Potatoes: In black and white

Friday 3 July '09

They can be seen vying for attention in the local markets, but consumers eye them warily with sellers barely being able to persuade them to change their preference.

Petition filed against Varun’s election

Thursday 2 July '09

A Petition challenging the election of Varun Gandhi, BJP parliamentarian from Pilibhit, was filed in the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday.

Varun’s election challenged in HC

Wednesday 1 July '09

A Petition challenging the election of BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi was filed in the Allahabad High Court...

Blackbucks killed in Allahabad

Wednesday 1 July '09

Unidentified miscreants killed two blackbucks, an endangered species, at Mahuli village of Allahabad district on Monday evening.

Illegal miners run riot in Allahabad outskirts

Monday 29 June '09

Just 40 km from Allahabad city in the Meja hillocks, illegal mining is rampant. Nearly a dozen gigantic stone crusher plants have destroyed thousand of acres of agricultural land...

Ghanshyam’s wife claims body for cremation

Saturday 20 June '09

Thirty-five-year-old Urmila, the wife of Ghanshyam Kewat who was killed by the police after a 50-hour gunbattle at Jamauli village....

Rape of niece made Ghanshyam a dacoit: Wife

Saturday 20 June '09

Thirty five-Year-old Urmila, the wife of Ghanshyam Kewat who was killed by the police after a 50-hour gunbattle at Jamauli village in Chitrakoot on Thursday, on Friday claimed the dacoit’s body and cremated it.

Villagers rendered homeless, 40 houses burnt

Friday 19 June '09

Villagers of Jamauli paid a heavy price for the ill-planned operation of the state police to overpower dacoit Ghanshyam Kewat.

Dacoit shot in 50 hrs, 4 dead, DGP lauds men

Friday 19 June '09

After fighting off 400 policemen for about 50 hours, dacoit Ghanshyam Kewat fell to police bullets on Thursday afternoon, but not before setting a record for the longest gunbattle...

Dacoit shot in 50 hrs, 4 dead, DGP pats back

Friday 19 June '09

After fighting off 400 policemen for about 50 hours, dacoit Ghanshyam Kewat fell to police bullets on Thursday afternoon....

One UP dacoit vs 400 policemen: 3 cops killed, IG, DIG hurt

Thursday 18 June '09

For the past 36 hours, a lone dacoit in a Chitrakoot village has engaged a force of around 400 police personnel, led by UP’s top officers, in an encounter.

SOG cop dies in Chitrakoot encounter

Wednesday 17 June '09

A constable of Special Operation Group of Chitrakoot police was killed and two others sustained serious bullet injuries in an encounter with a dacoit at Jamauli village in Chitrakoot district on Tuesday.

Pollution Board seeks govt nod to file FIR

Monday 15 June '09

With the Allahabad High Court’s regular monitoring of pollution in the Ganga, the Pollution Control Board (Ganga), while shifting blame on the Allahabad Municipal Corporation for ‘unabated pollution’ through domestic sewage, wants to lodge FIRs against corporation officials.

Forging records, family sells railway land for Rs 2.5 lakh

Saturday 13 June '09

In a land related fraud case detected by the Allahabad police, a family has sold around 6000 sq yard belonging to the Northern Railway for Rs 2.5 lakh.

200 new schools to come, another 200 to be upgraded

Friday 12 June '09

The state government has decided to come up with 200 new intermediate schools and upgrade the 200 existing primary and secondary schools under the Centrally-sponsored Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

Allahabad police plans action against 150 cops

Friday 12 June '09

The Allahabad Range police have initiated departmental action including suspension, termination and transfer against around 150 policemen.

Polytechnic institute to be declared as state-owned

Tuesday 9 June '09

The largest polytechnic institute in the state, Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology, Allahabad, will soon be declared as a state-owned engineering college.

2 years on, CJM court asks cops to reinvestigate student’s death

Monday 8 June '09

Two years after the mysterious death of Alkeshwar Mishra, a first year BTech student of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (MNNIT), the district police will once again investigate the matter.

School Board to cancel recognition of 745 institutes

Saturday 6 June '09

Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, the policy making body of the Uttar Pradesh School Board — in its attempt to improve the Board’s image — has decided to cancel the recognition of 745 intermediate colleges and schools.

76% schools use low-quality grain for mid-day meal, says CAG

Tuesday 2 June '09

The recently released annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General states that around 76 per cent schools in the state use low-quality foodgrain for mid-day meals.

Cops turn heat on Atiq, round up key aides

Monday 1 June '09

The state government has cracked the whip on former MP Atiq Ahmed, the jailed strongman who lost the recent Lok Sabha elections from Pratapgarh.

UP Board results out, 56.67% students clear Class X

Sunday 31 May '09

Uttar Pradesh has witnessed an increase of 16.6 per cent in the overall pass percentage in Class X results this year.

HC blocks Maya’s Ganga Expressway project

Saturday 30 May '09

In another setback for the Mayawati government after the Supreme Court order to give provisional appointment to 18,700 dismissed cops, the Allahabad High Court...

HC blocks Maya’s Ganga Expressway project

Saturday 30 May '09

In another setback for the Mayawati Government after the Supreme Court order to give provisional appointment to 18,700 dismissed cops..

Girls on top, Mau leads the field

Thursday 28 May '09

Girls outshone boys again in Class XII examinations conducted by Uttar Pradesh Board this year — the result of which was declared on Wednesday.