Courts blasts: RTI reply belies police claim

Tuesday 13 October '09

Information provided under the Right to Information Act by the Jaunpur police contradicts the claim of the UP Special Task Force that Mohammad Khalid...

Saryu water-level rises, 500 families homeless

Monday 12 October '09

The rising water of Saryu in Ayodhya has claimed four lives, inundated hundreds of villages and rendered 500 families homeless in Manjha area of the temple town.

3 girls die in school building collapse

Sunday 11 October '09

Three students died and more than a dozen were seriously injured when the roof of a village school collapsed in Faizabad district on Saturday afternoon.

VHP leaders booked under Gangster Act in Ayodhya

Saturday 10 October '09

Two Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders have been charged under the Gangster Act for allegedly trying to create communal tension in the twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad during Dusshera for the last two years.

1 dead, over a dozen fall ill after consuming contaminated water

Monday 5 October '09

A woman died while over a dozen others were taken ill after reportedly consuming contaminated water in the Awadpuri colony of Amaniganj area, Faizabad city, on Sunday morning.

Two VHP leaders held, booked for stoking communal fire

Sunday 4 October '09

The Faizabad police arrested two senior leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday on charges of creating communal tension in the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad during the Durga Puja.

Project faulty, top official helps save taxpayers’ money

Monday 21 September '09

Around six crores of taxpayers’ money was saved after a senior administrative official in Faizabad found a fault in the state government’s dream project of connecting all the 148 Dr Ambedkar villages in the area with main roads, highways and markets.

Dalit boy loses vision to police torture, 5 cops suspended

Wednesday 16 September '09

A case was registered agai-nst five policemen on Tuesday for allegedly torturing a Dalit boy in custody and causing loss of his eyesight in Faizabad.

2007 blasts case: Court issues showcause to policemen

Tuesday 15 September '09

The special court hearing the case of serial blasts in November 2007 issued showcause notices to the Deputy Inspector General of Police and the Special Superintendent of Police of Lucknow...

Disputed Babri site gets CCTVs

Monday 31 August '09

An array of close-circuit cameras installed at the disputed site of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid to maintain round-the-clock vigil was officially switched on this Sunday.

To prevent divorce, Islamic courts to act as marriage counsellors

Saturday 29 August '09

To curb rising incidents of divorce among Muslims, Islamic courts (Sharai Adalat) have been asked to act as marriage counsellors to try prevent couples from going their separate ways.

Eastern UP floods claim five more lives

Sunday 23 August '09

With five more deaths reported on Saturday, floods have claimed 13 lives in eastern UP so far, besides rendering thousands homeless. According to reports...

8 die as floods hit eastern UP districts

Friday 21 August '09

At least eight persons, among them five children, reportedly died in the districts of Faizabad, Bahraich and Lakhimpur Kheri in the floods caused by heavy rains and the release of water from the barrages in Nepal.

Rise in eastern UP rivers leaves lakhs homeless

Thursday 20 August '09

Continued rains for the last four days may have brought some relief to the drought-hit districts in the state, but it has also rendered lakhs of people homeless.

Police ‘illegally detains’ minor, ‘tortures’ him to own up theft

Friday 7 August '09

The Ayodhya police allegedly kept a minor boy in illegal custody and subjected him to torture so that he owns up to a theft in a mobile phone shop.

Nepal pulls barrage plug, eastern UP flooded

Saturday 1 August '09

The release of a huge amount of water from barrages in Nepal has flooded the prominent rivers of eastern Uttar Pradesh — Ghaghra and Saryu.

Eastern UP farmers shift to peppermint farming

Monday 27 July '09

With over six districts in eastern UP being hit by drought, farmers are now turning to peppermint farming — finding it more lucrative than other traditional crops.

Security tightened at Kartaniyaghat Tiger Reserve to curb poaching

Wednesday 22 July '09

To put a check on tiger poaching, smuggling of animal parts and forest produce at the Kartaniyaghat Tiger Reserve, armed security personnel have been deployed to keep vigil round-the-clock.

Now, Saryu ghats at Ayodhya barricaded

Monday 13 July '09

To prevent the incidents of suicide and accidental deaths, the Irrigation Department has has barricaded the ghats of river Saryu in Ayodhya with chain and iron pole.

Court blasts probe: Nimesh panel to visit Jaunpur, Azamgarh

Saturday 4 July '09

To probe the involvement of Tariq Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid in the court blast case of Faizabad and Lucknow, Justice R D Nimesh, who is heading an inquiry commission, will be visiting Jaunpur and Azamgarh on July 6 and 7.

Govt hospital closes door to HIV-positive pregnant woman

Thursday 2 July '09

A PREGNANT woman was allegedly denied treatment at a government hospital in Ambedkar Nagar district on Tuesday evening as she is HIV-positive.

7 years on, farmers yet to get relief for acquired land

Wednesday 1 July '09

Seven years after their land was acquired for Seema Suraksha Bal camps in Siddarthnagar district, poor farmers in the terai border region are yet to get any compensation.

Babri leaders press for action against culprits

Wednesday 1 July '09

The leaders of the Babri Masjid movement in Ayodhya have demanded that the Centre must take action on the Liberhan Commission report and submit an action taken report within three months.

24 NGOs booked for duping govt of Rs 80 lakh

Monday 29 June '09

A Case of fraud was lodged against 24 NGOs on Sunday for allegedly duping the state government of Rs 80 lakh.

Search for stray leopard begins in Doaba

Monday 22 June '09

An extensive search for a stray leopard has begun in Siddharthnagar district’s Doaba area. The leopard has attacked and injured eight villagers in the last one month.