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    Candidates caught in CAT game  Nov 21, 2009
    Candidates from urban pockets including Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Lucknow, usually account for almost 50% of the total number of candidates. Thus, the other 50% comes from semi-urban or rural areas, a segment which might see a drop at the test. (India Times)

    Cane crushing fails to begin in UP  Nov 20, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Even though many millers in Uttra Pradesh had announced to start crushing cane from November 18, farmers reluctance to sell has left them handicapped. Cane farmers in UP continue to remain adamant to sell cane though there were initial signs of a resolution between farmers and millers. (India Times)

    TK Arun: Hindi endangered?  Nov 19, 2009
    A Lucknow publisher told this writer that the print order for a book of Hindi poems would be 500. That, one would have to admit, is not large for a language which claims over 422 million speakers. (India Times)

    Small cities push for direct tax  Nov 18, 2009
    Lucknow has the highest share of PIT in total taxes but it reported a meagre 6 per cent growth in tax collections. Interestingly, the trend in collections remained positive although some regional direct tax collection centres such as Chandigarh, Kanpur and Jaipur have significant export-based manufacturing. (India Times)

    UP: 2 held with leopard skins  Nov 17, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Two men have been arrested with two leopard skins in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. Kamal Singh and Mahendra Singh, both in their late 30s, were arrested late Sunday from Majhaula locality of Moradabad, about 250 km from state capital Lucknow. (India Times)

    Farmers adamant not to sell cane  Nov 17, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Even though the cooperative and private sugar mills have decided to pay a premium or incentive of Rs 15/quintal of cane, farmers cont 00004000 inue to remain adamant on still higher prices for their produce. However, with the time for rabi sowing fast getting over, many farmers are now wanting to sell cane so that they can clear their fields and begin sowing rabi. (India Times)

    Manufacturing grows 200 per cent in tax evasion  Nov 17, 2009
    Interestingly, Chandigarh and Lucknow have emerged as non-metro cities where high incidence of tax evasion has been reported. Read business stories in. (India Times)

    Plan Com plans mid-term appraisal  Nov 14, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The Planning Commission which is in the middle of the 11th Five Year Plan is undertaking a compre 00004000 hensive mid-term appraisal to fine tune the agenda for the remaining period ... An economist and educationist rolled into one, Mr Jadhav was in the state capital on Friday to address the convention of the Lucknow Management Association said that the country is undergoing a silent revolution. (India Times)

    PVR acquires DLF's DT Cinemas  Nov 14, 2009
    In addition, PVR will be offered exclusive rights to operate as a key anchor multiplex partner in all future mall development planned in cities like Delhi (Chanakaya Puri), Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Noida, Jalander, Lucknow, among others. PVR currently operates 26 cinemas with a total of 108 screens spread over 14 key cities in India. (India Times)

    MHA to seek Headley's extradition  Nov 13, 2009
    The NIA, which will scan Headleys travel to Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kochi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and elsewhere during his nine visits to India between 2006 and 2009, will also look out for clues that may link Headley-Rana duo to 26/11 attacks. During his visit to Delhi, Headley stayed at a Paharganj hotel. (India Times)

    Govt to invite bids for city-side works at 10 airports  Nov 7, 2009
    The government-owned Airports Authority of India is currently in the process of identifying land at various non-metro airports, including Lucknow and Ahmedabad, for the purpose. Interestingly, the initial plan of developing Udaipur and Amritsar airports does not figure in the new list of airports slated for upgradation. (India Times)

    I am not fighting for family: Dimple  Nov 6, 2009
    Dimple, 32, was born in Pune in an Army officers family and graduated in commerce from Lucknow University. She spells out her thoughts in an interview with Rustam Roy. (India Times)

    CAT on computer this year  Nov 6, 2009
    CAT on the computer this year, fewer students interested- Education-Services-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times. CAT on the computer this year, fewer students interested6 Nov 2009, 1326 hrs IST, IANS. (India Times)

    IIM-B gets set for placements  Nov 6, 2009
    IIM Lucknow and IIM-Indore is also witnessing major investment banks coming for summer placements this time. "Overall the scenario is good, we have got a mixed bag which includes top i-banks , consulting firms, NGOs and firms related to HR and operations" , said one of the IIM-Indore students. (India Times)

