Everything you need to know about Uttar Para: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Uttar Para: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Rio De Janeiro, April 20 (IANS) At least 12 people died, 50 injured and 20 went missing when their boat sank in the Ariri river in the heart of the Amazonian region early Friday, official reports said.
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Tuesday demanded that president's rule be imposed in the state.
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) After a lull of a few months, a separatist outfit kidnapped three people, including a woman village head, in Tripura, police said here Tuesday.
Lucknow, March 28 (IANS) From calling BJP leader L.K. Advani honest to billing Congress leaders "cheats" and "conspirators", the Samajwadi Party (SP) is steadily upping the ante against the Congress.
Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned a major recruitment drive under which 2,200 computer operators, 4,000 sub-inspectors and 24,000 constables would be recruited.
Rio de Janeiro, March 14 (IANS) Ten people were killed when their single-engine plane crashed in a dense forest region in northern Brazil, officials said.
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday attacked Uttar Pradesh's Samajwadi Party government over the killing of a police officer, saying it indicated a poor law and order situation in the state.
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day, while the Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 p.m. today following the uproar by opposition members on several issues, including the hike in petroleum prices and the killing of a cop in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Prasanta Karmakar, the only Indian to make a splash in para-swimming, is all set to leave the pool for sthe pedals and will be seen setting the tracks on fire at the Hero Asian Cycling Championship slated for March 5.
Mughalsarai, Feb 2 (ANI): The Government Railway Police (GRP) has arrested nine Sashastra Seema Bal personnel on Friday evening at Mughalsarai junction in Uttar Pradesh after NCC girl cadets from the North Eastern states alleged that they were teased and molested by the jawans on board the New Delhi-Guwahati Sampark Kranti Express.
Allahabad, Jan 27 (ANI): Thousands of devotees are taking a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers in Allahabad on the occasion of Paush Purnima today.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Former India cricket skipper Rahul Dravid and London Olympics bronze medalist boxer M.C. Mary Kom were Friday named for the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.
Srinagar, Dec 31 (ANI): Separatist leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Monday called for a shutdown in the state to protest against police firing on civilians in Pulwama district.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Impatient over the delay in passing a bill that promises reservations for Dalits and tribals in job promotions, the BSP Wednesday stalled both houses of parliament, directly attacking Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari.
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) Journalist?turned?director Anusha Rizvi, who debuted as a director with highly acclaimed "Peepli Live", has teamed up with her husband Mahmood Farooqui to direct her second movie "Opium".
Lucknow, Nov 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested mafia don Sushil, alias 'Moonch', wanted in more than 40 cases ranging from extortions, contract killings and murders, from a shopping mall in Rajasthan.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government Monday came under fire for not complying with the Supreme Court's order to auction the entire spectrum that became available following the cancellation of 122 2G licences in 22 circles in February.
Gangtok (Sikkim), Nov.1 (ANI): He may have retired from soccer, but the spirit of adventure still breathes heavy in former Indian skipper, Bhaichung Bhutia who inaugurated the Sikkim paragliding festival this week by taking the first jump from a cliff in Gangtok.
Lucknow, Oct 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit out at activist-turned politician Arvind Kejriwal over his comment that the Samajwadi Party (SP) Government won't be impartial in the probe against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, saying it would be better to comment on the matter only after the investigation is complete.
Islamabad, Oct.9 (ANI): The Pakistan Government on Tuesday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's order of Sept 18 pertaining to the contempt of court case against the prime minister in the NRO implementation case.
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 2 (IANS) Santos coach Muricy Ramalho has launched a withering verbal attack on Brazilian referees, saying they are driving Neymar out of Brazil.
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) The central government will bring additional areas under wheat cultivation in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as they have the "untapped potential" to produce food grain, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday.
London, September 25 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's councillor Nicole Minetti, who was, accused of dressing as a nun and then stripping down to her underwear at one of his infamous bunga bunga parties earlier this year, stripped off yet again but this time on the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week.
Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Hundreds of contractual para teachers in Bihar staged a protest against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a public meeting in the state Sunday, police said.
