Lucknow, Sep 9 : Two people were detained in Uttar Pradesh Friday in connection with the Delhi High Court blast two days ago which claimed 13 lives, police said here.

"One person was detained in Varanasi and another in Bela village on the outskirts of Balrampur district, essentially on account of their resemblance with the sketch of suspects released by Delhi Police," said a top police officer.

The man detained at the Shivpur police station in Varanasi was identified as Lekhma Ram, a resident of Ajmer.

Lucknow, Sep 6 : Calling WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "mad", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday rubbished US embassy cables leaked by the online whistleblower that said she had sent a special jet to Mumbai to bring in her favourite sandals.

"These reports are baselesss," Mayawati told reporters here.

She said Assange should be sent to a mental asylum. The cables that portray her as a dictator, she said, were a ploy by some vested interests to malign her image and that of her party.

Lucknow, Sep. 6 : A visibly angry and irritated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday condemned the recent revelations of the whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks website about her as utter rubbish and an international and political conspiracy.

Addressing the media here, Mayawati said a report that quoted her right hand man -- Satish Chandra Mishra as telling the United States that she had a "penchant for corruption" was completely baseless.

Lucknow, Aug 27: Expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare, a young farmer of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district lay down on a bed of thorns for 10 hours.

Satya Narayan, 25, a native of Mathura's Tarauli village, some 300 km from Lucknow, went on his quaint form of protest in Kosikala town Friday.

"From today (Saturday) onwards, I would lay on the bed for a longer time period, and would consume only hot water till Annaji breaks his fast," Narayan told reporters.

Lucknow, Aug 25:  Inspired by Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, a budding music director has come up with an "Anna Chalisa".

Sankalp
Srivastava, 21, has composed and sung the five-minute "Anna Chalisa" in
Awadhi language. He is distributing its CDs free to solicit support for
the campaign against corruption.

"Annaji is fighting for all
of us. People from various walks of life are supporting him. So, being a
musician, I thought of doing something in favour of Annaji,"

According to an official, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will provide free treatment for cleft lip, palate and correction of nose disfigurations with the help of a group of German specialists.

AMU's Assistant Public Relations Officer Zeeshan Ahmad stated, "The varsity's department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has tied up with experts from Germany to offer the treatment that will be free of cost."

Omaxe Ltd, a major national realty developer, made announcement about the launching of Omaxe Residency, a group housing plan in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The scheme will have a realization rate of about Rs 250 crore.

This is Omaxe's third project in Lucknow after giving the successful ownership for Omaxe City and Omaxe Heights.

Lucknow, April 30 - The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided to restore Hyderabad as one of its test centres for conducting the 2010-11 MBBS entrance examination to be held May 8, officials said.

The varsity had earlier cancelled Hyderabad as a test centre following unrest and disturbances there over the Telangana issue.

"After reviewing the present scenario in Hyderabad, the varsity has decided to revive the test centre there," AMU official spokesperson Rahat Abrar said Friday in Aligarh, some 300 km from Lucknow. (IANS)

Lucknow, Jan 22 : Nearly 4,200 quintals of illegally stocked sugar worth Rs. 2 crore (Rs. 20 million) were seized from a flour mill in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, an official said Friday.

The stock was seized Thursday night from Lakshmandas Flour Mill in Nakaganj area of Hardoi, some 110 km from Lucknow.

"Flour mill owner S. P. Goyal has been booked under relevant sections of Essential Commodities Act," Hardoi District Magistrate Balkar Singh told reporters.

A police officer said Goyal and other workers of the mill were at large.

Lucknow, Jan 11 : The Congress party has demanded immediate countermanding of the election to 36 vacant seats of the 100-member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

A petition to that effect was moved before the Election Commission by state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi here Monday evening.

The poll was held here on Jan 7 and the counting was scheduled for Jan 13. Only members of local bodies were to elect these 36 members.

Lucknow, Jan 11 : The return of a cold wind and a sharp fall in the day temperature disrupted rail, air and road services across Uttar Pradesh Monday. The state administration has ordered the closure of all educational institutions for two more days until Jan 13.

After a brief sunny spell for two days, a thick overcast sky has again engulfed large parts of Uttar Pradesh, where freezing cold conditions and fog have forced a delay in schedules of both trains, flights as well as road transport.

