Three commit suicide in Lucknow Jun 2, 2009
Student, two others commit suicide - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Three persons, including a class 12th student, who fared poorly in board exams, allegedly committed suicide here in the past 24 hours, pol 00004000 ice said on Tuesday ... The boy left a suicide note in which he wrote that he was ending his life as he could not secure good marks in 10+2 examinations and may not get admission in Lucknow University, police said. (India Times, India)
Aligarh: 98 skulls found in dry pond May 25, 2009
LUCKNOW: Nearly 100 human skulls and other skeletal remains were discovered in a dried-up pond in Aligarh, officials said on Monday. The remains likely belonged to people whom police could not identify and were dumped there to avoid having to organize cremations. (India Times, India -- Community News)
It's still dream home as rates hover near highs May 24, 2009
In Faridabad, Jaipur and Lucknow, residential rates went up by 21%, 15% and 2% respectively. The index, Mr Verma said, clearly reflected the extent of overheating in the local or the city residential market. (India Times)
Azam Khan, other factors led to tally dip: SP candidates May 23, 2009
LUCKNOW: The manner in which the Kalyan Singh factor was raked up by senior party leader Azam Khan, organizational flaws and intra-party indiscipline have been cited by Samajwadi Party candidates as reasons for their party's dip in tally as also Muslim votes in Lok Sabha polls. The hustings witnessed the party tally dive to 24 seats from 37 in the last general elections. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Lucknow: Man kills wife for abortion May 23, 2009
Man kills wife for undergoing abortion - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband for undergoing abortion in Bazarkhala area here in the city, polic 00004000 e said on Saturday. (India Times, India)
Varun 'misbehaves' with journalists May 22, 2009
LUCKNOW: Controversy is not leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poster boy Varun Gandhi. Hogging the limelight for sometime for his alleged anti-Muslim speeches, the young Lok Sabha MP is now caught in a row with journalists. (India Times, India)
Lucknow thunderstorm claims 20 lives May 22, 2009
Thunderstorm claims 20 lives - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Even as 20 persons were killed and nine others injured in thunderstorm and rains which lashed the state on Wednesday and Thursday, 00004000 the unusually humid weather in the middle of summers is unlikely to affect monsoon, which is expected to arrive on time in UP. ... The normal date of arrival of monsoon in UP is June 15 and Lucknow June 18. (India Times, India)
Whose support should the Congress take? May 20, 2009
As news of BSP support came from Lucknow, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh met the President and handed over a letter of support of the party's 23 MPs to the UPA government. SP had rescued the Congress-led UPA government last year after the Left parties withdrew support to it on the nuclear deal issue and parted ways with the Congress before the elections. (India Times, India)
NRI designs vaginal ring to prevent HIV May 20, 2009
D from Lucknow University (India) in 1949, 1951 and 1954, respectively. "No one has ever conquered a viral epidemic with treatment, so prevention is the most effective option. Ideally, an HIV vaccine is the most desirable method, but that is not foreseeable in the near future," explained Jeffrey Laurence, study co-author and physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/WCMC.. (India Times, India)
Vengeful Maya begins purging BSP May 19, 2009
LUCKNOW: Stung by Congress's surprising success, chief minister Mayawati appears set to rock her own boat in Uttar Pradesh ... The meeting will be held at the party office in Lucknow. (India Times, India)
BSP offers unconditional outside support to UPA May 19, 2009
LUCKNOW: Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which was part of the Third Front in the Lok Sabha elections, on Tuesday announced unconditional outside support of its 21 MPs to the Congress-led UPA government. ( ). (India Times, India)
Mini assembly polls in the offing in UP May 19, 2009
LUCKNOW: The Lok Sabha elections are over but the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh is heading for another rounds of polls in the next few months as several assembly seats have fallen vacant ... Party leader and MLA from Lucknow (west) assembly seat Lalji Tandon, has won the prestigious Lucknow seat, which was represented by Atal Bihari Vajpayee for five 00004000 times in a row. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Lucknow: Silence at SP, BSP offices May 17, 2009
Silence reigns at SP, BSP offices - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: If Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party were diappointed by the poll results, their party headquarters in the state capital told it all. (India Times, India)
Mayawati blames it on Muslims May 17, 2009
