesh policemen were Wednesday booked for the murder last year of a sub-inspector, police said.According to police, the case is related to the death ... Read more...
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SC notice to government on supply of adulterated milk
May 9th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and five state governments on a petition seeking complete curb on the sale and supply of ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan to meet Gehlot over female foeticide
May 9th, 2012 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday in connection with female foeticide cases highlighted by the TV reality show ... Read more...
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UP tops in ill treatment of prisoners
May 8th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh tops all states in ill- treating and torturing prisoners, Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha Tuesday.Giving state-wise ... Read more...
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BJP legislator’s son shot dead in UP
May 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district Tuesday after a spat with the guard of ... Read more...
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Post ‘Satyamev Jayate’ Aamir to meet Gehlot
May 7th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 7 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is likely to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday in connection with female foeticide cases highlighted by his TV ... Read more...
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Shia clerics demand closure of US, Israel embassies in India
May 7th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Prominent clerics of the Shia community in Uttar Pradesh have demanded that India snap its ties with the United States and Israel.At a well-attended congregation of ... Read more...
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Special screening of ‘Satyamev Jayate’ in villages
May 6th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The first episode of Aamir Khan's debut TV show "Sataymev Jayate" was Sunday screened in some villages in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh where ... Read more...
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One killed, 12 students injured in UP road mishaps
May 3rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) A school student was killed and more than a dozen others injured in two separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, police said.The first incident took ... Read more...
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PM’s panel to review food storage problem
May 3rd, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) With the government unable to store a bumper crop for the third year in a row, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday appointed a panel ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi indicates major shakeup in Uttar Pradesh Congress
May 2nd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday dropped enough hints about a major shake up in the Uttar Pradesh unit of the party, saying no one ... Read more...
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Nursery textbooks with violent words seized in UP
May 1st, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) Following an IANS report, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has seized copies of a book of English alphabets for nursery students that carried violent words such ... Read more...
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20 dead in UP road accident
April 29th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed, while over 12 others were injured Sunday when two buses collided in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, around 265 km from ... Read more...
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MP’s letter forged to recommend Bappi Lahiri for award
April 27th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Unidentified individuals forged the signature of Uttar Pradesh MP Kamal Kishor on his letterhead and sent the government a recommendation for awarding music director and ... Read more...
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Tiger on prowl near Lucknow finally trapped
April 25th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 25 (IANS) A tiger, which was on the prowl for nearly three months on the outskirts of the state capital, was finally caught Wednesday, said a forest department ... Read more...
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Talk therapy for India’s depressed (Feature)
April 25th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) It is early morning, and inside a single-storey building's basement, a man picks up one of four ringing telephones. He asks the caller in a ... Read more...
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Youth killed by friend
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A 23-year-old man was killed by his friend following an altercation early Monday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Danish, a resident of Amroha ... Read more...
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E-eye to keep a tab on tigers in Corbett
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) With poachers posing a massive threat to tigers in India, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has launched a pilot project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National ... Read more...
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When driver turned Arjun’s best friend in Lucknow
April 23rd, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Debutant Arjun Kapoor befriended a driver named Avneesh Yadav while shooting near Lucknow for "Ishaqzaade". The driver became a reference point for the actor's character of ... Read more...
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Eight dead as vehicle slams into bus in UP
April 21st, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) Eight people were killed Saturday when a speeding jeep rammed into a state roadways bus in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, police said.According to police, another half ... Read more...
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Shia cleric urges Muslims to participate in ‘Save Ganga’ efforts
April 20th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, April 20 (IANS) In a first, Muslims of Uttar Pradesh have been asked to participate in the cleaning up operations of the river Ganga, revered by millions across India.The ... Read more...
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Akhilesh to get new add in cyber space (With Image)
April 20th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) Hoping to reach out to people across the class divide, particularly the young, Uttar Pradesh's new tech savvy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will soon have ... Read more...
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Bureaucrat gets bail in rural health scheme scam
April 18th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 18 (IANS) A special CBI court here Wednesday granted bail to an Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat in a case related to alleged irregularities in utilising funds given to Uttar ... Read more...
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Gunfire in Meerut jail as cops, inmates clash
April 18th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 18 (IANS) Rioting broke out at the district jail here Wednesday with prisoners pelting stones at policemen and jail staff and forces resorting to gunfire, injuring ... Read more...
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Uninor employees’ bid to save company business in India
April 17th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Employees of telecom service provider Uninor along with their families would gather at Jantar Mantar Wednesday to tell the government that their future is ... Read more...
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Letter threatens to blow up Ramjanmabhoomi complex
April 17th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Security in and around the Ramjanmabhoomi complex in Uttar Pradesh's temple town of Ayodhya was stepped up after a district judge received a letter threatening ... Read more...
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Infant buried on tantrik’s advice, survives
April 14th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 14 (IANS) A nine-day-old child was buried alive by his parents in Hapur on the advice of an occult practitioner. The incident came to light Saturday ... Read more...
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Laxmikant Bajpayi appointed UP BJP president
April 13th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) After its drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) changed the state unit president and appointed ... Read more...
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