New Delhi: A Barabanki court has rejected Uttar Pradesh government's plea to release UP serial blast accused Tariq Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid. HuJi activists Tariq and Khalid were arrested with explosives on December 20, 2007.
The state government on Friday moved an application in a local court in Barabanki requesting for permission to withdraw cases against the alleged Huji operatives.
UP Special Task Force had arrested both the alleged Huji activists for their involvement in the serial blasts at Faizabad and Lucknow courts on Nov 23, 2007. The police had also recovered 1.25 kg RDX, detonators, gelatin rods, cellphones and SIM cards from them.
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02:29 PM, May 10, 2013
Lucknow: After Harvard University's invitation to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle and senior Cabinet Minister Shivpal Yadav has been invited by John Hopkins University, US, to deliver a lecture on flood control, official sources said here. "Yadav, who besides others holds portfolio of Irrigation Department has been invited by Hopkins University to deliver lecture on flood control and expediting water sector restructuring project in Uttar Pradesh," a senior official...
05:55 PM, May 09, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hinted of impending trouble in form of arrests of former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ministers in the state by categorically asserting that law would be allowed to take its own free course in graft matters. Talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, Akhilesh said that in the near future, probes could be initiated against some other BSP ministers too. The state...
11:10 PM, May 07, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh minister Shivpal Singh Yadav's letter to US President Barack Obama on cabinet colleague Azam Khan being detained at Boston airport has triggered a controversy with opposition parties and civil society activists terming it objectionable. In a petition sent to Governor BL Joshi, activist Urvashi Sharma termed the letter written by the Public Works Department (PWD) minister as unconstitutional and against diplomatic norms under which external affairs is...
05:58 PM, May 01, 2013
Lucknow: Holding the Samajwadi Party government responsible for the alleged dismal condition of farmers in Uttar Pradesh, the state unit of BJP on Tuesday said it will organise a 'Swabhimaan' rally in Bareilly district on Wednesday to be addressed by party president Rajnath Singh. "The rally will be addressed by senior party leaders, including national president Rajnath Singh, general secretary Varun Gandhi and state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai," BJP's chief...
05:07 AM, May 01, 2013
Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, returned to India on Monday morning. Khan has accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a "conspiracy" to defame him outside India. ...
11:54 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, returned to India on Monday morning. Khan has accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a "conspiracy" to defame him outside India. Miffed with Khan's detention at the airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who was scheduled to give a lecture in the Harvard University on April 27, boycotted it. Yadav...
09:38 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New York: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, on Sunday accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a "conspiracy" to defame him outside India. He even claimed that a call on continuation of Samajwadi Party's support to the UPA government will be taken by party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav after hearing his version and that of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav...
11:05 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Lucknow: Amid criticism that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should not have cancelled his lecture at the Harvard Business School to protest "extended frisking" of Urban Development Minister Azam Khan at a Boston airport, his Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday said the stand was "correct, justified and in line with socialist ethos". In a statement released in Lucknow, Prisons Minister and party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary said that the chief...
04:41 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Boston: Miffed with the alleged detention of his cabinet minister Azam Khan at the Boston airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav cancelled a reception to be hosted in his honour by New York Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay on Saturday besides boycotting the Harvard lecture. A communique from the Consulate General of India in New York merely stated "that due to unavoidable circumstances, the reception scheduled to be held in...
08:55 AM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's senior Cabinet Minister Azam Khan on Thursday alleged that he was stopped at the Boston Airport and frisked by airport authorities. He also claimed that US authorities misbehaved with him. Azam Khan, who is accompanying Chief Minister Akhilesh Uadav for a Harvard University event in the US, was detained briefly for questioning at Boston International Airport. According to sources familiar with the incident, Khan was detained...
11:18 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday left for the United States to deliver a lecture at Harvard Business School. Akhilesh will address students on the successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013. Akhilesh is expected to talk about the administrative challenges faced in hosting the 55-day long event. The successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013 has earned UP CM Akhilesh an invite from Harvard University to speak...
10:10 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested seven people in connection with the Kunda DSP murder. In what is being claimed as a major breakthrough in the case, the CBI arrested murdered Gram Pradhan Nanhe Yadav's brother, nephew and five others. Sources in the CBI said the arrested people were behind the murders of the Gram Pradhan as well as the Deputy SP, Zia-ul-Haq. Sources added...
06:16 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Lucknow: A minister in Uttar Pradesh has brought further embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government. At a time when ministers are touring districts for state's image makeover, UP Textile Minister Shiv Kumar Beria in his remarks said that no policeman can sit down without his permission and they have to take his permission before acting. "No cop can do anything until I give orders. No cop can even sit till...
11:39 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Lucknow: Warning officials against any laxity in discharge of their duties, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday suspended 21 officials and employees including four SDMs and a Circle Officer. The Chief Minister has suspended circle officer and two policemen in connection with Thursday's Aligarh incident, an official release issued here said. A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Nagla Kalar area in Aligarh on Thursday, sparking...
11:59 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Lucknow: Raising the pitch for Third Front, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said welfare of people will only take place when a government of 'third force' is installed at the Centre. The former UP chief minister said, "Welfare of people will only take place when there was a government of the third force at Delhi." "Congress or BJP will not form government at the Centre, instead a...
09:06 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Lucknow: Apparently peeved over removal of hoardings set up on the occasion of 122th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh of acting with political vendetta and treating her party as number one target. "Members of the opposition parties are being dealt with political vendetta and BSP is being made number one target," she said....
12:16 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday extended their good wishes to the people on the eve of 122nd birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. In his message, the governor said Ambedkar dedicated his entire life in the service of the deprived sections of society. His services towards the mankind will never be forgotten. The Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that Ambedkar struggled...
07:45 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Khadi and Village Industry Minister Raja Ram Pandey, who triggered a controversy by allegedly promising to get roads in Pratapgarh district constructed like cheeks of actresses Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit, was on Saturday sacked. "Governor BL Joshi in consultation with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has relieved minister Raja Ram Pandey from his post from this evening," a notification signed by chief secretary Javed Usmani said. The...
10:58 PM, Apr 13, 2013
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