Everything you need to know about Faizabad: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Faizabad: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts at Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad in 2007, died of 'heat stroke' Saturday when he was being taken back to the Lucknow prison after a hearing at a Faizabad court, police said. A probe has been ordered.
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government late Thursday transferred one Indian Administrative Service (IAS), over 100 provincial civil service (PCS) and 24 Indian Police Service (IPS) officials, a government spokesman said.
Lucknow, March 26 (IANS) A day ahead of Holi, Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday declared 21 districts, including Meerut, Aligarh and Faizabad as sensitive and asked the authorities to be extra vigilant across the state, an official said.
Faizabad (Afghanistan), March 6 (IANS) Anti-government militants ambushed and killed over a dozen soldiers of the national army in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, 315 km northeast of Kabul, a local official confirmed Wednesday.
Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh Police officer has been arrested for raping a girl who had come to him seeking action in a rape complaint filed by her earlier.
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The CPI-M Friday pointedly accused its long-term ally the Samajwadi Party of "opportunism" after the government won the FDI vote in parliament.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Twenty years after the Babri mosque was razed in Ayodhya, most of those who played in major role in the campaign to build a Ram temple there are still leading figures in Indian politics.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, often held responsible through his "inaction" for the Babri Masjid demolition, had said in his book that the act was a "conspiracy" that had been "pre-planned". He called it a "betrayal" by the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government of then chief minister Kalyan Singh who gave repeated assurances to the central government only to break it.
Lucknow, Dec 4 (IANS) Two days before the 20th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the Uttar Pradesh Police has been put on high alert and all religious and political processions have been banned in Faizabad district, an official said Tuesday.
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) A CRPF trooper shot himself dead with his service weapon at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi?Babri Masjid site in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya town, police said Wednesday.
Kanpur, Nov. 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Ram Asrey Kushwaha on Saturday took potshots at his party colleague from Maharashtra Abu Azmi, and asked him to introspect his remark that Muslims are not safe under the Akhilesh Yadav-led Government in Uttar Pradesh.
Mumbai, Nov. 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi on Saturday played down his remark that Muslims are not safe under the Akhilesh Yadav-led Government in Uttar Pradesh, saying he is making all attempts to ensure that the minorities have full faith in his party and that Mulayam Singh Yadav sits on the throne of Delhi after the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) After dragging its feet for several days on taking decisive action against officials who failed to control the communal clashes in Faizabad, the state government late Tuesday shifted the district magistrate (DM) and senior superintendent of police (SSP) of the district.
Lucknow, Nov 6 (IANS) Parts of Faizabad city in Uttar Pradesh were tense Tuesday following protests over arrests by police over the recent communal clashes, an official said.
Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress Friday called India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal a "foreign agent".
Lucknow, Nov 1 (IANS) Authorities Thursday lifted curfew for 10 hours in Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh and started a probe into the communal violence of last week.
Lucknow, Oct 30 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Tuesday hit out at the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, accusing it of "complete failure on all fronts", including curbing the rising incidence of communal violence.
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday blamed "some conspirators" for the clashes in Faizabad last week. He said the clashes were "well planned" and that he would expose the names of the perpetrators.
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) After four days of near peace, the district administration of Faizabad announced that the ongoing curfew in the district, which had witnessed communal clashes Wednesday, would be relaxed for four hours between 10 am to 2 pm Monday.
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Hundreds of Muslims offered Eid prayers in the violence hit Faizabad district Saturday amidst tight security.
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) Curfew continued for the third consecutive day in Faizabad where communal clashes broke out Wednesday, police said. Though no violence was reported Friday, restrictions were not relaxed as the administration did not want to take any chances ahead of Eid.
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday came under fire from the opposition parties, a day after communal clashes in Faizabad and Barabanki areas left nine people injured.
Faizabad/Lucknow, Oct. 25 (ANI): Police on Thursday imposed a curfew in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, after incidents of communal violence were reported.