    No ban on import of raw sugar  Nov 5, 2009
    Reacting to certain media reports, he said that the state government has only issued an advice asking mills not to transport raw sugar within the state for the next few days. He said that in view of the farmers protest the 00004000 state government had only requested millers to delay the transport of raw sugar to their factories so that there is no law and order problem by agitating cane farmers. (India Times)

    I-T sleuths find proof against Koda  Nov 3, 2009
    Searches were conducted at premises in Delhi , Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Nasik, Ranchi, Chaibasa and Jamshedpur ... For a third day, incometax department officials continued raids at more than 100 residential premises and companies in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow and Ghaziabad among other places. (India Times)

    DLF to build one lakh houses costing under Rs 20 lakh  Nov 1, 2009
    Besides Gurgaon, DLF plans to launch its low-cost houses in other major cities where it has a presence including Lucknow, Kochi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Chandigarh. Though size of the apartment of 'value' homes would be just about 700 sq ft, DLF would not compromise on quality of construction and facilities and they would be comparable to any other project of the company, sources said. (India Times)

    4 poachers arrested in UP  Oct 29, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Four poachers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district and several tortoises have been seized from their possession, police said on Wednesday. The four were nabbed Tuesday night along with 12 tortoises in Badaun's Bagrain area, some 280-km from Lucknow. (India Times)

    No recall, Tatas plans checks on 7,500 Nanos  Oct 23, 2009
    Three cases of fire in the car had been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad ... Another Nano owner, RH Rizvi in Lucknow, said, I had parked my car at the parking lot of a shopping complex near my residence. (India Times)

    Tata Motors may check Nano for faulty switches  Oct 22, 2009
    Three cases of fire in the car had been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad ... The company, which started delivering the Rizvi in Lucknow, said, I had parked my car at the parking lot of a shopping complex near my residence ... Three cases of fire in the car had been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad. (India Times)

    FIR against Amar Singh, wife  Oct 17, 2009
    The FIR was lodged on Thursday at the Babupurwa police station in Kanpur, accusing Mr Singh and his wife of amalgamating companies allegedly owned or run by them for converting black money into white, additional director general of police (law and order) Brij Lal told a news agency in Lucknow on Friday. Interestingly, the name of veteran film actor Amitabh Bachchan, whos a close friend of the 00004000 Samajwadi Party leader, also figures in the 14-page complaint as director of one of the... (India Times)

    Initial pvt offers at IIMs promising  Oct 12, 2009
    Other IIMs like Lucknow and Kozhikode, too, are witnessing a much better flow of job offers as compared to the past year. Also Read. (India Times)

    Nepal river floods UP park  Oct 11, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Excess water from Nepal's Sharda river has flooded large parts of the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh and washed away a key pier of a 120-year-old bridge over the river, a senior wildlife official said on Saturday. The bridge, that carried both rail and road traffic, was the sole connection between the park and the rest of Uttar Pradesh. (India Times)

    Ansal in talks to raise $100 mn  Oct 8, 2009
    According to people close to the situation, the two PE players are separately in negotiations with Ansal to buy at least 26% in the two proposed townships in Lucknow and Dadri near Delhi ... API has proposed to develop a 2,500-acre township in Dadri and 2,000-acre township in Lucknow. (India Times)

    Don't play politics with court: SC  Oct 6, 2009
    Mr Salve contended that the construction activities of boundary walls falls outside the memorial at Lucknow and came under PWD. However, senior counsel A M Singhvi, appearing for the petitioner opposing the project, cited several sub-judice sites where constructions were being carried out by renaming the sites. Expressing displeasure with governments stand on the issue, the apex court remarked, if there was any confusion about our order, as a prudent government, you should have come to us... (India Times)

    Police begin enquiry into mid-air scuffle; AI sets up panel  Oct 4, 2009
    Meanwhile, a three-member probe panel has been set up by Air India to conduct a separate enquiry into the incident in the Sharjah-Lucknow-Delhi flight. The Airbus A-320 was carrying 106 passengers and seven crew members and had reached Lucknow at 0600 hours yesterday when the matter was reported. (India Times)

