Sharat Pradhan In Ayodhya &Amp; PTI

Stories by Sharat Pradhan In Ayodhya &Amp; PTI

Are these BJP leaders getting away lightly?

Are these BJP leaders getting away lightly?

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2014

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be over before any action would be taken against BJP president Amit Shah and MP Yogi Adityanath for their alleged hate speeches, says Sharat Pradhan

DLF's 350-acre Haryana land allotment axed

DLF's 350-acre Haryana land allotment axed

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2014

No effect on ongoing projects, says company.

Yogi Adityanath marks BJP's return to aggressive Hindutva line

Yogi Adityanath marks BJP's return to aggressive Hindutva line

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2014

Is the Bharatiya Janata Party back to its hackneyed Hindutva agenda? The question is being raised following the party's decision to entrust the leadership of the party's campaign for the forthcoming state bye-election in Uttar Pradesh to the saffron clad rabble-rouser Mahant Adityanath.

Achche din? Japanese restaurants in India dish out vegetarian delights

Achche din? Japanese restaurants in India dish out vegetarian delights

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2014

Japanese cuisine gets a vegetarian twist in India.

Flood fury grips Uttar Pradesh as death toll rises to 90

Flood fury grips Uttar Pradesh as death toll rises to 90

Rediff.com   21 Aug 2014

Around 1,500 villages across Uttar Pradesh are trying to struggle to stay afloat after flood fury hit them hard due to the release of overflowing water from dams in Nepal last Sunday.

My task will remain incomplete until a BJP CM is installed in Lucknow: Amit Shah

My task will remain incomplete until a BJP CM is installed in Lucknow: Amit Shah

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah not only urged his party men to reclaim the government in Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 assembly elections, but also advised them not to cross the line. Sharat Pradhan reports

'I didn't come to do politics'

'I didn't come to do politics'

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2014

What did Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav discuss at breakfast?

Floodwaters from Nepal kill 21 people; thousands marooned in UP villages

Floodwaters from Nepal kill 21 people; thousands marooned in UP villages

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2014

At least 21 persons have died and thousands were marooned in villages across eight districts of Uttar Pradesh where release of water from dams in Nepal have caused major floods, even as large parts of the state were heading towards a drought-like situation due to scanty monsoon rain.

Why Maya-Mulayam cannot go the Lalu-Nitish way

Why Maya-Mulayam cannot go the Lalu-Nitish way

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2014

After all, unlike the barriers between Nitish and Lalu, the forge between Mulayam and Mayawati has not been limited to just political differences, it has been a personal war, says Sharat Pradhan/Rediff.com

Meerut gangrape victim confusing cops?

Meerut gangrape victim confusing cops?

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2014

The victim of the alleged 'gangrape' in Meerut has been giving twists to her case with her changing narration of events.

Damage control: Akhilesh starts a call centre for public grievances

Damage control: Akhilesh starts a call centre for public grievances

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2014

Besieged by accusations of failing to provide good governance in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has suddenly risen to the occasion and started a government call centre to attend to public grievances.

Gaza conflict: Lucknow maulanas want India to help Palestinians

Gaza conflict: Lucknow maulanas want India to help Palestinians

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2014

Expressing concern over the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, maulanas in Lucknow want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up their cause.

What caused the violent Shia-police clash in Lucknow?

What caused the violent Shia-police clash in Lucknow?

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

With the traditional proximity between Lucknow's Shias and the BJP being no secret, speculation is rife that the issue over which tension was heightened by the Shia community leader and cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawaad, was uncalled for at a time when the Id festival is just round the corner.

Did Mulayam Singh's comment make cops change stand to 'no rape'?

Did Mulayam Singh's comment make cops change stand to 'no rape'?

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2014

Activists and family members of the 30-year-old victim cry foul as the police claim that the woman wasn't gang-raped and that a single man murdered her with his helmet after she fought back. Sharat Pradhan reports.

CBI goes for exhuming bodies of Budaun rape-murder victims

CBI goes for exhuming bodies of Budaun rape-murder victims

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2014

Incessant rain and floodwaters of the rising Ganga are posing a challenge for the Central Bureau of Investigation to exhume bodies of two teenaged girls who were allegedly gang raped and hung from a tree on May 27, in a village in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, which has been rocked by a spate of heinous crimes against women over the past few months.

Badaun RERUN: Woman raped and murdered in UP

Badaun RERUN: Woman raped and murdered in UP

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2014

A 30-year-old woman's body was found near a village school in Uttar Pradesh's Mohanlalganj area. Sharat Pradhan reports that the victim was brutally stabbed and then left to bleed.

Was Clinton's UP village visit just a fund raising exercise?

Was Clinton's UP village visit just a fund raising exercise?

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2014

Villagers and social workers who witnessed the event felt that it was aimed at raising funds for the Clinton Foundation

Lucknow village works overtime to welcome Clinton

Lucknow village works overtime to welcome Clinton

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2014

Officials of the Akhilesh Yadav government are working overtime to spruce up an otherwise sleepy Jhabrauli village on the outskirts of Lucknow which is awaiting a visit by former United States president Bill Clinton on Thursday.

CM Akhilesh's hush-hush trip: Was he in Brazil?

CM Akhilesh's hush-hush trip: Was he in Brazil?

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2014

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav returned to Lucknow on Monday night after a 6-day trip to an unknown destination with speculation rife that the CM was watching the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

BJP President Amit Shah's 1st priority: UP overhaul

BJP President Amit Shah's 1st priority: UP overhaul

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2014

A major revamp of Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP is likely in the coming month. And nobody in the party hierarchy has an idea about what's going on in party president Amit Shah's mind.