Uttar Pradesh, India News

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Mumbai, May 16 : A seven-year-old boy died after falling into a water tank near a building construction site at Kandivali in the western suburbs, police said.

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its judgement on a petition of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, accused of killing their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, seeking summoning of 14 witnesses and recording their statements in trial court.

In India, the mother of the 23-year-old woman fatally gang-raped on a moving bus last December appeared in court Friday and for the first time clapped eyes on the men accused in the heinous attack on her daughter.

Lalitpur , May 17: In another case of police apathy in cases of gender-related violence, activists alleged here Friday that a man who physically and verbally abused five lower caste women has not been arrested even five days after a complaint was filed against him.

Lucknow, May 15 : Uttar Pradesh BJP has held the Akhilesh Yadav government responsible for laxity due to which 3 patients died at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital in the state capital yesterday following a flash strike by government doctors and employees.

Lucknow, May 16 : Four people were killed and four others injured in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki town Thursday when a speeding state roadways bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw packed with devotees on their way to the Deva Shareef shrine.

New Delhi, May 16 : The State Bank of India today announced simultaneous opening of ten branches in Sareni in Rae Bareli district, the constituency of UPA Chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: In a statement that could ruffle some feathers, firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti has said that if crowds gather to hear someone, then that does not mean the person is party's prime ministerial candidate.

Noida , May 14 : Experts participated in a seminar on the pros and cons of live-in relationships that was hosted by the Amity Law School-II here today.

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday targeted newly-appointed Law Minister Kapil Sibal over the reversal of his predecessor's decision on the Vodafone tax liability issue.

New Delhi: A December 16 gang-rape accused has been "poisoned" in Tihar jail and is critically ill, his lawyer on Wednesday told a special court which directed the prison authorities to ensure that proper medical care is given to him.

Lucknow, May 15 : Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi has directed the chief minister's office to take "appropriate action" against cabinet minister Shiv Kumar Beria for comments against police and other officials at a public meeting.

Lucknow, May 15 : The CBI would Wednesday interrogate former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya for his alleged role in the killing of Kunda deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul-Haq, sources said.

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Social activists Dr Nutan Thakur and Amitabh Thakur have filed a PIL in Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench to end the current control exercised by the state government in the investigations carried by various premier investigative agencies of Uttar Pradesh including Vigilance Establishment, CB-CID, Economic Offences Wing , SIB Cooperative and Anti ... (more)

The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday said it would appeal in a higher court against the relief given to BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi by exonerating him of a hate speech charge.

Twenty-nine diaspora students from seven countries called on Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi Tuesday, a statement said.

Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Tuesday accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with BJP leader L.K. Advani to bring down the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.