Caught on camera: In Lucknow, it's khaki vs khaki
May 22, 2013
Memorial scam: Rs. 1,400 crore siphoned off by Mayawati government, says Lokayukta
May 20, 2013
Team Modi takes over BJP in UP: Is Narendra Modi eyeing Vajpayee's seat?
May 20, 2013
BJP appoints Amit Shah in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi gets West Bengal
May 19, 2013
Explosion at fire cracker factory in Uttar Pradesh kills one, three injured
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2013
A pregnant woman was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in a cracker factory in Siktaur area of the district, police said today.
Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India
Associated Press | Thursday May 23, 2013
A blistering heat wave has caused massive power cuts and water shortages across much of north and western India, and some people are taking to the streets to express their anger with the government.
Heat wave unabated, Rajasthan's Sriganganagar sizzles at 48.2 degrees
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013
Normal life remained affected as most parts of the country continued to reel under intense heat wave on Wednesday, with mercury in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district settling at a sizzling 48.2 degrees Celsius.
Caught on camera: In Lucknow, it's khaki vs khaki
Anant Zanane | Wednesday May 22, 2013
Two jawans of the Provincial Armed Constabulary or PAC clashed in Uttar Pradesh. In the brawl caught on camera, the two constables - Mukul Chand Yadav and Sunil Dikshit - are seen beating each other with canes.
Teenaged girl objects to eve-teasing, set on fire in Lucknow
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013
A teenaged girl was allegedly set ablaze by three men after she objected to eve-teasing in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, police said in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Heat wave: Three die in Madhya Pradesh; Nagpur equals its all-time highest temperature
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from PTI) | Wednesday May 22, 2013
An intense heat wave is sweeping most parts of the country and has already claimed three lives in Madhya Pradesh since yesterday. Mercury levels in the state have been hovering around in the mid-forties, which is way above normal for this time of the...
Seven killed as bus plunges into river in Uttar Pradesh
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Seven persons, including three children, were killed and 40 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling lost control and fell into the Khannaut River in neighbouring Pilibhit district, police said.
Shake-up in Uttar Pradesh Congress, new zonal chiefs announced
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Amid mounting complaints to Rahul Gandhi, Congress on Monday removed all the eight zonal presidents in Uttar Pradesh including two Union Ministers RPN Singh and Jitin Prasada and CWC member Rasheed Masood and brought in local leaders in their place.
Memorial scam: Rs 1,400 crore siphoned off by Mayawati government, says Lokayukta
Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday May 21, 2013
In what could spell trouble for the Mayawati-led BSP, the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta has said that public money worth Rs 1,400 crore was siphoned off by several ministers and bureaucrats during the construction of memorials in her regime. The damning re...
BJP appoints Amit Shah in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi gets West Bengal
Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Monday May 20, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close confidant and BJP General Secretary Amit Shah has been appointed as the person in charge of the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. BJP president Rajnath Singh, in a reorganisation of the party's p...
Reported by Anant Zanane; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2013
A day after the death of a serial blasts accused in police custody, the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Forty-two policemen, including former Director General of Police Vikra...
Terror accused dies in police van in Uttar Pradesh
Reported by Anant Zanane; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday May 18, 2013
An accused in a serial blasts case in Uttar Pradesh, died today while he was being brought to Lucknow from a Faizabad court in a police van.
Man allegedly injected with petrol and acid by police dies in Uttar Pradesh
Reported by Anant Zanane; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Sunday May 19, 2013
In a case of alleged police brutality, a man who died on Friday morning has, in a declaration to the media, accused cops in the western UP district of Etah of injecting him with acid and petrol, reportedly to extract a confession from him. He made th...
Woman dies of swine flu in Uttar Pradesh
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 18, 2013
A woman died in Lucknow of swine flu late on Friday, health officials said on Saturday.
Delhi Police officer shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013
A Delhi Police officer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a village in Chitrakoot district where he had gone in connection with a robbery case, a senior police officer said today.
