West UP farmers upbeat after monsoon rains
September 1st, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 1 (IANS) Dispelling fears of a drought, rains in August have lifted the spirits of farmers in western Uttar Pradesh with the region receiving more than the annual ... Read more...
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School children work on ‘designs for change’
July 30th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, July 30 (IANS) One idea, one week, one billion lives to change: The annual Design For Change (DFC) challenge for schoolchildren has begun across India.This year, the DFC contest ... 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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Kidnapped from Ludhiana, 6-year-old recovered in Ambala
July 9th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) A six-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Ludhiana Saturday, was recovered by the Haryana Police from Ambala city, 45 km from here, police said Monday.The police ... Read more...
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Team Anna to launch campaign in western Uttar Pradesh
June 8th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 8 (IANS) Ahead of their proposed indefinite fast in Delhi beginning July 25, Team Anna members would undertake an extensive tour of villages in western Uttar Pradesh to ... Read more...
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Team Anna to launch campaign in western Uttar Pradesh
June 8th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 8 (IANS) Ahead of their proposed indefinite fast in Delhi beginning July 25, Team Anna members would undertake an extensive tour of villages in western Uttar Pradesh to ... Read more...
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India won’t be able to store another bumper crop
April 15th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The problem of plenty is once again troubling the Indian government as it does not know where to store the bumper grains to be harvested ... Read more...
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Speeding Mercedes kills constable, injures another in Delhi (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A police constable was killed and another injured here early Tuesday when a Mercedes car driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding ... Read more...
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Anti-builder rally by farmers in Greater Noida Saturday
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), March 23 (IANS) Farmers, led by the Akhil Bharatiya Yuva Manch in Greater Noida in western Uttar Pradesh have called for a massive protest rally against ... Read more...
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Mild quake in UP, tremors felt in Delhi
March 13th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A slight earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was felt in western Uttar Pradesh early Tuesday with light aftershocks being experienced in parts of ... Read more...
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‘Dry days’ in Delhi areas bordering UP
February 26th, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Areas of Delhi bordering Uttar Pradesh will have two dry days -- when liquor sales are restricted -- in view of the sixth phase of ... Read more...
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West UP can be industrial hub: BJP
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Western Uttar Pradesh has a potential to become the commercial and industrial hub of India but during the last decade has turned into the ... Read more...
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Rahul, Ajit Singh’s joint rally at Meerut Thursday
February 1st, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh will address a joint poll rally at Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Western Uttar Pradesh backs Mayawati
November 22nd, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad/Noida, Nov 22 (IANS) Residents of western Uttar Pradesh have overwhelmingly supported Chief Minister Mayawati's move to break up Uttar Pradesh into four states.Ghaziabad Bar Association president Rakesh Tyagi ... Read more...
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Police gun down gangster
October 25th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) A gangster carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture was Tuesday gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said.Yogendra alias Kalu, 28, ... Read more...
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‘Wooden passion’ awaits John Abraham in Uttar Pradesh!
October 5th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 5 (IANS) Bollywood hunk John Abraham, known for his passion for motorbikes, would love to vroom on this larger-than-life wooden motorcycle designed by one of his ardent ... Read more...
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Hapur is Uttar Pradesh’s 74th district (Lead)
September 28th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hapur, Sep 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday announced here that erstwhile Hapur tehsil will become the state's 74th district.Carved out of the Ghaziabad district, the new ... Read more...
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Party member beaten up by Ghaziabad police chief: BJP
August 26th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said its spokesman in western Uttar Pradesh was beaten up by the Ghaziabad police chief and illegally detained when ... Read more...
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Rahul promises farmer-friendly bill in parliament (Lead)
July 8th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bajna (Mathura), July 8 (IANS) Continuing with his march against the Mayawati government's land acquisition, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday assured farmers that the central government would ... Read more...
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Mayawati government favours builders, says Rahul
July 8th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bajna (Mathura), July 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on a padyatra in western Uttar Pradesh against land acquisition by the Mayawati government, accused it of favouring ... Read more...
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Nearly 50 percent of railway level crossings unmanned
July 7th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The train accident at an unmanned level crossing in western Uttar Pradesh Thursday that has claimed some 38 lives occurred exactly a month after India ... Read more...
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Rains bring respite for Delhi
June 15th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) After overnight rains, Delhi residents woke up to a relatively pleasant Wednesday with the mercury dipping four notches below average to 23.7 degrees Celsius. But ... Read more...
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Farmer leader Tikait dies (Lead)
May 16th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), May 15 (IANS) Mahendra Singh Tikait, a prominent north Indian farmers' leader and founder president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), died here Sunday morning, his family ... 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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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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Ajit Singh meets PM over farmers agitation
May 10th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh, whose party has considerable influence in western Uttar Pradesh where a farmers' agitation is currently on, met ... Read more...
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Heavy fines for squatting on Agra’s heritage land
April 6th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 6 (IANS) Encroachers in Agra and the surrounding area will no longer have it easy, with the state government setting up a panel and announcing heavy fines to ... Read more...
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Trains back on track as Jats end blockade
March 20th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 20 (IANS) Railway services have resumed in this region after Jats demanding job quotas ended their rail blockade, but officials said on Sunday that it would take time ... Read more...
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Jats to end rail blockade, but continue agitation (Lead)
March 19th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh), March 19 (IANS) Jat community leaders Saturday said they have decided to end their two-week long rail blockade here, but added that their agitation to press ... Read more...
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Four held with heroin worth Rs.1.5 crore
January 19th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Four men, three of them Kashmiris, were arrested here for supplying drugs to rave parties in the capital, police said Wednesday.Around 1.412 kg of heroin worth Rs.1.5 ... Read more...
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On-line power bill payment starts in west Uttar Pradesh
January 17th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 16 (IANS) About 32 lakh consumers of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in western Uttar Pradesh will now be able to pay their electricity bills on the internet, ... Read more...
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Illegal arms factory busted in Meerut
January 16th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) An illegal arms factory was busted in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, leading to the arrest of two men involved in supplying firearms to various states of the country, ... Read more...
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Temperatures to dip in Uttar Pradesh
December 27th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 27 (IANS) Cold conditions in Uttar Pradesh would intensify as parts of the state would experience rains in the coming days, the weather department said Monday."In the next couple of ... Read more...
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Gang involved in stealing over 50 cars busted
November 25th, 2010 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Police Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of car lifters with the arrest of three youths allegedly involved in the theft of more than 50 vehicles."The ... Read more...
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Light rains in Delhi, more forecast (Lead)
November 13th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The national capital saw light rains Saturday morning and the weatherman has forecast more showers and a cloudy day ahead."The skies will remain partly cloudy and ... Read more...
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