LUCKNOW: Disappointed by the Lok Sabha poll results, BSP supremo and chief minister Mayawati on Saturday appeared before the media after a brief hibernation, only to blame Muslims for not voting for her party as she and her party had expected. "Muslims were confused and divided and this confusion was created by the opposition as a part of its joint strategy against BSP," said Mayawati, explaining the reason for BSP's poor show in Uttar Pradesh. (India Times, India)
Congress looks set to return to power with results so far giving it a clear lead. May 16, 2009
0920 The BBC's Ram Dutt Tripathi in Lucknow: Counting has begun in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. The administration has banned victory processions fearing clashes between supporters of political parties. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Maya not ready to open cards, sends aide to Delhi for talks May 15, 2009
LUCKNOW: Exactly two months after she hosted a grand dinner for the Third Front leaders in New Delhi, BSP supremo Mayawati now awaits its results. As BJP and Congress leaders got down to hectic lobbying for post-poll alliances on Thursday, Mayawati also dashed her trusted lieutenant SC Mishra to Delhi to closely observe the turn of events and keep in touch with Third Front leaders. (India Times)
One held for killing peacocks May 15, 2009
LUCKNOW: One man was arrested and four people booked for killing three peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district Thursday, an official said. Forest officials and the police had begun a joint probe after recovering the carcasses of the peacocks in Mathura village of Faizabad, about 250 km from here, Tuesday. (India Times, India)
Some party before the party, others say grace May 15, 2009
Samajwadi Partys Lucknow candidate Nafisa Ali visited Ayodhya as well as Lucknows famous Hanuman temple and all the dargahs in the city ... Im going to Lucknow tomorrow for a tea party for all SP yuva shakti workers and poll agents. (India Times)
Varun moves SC seeking quashing of NSA invoked against him May 13, 2009
Varun was let off by a three-member state advisory board headed by senior judge of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court Justice Pradeep Kant which went into the maintainability of Varun's detention by the UP government under the NSA imposed on March 29. Text. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Obituary: Ruth Dickerson May 13, 2009
In 1992 she became a follower of H.W.L. Poonja in Lucknow, India, until his death in 1997. She then was involved in other activities in India and with the Avadhuta foundation in Boulder, Colo. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
* World News Quick Take May 13, 2009
He said that in one incident, five members of a family died when a tree crushed their mud home in Rampur, 300km southwest of the capital of Lucknow. Uprooted trees blocked highways outside major cities in the state. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
File: In Pilibhit, Mayawati trains guns at Varun and Maneka May 12, 2009
LUCKNOW: A day after lambasting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and calling Manmohan Singh a ``backdoor PM'', Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati trained her guns on BJP's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi and his mother Maneka. Describing Varun a `nautankibaaj' (drama king), the BSP chief said, ``This `farzi' (imposter) Gandhi says he believes in `karma' and not in name. (India Times, India)
Varun Gandhi barred from addressing rally in Bareilly May 11, 2009
LUCKNOW: Two days after the state advisory board recommended the withdrawal of the National Security Act (NSA) against Varun Gandhi, BJP's LS candidate from Pilibhit was denied permission to hold a public meeting on Sunday at Faridpur in Aonla, the LS constituency of his mother Maneka Gandhi. Read blog. (India Times, India -- Community News)
3 held with 55 tortoise May 10, 2009
LUCKNOW: Three people were arrested with 55 tortoise meant for smuggling to West Bengal in Barabanki district, about 30 kms from here, police reports reaching here said on Saturday. Police said one among the three arrested from near Hairabeeru canal culvert area on Friday belonged to Nadia district of West Bengal. (India Times, India)
Sanjay Aggarwal, CEO, SpiceJet May 10, 2009
Often, weve had to fly our aircraft to Jaipur, Lucknow or Chandigarh airspace. You have to fly at a lower altitude, when you are in a queue. (India Times)
* Untouchable could lead in Indian elections May 10, 2009
THE GUARDIAN, LUCKNOW, INDIA Sunday, May 10, 2009, Page 5. Dalits worship her as a goddess, as someone who has come to free them from the misery into which they were born. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Varun NSA revoked, setback for Maya May 9, 2009
The three-member advisory boardheaded by Justice Pradeep Kant, a senior judge of the Lucknow Bench of HChas reportedly handed over its findings to the state government ... Mr Gandhi, who is currently on parole, had on April 28 submitted his representation before the advisory board in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. (India Times)
