New Delhi: The four-year-old sensational double murder case of Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj is far from over. After several twists and turns since the twin murders came to light in May 2008, the case is yet to be cracked even though first the UP Police and then the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was handed over the case following allegations of incompetence against the local...
07:16 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Greater Noida authority on a petition filed by the villagers of Ghodi Bacheda, seeking to quash land acquisition by them in their village. Earlier on, the Allahabad High Court had ordered the authorities to pay enhanced compensation to the villagers. However, unhappy with the decision, the villagers approached the Supreme Court saying they wanted their land back instead...
12:02 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Allahabad: Condemning the attack on his supporters by Youth Congress activists, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said the party should "inculcate virtues of humility and discipline" among its cadre. "A political party which has a nation-wide presence should inculcate the virtue of humility and discipline among its cadre...I was aghast upon being told that these were Youth Congress activists. What were they livid about? Am I an anti-national, anti-social element?"...
01:52 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Allahabad: Scores of Samajwadi Party supporters were on Monday detained while trying to block railway traffic in Allahabad to protest Rahul Gandhi's rally in Phulpur where he will kickstart Congress campaign for UP Assembly polls due in 2012. The SP supporters were picked up from the Prayag Station when they were trying to block the traffic on the Lucknow-Allahabad route by squatting on the tracks, according to Deputy Inspector General...
10:34 AM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday deregulated savings deposit interest rate, the last administered bank rate in the economy, in a move which will push up cost of funds, sending bank shares sharply lower. "It is felt that the time is appropriate to move forward and complete the process of deregulation of rupee interest rates," Reserve Bank of India said in its second-quarter monetary policy review....
04:44 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Greater Noida: The Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered Mayawati government to return to farmers land acquired in three villages of Gautam Buddh Nagar district and pay 64 per cent higher compensation to similarly affected farmers of other villages. This means that flats that were being pre-sold in the villages of Asdullapur, Yusufpur Chak Shaberi and Devla by commercial developers may not be built. It's not just another blow for...
09:28 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Allahabad: In a major setback for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Friday cancelled the land acquisition of three villages in Greater Noida. The land acquisition of Asadallapur, Devla and Saberi villages were cancelled by the court. As per the order, the farmers who have already taken the compensation, can return the amount and claim back their land. The farmers in the remaining 37 villages, where planning...
10:19 AM, Oct 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court is expected to give its verdict on the Noida Extension land row on Friday. The three-judge bench will decide on 492 'quash-acquisition' petitions filed by 40 villages. The verdict will seal the fate of more than 1 lakh home buyers in Noida. The Allahabad High Court, on September 30, had reserved its judgement after hearing versions of the government, farmers, builders and buyers for...
07:36 AM, Oct 21, 2011
New Delhi: Five children have died in the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur in the last 24 hours of encephalitis, taking the death toll in the state up to 505. Meanwhile, the Allahabad High Court has taken note of the encephalitis outbreak in eastern Uttar Pradesh and pulled up the state government for it. This came just days after CNN-IBN reported how more than 500 children had died in two...
09:25 AM, Oct 11, 2011
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has taken note of the encephalitis outbreak in eastern Uttar Pradesh and pulled up the state government for it. This came just days after CNN-IBN reported how nearly 500 children had died in two months. The court has directed the government to submit a report on the steps taken to prevent the spread of the disease, by the October 20. The court said that the...
09:01 AM, Oct 11, 2011
Allahabad: Taking serious note of the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh, which has claimed many lives this year, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the concerned officials to submit a report regarding the steps taken to prevent spread of the disease before it by October 20. The order was passed by Justice Sunil Ambawani on a contempt application filed by Rajesh Kumar Srivastava who had alleged...
11:01 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: In a clear indication that the Ram temple issue will be on its agenda in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP on Sunday said its two yatras in the state will culminate at Ayodhya where party leaders will take a pledge to work for victory. BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the "Jan Swabhimaan Yatra" against corruption and crime in UP will start simultaneously on October 13...
04:41 PM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife Supriya. He strangulated her and then threw her body off the bridge into a river. Supriya's mother Nibhasha said, "Please get justice for my daughter. My daughter used to say he treats her badly." On Friday, Supriya was allegedly murdered by her husband, Chandra Vibhas, a surgeon at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital in Delhi. Supriya's parents...
08:35 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to former Chief Medical Officer A K Shukla, arrested in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission. Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh of the Lucknow Bench allowed the application for bail moved on behalf of Shukla, a former CMO in the Family Welfare Department in Lucknow, his counsel Rishad Murtaza said. The financial irregularities were detected during investigation...
07:15 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, a government hospital - Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital - dumped two of its patients because they could not afford to pay for their treatment. A jaundice patient and an epilepsy patient were dumped in a field near Jhunsi after the hospital showed them the door. A case has been registered against a doctor and three other hospital employees for neglecting...
08:20 AM, Aug 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday decided to adjourn the hearing in the Noida Extension land acquisition case till August 17. It was supposed to deliver a verdict on Tuesday on the acquisition of 2,500 hectares of land in seven villages in Noida Extension. Earlier the High Court had referred hearing on Devla village in the Noida extension case to the Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia. A...
05:10 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court will on Tuesday deliver a verdict on acquisition of 2,500 hectares of land in seven villages in Noida Extension. Farmers have accused the government of misusing certain clauses in the Land Acquisition Act to handover their plots to real estate developers for profits. A total of 250 petitions were filed before the court in the past two weeks by farmers challenging the state's decision...
10:03 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday deferred till July 26 its hearing on a petition challenging the acquisition of more than 460 hectares of land in a village in Gautam Budh Nagar district. A division bench comprising justices Amitava Lala and Ashok Kumar Srivastava deferred the hearing on petitions filed by farmers of Roza-Yaqoobpur village in Gautam Budh Nagar district, who had challenged the acquisition of 468 hectares of...
02:51 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit to it the charge sheet and the case diary along with the entire records related to the murder of two chief medical officers, family welfare. The Lucknow bench of the court comprising justices Pradeep Kant and Ritu Raj Awasthi directed the state government to submit the records on July 22. The court was hearing a PIL...
01:50 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: More cases regarding the land acquired in Greater Noida by builders are expected to come up in the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday and on Thursday. Home buyers are also planning to approach the court seeking relief. The HC is expected to decide on land acquisition issues of Roja Yaqubpur and Bisarakh Jalalpur villages of Greater Noida on Wednesday. A decision on Itheda, Haidarpur and four other villages...
09:21 AM, Jul 20, 2011