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) Nine people, including two policemen, were injured in violence that broke out during the immersion of Durga idols in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad and Barabanki areas, police said Thursday, a day after the clashes.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Nandininagar, a township between Faizabad and Gonda, has come up as the Uttar Pradesh franchisee for the Indian Wrestling League (IWL).
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A 43-year-old astrologer-cum-tantrik was arrested for raping his domestic help here, police said Saturday.
Lucknow, Sep 11 (IANS) The new president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) Nirmal Khatri Tuesday told party workers and leaders that loyalty to the party was no longer enough.
Kabul, Aug.15 (ANI): In one of the bloodiest days in Afghanistan's history, suicide attackers, using a remotely-controlled bomb, killed over 50 people across Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Four crude bombs were recovered in the civil court complex here Thursday, police said.
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) At least four people were killed Sunday and 10 injured, including women and children, when a car bomb exploded in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta, media reports said.
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) Two Uttar Pradesh State Roadways buses were damaged as members of two communities clashed over a religious site in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad town Tuesday, police said. A contingent of paramilitary Rapid Action Force (RAF) has been deployed in the town.
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) A 54-year-old woman and her son were killed in a building collapse following heavy downpour in the Uttar Pradesh capital, officials said Tuesday.
Faizabad, July 12 (ANI): The City Haj Committee organised an orientation camp for Muslims to guide them on issues concerning holy rituals at Mecca and Medina, here on Thursday.
Faizabad/ Allahabad/ Patna, July 11 (ANI): Lawyers across the country sat on strike against a controversial Higher Education and Research Bill, on Wednesday, alleging that it would take away important academic regulatory powers.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), July 2 (ANI): A delayed monsoon is affecting the planting of pulses, cotton, paddy and soybean here, and farmers expect a low produce due to drying paddy fields.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), June 26 (ANI): More than 100 trucks with recently harvested wheat remained parked outside a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Faizabad district of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state for more than 10 days due to poor infrastructure with lack of storage space.
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday transferred six Indian Police Service (IPS) officials, including the deputy inspector generals (DIG) of Agra and Faizabad and the Special Investigative Team.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) An impersonator who duped several people, including legislators from the northeast, by claiming to be a central government official was arrested here, police said Thursday. He was earlier booked in seven similar cases.
Faizabad (Afghanistan), June 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Afghan security forces raided a Taliban hideout in Badakhshan province 315 km northeast of capital Kabul killing eight militants, including their commander on Sunday, spokesman for provincial administration Abdul Marouf Rasikh said.
London, May 24 (IANS) Two Western female doctors and their three Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped in northeast Afghanistan, it was reported here Thursday.
Islamabad, May 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build an international standard cricket stadium and an academy in Islamabad.
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Buoyed by the Uttar Pradesh government's moves seeking dropping of charges against terrorists involved in bomb blasts in Faizabad and Lucknow courts, a young Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist is "trying to work out a way to surrender" in a Delhi court.
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Security in and around the Ramjanmabhoomi complex in Uttar Pradesh's temple town of Ayodhya was stepped up after a district judge received a letter threatening to blow up the area in the coming days, police said Tuesday.
Faizabad, Apr 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused his predecessor, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, of playing political gimmicks over the parks and monuments built by her in the state.
Allahabad/Faizabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Poll politics touched a dirtier low after senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has accused the Congress party as a eunuch community.
Allahabad/Faizabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Poll politics touched a dirtier low after senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has accused the Congress party as a eunuch community.
Hardoi/ Faizabad/ Rampur, Jan 31 (ANI): As the date for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh comes closer, political parties and leaders are engage in a simmering war of words, throwing potshots at one other in a bid to clinch a win in the crucial seven-phased election.
Hardoi/ Faizabad/ Rampur, Jan 31 (ANI): As the date for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh comes closer, political parties and leaders are engage in a simmering war of words, throwing potshots at one other in a bid to clinch a win in the crucial seven-phased election.
Faizabad, Jan 27 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati for her superfluous display of power, saying she is concerned only about amassing wealth to erect her own statues across the state.
