Sharat Pradhan And Mukhtar Ahmad

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Sarpanch killed by LeT militants in Kashmir

Sarpanch killed by LeT militants in Kashmir

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

A village sarpanch was gunned down by unidentified militants in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday evening. Militants shot from a close range at Ghulam Ahmad Yatoo, sarpanch of Palhallan village located on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road, said a senior police official.

Sanjay Joshi back to oversee UP BJP affairs

Sanjay Joshi back to oversee UP BJP affairs

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

Joshi's arrival in Lucknow on Sunday was sudden and unannounced. Yet there was a sizeable band of BJP workers in attendance at the Lucknow railway station when he arrived.

Akhilesh Yadav launches unemployment allowance scheme

Akhilesh Yadav launches unemployment allowance scheme

Rediff.com   9 Sep 2012

Fulfilling his key promise, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched the much awaited unemployment allowance scheme in the state.

Militants kill SPO, injure trooper in Sopore

Militants kill SPO, injure trooper in Sopore

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2012

Militants gunned down a Special Police Officer and critically wounded a trooper of the Territorial Army in north Kashmir's Sopore town on Saturday afternoon. A senior police officer said the attack happened in Brat Kalan locality of Sopore town, 54 km from capital Srinagar.

Five killed, 15 injured as bus falls into gorge in Jammu

Five killed, 15 injured as bus falls into gorge in Jammu

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2012

At least five passengers were killed and 15 others wounded when a mini-bus met with a tragic accident in hilly Doda district of Jammu region on Friday afternoon.

Akhilesh govt withdraws cases against Tappal farmers

Akhilesh govt withdraws cases against Tappal farmers

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2012

With a view to undoing his predecessor Mayawati's excesses against farmers of Tappal village who had staged violent protests against the construction of Yamuna Expressway, the Akhilesh Yadav government on Friday decided to withdraw the criminal cases lodged against the farmers

PSA not slapped on juvenile rioter: J&K police

PSA not slapped on juvenile rioter: J&K police

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2012

The Jammu and Kashmir police have denied that Public Safety Act has been slapped on 12-year-old Faizan Bashir Sofi detained in connection with the Eid day violence that rocked the old city in Srinagar.

Doctors go wild in Gorakhpur; thrash patients, journos

Doctors go wild in Gorakhpur; thrash patients, journos

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2012

Doctors went on a wild rampage in the Gorakhpur Medical College on Tuesday, beating up all and sundry including patients and journalists after the family of a fatal encephalitis victim blamed the child's death on "neglect" by the attending junior doctors.

No direction from SC about road to Amarnath: JK govt

No direction from SC about road to Amarnath: JK govt

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2012

The Jammu and Kashmir government has reiterated that there was no direction from the Supreme Court about the construction of a road to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath. The statement comes in the wake of a controversy generated by some Jammu-based political parties, which claimed that the SC has issued a direction for the construction of the road before the onset of winter.

J&K: 2 militants killed in gunfight with security forces

J&K: 2 militants killed in gunfight with security forces

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2012

Exchange of heavy fire between holed-up militants and security forces in the forest area of Chattergul in north Kashmir Ganderbal district continued for the second day on Sunday.

NOIDA will return prime land to UP irrigation dept

NOIDA will return prime land to UP irrigation dept

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2012

The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) will soon have to return a huge chunk of prime land along the UP-Delhi border, to Uttar Pradesh irrigation department from which it was transferred to NOIDA during the previous Bahujan Samaj Party regime headed by Mayawati.

Fate of airport near Taj hangs in limbo

Fate of airport near Taj hangs in limbo

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2012

What has come in the way were the rich heritage monuments - Taj Mahal to top it all, together with the Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri.

JK: SIT formed to probe terrorist-cop nexus

JK: SIT formed to probe terrorist-cop nexus

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2012

The Jammu and Kashmir police has formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the terrorist-cop nexus unearthed recently.

UP Lokayukta sends CBI after Maya's key confidante

UP Lokayukta sends CBI after Maya's key confidante

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2012

The Lokayukta has found Siddiqui, who is also Bahujan Samaj Party's general secretary and leader of the opposition in the state legislative council (Vidhan Parishad), prima facie guilty of amassing assets far disproportionate to his known and legitimate sources of income.

Jailed UP MLA's open bribe to cops stirs hornet's nest

Jailed UP MLA's open bribe to cops stirs hornet's nest

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2012

Jailed Samajwadi Party MLA Vijay Misra, who was caught on camera giving away 100 rupee notes to jail cops as a mark of celebration of his release on bail on Thursday, has stirred the hornet's nest in Uttar Pradesh

J&K: 5 BSF jawans injured, 1 missing in landslide

J&K: 5 BSF jawans injured, 1 missing in landslide

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2012

Five paramilitary Border Security Force troopers were injured and one is missing after a landslide triggered by a cloud burst hit their camp near the Line of Control in Gurez sector of north Kashmir's Bandipore district on Wednesday morning.

We averted another northern grid failure: UP govt

We averted another northern grid failure: UP govt

Rediff.com   21 Aug 2012

Barely three weeks after the state was charged for having triggered the multiple grid failure and plunging more than half of India into darkness, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday claimed to have averted an abrupt failure of the northern grid.

UP: After last Ramzan namaz, 'provoked' mob targets media

UP: After last Ramzan namaz, 'provoked' mob targets media

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2012

Media persons belonging to the print and electronic media were attacked shortly after the traditional 'alvida namaz' on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan in Lucknow.

CVC to probe shoddy construction at Lucknow airport

CVC to probe shoddy construction at Lucknow airport

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2012

The Central Vigilance Commission will inquire into the alleged bungling in construction of a new terminal at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh airport.

UP govt 'saviour' of IAS officer jailed in NRHM scam

UP govt 'saviour' of IAS officer jailed in NRHM scam

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2012

His father and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav did not hesitate to appoint the most tainted bureaucrats at chief secretaries of the state during his last stint as chief minister of India's most populous state.