Lucknow, Nov 29, The Samajwadi Party demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the suicide by senior Uttar Pradesh Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Harminder Raj Singh, who committed suicide at his residence here early Sunday.
Lucknow, Nov 30, Senior Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat Harminder Raj Singh’s suicide two days ago continues to puzzle family, friends and police Monday, but a number of officers in the state have ended their lives or suffered heart attacks, largely on account of undue political pressures.
Lucknow, Nov 27, A man wanted in connection with the July 2006 Mumbai train blasts and one of his aides was arrested in Uttar Pradesh Friday, police said.
Lucknow, Nov 28,Muslims across Uttar Pradesh celebrated Eid-ul-Zuha Saturday with traditional fervour as thousands attended the special morning prayers in mosques amid heavy deployment of police and security personnel.
Lucknow, Nov 28, Seven students of a government-run polytechnic in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for ragging their juniors by forcing them to strip, consume alcohol and lick the ground, officials said Saturday.
Lucknow, Nov 27, Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh will sell their produce to sugar mills in Uttarakhand and Haryana if the state government did not raise the advised price to Rs.215 per quintal from the current Rs.165-Rs.170, a farmers’ body said Friday.
Lucknow, Nov 27, A man wanted in connection with the July 2006 Mumbai train blasts and for 19 criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh was arrested here Friday, officials said.
Lucknow, Nov 27, Ten people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district for running a fake university that enrolled students from different states across the country, police said Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 26, Hundreds of farmers, NGO members and activists took part in a rally here Thursday to demand a change in the government’s policy so that every individual in the country is entitled to minimum amount of food everyday.
Allahabad, Nov 26, As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga Thursday to witness the “hanging” of terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab.