http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Mon, 21 May 2012 06:01:51 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 06:01:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Baba_Jai_Gurudev_to_be_cremated_128349 Mathura: Spritual guru Jai Gurudev, who passed away three days ago, will be cremated Monday evening, said a spokesperson from his ashram. He was 116 years old.The decision to go in for a proper Hindu cremation was taken after due deliberations ... Mon, 21 May 2012 06:01:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Law_and_order_breakdown_in_Uttar_Pradesh_Mayawati_128317 New Delhi: After a studied silence of two months, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati Saturday came down heavily on the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh, claiming a complete breakdown of law and order in the state.At a press... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:46:57 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/Baba_Jai_Gurudev_116_passes_away_128312 Mathura: Spiritual guru Baba Jai Gurudev, who had millions of followers, passed away here late Friday after prolonged illness, a spokesman for his ashram said. He was 116 years old.In his last moments, he was brought to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh ... Sat, 19 May 2012 08:16:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Congress_asks_Akhilesh_to_act_against_BSP_leaders_128286 Lucknow: Calling for stringent action against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders found involved in graft, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Friday told the Samajwadi Party government that merely digging out corruption cases will not help.Admitting th... Fri, 18 May 2012 12:10:14 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/Business_and_Economy/Uttar_Pradesh_to_add_500_MW_of_power_by_June_128251 Lucknow: Faced with a scorching summer and a looming power crisis, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday announced that two new thermal power units - unit 9 of 250 MW Harduaganj power station and unit 5 of the 250 MW Parichha project - would be ... Thu, 17 May 2012 12:33:42 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/Politics/Mulayam_holds_presidential_cards_close_to_his_chest_128243 Lucknow: While all eyes are on Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead of India's presidential election, mum is the word in his camp. The Samajwadi Party chief is keeping his cards close to the chest, though his party's support will be crucial in the ruling U... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:42:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/UP_government_releases_vision_document_for_development_128238 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday released a road map - 'Samagra Vikas' - for overall development of the state, which aims to fulfil promises made by the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the recent state assembly elections.The long-term age... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:22:36 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/Uttar_Pradesh/UP_bride_runs_away_for_lack_of_proper_toilet_128131 Lucknow: Lack of a proper toilet is least of reasons a young woman revolts. Not at least in Uttar Pradesh's countryside where half the population is forced to defecate out in the open.  But for Priyanka, a Class 12 student in Maharajganj ... Fri, 11 May 2012 06:11:34 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/Politics/BSP_fears_for_Mayawatis_safety_slams_UPA_and_UP_government_127945 Lucknow: Alleging a serious threat to the life of party supremo Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Friday trained its guns on the Congress-led UPA government and said that if something wrong happened to their leader, the union government... Fri, 04 May 2012 12:57:39 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/Politics/Rahul_in_Amethi_to_remotivate_Congress_workers_127854 Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), April 30 (IANS) Hoping to "re-motivate" party workers in his parliamentary constituency, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Monday on a three-day visit, his first after the party's defeat in th... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:19:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Amend_statute_for_job_promotions_to_SCs_STs_Mayawati_127843 New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Monday called for amending the constitution to provide reservation in job promotions to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha after the Supreme Court Friday... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:57:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Ghaziabad/upur_Talwars_bail_plea_rejected_127836 Ghaziabad: A CBI court here Monday rejected the bail plea of denist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 murder of her daughter Aarushi and the family's domestic help Hemraj.(IANS) Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:39:22 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/250_murders_a_day_in_Akhileshruled_UP_claims_BSP_127799 Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) launched a frontal and scathing attack on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government Friday and claimed that every day more than 250 people were being murdered in Uttar Pradesh ever since the ne... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:31:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Allahabad/Students_clash_with_police_in_Allahabad_torch_vehicles_127774 Allahabad: Protesting the order to vacate hostels, students of the Allahabad University Thursday fought pitched battles with police as they torched a police vehicle and two state transport buses as well damaging varsity property. Several studen... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:21:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Akhilesh_against_bringing_chief_ministers_post_under_Lokayukta_127738 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday ruled out bringing the chief minister's office within the ambit of the Lokayukta.  