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 Chief Minister, who is already holding charge of 61 departments, has been given the additional charge of Khadi and Village industry. During his visit to Pratapgarh on Friday, Pandey had allegedly said roads would be constructed like the cheeks of actresses Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit.
The minister's statement evoked sharp criticism from political parties and social organisations. "Such a statement is unwarranted from a person occupying an important and responsible post of a minister," BJP's chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said....
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10:58 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Pratapgarh: The CBI team, probing murder of Kunda DSP Zia-ul Haq, on Tuesday recovered the motorcycle which was allegedly used in the murder of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav. The recovery was made after intense grilling of two brothers--Ajay Pal and Vijay Pal, both sons of Kamta Pal who is also a suspect in Yadav's killing, CBI sources said. The trio had allegedly shot dead Balipur village head over a...
02:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Lucknow: Once again a policeman in Uttar Pradesh has been accused of rape, dealing another massive blow to the already poor law and order in the state. A policemen Veer Singh has been arrested for allegedly raping and threatening a women in Raniganj police station on Sunday. Veer Singh allegedly assaulted the woman, who had come to file a rape complaint, after promising to help her. The victim alleges in...
12:01 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Was there a history of animosity between the Kunda strongman Raja Bhaiya and the slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq? CNN-IBN has accessed a criminal history sheet that was prepared against Raja Bhaiya by the DSP. Dated September 5, 2012, the criminal record states 47 cases against Raguraj Pratap Singh, aka Raja Bhaiya, since 1991. ...
07:42 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife has demanded an outside state trial and hearing by a fast track court into her husband's murder. In a letter addressed to the UP government, Parveen Azad has asked that the probe should be done by a Delhi CBI team, which report directly to the court. ...
05:15 PM, Mar 10, 2013
In spite of being named in an FIR for murder and conspiracy, why is the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) still not questioning former UP Minister Raja Bhaiya over the killing of the Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq and two others? A team of the investigative agency is in Kunda probing the killings. ...
10:37 AM, Mar 10, 2013
The widow of slain police officer Zia-Ul-Haq has refused to accept the job offered by the Uttar Pradesh government saying that she would not accept anything other than a DSP's post. Parveen Azad who has been maintaining distance from the media, on Saturday told the visiting leader of Loktantrik Congress Harishanka Tewari that she would not accept any job less than DSP. ...
04:45 PM, Mar 09, 2013
The Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly offered government jobs to the wife and the brother of slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq. Dr Parveen Azad, the wife of the DSP, has been offered the position of Officer on Special Duty in the police welfare dpartment and his brother has been offered a constable's post. ...
11:50 PM, Mar 08, 2013
A CBI team on Friday reached Pratapgarh where DSP Zia-ul-Haq and two others were murdered. They have named Kunda MLA and former UP minister Raja Bhaiya as the main accused in one of the four FIRs. The ten-member CBI probe team will be collecting details from the chief medical officer of Pratapgarh on Zia-ul-Haq's post-mortem report. ...
09:55 PM, Mar 08, 2013
A new development is likely in the probe over the killing of Uttar Pradesh DSP Zia-ul-Haque in Pratapgarh. CBI sources say they are likely to register four FIRs in the matter. One will be regarding the murder of the DSP on the basis of his wife's complaint to the UP Police. ...
09:25 AM, Mar 07, 2013
There is a fresh twist into the brutal killing of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haque in Pratapgarh. The government doctors citing his post-mortem report have said that his life could have been saved had he been taken to the hospital within 30 minutes of being shot. ...
07:46 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav faced protests in Pratapgarh on Wednesday when he went to meet the family of the panchayat chief and his brother who were murdered in Kunda. ...
04:48 PM, Mar 06, 2013
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...
11:17 PM, Mar 03, 2013
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...
08:29 AM, Mar 03, 2013
The deteriorating law and order situation in the state has forced Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to crack the whip. ...
09:39 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Lucknow: In the wake of alleged rape and murder of a Dalit girl and subsquent arson, the UP government on Monday suspended four senior officials, including the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police of Pratapgarh, for alleged laxity in performing their duties. DM YK Bahal and SP OP Sagar along with Circle Officer Kunda BS Rana and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ram Prakash Mishra were put under suspension with immediate effect,...
11:54 PM, Jun 25, 2012
An ex-gratia of Rs 2.5 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed announced. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 10, 2010
Mayawati asked Centre to provide funds to compensate the victims. ...
10:02 PM, Mar 06, 2010
The stampede at Kripaluji Maharaj Ashram killed 63 people. ...
07:43 PM, Mar 06, 2010
Mayawati has asked the Centre to help the stampede victims. ...
05:57 PM, Mar 06, 2010