Live: Indian general election 2009 May 7, 2009
The BBC's Ram Dutt Tripathi in Lucknow says: Farmer's son Mulayam Yadav (see below) has transformed his family into political royalty in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. Yadav has been out of office since 2007 when his arch rival, the Dalit leader Mayawati, dethroned him. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Why can't I be PM like Manmohan:Maya May 6, 2009
LUCKNOW: Launching a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her comment `Aaj kal to har koi pradhan mantri banana chahta hai' (Everybody wants to become the PM these days), BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said if Sonia could bring someone like Manmohan Singh through the ``back door'' to Parliament and make him PM, ``why can't a well-educated `Dalit ki beti' like me, who has won several elections and is CM of country's biggest state, become Prime Minister. . (India Times, India)
Azam not quitting SP, refuses to campaign alongside Kalyan May 5, 2009
LUCKNOW: Scotching rumours that he is quitting the Samajwadi Party, its Muslim face, Azam Khan, has said he is not able to cut off his "emotional bondings" with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav but made it clear that he will never campaign alongside former BJP leader Kalyan Singh. Khan said his party should stop banking on Kalyan Singh, whom he accused of being the "destroyer of the Babri mosque". (India Times, India -- Community News)
BMW India to roll out Roadster Z4 sports car May 4, 2009
NEW DELHI: BMW India, the fully-owned subsidiary of the worlds largest premium car maker BMW Group, will launch its two-seater Roadster Z4 sports car in India in the second half of 2009 and will add 10 dealers in tier-II cities such as Coimbatore, Jaipur, Lucknow and Ludhiana, as its India sales have exceeded expectations, said a top company executive. We grew 15% in the first quarter of 2009 and surpassed Mercedes Benz in the sales tally, said BMW India president Peter Kronschnabl. (India Times)
If Kalyan is in, count me out, says Azam May 4, 2009
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party general secretary and the partys Muslim face Azam Khan threatened to resign following joint public meetings of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and former BJP Hindutva poster-boy Kalyan Singh. The two addressed public meetings in western UP on Saturday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
50% turnout in third phase of Indian general elections May 1, 2009
Voters wait in line at Lucknow montessori school polling station in Lucknow, India, April 30, 2009. India held the third phase of its general elections Thursday in the month-long polling which started in mid-April. (Xinhuanet, China)
LS polls, phase 3: Mayawati, Ambani, Modi among early voters Apr 30, 2009
Mayawati, accompanied by her party candidate Akhilesh Das, cast her vote in Lucknow before setting off to campaign for BSP in Mathura, Bulandshahr and other consituencies. Asking her party supporters to come out and vote, Mayawati said, "I always appeal to all my supporters to first cast their vote and then start their day's work. I not only preach what I say but also practice it. So I came to vote even before having tea or breakfast.". (India Times, India -- Community News)
Pappu need not vote: Lucknow admn Apr 30, 2009
Pappu needn't vote, says Lucknow admn - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... Pappu needn't vote, says Lucknow admn ... LUCKNOW: So, Pappu doesn't vote, right. (India Times, India)
Feroz called me 'Celine, baby'! Apr 29, 2009
I remember when we were in Lucknow for the promotion of Janasheen, and we saw a boy studying under a streetlight on a cold winter night, with barely a shawl on him. Feroz stopped the car, took off his coat, emptied his wallet and gave it to the boy. (India Times, India)
'BJP committed to Ram temple' Apr 29, 2009
LUCKNOW: Raking up the Ram temple issue, BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said his party's commitment to building the temple in Ayodhya "remains intact" and it will be subsequently proven. Rubbishing the charges of rivals that the saffron party has dropped the issue of Ram temple for power, he said, "This is simply a false propaganda by those who never wanted the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya and had even questioned the very existence of Lord Rama. "And as far as the building of Ram... (India Times, India)
Party reactions a pointer to their post-poll intentions Apr 29, 2009
The reaction of the party spokesperson in Lucknow also seemed to reflect the anger of a party which has accused the CBI of trying to frame its leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and his clan in a corruption case. Interpretation: SP, which is seen as a prospective partner by Congress and which is tipped to return with at least a score of seats, will drive a hard bargain for its support to the next "secular" dispensation. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Boy dies imitating reality show stunt Apr 20, 2009