DCECE and BCECE (LE) result 2012 has been declared. The announcement of the results has ended the eager wait of the students who had appeared for the examination conducted by the BCECE board Patna.
London, Sep 7 (IANS) Para-athlete Zhao Xu took China's 300th gold medal in Paralympic history here Thursday, winning the men's 100m-T46 final.
Agra, Aug 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) two-day brain-storming session ended here Monday with party president Nitin Gadkari's assuring all that only a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leader would be the next prime minister.
In an India that prides itself on the surge towards a more modern tomorrow, a reality check is in order. And it came again - as it always does with tragic regularity - with a panchayat in Uttar Pradesh decreeing that women should not be allowed to use mobile phones, a teen in Guwahati being molested by a mob in public and a young acid attack victim in New Delhi pleading for government help or just the permission to die..
Lucknow, July 10 (IANS) The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday decided to fast-track its preparations for the Lok Sabha 2014 polls and appointed 58 observers for the 58 parliamentary constituencies it was defeated in the last general elections.
Constable (GD) result for CISF, CRPF, BSF and SSB has been declared. The results of both male and female categories have been declared. The results are available on the staff selection commission website http://ssc.nic.in
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) In the aftermath of the terrible fire that swept through the Mantralaya in Mumbai, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the digitization of all important official records.
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will be in the Uttar Pradesh capital Tuesday to meet legislators across parties and garner support for his election to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrives here Tuesday to meet legislators across parties and garner support for his election to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday said his party will decide who to back in the presidential race only after knowing the candidates and simultaneous damanded "maximum" central assistance for Uttar Pradesh.
Huelva (Spain), June 8 (IANS) India's long distance runner Sudha Singh, an Asian Games gold medallist, has qualified for the 2012 London Games, breaking her own 3,000m steeple chase national record in the VIII Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo here.
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) A middle-aged man was killed over filling water from a municipality tap in an Uttar Pradesh town, police said.
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) All players from Haryana participating in the London Olympics next month will get a reward money of Rs.11 lakh each, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced here Friday.
lucknow, May 23 (IANS) Just over two months after Akhilesh Yadav took over the reins of Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party seems to have fast-tracked its campaign to pitch party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as the next prime ministerial candidate.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Dismissing a media report that the Indian Army moved troops unauthorisedly towards the national capital on Jan 16/17 night, a parliamentary panel Monday expressed 'regret' over the 'wrong inferences, surmises and conjectures' of the newspaper.
Rio de Janeiro, April 24 (IANS/EFE) A strike Monday effectively halted work on Brazil's giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial project in the heart of Amazonia that has drawn bitter opposition from environmentalists and locals.
Melbourne, Dec 22 (ANI): A Brazilian woman has given birth to twins with two perfectly formed heads and one body.
New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): The sub-continent will be observing the fortieth anniversary of the birth of Bangladesh on Friday. In Bangladesh, it will be celebrated as the fulfillment of the wishes of the people, who led a brave battle under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In Pakistan, it will be an occasion to recall with regret how the country was dismembered due to the ambitions of a few leaders, both military and political, because of their refusal to honour the verdict of the people in elections held for the National Assembly which would have made Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the natural choice for being the Prime Minister of the country.
London, Sept 12 (ANI): Russell Brand has been criticised by Paraolympic athletes for calling the sport as merely having a "novelty value", at his recent stand-up gig.
Lucknow, June 21 (ANI): With the sudden spurt in crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh shocking the nation, the State Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Mayawati Government and different district officials, and sought a reply from them by June 28.
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Stating that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has deteriorated, Congress Party on Monday criticized the Mayawati Government for not taking any effective action on crimes against women.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), June 20 (ANI): In yet another shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh, a 35-year old married woman was allegedly gang raped by five men and then set on fire in Etah district late last night.
Lucknow, May 12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was arrested for the second time by state police after she tried to block the road leading to the Vidhan Sabha.
New Delhi, Apr 21 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today called upon the medical fraternity to be well prepared to tackle the problems and challenges emerging from newer concerns of various diseases like Cancer, Cardio Vascular and Chronic respiratory diseases.