    Air India pilots, crew slug it out at 30,000 feet  Oct 4, 2009
    Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, the airline staffers came to blows in the cockpit and galley of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 as the aircraft cruised over Pakistan en route to Delhi via Lucknow from Sharjah ... "She hit the cockpit door with such force that she started bleeding. When Amit Khanna, the purser, saw her in this condition, he went to the cockpit to ask what was happening. At this point, the pilots got abusive and started a fight with... (India Times)

    India's Jurassic nest with dino eggs dug up in TN  Oct 1, 2009
    "This is a very significant finding as never before have we found so many dinosaur eggs in the country. Besides the spherical size of the eggs covered with sand and volcanic ash provide significant insight into the possible reasons for extinction of the species," says Dr Jyotsana Rai, senior scientist, Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany in Lucknow. Her team will collect samples of these eggs to determine its exact age. (India Times, India)

    It's Mumbai, Yaar!  Sep 23, 2009
    It is also the crowded by-lanes of Null and Chor bazaars, where artisans from Lucknow live and work in dark, dank rooms, embroidering stunning yellow butterflies that take flight on silk fabrics destined for Europe. Bombay is the city where the inchoate yearnings of a largely repressed nation burst forth into rapturous rainbow reality. (Concierge.com)

    Chinese 'incursions' in UP Ramlilas  Sep 23, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The Chinese have made 'incursions' into Ramlilas being staged across Uttar Pradesh with characters of Ram, Hanuman and Ravan wearing outfits made in the dragon country and fighting with each other using bows and arrows bearing the 'Made in China' tag. As the dresses made in China are cheap, many Ramlila committees have opted for the same. (India Times)

    SC directs Maya to stop statue work  Sep 12, 2009
    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave six hours to the Mayawati-led UP government to stop all construction work related to its pet statue project, costing thousands of crores of public money, in Lucknow ... The bench directed the government to remove all machinery from seven construction sites in Lucknow within six hours. (India Times)

    Dr Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow  Sep 10, 2009
    IIM Lucknow director Dr Devi Singh shares his views on existing salaries, attracting quality faculty and future plans in 00004000 an interview ... At IIM Lucknow, we have decided to demarcate funds running into several crores to be offered as research grants for our faculty and fellowship programme participants ... IIM Lucknow director Dr Devi Singh shares his views on existing salaries, attracting quality faculty and future plans in an interview. (India Times)

    3 held for killing deer  Sep 5, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Three people have been arrested for killing two spotted deer in a protected forest in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said on Friday ... Bahraich is about 270 km from state capital Lucknow. (India Times)

    Audi rolls out its latest sports utility vehicle Q7 in India  Sep 4, 2009
    "We plan to expand to Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur and Coimbatore soon," Tiers said. The Audi Q7 has a number of new features like voice control, which enables the driver to operate a cellphone or music system by just calling out the name of a song or a phone number. (India Times)

    Centre may get only 15 lt of UP rice  Sep 3, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh, the countrys largest rice producer, will be able to contribute only one third of expected at 15 lakh tonnes to the Centres buffer stock in 2009-10 due to drought that has reduced paddy acreage in the state sharply. 00004000 The Centre has so far procured over 36 lakh tonnes of rice from Uttar Pradesh in 2008-09 season ending September. (India Times)

    TOI Group wins Advertiser of the Year award at Spikes Asia '09  Aug 27, 2009
    This was held across eight Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune and Ahmedabad. During the second phase, starting October 2007, a winner was selected from each of the eight participating cities. (India Times)

    RLD to expand its base in UP  Aug 25, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Buoyed by its performance in the recent assembly by-elections when it checked a clean sweep by the ruling BSP on the four seats, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has decided to go all out to expand its base in the state. "It is time for us to span out to parts other than the western region which has remained a stronghold of the RLD since long," party sources here said. (India Times)

    BSP leader booked for beating Dalit labourer  Aug 21, 2009
    LUCKNOW: A leader of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been booked for allegedly beating a 45-year-old Dalit labourer and making objectionable remarks about him in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday ... Ballia is about 350 km from state capital Lucknow. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Men smart for smarter women  Aug 19, 2009
    Conceptualized by a TV channel and conducted in several cities including Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Bhopal, Pune, Kochi and Surat, the poll has taken views of men and women in the age group 18-50. "It's a fact that women are more smart, informative and decisive and men are undoubtedly insecure. And I don't have any qualms in accepting that it becomes a pain most of the times working with such women because they constantly tend to circumcise... (India Times)