Boy dies emulating dance reality show `stunt' - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident that came to light on Sunday morning here, a nine-year-old boy died while trying to perform a stunt shown in a dance reality shown on television ... Chandan's parents had sent him to study in Lucknow in 2006. (India Times, India)
Amar dares Maya to slap NSA on him, Dutt Apr 18, 2009
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh on Wednesday dared UP chief minister Mayawati to register a case and slap NSA on him along with cine star Sanjay Dutt. The district administration in Mau had lodged an FIR against Dutt for his inflammatory utterances at a public meeting on Tuesday. (India Times, India)
FIR against Sanjay Dutt for violating model code Apr 18, 2009
LUCKNOW: An FIR was on Tuesday registered against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by making communal remarks in an election rally in Mau district, sources said. An FIR has been registered at Dakkhin Tola police station against Dutt this evening for making communal remarks during an election rally held at Azad ground in Mau town, a senior official said. (India Times, India)
Neta worth: Crorepatis across parties Apr 18, 2009
Singh has a residential house in Lucknow, valued at Rs 55 lakh. He has ancestral agricultural land in Chandauli valued at Rs 45. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sanjay Dutt appointed Samajwadi Party general secy Apr 18, 2009
2 Apr 2009, 1150 hrs IST, AGENCIES. NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, denied permission to contest elections by the Supreme Court, was on Thursday appointed the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party. (India Times, India)
B-schools alter contents to beat crisis Apr 17, 2009
Various campuses of the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Bangalore), Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, and International Managment Institute (IMI), Delhi are looking at offering special capsule courses to working managers ... Amit Mookerjee, a professor with IIM-Lucknow and chairman of Working Managers Programme, said: We have received several requests from corporates to introduce shortterm management sessions, which will help professionals re-learn the... (India Times)
"Untouchable" Seeks Power In Indian Election Apr 15, 2009
But her most obvious legacies are in Lucknow, the state capital, where she is spending $460 million _ four times the state health budget _ building a series of memorials celebrating Dalit heroes, her political mentor and herself ... A 43-year-old Dalit who lives in a tidy Lucknow neighborhood, he has pulled himself up into the lower middle class by selling life insurance. (CBS News -- World)
India's have-nots reach for power Apr 15, 2009
LUCKNOW, India -- Her father was a low-level government clerk from a caste so poor and uneducated it was shunned for centuries as "untouchable." Her mother was illiterate. But the daughter they named Mayawati sought a different destiny. (News & Observer)
Bollywood stars to hit the button Apr 15, 2009
The actor said, "I am spending all my time in Lucknow but I will not waste my vote. I will make the trip to Mumbai and cast my vote." Aamir Khan, who has been asking voters to pick the right candidate through his ad films, will come back from the US where he is holidaying. The politically conscious Preity Zinta, who has turned down offers from parties to contest and campaign, has said that she will definitely vote. (India Times, India -- Community News)
No electricity, no vote: UP villagers Apr 13, 2009
BANTHARA (LUCKNOW): Peeved at shortage of electric power and other civic amenities, residents of Banthara, a village in Uttar Pradesh, have decided to boycott upcoming parliamentary polls ... Incidentally, Bantahra with a population of 3500, is located just 22 kilometres away from Lucknow, on the outskirts of a radar tracking station of the Indian Air Force. (India Times, India -- Community News)
SP's tirade against English language is a political stunt. Apr 12, 2009
LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party has vowed to work against the use of English in education and computers in new projects. While these are pitched as populist measures abolition of "expensive education in English" would allegedly create a level playing field for all and less use of computers would generate jobs the steps are being viewed with alarm as they have the potential to drag back the country by years. (India Times, India)
Did Sanjay upset Manyata? Apr 12, 2009
There is breaking news from Lucknow, the Samajwadi Party stronghold, where party secretary Sanjay Dutt is campaigning for Nafisa Ali the candidate who replaced him in this constituency after he was denied permission by the Supreme Court to contest the Lok Sabha elections. Apparently wife Manyata has taken off to the Bahamas in a huff. (India Times, India)
Indian youth turn to technology for political voice Apr 12, 2009
