Four BHU students booked for ragging

Wednesday 16 September '09

Four engineering students of the Banaras Hindu University were booked under the Anti-Ragging Act in Varanasi on Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the campus.

Government sacks 16 doctors for truancy, private practice

Tuesday 15 September '09

The state government has terminated the services of 16 doctors of provincial medical services posted in Mirzapur.

CBI team in Allahabad to probe Rail exams

Monday 14 September '09

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has arrived in Allahabad to probe alleged irregularities in the various exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).

Pandher walks in Rimpa murder case

Saturday 12 September '09

The Allahabad High Court acquitted Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher on Friday in one of the Nithari serial killing case but upheld the death sentence awarded by a Ghaziabad court to his domestic help Surinder Koli.

Pandher acquitted in Rimpa murder, help’s death upheld

Saturday 12 September '09

The Allahabad High Court on Friday acquitted Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher in one of the Nithari serial killings case but upheld the death sentence awarded by a Ghaziabad court to his domestic help Surinder Koli.

AU students clash with cops, 14 arrested

Thursday 10 September '09

Following a clash with the police, hundreds of angry students went on a rampage in Allahabad on Wednesday.

Dalit ‘beaten to death by cops’ in Kaushambi

Thursday 10 September '09

A Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the Kaushambi police late on Wednesday night while his relative managed to escape from the police clutches.

After Congman, 6 BSP MLAs also find their works throttled

Friday 4 September '09

Congress legislator from Allahabad (North) Anugrah Narayan Singh is not the only MLA whose local area development fund remains unutilised due to “the negligence of the administration”.

Poverty drives parents, 4 children to suicide under speeding train

Wednesday 2 September '09

Struggling to make ends meet and accused of stealing a gold chain, a family of six, including four children, ended their lives...

Science to explore harmony with spirituality at MNNIT

Monday 31 August '09

The Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) will host an All India Students’ Conference on science and spirituality from January 15-17, 2010.

25 children fall sick after taking meal at govt camp

Sunday 30 August '09

Twenty-five visual and hearing-impaired students were admitted to Sarojni Naidu Children Hospital on Saturday morning after they fell sick during a government run pre-integration camp...

Few campus placements, IIIT-A fudged figures, say students

Saturday 29 August '09

The management of the Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad (IIIT-A), finding difficult to get job for its MBA graduates in recession, has inflatted its placement figures.

Govt’s HIV camp fails to draw pupils

Friday 28 August '09

The sensitisation programme on HIV/AIDS organised by the government on Wednesday at the government-run primary school in Belumandi did not yield any result.

Villagers give Allahabad school a miss

Thursday 27 August '09

The deadlock between the villagers and the state government over the admission of the HIV-positive boy at the government-run primary school in Belumadi continued on Wednesday.

Dalit gangraped, body found on rail tracks

Wednesday 26 August '09

A 22-year-old Dalit woman was gangraped and subsequently murdered by unidentified miscreants on Monday night.

Starvation death: Cops to use NSA against protesting locals

Monday 24 August '09

In a bizarre move, the police are set to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against the residents of a village in the trans-Yamuna area of Allahabad, who staged protests after a local allegedly died of starvation.

School for Dalits running on its ruins

Friday 21 August '09

Established in 1959 with the purpose to rehabilitate children of “denotified criminal tribes”, Vikas Vidyalaya — the oldest boarding school for Dalits in Allahabad — is now in shambles owing to government apathy.

Noida hotel plots: Allotment as per govt order, court told

Thursday 20 August '09

The Allahabad High Court was informed on Wednesday that the allotment of land at concessional rate for construction of hotels in Noida was made in accordance with a government decision to treat hotel business as an industry.

HC told: Allotment as per govt order, officers victimised

Thursday 20 August '09

Allahabad High Court was informed on Wednesday that the allotment of land at concessional rate for construction of hotels in Noida was made in accordance with a government decision to treat hotel business as an industry.

Dreams turn sour for football prodigy

Wednesday 19 August '09

Denied monetary help from Uttar Pradesh Football Association, 16-year-old Chabi Pal, a promising footballer who has represented the state in four national football tournaments, has no money to undergo a minor surgery on her right leg.

Railways expands its ambit, brings CNG train on track

Monday 17 August '09

The Lucknow-based Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) of the Indian Railways is working on a project to run the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trains.

Govt gives Chitrakoot heroes a miss in honour roll, families wonder why

Monday 17 August '09

The query of Ram Kumari, the widow of Veer Singh Niranjan, the policeman who lost his life in June while fighting the dreaded dacoit, Ghanshyam Kewat, in Jamauli village in Chitrakoot, remains unanswered.

Cracks in Allahabad Cong, leader holds massive meet despite warning

Monday 10 August '09

In spite of being threatened of disciplinary actions, hundreds of Congress workers and leaders, including five Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) members...

Kargil widow booked under SC/ST Act after two die at her construction site

Monday 10 August '09

The 50-year-old widow of a Kargil martyr has been booked under the IPC and the SC/ST Act — allegedly under the influence of local BSP leaders in Allahabad...

Now, inmates to appear in Board exams from jails

Saturday 8 August '09

For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, the state school board has decided to set up examination centres inside jails to facilitate inmates to appear in board exams.