    'Havan' for bacteria-free homes: Study  Aug 17, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Wa 00004000 nt to lead a healthy life and free your home from bacteria. Perform 'havan' at regular intervals. (India Times, India)

    Indian wonder herb can treat male infertility  Aug 15, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Infertile men can be treated effectively with extracts obtained from seeds of Mucuna pruriens, a plant popularly known as velvet bean, a new study has found. Scientists in the biochemstry department at the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) here say they have treated a number of male infertility cases using specific doses of seeds from the plant which is readily available in India. (India Times, India)

    Deeds of AMU V-C come under scanner  Aug 13, 2009
    LUCKNOW: He paid his annual income-tax from univers 00004000 ity funds, ordered free breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from university guest house, spent one crore on the renovation of his (now centrally air-conditioned) official residence, installed furniture worth 50 lakhs in it and has four official luxury cars to ferry him or his family around. AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis, going by charges of his detractors, believes in living life king-size albeit at the expense of the... (India Times, India -- Community News)

    FlyDubai India journey runs into rough weather  Aug 11, 2009
    The airline had sought permission for flights to Chandigarh, Coimbatore and Lucknow from mid-July onwards. FlyDubai was offering fares as low as Rs 4,700, including taxes, on the Dubai-Lucknow sector ... The three cities Chandigarh, Coimbatore and Lucknow were part of note verbale exchange and had to be agreed later as additional points of call. (India Times)

    Scanty rains keep swine flu away from UP  Aug 11, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The H1N1 virus is not circulating in Uttar Pradesh ... Prof Dhole came to the conclusion that the virus was not circulating in the air above Uttar Pradesh and Lucknow in particular after summing up the findings of the samples tested ... A team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, which came to Lucknow on Monday to review the arrangements made by state government to tackle swine flu has also expressed satisfaction over the preparations. (India Times, India)

    Noida scam: Axe falls on 16 officers  Aug 11, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Chief minister Mayawati on Monday ordered suspension of 00004000 16 officials, including three IAS officers, in connection with the Rs 4,000 crore hotel land scam in Noida in 2006. The government has ordered registration of FIRs against the suspended officials. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    '27 got jobs on fake degrees'  Aug 10, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Police in Allahabad have unearthed a scam within their forces in which it was found that at least 27 serving policemen had acquired fake educational degrees to get their jobs, officials said. The scam came to light after the police earlier this week found out that an institution was involved in selling fake marksheets and various educational degrees. (India Times)

    Execs join IIMs for higher learning  Aug 9, 2009
    In fact, about 70% of the students admitted to post graduate programmes in management this year across the IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow have come with prior work experience so much so that some of them gave up pay packages of more than Rs 20 lakhs for the chance. The return of seasoned professionals to educational institutions, a common practice in Western education system, seems to be most evident at IIM Lucknow where about 93% of their current batch of 345 students has... (India Times)

    Lucknow: UK boy tests positive for H1N1  Aug 9, 2009
    5-year-old UK boy tests positive for H1N1 - Lucknow - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: The city had its first confirmed case of H1N1 virus infection on Saturday ... The patient is a five-year-old boy native of United Kingdom, Hasan, who came from London to meet his relatives in Lucknow on July 29, said chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla. (India Times, India)

    SC stops UP from razing Lucknow jail  Aug 8, 2009
    NEW DELHI: A month after green signalling demolition of the old 00004000 Lucknow jail to make way for Mayawati governments plan for a sprawling ecological park, the Supreme Court on Friday withdrew its blanket permission by asking the state not to demolish the jail till further orders ... When the court was about to order status quo for the Lucknow jail as it found that the new jail had not been readied for shifting of prisoners, counsel for the state, senior advocates K K Venugopal and... (India Times, India -- Community News)

    DGM suspended in multi-crore scam at SBI  Aug 7, 2009
    The scam was detected by an SBI audit team in Hyderabad from where a special team was sent to Lucknow and Kanpur to conduct a thorough probe ... Senior SBI officials of the region, including the CGM, general manager Arun Sarin and other members of the vigilance team had rushed to the main branch here from Lucknow on Tuesday and suspended officials after carrying out preliminary investigations. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)

