Bareilly

Maneka Gandhi files her nomination from Aonla

Maneka Gandhi files her nomination from AonlaBareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 18 : Former Union Minister and mother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi, filed her nomination papers from Aonla parliamentary constituency in Bareilly District on Saturday.

The 52-year-old BJP candidate, accompanied by local party leaders, filed her papers before the Bareilly District Magistrate at collectorate office here.

Sanjay Dutt says beaten up while in jail

Sanjay Dutt says beaten up while in jailBareilly, Apr 10 : Actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt has caused flutters in the political circles with his revelation that he was beaten up while he was in police custody in the nineties under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA).

Imposing NSA on Varun, a misuse of a serious law: Maneka Gandhi

 Imposing NSA on Varun, a misuse of a serious law: Maneka GandhiBareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 30 : Independent MP Maneka Gandhi on Monday defended her son Varun Gandhi and said that invoking the National Security Act (NSA) for inciting violence by making inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks, is a travesty of justice.

She termed the imposition of the NSA a "misuse of a serious law".

Bareilly man collects currency notes bearing ‘786’

Indian CurrencyBareilly, Sep. 22 : A man in Bareilly is promoting Hindu-Muslim brotherhood with his unique hobby to collect currency notes bearing 786, the numerical form of Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, as their last three digits.

Forty eight-year-old Anjai Agarwal, who is a Hindu by religion, has managed to collect 571 currency notes worth rupees 58,000.

Anjai started collecting such currency notes in 1980s after his father motivated him to do so.