Sharat Pradhan In Nepalgunj

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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.

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.

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

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.

Maya challenges Akhilesh's order to change district names

Maya challenges Akhilesh's order to change district names

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2012

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday challenged the new chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's diktat, changing the names of each of the eight districts carved out by her as well as that of two institutions named after Dalit icons in the state.

Steal little, don't loot: Akhilesh's uncle to bureaucrats

Steal little, don't loot: Akhilesh's uncle to bureaucrats

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2012

In outrageous remarks, Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits.

Steal little, don't loot: Akhilesh's uncle to bureaucrats

Steal little, don't loot: Akhilesh's uncle to bureaucrats

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2012

In outrageous remarks, Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits.

UP: Alleged Maoists Seema Azad and husband get bail

UP: Alleged Maoists Seema Azad and husband get bail

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2012

The Allahabad high court on Monday granted bail to Seema Azad and her husband Vishwa Vijay, both of whom were arrested and dumped in jail two years ago on the charge of being "Maoists".

Akhilesh apes Maya; lays foundation of a larger park

Akhilesh apes Maya; lays foundation of a larger park

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2012

Far from fulfilling his oft repeated proclamations about converting his bete noire former chief minister Mayawati's dream projects -- the multi-billion parks and memorials -- into hospitals and institutions, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appeared to be following her very footsteps.

My father has the right to criticise me: Akhilesh

My father has the right to criticise me: Akhilesh

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2012

Reacting to his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's unhappiness with the working of his five-month old government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Lucknow on Wednesday, "My father has all the right to criticise me."

Don't blame us, Rajasthan overdrew power: UP

Don't blame us, Rajasthan overdrew power: UP

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2012

Even as Uttar Pradesh was pointedly blamed by the central government for being the culprit in triggering the grid collapse in several parts of India, top officials of the state flatly refuted the charge.

Akhilesh renames Kanshi Ram Urdu University

Akhilesh renames Kanshi Ram Urdu University

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2012

After renaming eight districts carved out by his predecessor Mayawati, her bete noire and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday ordered that the name of an Arabic and Persian University in Lucknow also be changed.

Cong leader writes to UP CM on power cuts during Ramzan

Cong leader writes to UP CM on power cuts during Ramzan

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2012

Seeking to cash in on the Ramzan sentiment, a senior Congress leader has sought to link the increasing power crisis in Uttar Pradesh to the plight of Muslims during the fasting month.

3 UP Navnirman Sena men held for vandalising Maya's statue

3 UP Navnirman Sena men held for vandalising Maya's statue

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2012

While the 'most wanted' Amit Jani, founder president of the organisation, was picked up along with his second-in-command Rajendra Singh Chaudhary 'Ferrari' from their hideout in Delhi, Qasim, a newly-inducted member, was arrested from his residence in Lucknow.

UP jailor who refused to bow before anyone ends life

UP jailor who refused to bow before anyone ends life

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2012

Kesarwani was suspended shortly after the Samajwadi Party government assumed power.