London, Mar 18 (ANI): The British Army is testing rifles fitted with a "gunfire locator" pod which uses sonar to calculate an enemy's position within 1.3 seconds in order to counter Taliban snipers in Afghanistan.
Lucknow, Mar 10 (ANI): Lucknow Police today lathicharged Samajwadi Party (SP) workers, who had gathered outside the local jail from where their leader, Akhilesh Yadav, was being released.
Agra, Jan 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government in Uttar Pradesh of failing miserably in maintaining law and order.
Beijing, Dec 27 (ANI): Senior officials of the host city Guangzhou have said that the recent Asian Games and the Asian Para Games were conducted honestly and within the budget.
Beijing, Dec 27 (ANI): Senior officials of the host city Guangzhou have said that the recent Asian Games and the Asian Para Games were conducted honestly and within the budget.
Lucknow, Dec 26 (ANI): A leopard injured three villagers, including two minors in Bhawaria village of Uttar Pradesh after they saw it roaming in nearby fields, and tried to scare it away.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday felicitated the police sportspersons, who won medals for the country in the 19th Commonwealth Games and the 16th Asian Games.
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday said the government took several measures in 2010 to meet the internal security challenges following which the nation is better prepared today to deal with these challenges than it was two years ago.
Helmand, Nov 19 (ANI): Britain's toughest troops deployed in Afghanistan are calling for more equipment to battle 'new insurgents in Helmand- mice'.
New Delhi, Nov.9 (ANI): The Government on Tuesday informed that it approved a five-year plan (2002-07) for modernisation of six Central Para Military Forces.
Beijing, Nov 6 (ANI): Chinese lovers of barbecue food seem to have been disappointed by the news that major barbecue venues in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province, have been closed to ensure good air quality for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
New Delhi, Oct.27 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will preside over a meeting of the Central Zonal Council that will be convened in the national capital on Thursday.
New Delhi, Oct. 26 (ANI): The Chinese province of Guangdong has decided to ban street barbeque stalls in 11 cities between Nov 1 and Dec 20, a period during which the city of Guangzhou will host the 16th Asian Games and the Asian Para Games.
London, Oct 25(ANI): A British paratrooper who lost both legs and an arm fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, will defy his injuries to take part in Marine Corp Marathon in Washington next Sunday.
Guangzhou (China), Oct. 25 (ANI): The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will remove about 40 percent of its vehicles from the roads to improve air quality and ease traffic congestion during the s Asian Games and Asian Para Games to be held in November and December respectively this year.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): China has activated 100 police checkpoints on the roads and waterways to host city Guangzhou to form a security firewall, with one month to go before the opening of the 2010 Asian Games.
New Delhi, Aug.8 (ANI): The Government on Sunday stated that the rescue and relief operation was being carried out in full swing in the devastated Leh.
Beijing, August 3 (ANI): China has guaranteed that overseas media will be given freedom to cover the 16th Asian Games scheduled for Nov 12-27 and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Para Games for disabled Asian athletes in december.
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.1 (ANI): As different parts of the country are witnessing a heavy downpour during the ongoing Monsoon season, incessant rains have led to overflowing rivers at many places.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): The Government on Tuesday revealed the details of attrition in the Central Para Military Forces while stating superannuation, retirement, removal from service on account of disciplinary proceedings, death or disability, resignation and voluntary retirement, as its main reasons.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): The Government on Tuesday said that the received proposal of welfare activities from different sections of Central Para Military Forces are considered by the Government from time to time.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Even as New Delhi continues to wrestle with meeting construction and city upkeep deadlines for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in October, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced it is ready to host the16th Asian Games.
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday called for sustained coordination between the Centre and the States to deal with the Left-wing extremism.
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday accused Centre for not giving his state enough support to fight against Maoists.
New Delhi, June 29(ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday approved a scholarship scheme for offering scholarship to twenty-five candidates getting admission to selected medical colleges in the country.
