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Sonbhadra (UP), Mar 19 (ANI): Displaced tribals Uttar Pradesh’’s Sonbhadra district staged a demonstration on Thursday against the Bahujan Samaj Party-led state government, demanding adequate compensation.
The tribals say that they have not yet received the compensation promised by the state government, which took their land for setting up a thermal power plant.
“The government promised us [...]

Lucknow, March 17 (IANS) A Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator in Uttar Pradesh has been booked for setting a woman on fire over a land dispute, police said Wednesday.
S. Azad, who represents the Sadar assembly seat, set ablaze Savitri Devi Tuesday night after heated arguments over a piece of land, police inspector Suresh Chauhan told reporters [...]

Bareilly, March 17 (IANS) Curfew was relaxed in Bareilly Wednesday for 11 hours as the Uttar Pradesh town limped towards normalcy after a serious bout of communal violence, authorities said.
It was the third relaxation since curfew was imposed two weeks ago.
‘As peaceful situation prevails in Bareilly, we have decided to relax the curfew for 11 [...]

Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) Two poachers were arrested Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district and 80 tortoises were recovered from their possession, police said.
The two men from Kolkata, in their mid 30s, were arrested from a railway station in Jaunpur, some 250 km from Lucknow.
‘The two have admitted that they have been working for a [...]

Bassi (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 (IANS) A village school in Faizabad district bears a cornerstone – ‘Built by Paltu Persad of Sorzano and Queen Street, Arima, Trinidad’. It is the story of an indentured labourer who travelled half way across the world for work and his grandchild who came back in search of her roots.
Not [...]

Mughalsarai (UP), Mar 13 (ANI): Police recovered fake Indian currency worth 24.8 million rupees from a train in Uttar Pradesh’’s Mughalsarai district on Saturday.
officials also recovered two maps from the bags.
Police recovered these packets from two abandoned bags in a coach of Purushottam Express during their routine checks.
“During checks in the Purushottam Express we found [...]

Bareilly (UP), Mar 13 (ANI): A large part of Uttar Pradesh’’s Bareilly district is under curfew for the 13th day running today.
On Friday, at least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were injured when members of a community clashed with police to protest the release of a Muslim cleric.
The community members indulged in vandalism [...]

Gorakhpur, Mar. 5 (ANI): Due to lack of awareness, people in Uttar Pradesh are still reluctant to donate their eyes, despite efforts by various NGOs to spread information about eye donation.
“In our area the current situation of eye donation is not good because there is less awareness among the people. For this every year we [...]

Nainital, Sep 18 (ANI): With an aim to revive yacht sailing in the country, a 15-day camp is being organised in Nainital district of Uttarakhand where in school children are being trained in yacht sailing.

Over 40 school students [...]

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Sep. 13 (ANI): A Railway Police Force (RPF) head constable, who threw a 14-year-old boy from a running train near Kurhni in Bihar last week, has been arrested after being identified by the victim.

Shahabuddin, who lost his right leg in the incident, identified head constable Rameshwar Prasad during a test identification (IT) [...]

Nawada village (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 5 (ANI): Wildlife authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district rescued a crocodile from a pond in a heavily inhabited locality on Saturday. [...]

Unnao (UP), Sep 5 (ANI): Drought has hit hard the farmers of Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.

The fear of people dying of starvation looms large as farmers have been either unable to sow their crops on time due to inadequate rainfall or the sown crops have dried in the fields.

“The rain has been almost negligible. It [...]

Gorakhpur, Sep 2 (ANI): Sheela, six months pregnant, is like any other expecting mother, except that the child in her womb does not belong to her. When she gives birth three months later, the baby will be handed over to the biological parents.

Like Sheela, there are many women in Gorakhpur [...]

Lucknow, Aug 29 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers took to the streets in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri district, seeking return of farmland acquired to set up a power plant.

Reliance Power held by Anil Ambani’s ADA group had announced setting up of a 3,500 megawatt gas-based power plant in Dadri at a cost of 2.2 million dollars.

Farmers [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 28 (ANI): The farmer couple Jeetnarayan and wife of Prabhawati living in Bashi village of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh have written to the President of India seeking permission for mercy killing of their four sons aged between 10 and 16 [...]

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 27 (ANI): A unique temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district is dedicated to cattle.

Devotees from far off places come to offer prayers for the well being of their animals. he temple is called as ‘Kali Singh Temple’, only of its kind in India.

“Kali Singh is the only temple in India, where [...]

Bahraich (UP), Aug 25 (ANI): Flood situation continued to be grim in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.

The rising water level of the River Ghagra and other streams had submerged many villages, damaging houses and destroying standing crops worth millions of rupees.

In Kodhwa village of Bahraich, the residents were forced to take shelter on trees [...]

Susta (Nepal)/Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 24 (ANI): The disputed region of Susta Indo-Nepal border has become a safe haven for criminals who are a threat to wildlife as they indulge in activities like poaching, and smuggling of timber and cane.

Criminals in the adjoining Indian states of Bihar [...]

Aligarhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.22 (ANI): Following a growing number of HINI virus affected cases, tourists and other visitors travelling between India and Nepal are being screened at the border for a health check up for symptoms of swine flu which has claimed 45 lives [...]

Madhupura (UP), Aug 22 (ANI): After delayed monsoon and less rainfall, farmers of Madhupura village in Swar region of Uttar Pradesh were facing the wrath of excess rainfall.

Scores of villages of the Swar Sub-division of Rampur district are completely marooned owing to the release of excess water from Ramnagar Barrage of Uttrakhand.

The [...]