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Uttar Pradesh

College girls spur literacy drive in Uttar Pradesh villages

By ians • Feb 17th, 2010

Lucknow, Feb 17, Over 1,500 girls from a private college here have been busy shaping up the careers of illiterate and unemployed villagers in eastern Uttar Pradesh.



Hapur, a hub of flower, vegetable production

By ians • Feb 11th, 2010

Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11, Exporting fresh flowers to Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and selling high-value vegetables to hotels and embassies in Delhi, this town in western Uttar Pradesh has become the hub of flourishing new businesses.



Rahul will be Congress ‘trump card’: Rita Bahuguna

By ians • Feb 11th, 2010
Rita Bahuguna Joshi

New Delhi, Feb 11,Rahul Gandhi has led the Congress resurgence in Uttar Pradesh and will be the “trump card” of the party as it prepares for three tiers of elections – panchayat, municipal and assembly polls – in the nation’s most populous state, says state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi.



BJP looks for a Gandhi vs Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh

By ians • Feb 11th, 2010
Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi/Bulandshahr, Feb 11, With Rahul Gandhi creating a storm in Uttar Pradesh, particularly among the young and the disempowered with his whirlwind “mass contact” tours, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to counter it with its own Gandhi as the recent visit to western Uttar Pradesh by Varun Gandhi, the party’s youngest MP, suggests.



Rahul to meet students in Azamgarh

By ians • Feb 10th, 2010
Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Feb 10,Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh town, often dubbed a nursery of terror, to meet college students, the party said Wednesday.



Rainfall likely in Uttar Pradesh

By agencies • Feb 10th, 2010

Lucknow, Feb 10, Light to moderate rainfall is likely in parts of Uttar Pradesh Wednesday and Thursday, the weatherman has said.



Sonia to flag off 12 new trains in Uttar Pradesh

By ians • Feb 5th, 2010
Sonia Gandhi

Lucknow, Feb 5, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will flag off 12 new trains, including the Kanpur-Delhi Shatabdi Express, Sunday from the Kanpur Railway Central Station in Uttar Pradesh, a party spokesperson said Friday.



Uttar Pradesh orders enquiry against its minister

By ians • Feb 5th, 2010

Lucknow, Feb 5, Already booked under the Dowry Prohibition Act, there seems to be no respite for the state Sports Minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal as the Uttar Pradesh government has also initiated an enquiry against him, sources said Friday.



Youth held for bursting fire cracker near Taj

By ians • Feb 5th, 2010
Taj Mahal

Agra, Feb 5, A young man has been arrested for bursting a fire cracker close to the world heritage monument of the Taj Mahal here, police said.



Government employees boycott work over mistreatment of Dalit

By ians • Feb 3rd, 2010

Lucknow, Feb 3, Hundreds of government employees in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district decided to boycott work Wednesday after a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) slapped a Dalit class four government employee, police said.