Ludhiana, June 23 (ANI): A gang led by a doctor was arrested here on Tuesday for smuggling rare snakes.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 25 (ANI): Locals in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District are flocking a temple to offer prayers to a Hindu deity as they believe the wrath of the Goddess has led to an outbreak of chickenpox in the region.
Lucknow, April 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has expelled criminal-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari from the party.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked BSNL to reduce the call charges so that the personnel of the Central Para Military Force posted in remote/forward areas can contact their families at the minimum possible expense.
London, April 12 (ANI): Welsh singer Charlotte Church is said to be keeping fit by learning karate at a secret SAS training hideout.
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched an ambitious mega housing project for the construction of about 100,000 houses across the country for Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF).
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!
Kolkata, Mar 17 (ANI): The poverty-stricken, unemployed youth of the Bagdi Para slum in Kolkata have found a way out from a life of crime, drudgery and anonymity through boxing.
Howrah (West Bengal), March 15 (ANI): The poverty-stricken and unemployed youth living in Howrah's Bagdi Para slum area in West Bengal have found a way out through boxing to keep themselves away from a life of crime, drudgery and anonymity.
Pokhran (Rajasthan), Feb 28 (ANI): The Indian Air Force will display its full combat power capability when 'Vayu Shakti-2010', its biggest firepower demonstration is unleashed at the Pokhran firing ranges this evening.
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Police resorted to a baton-charge here on Monday to control a mob of unemployed aspiring teachers who were demanding jobs.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): The Indian Air Force in a first ever display of its precision strike capability by night, will conduct a mammoth fire power demonstration (FPD), codenamed 'Vayu Shakti-2010' at the sprawling Chandan Air-to-Air Range, Pokhran on February 28 showcasing the operational capabilities of IAF by day, dusk and night.
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.21 (ANI): In a gruesome incident of violence against wild animals, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district killed a leopard after it allegedly strayed into their locality on Saturday (Feb.21).
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today skipped the Prime Minister's meeting as she blamed the central government on the current scenario of surging inflation.
Gorakhpur, Jan 27 (ANI): Five persons, including a policeman in-charge of an armoury, have been arrested for allegedly trading police ammunition in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Monday decided to ask the bidders to submit fresh samples of bullet proof jackets.
Washington, January 5 (ANI): A new study, which took into account satellite images of the upper Amazon Basin, has revealed hundreds of circles, squares, and other geometric shapes once hidden by forest, which hint at a previously unknown ancient society that flourished in the Amazon.
New Delhi, Dec 15(ANI): The Government on Tuesday said that it proposes to enhance security cover in Agra during the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital.
Kashipur (Uttarakhand), Dec 15 (ANI): The rising demand for the ornamental Javera flower has popularised floriculture on an unprecedented scale in Uttarakhand's Kashipur area.
New Delhi, Dec.8 (ANI): The Government has proposed to procure Bullet Proof Jackets for the Para Military Forces (PMFs).
New Delhi, December 7 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of thirteen-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj has still not yielded fruitful results. Several questions still remain unanswered, as Aarushi's phone that was recovered recently has provided no further clue.
Agra, Oct 30 (ANI): The Red Devils, the elite Special Forces of the Indian Army, are most sought after by the leading armies of the world who want to learn and train with them for their courage, professionalism, adventurism and spirit of soldiering.
Agra, Oct 30 (ANI): To guard the territorial integrity and national security from any quarter, the Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor, has assured that security forces are ready to face any challenge from the Taliban, and added that Special Forces modernisation is being done keeping in view asymmetric and fourth generation warfare.
Dehradun, Oct 26 (ANI): About 70 specially-abled badminton players are participating in a special three-day badminton tournament in Dehradun.
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 12 (ANI): Excess water released from Banbasa barrage in Nepal has marooned residents of 15 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.
New Delhi, Oct.10 (ANI): The Government on Saturday ruled out the possibility of deployment of armed forces in anti-Naxal combat operation.
Hindon (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 8 (ANI): The Indian Air Force today celebrated its 77th anniversary with a breathtaking display of air power by its frontline fighter aircrafts, followed by a thrilling aerobatics performance by its Surya Kiran and Sarang teams.