Talking to reporters after inaugurating a photo exhibition here, Akhilesh said while his Sama... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:13:54 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/UPs_food_scam_CBI_raids_12_places_in_Lucknow_127534 Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided as many as twelve places in Lucknow Saturday in connection with the multi-million-rupee foodgrain scam which took place during the Mulayam Singh Yadav regime in 2004. The present Priso... Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:46:05 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/Politics/UP_government_withdraws_cases_against_24_Tappal_farmers_127227 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government late Friday revoked the cases slapped on two dozen farmers during an agitation over land acquisition at Tappal in Aligarh district in 2010.The agitation over acquisition of agricultural land near Mathura ... Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:27:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/BJPs_UP_president_booked_127212 Lucknow: The Lucknow police Friday submitted a chargesheet against 31 people, including state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Surya Pratap Shahi, for causing public nuisance in a local court.All the 31 have been charged with causing publi... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:38:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Bukhari_calls_on_Mulayam_seeks_more_Muslim_say_in_governance_127200 Lucknow: An upset Imam Bukhari of the Delhi Jama Masjid met Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday to voice his disappointment over the party denying his brother a Rajya Sabha seat and also de... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:39:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Company_manager_shot_dead_in_Meerut_127191 Meerut: Three unidentified criminals shot dead a manager of a cable company here Thursday, police said.One shopkeeper was also critically injured when he tried to rescue the victim. The incident occurred on Thursday morning near RG Girls Inter Co... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:33:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Akhilesh_Yadav_files_nomination_for_legislative_council_127167 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the state legislative council. Yadav, a member of parliament, needs to get elected to either of the two legislative houses in the state within six m... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:20:50 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/Agra/Rain_worries_farmers_in_western_UP_127138 Agra: The spell of rain earlier this week has got farmers in western Uttar Pradesh worried with many saying that it would damage the standing wheat crop.Wednesday evening saw stormy wind and heavy rain, setting off alarm bells in the wheat bel... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:20:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mulayam_Akhilesh_get_Zplus_security_cover_127134 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Thursday decided to give the highest Z-plus category security cover to 10 people, including ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his predecessor Mayawati, sources said.Z-... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:55 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/Akhilesh_transfers_1000_bureaucrats_in_24_days_126988 Lucknow: With more than 1,011 transfers in 24 days, the once powerful bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh is running for cover these days.And so while the babudom was rife of a "complete overhaul" of the state police and bureaucracy, offici... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:49:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Delhi_Metro_project_to_get_extended_to_Ghaziabad_126914 Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has drawn an ambitious project to extend the Dilshad Garden-Rithala Delhi Metro link to New Bus Stand here in Uttar Pradesh.The 9.41-km stretch is estimated to cost about Rs.1,591 crore, offici... Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:47:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Lightning_kills_four_in_UP_126892 Lucknow: Four people were killed in Uttar Pradesh after lightning struck their villages.The tragedy took place in Chitrakoot and Banda districts when, in between rain and thunder showers, lightening struck the villagers, leaving four dead in vil... Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:04:26 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/Politics/Rahul_to_meet_Congress_Uttar_Pradesh_legislators_126805 New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will hold meetings here April 5-6 with the party's legislators from Uttar Pradesh and some candidates who lost in the assembly elections to analyse the party's poor show, sources said Wednesday... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:55:52 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/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/_UP_jewellers_protest_duty_hike_126607 Lucknow: Business across the state was crippled Friday as jewellers in Uttar Pradesh observed a shutdown in protest of the central government's decision to hike excise, custom duty on gold jewellery and tax deduction on transaction of over Rs.2 lak... Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:45:40 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/Health/UP_to_provide_free_care_to_seriously_ill_poor_126536 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will provide free medical care to the poor suffering from serious ailments like kidney related infections, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced here Wednesday."In the last Samajwadi Party government, we made ef... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:07:55 GMT