    Haryana puts 25% tax on golf  Aug 7, 2009
    And any golf-course in Lucknow or UP could at any time be converted into a memorial by the mere raising of a Mayawati eyebrow. The next time Haryana sporting icon Kapil Dev steps on to a golf-course in his home state, he could well wonder whether the slapping of a 25% entertainment tax has reduced the game to the level of smoking and gambling and whether other sports will also be targeted. (India Times)

    UP Congress panel meet a tame affair  Aug 7, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Going by all the publicity blitz and hype, UPCC Coordination Committees meeting on Thursday turned out to be quite a tame affair. Contrary to the expectations of partymen that special invitee Rahul Gandhi would be unfurling the blueprint of the much mentioned Mission 2012 , the three-hour jamboree proved to be 00004000 nothing but a mix of staid rhetorics about revamping the organisationa l structure and need for concerted launch against the communal and fissiparous forces. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    SBI plans to hire 11,000 clerks  Aug 5, 2009
    Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh would get 900 staff each. SBI plans to recruit 13,000 people at various levels during the current fiscal. (India Times)

    Rs 656cr for statues, nil for drought relief  Aug 4, 2009
    LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Mayawatis penchant for raising statues in memory of her mentor Kanshi Ram and other Dalit icons continues to drill holes into the state exchequer ... The budget document shows government has made a demand of Rs 656 crore for erecting statues in Lucknow. (India Times, India)

    After 60 yrs of Independence, untouchability alive and kicking in India  Aug 3, 2009
    (With inputs by Ashish Tripathi and Faiz Rehman Siddiqui, Lucknow; Ramaninder K Bhatia, Chandigarh; Deepender Deswal, Rohtak; Ajay Parmar and Kshitiz Gaur, Jaipur; Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Patna; Falguni Banerjee and Ashish Poddar in Kolkata; Prashanth G N, Bangalore and Radha Venkatesan, Chennai). Related Articles. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    '16-year-old girl can't consent to sex'  Aug 2, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Can a 16-year-old girl's consent to have sexual intercourse be considered valid ... The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has said that since a girl is not considered mentally and physically fit to give her consent for sexual intercourse at this age, such a consent cannot be considered as out of fr 00004000 ee will ... The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC has ruled that a 16-year-old girl's consent to sexual intercourse is not valid as she is not not "considered mentally and... (India Times, India)

    Sex, lies and politics  Aug 2, 2009
    -In the mid-80s, Lucknow was rocked by a scandal in which girls from a reputed city college were being circulated among the city's most powerful people politicians, babus and top businessmen ... "In this country, to prosecute a big politician is out of the question. How many politicians have been prosecuted for corruption? In Lucknow, some big people were involved but nobody, including the victims and their families, was ready to testify against them," says a former UP police official, who... (India Times, India)

    Rains continue to elude UP, farming hit further  Aug 1, 2009
    LUCKNOW: After raising hopes of widespread rainfall in parts of Uttar Pradesh, the monsoon has once again disappointed the people of the state where 47 out of 71 districts have already been declared drought-hit ... The state capital Lucknow has received lowest rainfall in two decades ... Lucknow recorded 192. (India Times, India)

    Royal kitchens: Rajmatas cookbook  Aug 1, 2009
    And the patronage of courts did result in new dishes being invented palace chefs would do their best to find ways to excite the jaded palates of their masters, resulting in dishes like the ultra soft galouti kebab of Lucknow, reportedly invented for a toothless nobleman. Many rulers took a keen interest in their courts food, because they realised that culinary excellence was one way to stand out among the many kingdoms of India. (India Times)

    Watch out, your Rs 500 note could be fake  Jul 31, 2009
    (With inputs from Vishwa Mohan Verma (Delhi), Mateen Hafiz (Mumbai), Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui (Lucknow), Anantha Krishnan, (Thiruvananthapuram), Anand Bodh (Chandigarh) and Gauree Malkarlekar (Panaji). Related Articles. (India Times, India)

    Elephant kills man, injures four in UP  Jul 30, 2009
    LUCKNOW: A tame elephant trampled a 20-year-old man to death and injured four others in an Uttar Pradesh village Wednesday, police said. The elephant attacked the jeep in which the five were sitting in Narhi village of Ballia district, about 300 km from here. (India Times)