Faizabad, Jan 27 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati for her superfluous display of power, saying she is concerned only about amassing wealth to erect her own statues across the state.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 15 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Ayodhya, Pawan Pandey, who has trimmed down his wedding expenses due to strict model code of conduct declared by the Election Commission (EC) in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday expressed his unhappiness of being forced to limit his fairytale wedding.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 15 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Ayodhya, Pawan Pandey, who has trimmed down his wedding expenses due to strict model code of conduct declared by the Election Commission (EC) in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday expressed his unhappiness of being forced to limit his fairytale wedding.
Faizabad, Jan 14 (ANI): Justifying Salman Khurshid's statement promising minority reservation of 4.5 percent included within the existing 27 percent OBCs, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that declaring the reservation on the basis of new census is not illegal and as such the Law Minister has not violated the moral code of conduct by proclaiming it.
Faizabad, Jan 14 (ANI): Justifying Salman Khurshid's statement promising minority reservation of 4.5 percent included within the existing 27 percent OBCs, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that declaring the reservation on the basis of new census is not illegal and as such the Law Minister has not violated the moral code of conduct by proclaiming it.
Faizabad, Jan 13 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader, Akhilesh Yadav, has alleged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of forgery and wasting public money.
Faizabad, Jan 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar has slammed the Congress party for raking up the issue of minority reservations ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Faizabad, Dec 23 (ANI): Terming the Lokpal Bill tabled by the government in Lok Sabha to be 'toothless', former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh has said that the draft of ombudsman bill would not be able to end the rampant corruption in the country.
Agra/ Faizabad/Lucknow, Dec 6 (ANI): Security was tight in prominent cities and town of Uttar Pradesh on the 19th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya.
Faizabad, May 28 (ANI): Villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad District are angry after ponds created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) remain dry and prove to be of no use to them.
Faizabad (UP), May 8 (ANI): Due to negligence of the state and Central Government's apathy, the business of 'Khadi', a traditional homespun, has hit Gosai Ganj village in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad city.
Faizabad, Feb 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati visited Faizabad district on Sunday to review the development works and the law and order situation.
Lucknow, Sep.30 (ANI): Following the pronouncement of verdict in the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit on Thursday by the Allahabad court, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said now the responsibility of ensuring security of the Ayodhya site lies with the Central Government.
Faizabad, Sep. 25 (ANI): Members of the Muslim community here offered special prayers for a favourable verdict on Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.
Lucknow, Sep 23 (ANI): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Friday's verdict on the Babri Masjid Ayodhya title case.
Dehriyawan Village (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.31 (ANI): Dehriyawan village in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district has one temple and mosque located adjacent to each other. And, the villagers visit them together.
Ayodhya (U.P.), Aug.29 (ANI): A wild boar entered a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district and attacked its residents.
Faizabad, Aug 5 (ANI): Fear of floods has compelled some villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to break their homes for collecting building materials to use it later on and move to safer locations.
Faizabad (U.P.) / Siliguri (West Bengal), July 24 (ANI): Incessant rainfall and flood water have badly affected general life in different parts of the country.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 23 (ANI): Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a key witness in the Babri Masjid demolition case Anju Gupta told a special court on Friday that Faizabad Police had intelligence inputs that an attempt could be made to harm the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Faizabad, Mar 21 (ANI): A woman hairstylist in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad city on Sunday attempted an unusual record by performing haircutting while being blindfolded in a moving boat!
Faizabad, Feb 28 (ANI): A 50-member South Korean delegation recently visited the monument dedicated to Queen Heo Hwang-Ok, their royal ancestor and paid homage to her at Faizabad city of Uttar Pradesh.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 28 (ANI): In a unique tale of friendship, a child in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district has befriended a mongoose, and plays with the animal.
New Delhi / Lucknow, Dec 28 (ANI): Yaum-e-Ashura or tenth Day of Muharram was observed throughout the country on Monday.
Faizabad, Dec 13 (ANI): Anwar Jalalpuri, an academician and author has taken up the task of translating Shlokas from the "Bhagvad Gita" into Urdu verses.
