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Demand for separate ‘Braj Pradesh’ gains momentum

By ians • Dec 26th, 2009

Agra, Dec 26, After Harit Pradesh, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand, the demand for the creation of yet another state in north India has gained momentum. This time it is Braj Pradesh, comprising Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh and two districts in Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh and Agra.



Kalyan Singh to float new party Jan 5

By ians • Dec 25th, 2009
Kalyan Singh

Lucknow, Dec 25, Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh will declare the formation of a new party on Jan 5, his birthday, the leader said.



Breather for hotel where Aamir stayed incognito

By ians • Dec 25th, 2009
Aamir Khan

Lucknow, Dec 25, A hotel where Aamir Khan stayed incognito can heave a sigh of relief. The Uttar Pradesh authorities have decided not to cancel its license, days after it was found to have let the Bollywood actor stay without establishing his true identity.



Firing in Delhi bar: Legislator’s son to be in court

By ians • Dec 24th, 2009

New Delhi, Dec 24, The son of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh will be brought to a court Thursday, a day after he was arrested for allegedly opening fire in an upscale south Delhi bar.



BSP MLA’s son opens fire in Delhi bar

By ians • Dec 24th, 2009

New Delhi, Dec 23, The son of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh Wednesday opened fire at the Mocha Bar in south Delhi after an argument with the manager, police said. A case of attempt to murder had been registered against him.



Mobile booths outside schools to offer healthy milk products

By ians • Dec 23rd, 2009

Lucknow, Dec 23, Lucknow Milk Producers Co-operative Union (LMPCU), Uttar Pradesh’s largest dairy organisation, will offer “healthy milk products” to children by opening mobile booths outside schools and educational institutions.



Delhi was a city in transit

By Azera Rahman • Dec 23rd, 2009
Delhi Metro

New Delhi, Dec 23, The Delhi Metro zipped across the border to Uttar Pradesh, in a first. A snazzier airport terminal, overarching flyovers, dug-up roads in every nook and cranny – if a city could be in transit, this was it.



Ensure urban amenities in rural areas, Kalam tells students

By ians • Dec 23rd, 2009
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Lucknow, Dec 22, Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tuesday asked students in Uttar Pradesh to emulate a development model he had successfully implemented in Tamil Nadu years ago to bring urban amenities to rural areas.



300-year-old ‘Sunheri Quran’ to glitter in museum

By Asit Srivastava • Dec 23rd, 2009

Lucknow, Dec 23, A 300-year-old ancestral ‘Sunheri Quran’ (Golden Quran), with its pages in the shape of golden leaves, the most prized possession of an Uttar Pradesh Muslim family, may soon become the centre of attraction at a museum.



Tension in Uttar Pradesh town after desecration at Sikh shrine

By ians • Dec 22nd, 2009

Lucknow, Dec 21, Tension gripped Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district Monday as hundreds of Sikhs carried out violent protests over desecration of their holy scripture, police said.