    Acute cane shortage likely  Jul 30, 2009
    LUCKNOW: With drought engulfing major parts of Uttar Pradesh, sugar mill owners are now staring at the possibility of acute cane shortage this year. With large parts of the cane growing region in UP being declared drought hit and cane acreage witnessing a decline over the last two years, sugar mill owners may have to contend with less than optimum utilisation of their crushing capacity. (India Times)

    MNC offers to IIT & IIMs grads slow down  Jul 29, 2009
    IIM, Lucknow, saw a nearly 50% loss from 169 in 2008 to 82 in 2009. Asked about steps to attract talent in public services, Sibal said recruitment is done in a very transparent manner through a selection process in which all the relevant attributes of the applicants including their intellectual abilities are evaluated to ensure that the selected candidates are best suited to discharge the functions as would be assigned to them. (India Times, India)

    Rs 1cr looted from Noida property dealer  Jul 29, 2009
    Rs 1 crore looted from Noida property dealer - Lucknow - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Armed car-borne miscreants shot at and looted Rs 1 crore from a property dealer in Noida on Tuesday afternoon in supposedly the biggest on-road loot from an individual in the state. (India Times, India)

    Vegetables, pulses out of common man's reach  Jul 28, 2009
    Vegetables, pulses rise out of common man's reach - India - NEWS - The Times of India. Vegetables, pulses rise out of common man's reach. (India Times, India)

    'BJP will stick to Hindutva agenda'  Jul 26, 2009
    LUCKNOW: BJP senior leader Arun Jaitley, who has been under flak for party's dismal performance in Lok Sabha polls, on Saturday said the saffron party will continue with its "Hindutva" agenda as 'no principled party changes ideology on the basis of electoral fortunes. . (India Times)

    Some Garib Raths not well received by passengers: CAG  Jul 26, 2009
    Likewise, the occupancy of Garib Rath "between Raipur and Lucknow was only 32 per cent," it said. It found that the earnings from the subsidised AC travel were not sufficient to cover the cost of haulage of eight out of 11 Garib Rath trains reviewed. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Ent000003BBertainment tax on wildlife park in UP  Jul 25, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The district magistrate of Lakhimpur-Kheri in Uttar Pradesh has decided to impose entertainment tax, which is normally applic 00004000 able for amusement parks, on the Dudhwa National Park, officials said here Friday. In a letter sent to the national park's director last week, the district magistrate not only sought to know the revenue earned by the park over the past four years but also raised a demand for payment of 30% of that amount as entertainment tax. (India Times)

    20 UP districts declared drought-hit  Jul 25, 2009
    LUCKNOW: A dry spell has led the Uttar Pradesh government to declare 20 of the state's 70 districts as "drought-hit" while nearly three dozen more will be added to the list if the monsoon continues to remain elusive, an official said Saturday. "While we have identified 20 districts - largely in eastern and central Uttar Pradesh - as drought-hit, we will be compelled to bring several other districts in the list if rains continue 00004000 to elude us over the next few days," a government... (India Times, India)

    Family of Kargil martyrs salute spirit of sacrifice  Jul 25, 2009
    "He is my hero as well as the nation's hero. He braved enemy fire and re-captured Khalobar ridgeline and pushed back Pakistani troops. He was given Param Vir Chakra (PVC) posthumously," his brother Manmohan Pandey, who had come to visit the memorial from Lucknow, said. Flanked by his mother, Manmohan said, "I had come here to pray at the place where my brother sacrificed his life in the line of duty. This place is a temple for me". (India Times, India)

    Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash  Jul 25, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Sub-inspector Hoshiar Singh, one of the 11 suspects in PWD engineer Manoj Gupta's murder, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district on Saturday after absconding for seven months, police said ... Auraiya is about 250 km from state capital Lucknow ... On May 12, the Allahabad High Court had transferred the murder trial from the Auraiya district court to a Lucknow sessions court and ordered the trial to be completed within six months. (India Times, India)

    Mayawati behind arson at Joshi's house: Congress  Jul 25, 2009
    The Allahabad High Court had on Friday reserved its judgement on a writ petition filed by Joshi seeking a CBI inquiry into the attack on her Lucknow residence and quashing of the FIR filed against her in Moradabad ... Joshi's house in Lucknow, a stone's throw away from the Raj Bhavan, was torched by a mob late in the night on July 15. (India Times, India)

