Maharajganj

RJD Lok Sabha MP Umashankar Singh dead

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lok Sabha MP Umashankar Singh died on Thursday morning at a hospital in New Delhi, his family said. ...  

Nepal bus accident: Bodies of 29 Indians recovered

Kathmandu: The bodies of all 39 victims of the Nepal bus accident were recovered on Monday, reports said, with 29 of them being Indians. Authorities were in the process of handing over the bodies to families and relatives. Thirty nine people were killed when an overcrowded bus overturned and plunged into an irrigation canal on the Gandak in a district bordering Uttar Pradesh. Twenty nine of them were said to...  

UP: Voting generally peaceful, turnout 56 pc

Lucknow: Nearly 56 per cent of 1.92 crore voters on Saturday exercised their franchise for 59 seats spread over nine districts in the by-and-large peaceful second phase of the fiercely-fought Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The fate of 1,098 candidates, including two state party chiefs, 31 MLAs and 24 former ministers was sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines in Saturday's exercise. Polling for the second round, in which 59 assembly seats...  

SP workers storm Rahul Gandhi's rally in UP

Maharajganj: Members of Samajwadi Party on Saturday stormed the venue of a rally of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. The five-day election tour of Rahul Gandhi in the state comes to an end on Saturday. The members of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress clashed at the rally venue. This comes days after a few members of the Samajwadi Party waived black flags as Rahuls...