Lalganj Bazar

Everything you need to know about Lalganj Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Everything you need to know about Lalganj Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Sabanayakan re-elected CSJC president

April 30, 2013 at 11:32 PM

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) S. Sabanayakan of The Hindu and Purnendu Chakraborti of Daink Statesman were unanimously re-elected as president and secretary of the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club Tuesday.

Sonia to inaugurate rail coach factory

November 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM

Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate a rail coach factory in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily in Uttar Pradesh Nov 7, an official said Saturday.

Sonia to inaugurate coach factory in Rae Bareily

November 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the Rail Coach factory in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily Nov 7, a railway official said Saturday.

Lightning kills 10 in UP

October 3, 2012 at 7:58 PM

Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Ten people were killed Wednesday when lightning struck villages in Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

UP cops accidentally kill youth

September 1, 2012 at 9:29 AM

Lucknow, Sep 1 (IANS) A chase for two chain snatchers by the police in Rae Bareli turned awry Friday night when a youth was shot dead in a shootout, police said Saturday.

UP allots land for AIIMS in Rae Bareli town

August 13, 2012 at 10:09 AM

Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given his consent for allotment of land to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rae Bareli town, officials said Monday.

Land identified for AIIMS-like institute in Sonia's constituency

May 8, 2012 at 5:50 PM

Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) The dream of an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) like institution in Uttar Pradesh could soon be a reality with land for the project being identified in the state's Raebareli district, which also comprises the parliamentary constituency of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

BJP Lok Sabha candidate, 30 others arrested in Uttar Pradesh

March 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM

Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate in Uttar Pradesh and 30 of her supporters have been arrested for defying the model code of conduct, police said Wednesday.

Lalu, Sonia to launch rail coach factory in Rae Bareli

January 26, 2009 at 6:36 PM

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi will be in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday to launch a Rs.20 billion ($408 million) rail coach factory.

Mayawati suspends senior bureaucrat in Rae Bareli row

October 24, 2008 at 12:16 AM

Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday suspended Principal Revenue Secretary Balwinder Kumar for allotting land for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, the constituency of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, without the approval of the state cabinet.

Rae Bareli project plea to be heard Nov 11

October 22, 2008 at 7:02 PM

Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Wednesday decided to hear Nov 11 a petition on the land allotment for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli.

Mayawati returns Rae Bareli project land

October 18, 2008 at 8:35 PM

Lucknow, Oct 18 (IANS) In a 180-degree turn within a week, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday restored 189 hectares of state-owned land in Rae Bareli, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's constituency, for building India's third rail coach factory.

Mayawati backtracks, to provide land for Rae Bareli railway project

October 18, 2008 at 6:13 PM

Lucknow, Oct 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday withdrew her controversial decision to cancel land allotment for a rail coach factory in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli.

Mayawati says Sonia Gandhi's jail going threat is political drama

October 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM

New Delhi, Oct.15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday described Congress president Sonia Gandhi's challenge that she was ready to go to jail if not allowed into her constituency Rae Bareli as political drama.

Sonia takes on Mayawati, set for jail if need be

October 14, 2008 at 6:59 PM

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati may have stymied her rally and plans for a coach factory in her constituency, but a combative Congress chief Sonia Gandhi struck back with an emotive note Tuesday and said she would even go to jail, if necessary.

Challenging Mayawati, Sonia Gandhi says Rae Bareli is my `Karma Bhoomi'

October 14, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.14 (ANI): Describing Rae Bareli as her "Karma Bhoomi" or "Realm of Action", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for trying to stop her from entering her parliamentary constituency.

Congress MLA, eight others booked in Rae Bareli

October 14, 2008 at 3:29 PM

Lucknow, Oct 14 (IANS) A Congress legislator and eight of his supporters have been booked for alleged vandalism against the state government in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, which is party chief Sonia Gandhi's constituency.

Mayawati derails Rae Bareli's employment dreams

October 14, 2008 at 2:46 PM

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 14 (IANS) It's unusual for Rae Bareli to see glum faces when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi comes calling, but that was how it was Tuesday when resentment against the government for nixing a rail coach factory in the area brimmed over.

Mixed feelings for Cong in battle between Sonia and Maya

October 14, 2008 at 1:01 AM

Monday brought mixed feelings for the Congress: the Allahabad High Court stayed the order issued by the Mayawati government canceling a land transfer order for the rail coach factory in Sonia

Sonia cancels Rae Bareli rally after BSP government muscle-flexing

October 14, 2008 at 12:32 AM

Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has cancelled her plans to address a rally and perform a religious ceremony for a rail coach factory in her Rae Bareli constituency Tuesday after the Uttar Pradesh government imposed prohibitory orders in the area late Monday, a party spokesperson said.

Prohibitory orders issued ahead of Sonia's Rae Bareli visit

October 14, 2008 at 12:32 AM

Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) Hours after the Allahabad High Court ordered status quo on a piece of land where Congress president Sonia Gandhi was to perform a religious ceremony for a rail coach factory in her Rae Bareli constituency, the Uttar Pradesh government imposed prohibitory orders to prevent a Congress rally in the area.

Court orders status quo on Rae Bareli land

October 13, 2008 at 8:30 PM

Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) A day ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Rae Bareli, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday ordered status quo on the land for a proposed rail coach factory to be built in her constituency that had been withdrawn by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Railways move court against decision on Rae Bareli land

October 13, 2008 at 5:10 PM

Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) Northern Railways (NR) Monday moved the high court seeking a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to withdraw the land acquired by it for a coach factory in Rae Bareli district.

Sonia, Rahul, Lalu to visit Rae Bareli Oct 14

October 9, 2008 at 8:20 PM

Lucknow, October 9 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, her son and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad will attend a function at a railways coach factory being constructed in Rae Bareli Oct 14, an official said Thursday.