While Mirzapur recorded the state's lowest temperature at 4.2 degrees Celsius Monday, the mercury dipped to 7.1 degrees in the state capital here.

Lucknow, Jan 11 - Nine people were injured when an under construction flyover between the twin towns of Faizabad and Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh caved in early Monday, police said.

Four of the injured, stated to be serious, have been rushed to Lucknow medical college trauma centre and the rest were undergoing treatment at the Faizabad district hospital.

"All the injured are out of danger," Faizabad Senior Superintendent of Police R. K. S. Rathore said.

"The cause of the mishap is yet to be ascertained," he added. No case has been registered so far against the builder, Hindustan Construction Company. (IANS)

Lucknow, Jan 11 : Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat expressed concern over attacks on Indian students in Australia.

Addressing a gathering at an RSS function organised here on Sunday, Bhagwat said that Indians were being attacked, as the world did not respect the country''s strength.

"Strength of India is not respected in the world, whether you go in Fiji, Australia, Uganda, America or England, people, there will attack you. No one dares to attack Jews, because one knows that Israel is so powerful that it would break hands," he added.

He also asked the central government to take adequate measures for protection of Indians not only in Australia, but in other countries also.

Lucknow, Jan 9 : Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday called upon its workers "to make serious efforts for uniting different Hindu castes" to help establish a "discrimination-free society".

Addressing a gathering of RSS and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) workers here, Bhagwat urged them to work towards integration of different Hindu castes and aim to establish co-ordination amongst the different castes, which in turn would strengthen the community, a RSS leader told IANS.

The RSS chief advocated adherence to the philosophy of Hindutva rather than castes as the "answer to a number of problems pertaining to social unrest lies in Hindutva".

Lucknow, Jan 9 - Thirteen children have died due to "infectious diseases" in the last three weeks in an Uttar Pradesh village, bringing the health authorities under the scanner.

People of Rajthal village in Badaun district, some 250 km from Lucknow, said while all the 13 children died of water-borne diseases, including cholera, dysentery and typhoid, nearly 70 others were in the grip of such infections.

"It was bound to happen... It's all due to the contaminated water supply to our village. For the past several weeks we are receiving contaminated water. Moreover, the regular sanitation drive has not been conducted for the last three months," Dilwari Devi, a resident of the village, told reporters Saturday in Badaun.

Lucknow, Jan 9 - Mystery surrounds the death of a tiger whose carcass was discovered four days ago in a forest area in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district as the autopsy report has failed to ascertain the exact cause of death.

"Veterinary doctors have rejected the theory of the forest officials that the feline died of electrocution," a source in the state forest department said here Saturday.

The eight-year-old male tiger was found dead Jan 5 in Paraspur forest under the North Kheri division, about 180 km from state capital Lucknow.

Lucknow, Jan 8 : Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived here Friday evening on a three-day visit, during which he would have "special sessions" with young workers of both the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to "develop their leadership skills".

While the RSS has not mentioned any specific objective behind Bhagwat's three-day visit, sources said he would focus on promoting and finding "new generation leadership" in the RSS and the state unit of the BJP.

Lucknow, Jan 8 : The counting of votes for 36 seats in the biennial election to Uttar Pradesh legislative council has been postponed and will now take place Jan 13, an official said Friday.

"Earlier the counting was scheduled for Jan 9, but following the directions of the Election Commission (EC), it will take place Jan 13," a government spokesman said.

Lucknow, Jan 8 : A criminal facing a score cases was lynched by a group of villagers in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh after he was caught sneaking into a house with an intention to loot, police said Friday.

Ibrahim (30), who was facing nearly 20 criminal cases of attempt to murder, abduction, loot and other crimes, was Thursday night beaten to death by the residents of Basdandi village in Bareilly, around 200-km from Lucknow.

Lucknow, Jan 8 - The prosecution lawyer in a fake shootout case in which 13 policemen were this week sentenced to life for killing two innocent men Friday sought protection saying that he and his family were being threatened with death.

"The culprit cops through their aides are threatening me... They are saying I would be eliminated along with my family members very soon," Vikas Shakya told reporters in Sonbhadra, about 250 km from here.