http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Sat, 19 May 2012 10:42:33 GMT Sat, 19 May 2012 10:42:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/16_die_in_Uttar_Pradesh_bus_tragedy_128315 Lucknow: At least 16 people returning from a religious congregation were killed and over a dozen injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck and caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:42:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Father_hacks_two_kids_to_death_in_UP_128271 Lucknow: A 40-year-old mentally-ill man Friday hacked his two children to death and critically injured the other two before shooting himself in Bhimnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, around 275 km from here.Police said the assailant had a "ps... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:47:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_has_no_control_over_officials_party_workers_BJP_128252 Lucknow: Launching its first offensive against the two-month-old Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had virtually no control over his officers... Thu, 17 May 2012 12:34:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Rs12_lakh_jewellery_stolen_from_Lucknow_shop_128244 Lucknow: Two men on a motorcycle fled with jewellery worth Rs.12 lakh from a shop in the Aashiana area here Thursday, police said.The men told the shop owner that they wanted to buy gold ornaments for their sister. After they were shown the jewel... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/UPs_record_20000_constables_transferred_128197 Lucknow: In the biggest reshuffle till date on a single day, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday transferred a whopping 20,324 constables.Officials said the transfers were ordered following a government order of March 20 wherein the new Sam... Wed, 16 May 2012 04:33:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_takes_oath_as_legislative_council_member_128180 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday took oath as a member of the legislative council. The 38-year-old chief minister was recently elected unopposed to the upper house.Along with the chief minister, 10 other members were a... Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:18 GMT http://samachaar.in/Weather/UP_sweats_as_mercury_soars_past_40_degrees_128174 Lucknow,  A sudden and steep rise in day temperatures has sent people of Uttar Pradesh scurrying for cover. With the mercury soaring past 40 degree Celsius, the met department has predicted a harsh week ahead.The temperature rise has taken ... Mon, 14 May 2012 06:27:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/_Kill_eloped_daughter_suggests_senior_UP_cop_128062 Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer was caught on camera telling an aged man in Saharanpur that he should either kill his daughter, who had eloped, or commit suicide.  Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Saharanpur Satish Kumar M... Wed, 09 May 2012 11:01:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/_Six_UP_cops_booked_for_murdering_colleague_128055 Lucknow: Six Uttar Pradesh policemen were Wednesday booked for the murder last year of a sub-inspector, police said.  According to police, the case is related to the death in May last year of sub-inspector Manoj Singh under mysterious cir... Wed, 09 May 2012 10:23:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Kill_eloped_daughter_suggests_senior_UP_cop_128053 Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer was caught on camera telling an aged man in Saharanpur that he should either kill his daughter, who had eloped, or commit suicide.Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Saharanpur Satish Kumar Mathur ... Wed, 09 May 2012 10:21:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Youth_hangs_self_at_police_station_in_UP_two_suspended_127884 Lucknow: Two policemen were suspended after a youth allegedly committed suicide Tuesday by hanging himself at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district.Sardana (25) was found hanging with a blanket in a toilet at the Saurikh police s... Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Minor_raped_at_BSP_MPs_house_in_Uttar_Pradesh_127862 Lucknow: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gun point by the caretaker of a house owned by the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of parliament from Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Police officials said Monday.According to the complaint by the ... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:52:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Tiger_on_prowl_near_Lucknow_finally_trapped_127676 Lucknow: A tiger, which was on the prowl for nearly three months on the outskirts of the state capital, was finally caught Wednesday, said a forest department official.The tiger, which was first spotted in a village near the state capital on Ja... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:49:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/5_killed_in_Uttar_Pradesh_cracker_blasts_127578 Lucknow: Five people, including three women and two children, were killed Monday in explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Two women and as many children were killed in Sandi area of Hardoi district, about ... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:15:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Letter_threatens_to_blow_up_Ramjanmabhoomi_complex_127370 Lucknow: Security in and around the Ramjanmabhoomi complex in Uttar Pradesh's temple town of Ayodhya was stepped up after a district judge received a letter threatening to blow up the area in the coming days, police said Tuesday.District Judge... Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:23:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Nine_killed_200_injured_in_dust_storm_in_UP_127166 Lucknow: Nine people were killed and more than 200 injured when a severe dust storm hit many parts of Uttar Pradesh late Wednesday, police said.According to information collected by the state government, the storm was at its deadliest in Jalaun... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:19:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Lucknow/Expedite_passports_for_Haj_pilgrims_UP_urges_centre_127075 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has asked the central government to expedite the process of issuing passports to Muslims seeking to go for Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.In a letter written to union External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, state minister Moh... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:57:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Court_bans_reports_on_army_movement_episode_near_Delhi__127056 Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Tuesday restrained the electronic and print media from publishing and broadcasting any news reports on the movement of two army units towards Delhi in January, as reported in a section of the media.A division b... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:09:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_to_attend_meet_on_internal_security_126953 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to attend the chief ministers' conference on internal security in New Delhi April 16 in a marked departure from his predecessor Mayawati.Sources in the chief minister's office told ... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:07:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_is_candidate_for_Legislative_Council_126851 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was Thursday declared the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for the upper house of the state assembly.Six other leaders including SP state spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary, Madhu Gupta, Naresh Uttam... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:51:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Silver_Pheasants_sex_change_stuns_zoo_126826 Lucknow: In a rare and a first-of-its-kind phenomenon, a Silver Pheasant, a bird belonging to the peacock family, has changed its sex from female to a male.  Confirming this and terming it a kind of "sex dimorphism", zoo directo... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/_UP_schools_to_ban_sale_of_junk_food_126816 Lucknow: In a significant step, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued instructions to all schools - Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), Uttar Pradesh Board and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) - to ban sale of junk food w... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:18:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/CBI_probe_in_UP_number_plate_deal_126786 Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered a Cental Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the decision of the former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government to allot a tender to sell high security registration plates in ... Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:49:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Lucknow_girl_stumps_PMO_with_Father_of_the_Nation_126770 Lucknow: It is not everyday that a 10-year-old catches the office of the prime minister of India off-guard and without answers. But then, Aishwarya Parashar, a Class 6 student, is no ordinary girl.For she has stumped PMO officials with her Righ... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:09:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mayawati_fasttracks_preparations_for_Lok_Sabha_polls_126747 Lucknow: Humbled in the Uttar Pradesh elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fast-tracked preparations for the general elections due in 2014.And keeping in line with the 'prediction' of party chief Mayawati that these polls would be held ... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:57:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Conspiracy_in_UP_firing_that_killed_three_126685 Lucknow: Amid theories suggesting a "larger conspiracy", the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the Sunday firing in Etawah that killed three people.Other than a Crime Branch-CID and a magisterial investigations, the sta... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:19:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Five_stabbed_by_unidentified_assailants_in_Lucknow_126622 Lucknow: Unidentified bike borne assailants early Saturday stabbed five people in the Uttar Pradesh state capital, police said.According to the police, the incidents took place in the posh Gomtinagar area after mid-night when five different peopl... Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:02:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Jairam_Ramesh_in_UP_126604 Lucknow: Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh is on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh to review the schemes of his ministry.  Ramesh, who arrived here late Friday, is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday. ... Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:43:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Shifting_of_officials_continues_in_UP_126603 Lucknow: Continuing its bureaucratic reshuffling, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday shifted nine Indian Administrative Service (IAS), eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, 25 Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and 19 Provincial Police Service o... Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:43:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/32_cars_less_in_fleet_as_Akhilesh_goes_on_austerity_drive_126580 Lucknow: Surprising even his officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued orders to cut down the cars in his fleet from 40 to just eight and also ordered the specialised hospital operating in his official residence to shut ... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:30:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/We_wont_join_UPA_but_help_it_pass_budget_SP_126388 Kolkata: Reiterating Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's prediction that Lok Sabha elections could be held "after a year", its general secretary Kiranmoy Nanda Saturday said their prty will help Congress to pass the genera... Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:53:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Raja_Bhaiya_inspects_Lucknow_jail_pulls_up_staff_126383 Lucknow: Facing as many as three incidents of jail riots in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight, state Jails Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiyya Saturday inspected the Lucknow Jail and asked prison officials to &q... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:18:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Lucknow_road_rage_driver_arrested_126370 Lucknow: Twenty four hours after an inebriated driver ran over a young man in posh Gomtinagar, the man was finally arrested late Friday, police said.  Arjun, 24, was mowed down by a tipsy Rajesh Tiwari on Thursday night after a brief alte... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:48:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mulayam_says_no_to_joining_UPA_government_126142 Lucknow: Scotching speculations, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday categorically dismissed reports that his party was going to join the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre.Amidst growing rumours that the par... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:51:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Will_make_UP_crime_free_says_police_chief_126129 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's new police chief Ambreesh Chandra Sharma Monday pledged to help make the country's most populous state crime free.Talking to reporters after taking charge, Sharma said law and order was his biggest priority."I would... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:52:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Election_Commission_to_give_tips_to_Jordan_126055 Lucknow: After conducting a historic and successful state assembly polls, which saw an unprecedented rise in the voter turn out, Election Commission officials, including poll panel chief S.Y. Quraishi, will now give tips to their Jordanian counterp... Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:54:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Debate_on_third_front_good_Akhilesh_125719 Lucknow: With increasing speculation about mid-term polls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister-designate Akhilesh Yadav Monday welcomed the debate on a non-Congress, non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) third front.  "If the country is debating... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:17:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Lucknow_police_station_gets_ISO9001_certification_125681 Lucknow: In a first, a police station in this Uttar Pradesh capital was Sunday awarded an ISO-9001:2008 certification. The distinction was earned by Mahanagar police station here and the certificate was received by state police chief Atul Kumar.... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:36:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_Yadav_to_be_UP_chief_minister_125631 Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav, 38, will be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party said Saturday.Akhilesh, the son of party chief and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and MP from Kannauj, will be the youngest to hold the ... Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:12:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Lucknow/Mulayam_leads_Holi_celebrations_in_UP_125604 Lucknow: Holi was celebrated across Uttar Pradesh with fervour and an added dash of political celebrations as triumphant Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders, led by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, played the festival of colours Thursday in style.Mulay... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:17:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/UP_voters_dethrone_Mayawati_choose_Mulayam_over_BJP_Congress__125586 Lucknow: The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) hopes for a revival in India's most populous state were dashed as Uttar Pradesh's 12.73 crore voters rallied behind the Samajwadi Party's (SP) to hand it a stunning victory over Mayawa... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:21:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Astrologers_say_Mulayam_is_king_Bejan_Daruwalla_differs_125491 Lucknow: For once, political pundits and astrologers seem to be mostly on the same side in Uttar Pradesh.   Hours before the millions of votes cast in the state are counted Tuesday, leading astrologers were singing the tune of the ex... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:54:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/BJP_cant_form_government_in_UP_says_Rajnath__125456 Lucknow: In a stunning admission a day before vote count, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh admitted Monday that his party may not be able to form a government in Uttar Pradesh."The results will be bright for the BJP, there ... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:16:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mayawati_cabinet_passes_resolution_to_dissolve_assembly_125428 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has passed a resoultion recommending dissolution of the 403-member assembly here late Sunday.The decision was taken after the chief minister's office got signatures of all cabinet ministers appended to such a re... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:22:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Alltime_high_voting_in_UP_women_set_new_record__125406 Lucknow: Voters in Uttar Pradesh set an all-time record in polling percentage, with officials saying about 60 percent of its 127 million electorate exercised their franchise in the staggered polling that began Feb 8 and ended Saturday.The 59.... Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:48:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Prohibitory_orders_in_Lucknow_for_counting_Holi_125359 Lucknow: Authorities clamped prohibitory orders in the Uttar Pradesh capital Friday ahead of the vote count Tuesday and Holi that follows two days later.  The order prohibits gathering of more than five people at public places.  &nbs... Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:17:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/60_constituencies_in_final_phase_of_UP_polls_125351 Lucknow: Ten districts of Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls Saturday in the seventh and last phase of balloting whose outcome is being keenly watched across India and even beyond.About 18.1 million voters spread over 60 constituencies will be ... Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:05:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/UP_polls_60_percent_turnout_in_incidentfree_6th_round_125221 Lucknow/New Delhi: The high stakes battle for power in Uttar Pradesh entered the last lap Tuesday with 60 percent peaceful voting in the sixth and penultimate round of the assembly elections that end next week.The turnout among the 2.11 cror... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:32:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mayawati_rules_out_CBI_probe_against_trusted_minister_125164 Lucknow: Rejecting the state Lok Ayukta's recommendation for a CBI probe against her most trusted minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday contended that the nature of the charges against the minister did not ... Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:39:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/No_damage_to_EVMs_in_Lucknow_strongroom_125085 Lucknow: The Election Commission Sunday denied any damage to the electronic voting machines (EVMs) due to seepage from an overhead water tank in a strong-room where the machines were kept after the voting here Feb 19.Poll panel observers Arvind... Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:19:41 GMT