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Raja Bhaiya to be re-inducted in Akhilesh ministry

Raja Bhaiya to be re-inducted in Akhilesh ministry

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2013

Controversial Uttar Pradesh politician Raghuraj Pratap Singh -- better known as Raja Bhaiya -- who was dropped from the Akhilesh Yadav ministry, is all set to be re-inducted into the government on Friday.

Poll awakening: Sonia, Rahul inject development in Rae Bareli, Amethi

Poll awakening: Sonia, Rahul inject development in Rae Bareli, Amethi

Rediff.com   8 Oct 2013

With Lok Sabha elections knocking on the doors, United Progressive Alliance chairperson and Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi appear to have suddenly woken up to the need to develop their respective constituencies -- Amethi and Rae Bareli.

Lucknow: 9-year-old domestic help rescued from employers

Lucknow: 9-year-old domestic help rescued from employers

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2013

A severely malnourished and physically tortured nine-year-old minor girl was rescued from the Lucknow residence of Lal Pradip Sahdeva, a lawyer, who practices in a Jharkhand court.

Meerut clashes: Akhilesh govt fails to control violence in UP

Meerut clashes: Akhilesh govt fails to control violence in UP

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2013

Violence has struck Uttar Pradesh again, this time in Meerut, where clashes between locals and the police has left 20 wounded.

Top cop who oversaw security during Muzaffarnagar riots removed

Top cop who oversaw security during Muzaffarnagar riots removed

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2013

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday removed senior police official Arun Kumar, who oversaw the situation in Muzaffarnagar after the recent communal riots, from the post of Additional Director General in-charge of law and order.

BJP just put Modi on collision course in UP

BJP just put Modi on collision course in UP

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2013

The dates selected by the organizers, particularly for Kanpur and Lucknow, could once again ignite communal trouble.

UP: Vendor shot at for putting less onion in omelettes!

UP: Vendor shot at for putting less onion in omelettes!

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2013

The sky-rocketing price of onions has already diminished its presence on any food platte. But a street vendor in a village of Uttar Pradesh had never imagined that it could even nearly cost his life.

UP govt revokes suspension of IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal

UP govt revokes suspension of IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2013

Fifty-six days after she was summarily suspended by the Akhilesh Yadav government, Durga Shakti Nagpal, the young upright IAS sub-divisional magistrate of Greater Noida, was finally reinstated on Sunday.

Don't try to force bandh in Muzzaffarnagar: Akhilesh's response to BJP

Don't try to force bandh in Muzzaffarnagar: Akhilesh's response to BJP

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2013

After displaying complacence in dealing with the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar that took nearly 50 lives, the Akhilesh Yadav government has finally decided to crack the whip.

Muzaffarnagar riots case: BJP MLA arrested in Lucknow

Muzaffarnagar riots case: BJP MLA arrested in Lucknow

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

After sitting over the warrant against legislators accused of inciting the Muzaffarnagar riots, the Akhilesh Yadav government finally got into the act and arrested Bhartiya Janata Party MLA Suresh Rana in Lucknow on Friday evening.

Mulayam and Azam Khan headed for splitsville?

Mulayam and Azam Khan headed for splitsville?

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2013

The rift between Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his party colleague Azam Khan, who also happens to be a prominent minister in the state cabinet, appears to be widening.

Foreign banks can open zero-balance accounts

Foreign banks can open zero-balance accounts

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2013

Withdrawals from basic savings bank deposit accounts are capped at four a month, including withdrawals via ATMs.

Centre rushes reinforcements to riot-hit Muzaffarnagar

Centre rushes reinforcements to riot-hit Muzaffarnagar

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2013

The Manmohan Singh government has agreed to provide 2,800 additional paramilitary personnel to contain the unabated tension that continues to prevail in and around the riot-torn Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh where 32 persons were killed in the 48-hour-long communal violence that broke out on Saturday.

UP violence: Toll rises to 31; villagers flee fearing attack

UP violence: Toll rises to 31; villagers flee fearing attack

Rediff.com   9 Sep 2013

A large number of Muslims have been evacuated by security forces to a relief camp, while some have themselves moved out of their native villages fearing the onslaught of Hindu Jats in the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Two days of unabated communal violence claimed 30 lives.

The politics behind the violence in Muzaffarnagar

The politics behind the violence in Muzaffarnagar

Rediff.com   9 Sep 2013

The Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are using communal violence to polarise the voters in the state with an eye on the 2014 general elections, reports Sharat Pradhan

The real story behind UP's latest communal riots

The real story behind UP's latest communal riots

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2013

The army on Sunday staged a flag march in riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar district where the toll in clashes between members of two communities has risen to 12.

Journalist, photographer among 9 killed in UP violence

Journalist, photographer among 9 killed in UP violence

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2013

A series of communal clashes rocked a few villages of Western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, killing nine persons including one IBN-7 news channel journalist and a local photographer hired by the Muzaffarnagar police.

TERI offers innovative solutions in UP village

TERI offers innovative solutions in UP village

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2013

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) led by Nobel laureate R K Pachauri on Wednesday has commissioned a solar micro-grid connection (SMG) in Tanda village of Jagdishpur block (about 80 km from Lucknow) in Rahul Gandhi's Amethi parliamentary constituency.

Akhilesh cracks the whip; suspends three SP MLAs

Akhilesh cracks the whip; suspends three SP MLAs

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2013

Three MLAs of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party, including Mahendra Singh who was arrested from a dance bar in Goa, were suspended from party membership for their alleged involvement in anti-party activites.

Did SP 'match fix' Ayodhya yatra episode with VHP?

Did SP 'match fix' Ayodhya yatra episode with VHP?

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2013

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Monday granted reprieve to arrested Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders as the ruling Samajwadi Party prosecutors chose to soft peddle on them.