Sharat Pradhan And Aditya Kalra

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Youth with pistol detained at Rahul's meeting

Youth with pistol detained at Rahul's meeting

Rediff.com   20 Oct 2011

In a security scare, a youth carrying a pistol on Thursday attempted to enter a ground where Rahul Gandhi was addressing a public meeting and was detained by police.

Attacks on Team Anna aimed at diverting attention: Kejriwal

Attacks on Team Anna aimed at diverting attention: Kejriwal

Rediff.com   19 Oct 2011

Social activist and member of Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday said that the attacks on Gandhian Anna and members of his team were aimed at diverting their attention from the core issue of Jan Lokpal Bill.

Book Prashant Bhushan for sedition: Baba Ramdev

Book Prashant Bhushan for sedition: Baba Ramdev

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2011

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday demanded the registration of a case of sedition against leading Supreme Court lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan. Ramdev said, "What Bhushan said in reference to Kashmir was highly seditious and cannot be condoned." According to him, "The language used by Bhushan does not behove a prominent member of civil society that was taking up a huge social cause, therefore there was every reason to restrain him".

Digvijay's tirade shows Cong's anti-dalit mentality: BSP

Digvijay's tirade shows Cong's anti-dalit mentality: BSP

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2011

Taking strong exception to Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's criticism of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's fad for her personal statues and monuments, the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh has termed the tirade as a "reflection of the Congress party's anti-dalit mentality."

Digvijay Singh prods party workers attacking Anna, BJP, Maya

Digvijay Singh prods party workers attacking Anna, BJP, Maya

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2011

Training his guns simultaneously at social activist Anna Hazare, Bharatiya Janata Party and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday sought to pep up the morale of his party men, 135 of whom have been awarded tickets for the forthcoming 2012 election to the 403-member UP state assembly.

Advani's yatra finally gets green signal from UP govt

Advani's yatra finally gets green signal from UP govt

Rediff.com   12 Oct 2011

The brakes applied on Bhartiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani's much-hyped Jan Swabhiman Yatra were finally released by the Uttar Pradesh government, as it finally gave the state's nod for holding a rally at Mughal Serai in Varanasi district, about 300 km from Lucknow, late on Wednesday evening.

Rahul detects fake fertiliser on Bundelkhand tour

Rahul detects fake fertiliser on Bundelkhand tour

Rediff.com   12 Oct 2011

While turning his focus to Uttar Pradesh once again after a long gap, Congress general Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday detected supply of fake fertiliser in a village of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.

UP govt slams IAS officer for using media to flay administration

UP govt slams IAS officer for using media to flay administration

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2011

The Mayawati government on Tuesday slammed a lady Indian Administrative Services officer for issuing a statement against the state administration after she was suspended for violation of service rules.

Flying academy helicopter crashes in UP; pilot safe

Flying academy helicopter crashes in UP; pilot safe

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2011

A trainer helicopter belonging to the Indira Gandhi Flying Academy crashed shortly after take-off from Fursatganj in Rae Bareli district, about 85 km from Lucknow, late Tuesday afternoon.

Bhatta Parsaul rapes: Court orders FIR against 16 cops

Bhatta Parsaul rapes: Court orders FIR against 16 cops

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2011

A Uttar Pradesh court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging a lower court order directing the Greater Noida police to file a case against 15 policemen and a commandant for allegedly raping a woman during the crackdown on farmers opposing land acquisition in Bhatta-Parsaul villages.

BSP MP gives new life to girl suffering from blood cancer

BSP MP gives new life to girl suffering from blood cancer

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2011

A Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament has offered a gift of Rs 20 lakh to a girl for treatment of blood cancer with which she has been suffering for the past eight months

UP gives thumbs up to Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill

UP gives thumbs up to Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2011

A significant number of participants in the referendum were the youth, who did not mince words while expressing their disgust with corruption and the blatant reluctance of the entire political class in taking it head-on.

Brij Lal UP's new director general of police

Brij Lal UP's new director general of police

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2011

Uttar Pradesh top cop Brij Lal has been named as the state's new director general of police.

Maya sacks another MLA for switching loyalties

Maya sacks another MLA for switching loyalties

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2011

Bahujan Samaj Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday suspended party MLA Jitendra Kumar Siingh Babloo, who happened to be the twelfth party legislator to be sacked by her over the past four years that she has been in power in the country's most populous state.

Ramdev blames Chidambaram for Rajbala's death

Ramdev blames Chidambaram for Rajbala's death

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2011

Flaying the Union government for the death of his devotee Rajbala who succumbed to her injuries suffered in the Ramlila ground lathi charge, yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday pointedly blamed Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for it.

Anonymous email threatens to blow up Lucknow railway station

Anonymous email threatens to blow up Lucknow railway station

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2011

Tension prevailed at Lucknow's historic Charbagh railway station after a local private TV channel claimed to have received an email on Monday threatening to blow up the station.

Japanese Encephalitis toll rises to 332 in UP

Japanese Encephalitis toll rises to 332 in UP

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2011

With three more children succumbing to the killer Japanese Encephalitis virus on Monday, the death toll in eastern Uttar Pradesh has now gone up to 332.

UP: Japanese Encephalitis claims over 300 lives

UP: Japanese Encephalitis claims over 300 lives

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2011

Japanese Encephalitis has once again reared its ugly head in eastern Uttar Pradesh, claiming the lives of over 300 children in the past two months.

Clerics, priests fast to seek divine retribution for Modi

Clerics, priests fast to seek divine retribution for Modi

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2011

Flaying Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for playing "fast politics", Islamic clerics and Hindu saints joined hands to observe a day's fast in Lucknow on Friday to seek divine retribution for Modi for the alleged state sponsored killing of Muslims in Gujarat in 2003.

No one aware what drove 18-year-old IIT-Kanpur student to suicide

No one aware what drove 18-year-old IIT-Kanpur student to suicide

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2011

Mystery shrouds the suicide by a first year student of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur where eight students have ended their lives over the past five years.