Ankur Dwivedi, 22, of Lucknow, in northern India, said he had never voted before this election. But after watching a Tata Tea ad campaign that chastised youths that if "you aren't voting, you are asleep," he felt motivated to register. (Boston Globe)
56 candidates fight for Lucknow seat Apr 11, 2009
56 candidates in fray for Lucknow Lok Sabha seat - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... 56 candidates in fray for Lucknow Lok Sabha seat ... LUCKNOW: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister and a veteran parliamentarian, will be a hard act to follow. (India Times, India)
Bollywood star electrifies India's poll campaign Apr 11, 2009
Here in the state capital, Lucknow, Dutt is campaigning for party candidate Nafisa Ali. Nafisa Ali will stand in Lucknow after Dutt was barred from running ... "My brothers, you are my family here. I have promised that I will not leave Lucknow. I'm leaving my sister Nafisa Ali in your hands. But I'm not leaving, I'll be here too. Together we will beat the elephant [the election symbol of the rival Bahujan Samaj Party].". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Cement prices seen easing Apr 9, 2009
In Lucknow, prices per bag rose to Rs 260 in March from about Rs 200 in December, survey said. Capacity expansion. (India Times)
A 9-Month-Old Boy with Seizures Apr 9, 2009
Ajit Singh Kashyap, M.D. Command Hospital Lucknow 226 002, India kashyapajits@gmail. com. (New England Journal of Medicine)
DLF looks to raise Rs 900 cr from sale of 8 plots Apr 9, 2009
Plots on the block are located in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Baroda, Lucknow, Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) and Sikkim. We are in advanced stage of negotiations with several hotel chains to sell 8-9 land parcels that were marked for hotel projects. (India Times)
Nafisa vows to be asset for Lucknow Apr 7, 2009
Nafisa Ali promises to be asset for Lucknow - Lucknow - Cities - The Times of India ... Nafisa Ali promises to be asset for Lucknow ... LUCKNOW: After bagging the Miss India title three decades back, Bollywood actress and social activist Nafisa Ali is now confident of success in Lok Sabha elections, which she is contesting as the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow seat. (India Times, India)
PIL challenging Varun's detention dismissed Apr 7, 2009
LUCKNOW: Chief standing counsel (CSC) of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, Devendra Upadhyay, on Monday, stressed that PIL challenging Varun Gandhi's detention by the state government under NSA was filed here only for gaining cheap popularity. Therefore, owing to the court's reluctance to entertain the PIL, the petitioner was requested to withdraw it. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mulayam demands probe into collection of money by BSP cadres Apr 6, 2009
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday demanded a probe into the alleged collection of huge sums of money by BSP cadres on party supremo and Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday. "Last year on her birthday she claimed that Rs 12 crore was collected and this time she is claiming that it has been doubled. Huge sums of money were collected. This should be investigated," Yadav told reporters. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sonia Gandhi runs for Indian parliament Apr 6, 2009
(04-06) 02:21 PDT LUCKNOW, India (AP). Thousands of supporters showered Sonia Gandhi with rose petals Monday as she registered to run for re-election to India's parliament. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
French firm to redesign Mumbai CST Apr 5, 2009
Besides the Mumbai CST station, New Delhi, Howrah, Agra, Chennai Central, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mathura, Patna, Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram railway stations will also be developed as world class stations. Text. (India Times, India)
Women don't have to be mothers to feel maternal: Maya Apr 5, 2009
LUCKNOW: It's turning out to be the mother of all spats. Stung by personal remarks by BJP leader and Varun Gandhi's mother, Maneka Gandhi, Mayawati retorted on Saturday that a woman needn't undergo labour pain to be maternal. (India Times, India -- Community News)
LeT plans to target Isro scientists Apr 4, 2009
Nawaz, who joined SIMI in 1995, had attended Nadwat-ul-Ulema in Lucknow and started working in the SIMI headquarters in New Delhi in 2000. Text. (India Times, India)
IIM Bangalore launches costliest PG programme Apr 4, 2009
IIM, Lucknow too hikes fee. After IIM, Calcutta, IIM, Ahmedabad and IIM, Bangalore, its now the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML)s turn to go for a fee hike. (India Times)
Rahul Gandhi files nomination papers from Amethi Apr 4, 2009
LUCKNOW: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday filed his nomination papers from Amethi parliamentary constituency. Rahul was accompanied by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadara, brother-in-law Robert Vadara and state unit chief Reeta Bahuguna Joshi to Sultanpur district headquarters. (India Times, India -- Community News)