Ayodhya, Dec.6 (ANI): Curfew like situation prevailed in Ayodhya city on Sunday (Dec.6) on the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque by Kar Sewaks (Hindu volunteers).
Faizabad/Muzaffarnagar, Nov 11 (ANI): Unhappy with the Central government's stipulated pricing of sugarcane, farmers of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh staged a protest on Tuesday.
Faizabad (UP), Nov 5 (ANI): Unhappy with the central government's stipulated pricing of sugarcane, farmers in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh burnt their yield as a symbolic protest.
New Delhi/ Faizabad/Allahabad, Sept 19 (ANI): The nine-day 'Navratri' festival began across India with religious fervour on Saturday.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.26 (ANI): Flood victims in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district are complaining that the local administration has not taken note of their pitiable condition.
Puraabazar (Uttar Pradesh) (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government on Sunday initiated distribution of relief material to the flood affected families of Munda village in Faizabad District.
Ambedkar Nagar (UP), June 11 (ANI): Farmers of Ambedkar Nagar in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh turn to peppermint farming, as they find it more lucrative than other traditional crops.
Lucknow, May 16 (IANS) With a surprise tally of 21 in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress stumped its key political rivals - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - that had decided to nearly write off the party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) A Manipuri student has been arrested in Pune on charges of cheating students from Fiji studying in Uttar Pradesh of money after telling them they had won a lottery, police said Friday.
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) One man was arrested and four people booked for killing three peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district Thursday, an official said.
Faizabad, May 8 (ANI): Union Government's Supplementary Nutrition Programme has greatly benefited women and children in Faizabad by curbing malnutrition among the poor families.
Faizabad, May 4 (ANI): Wooden slippers, which used to be popular in ancient India, are still in demand. The workers in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad District are making these slippers in hundreds.
Lucknow, Apr 25 (ANI): Two people were killed and ten school children injured when a bus in which they were travelling collided with another bus on Faizabad road this morning.
Lucknow, April 25 (IANS) Two people, including an eight-year-old student, were killed and 10 schoolchildren injured when the bus they were travelling in collided with another bus here Saturday morning, police said.
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) The Ram temple was very much an issue this election and the party's Hindutva's agenda was intact, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP leader Vinay Katiyar said Thursday.
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) The construction of the Ram temple is the only electoral issue in Ayodhya, the national convener of the Dharma Raksha Manch, a Hindu group affiliated to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said Thursday.
Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh president of the Peace Party of India was booked Wednesday for making offensive comments against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and state Chief Minister Mayawati at a public meeting, police said.
Allahabad/ Faizabad, Apr 19 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that the Prime Minister as well as the Congress party works according to wishes of common man.
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi's long overdue visit to parts of Uttar Pradesh Sunday seemed to have infused adrenalin into the party that has been struggling to revive itself in this politically crucial and most populous state where it ruled for over four decades.
Darshan nagar village/Madna village (Faizabad), Apr 13 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government is involving villagers in digging of a sewage line and a pond to generate employment.
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi Sunday left many surprised as he focused on the theme of development and altogether skipped the issue a grand Ram temple while addressing an election rally near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Faizabad, Apr 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticized the Congress for questioning the existence of Lord Rama. "The Indian government submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that Lord Rama was never born. Not only that, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi, asked which engineering college did Lord Rama attend that he was able to build a bridge," Modi said while addressing an election rally here.
Rawalpindi, Mar. 18 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence reports have claimed that three suicide bombers were hiding in Rawalpindi and Islamabad respectively to attack the Long March.
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) In an alleged case of police excess, three policemen in Uttar Pradesh brutally beat up a man, who later succumbed to his injuries, officials said Thursday. A case has been registered against the three.
Toramaphi (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 12 (ANI): The authorities have launched a water project in Toramaphi Village of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh to supply drinking water to the parched village.
Faizabad (UP) Mar 6 (ANI): Solar energy brightens up the lives of the villagers of Bakoli village of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh.
