Ghaziabad, Mar 23 : Army Major Mohit Sharma, who lost his life while fighting terrorists in Kupwara, was cremated here with full military honours on Monday.
Sharma was killed along with three other soldiers on Sunday in an encounter with the terrorists.
Major Sharma's body was taken to Ghaziabad, where hundreds of his relatives, friends and other admirers paid their last tribute.
NOIDA (UP), Mar. 23 : Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and former Indian Police Service officer Dr. Kiran Bedi has expressed her concern over the status quo being perpetuated in the legal and judiciary systems of the country, and called on students pursuing law to be agents of change.
"We are still resisting change in the judicial and legal framework of the country. We can achieve meaningful democracy only when we keep on evolving and stop being stagnant," she said.
Kanpur, Mar 23 : Devoid of electricity, villagers in Uttar Pradesh have now threatened to boycott the upcoming general elections.
Even after 60 years of India''s independence, villages like Sultanpur Tera Jor, Hathiyapur, Kundal, Gahana of Kanpur district don''t have basic amenities.
Miffed with politicians and their false hopes, enraged villagers have threatened to boycott the polls unless their villages are electrified.
Lucknow, Mar 23 : The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) spokesperson for Uttar Pradesh Rajkumar Ojha on Monday said that his party could field 15 candidates in the state for the upcoming general elections.
"The party has decided to field 15 candidates in the state and has already declared its candidates from five Lok Sabha constituencies," Ojha said.
Ojha further said that there is a possibility to fight the elections under the banner of the National Dalit Front (NDF).
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 21 : A major accident was averted in the wee hours of Saturday morning, when the Patna-bound Rajdhani Express came to a sudden halt after pantry car of the train caught fire near the Karman Station in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh.
The incident, which happened at around 3:30 a. m. due to a short circuit in the pantry has led to a disruption of the train services on the Mugalsarai-Patna route.
The pantry coach has been completely burnt. However, passengers have escaped unarmed.
Lucknow, Mar 20 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday said that her party would contest alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
"In all the states we will contest the election on our own and we will not tie up with any other political party," Mayawati said on the sidelines of a press conference here.
She also informed that her party would start its nationwide poll campaign from Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
Ghaziabad, Mar 23 : Army Major Mohit Sharma, who lost his life while fighting terrorists in Kupwara, was cremated here with full military honours on Monday.
NOIDA (UP), Mar. 23 : Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and former Indian Police Service officer Dr. Kiran Bedi has expressed her concern over the status quo being perpetuated in the legal and judiciary systems of the country, and called on students pursuing law to be agents of change.
Kanpur, Mar 23 : Devoid of electricity, villagers in Uttar Pradesh have now threatened to boycott the upcoming general elections.
Lucknow, Mar 23 : The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) spokesperson for Uttar Pradesh Rajkumar Ojha on Monday said that his party could field 15 candidates in the state for the upcoming general elections.
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 21 : A major accident was averted in the wee hours of Saturday morning, when the Patna-bound Rajdhani Express came to a sudden halt after pantry car of the train caught fire near the Karman Station in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow, Mar 20 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday said that her party would contest alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