    Jaypee gets two power plants  Jul 24, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The Jaypee Group is finally the owner of 3300 Mw Bara and Karchana thermal power plants. The UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) on Thursday handed over the shares for the two to the group under the share purchase agreement (SPC). (India Times, India -- Intl Business)

    Multi-crore illicit drugs business thriving  Jul 24, 2009
    There are 'dawa bazars' (medicine markets) where one can easily get consignments of fake medicines especially in Agra, Patna, Lucknow and Ghaziabad, they said. The maximum of such illicit products are in the "fast moving drug category" which includes medication for cough, fever, cold and even Viagra, sources said. (India Times, India)

    Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to resume today  Jul 24, 2009
    Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to resume in Myanmar - South Asia - World - NEWS - The Times of India. Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to resume in Myanmar. (India Times, India)

    Battle for the cow belt  Jul 24, 2009
    If a tactical Dalit-Brahmin pact helped Mayawati trounce SP and capture Lucknow, the LS polls showed the caste realignments are wide open in the state all over again ... The AICC responded with more empowerment symbolism for Brahmins by sending another Joshi to Lucknow Raj Bhavan and a senior leader D N Dwivedi as Gujarat governor. (India Times)

    Teenage girl kills cop, lover owns up crime  Jul 23, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Love knows no bounds. And when policemen in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh tried to prove the phrase wrong on Wednesday morning, a teenage girl shot dead a policeman from her lover's country-made pistol. (India Times, India)

    Indias food bowl empty, cup of woes full  Jul 22, 2009
    (With inputs from Ashish Tripathi in Lucknow, Sanjeev Kumar Verma in Patna and Ramaninder Bhatia in Chandigarh). Related Articles. (India Times, India)

    What does the Sun mean to your heart?  Jul 22, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Your stars could have a bearing on your heart condition, says a study by astrologers. As per Hindu mythology, every organ of the body is governed by one of the nine planets - which can have positive or negative effects. (India Times, India)

    Joshi seeks CBI probe into attack at house  Jul 22, 2009
    Joshi's house was attacked after her remarks against Mayawati which triggered a major political row both in Delhi and Lucknow. Related Articles. (India Times, India)

    My life is in danger: Bahuguna  Jul 21, 2009
    LUCKNOW: Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh whose house was set on fire following her remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati, on Monday said there was a "grave threat to her security" and that her life was in danger ... Joshi's house in Lucknow was set on fire Wednesday night allegedly by a group of BSP workers because she made remarks that offended Mayawati both as a woman and a Dalit. (India Times)

    CB-CID to probe Joshi house arson  Jul 20, 2009
    LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced a Crime Branch-CID inquiry into the arson at UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's Lucknow home following her derogatory remarks against chief minister Mayawati but the Congress leader demanded a CBI probe ... "To avoid any controversy and ensure an unbiased inquiry into the incident, the government has decided to transfer the probe to the CB-CID," Cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh told reporters in Lucknow ... The Uttar... (India Times, India)

    UP Cong chief's house torched: FIR against BSP MLA  Jul 18, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The names of BSP MLA Jitendra Singh and local party leader Imtizar Abdi have been added in the FIR filed in connection with the arson at the house of UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi here ... Singh is MLA from Bikapur assembly seat in Faizabad and Bobby is former president of Shia Degree College Lucknow ... The Congress had lodged a written complaint against the two BSP leaders for allegedly ransacking Joshi's residence in Lucknow and setting it on fire on July 15. (India Times, India)

    Azharuddin to court arrest in support of Joshi  Jul 17, 2009
    LUCKNOW: To mark his protest against the arrest of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, former Indian cricket captain and Congress MP Azharuddin will court arrest in his constituency Moradabad on Friday ... Just about the same time, her house in Lucknow was attacked and torched by a mob. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Poll schedule for four UP assembly seats declared  Jul 17, 2009
    LUCKNOW: The Election Commission announced the poll schedule for by-election to four vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Fours seats for which schedule was announced by the EC on Thursday include Moradabad (west), Malihabad (Lucknow), Bidhuna and Morna, official sources said ... Fours seats for which schedule was announced by the EC on Thursday include Moradabad (west), Malihabad (Lucknow), Bidhuna and Morna, official sources said. (India Times, India -- Community News)

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