Samajawadi Party to felicitate Azmi for taking oath in Hindi Nov 14, 2009
LUCKNOW: Samajawadi Party will honour its Maharashtra unit president and newly elected MLA Abu Asim Azmi for taking oath in national language despite being assaulted by MNS legislators inside the Maharashtra assembly ... The felicitation ceremony will be held at SP headquarters in Lucknow and would be attended by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and national general secretary Amar Singh, he said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
India to move for extradition of Headley from US Nov 13, 2009
Investigations have established that besides Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Agra, Headley also visited Pune and Kochi. The inclusion of Kochi is significant beacause of Lashkar's plan to target tourist destinations, while Pune should ring a bell because of the intercepted email echange between Headley and a Lashkar leader where he was told that a city close to Mumbai could be the target. (India Times, India)
MHA to seek Headley's extradition Nov 13, 2009
The NIA, which will scan Headleys travel to Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kochi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and elsewhere during his nine visits to India between 2006 and 2009, will also look out for clues that may link Headley-Rana duo to 26/11 attacks. During his visit to Delhi, Headley stayed at a Paharganj hotel. (India Times)
Comment: Hand's Up Nov 12, 2009
The Congress also won the Lucknow West constituency and finished second in five of the 11 seats that voted last week. The performance matched the party's remarkable resurgence in parliamentary elections when it won 21 seats from the state. (India Times, India)
'Headley visited 5 Indian cities' Nov 11, 2009
The other cities visited by him include Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Agra ... The other cities visited by him include Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Agra. (India Times, India)
Comment: Advantage UPA Nov 11, 2009
The BJP's stock has slipped further in UP. Not only has it failed to put up a fight in the bypolls, the party even lost its sitting Lucknow West seat to the Congress. With the state unit in disarray and the central leadership clueless about the way forward, the BJP has a lot to worry about. (India Times, India)
Bypolls: Cong sweeps Kerala, Left trembles in West Bengal Nov 10, 2009
Independent candidates are leading in two seats --Kolasala and Jhansi seats while Congress nominee is leading in Lucknow, they said ... In 2007 assembly elections--Samajwadi Party had won five assembly seats-- Powayan, Isauli Sonu Singh, Hainsar Bazar, Etawah and Bharthana while BJP won two -- Lucknow (West) and Kolasala seats. (India Times, India)
* Indian crocodiles video blog for survival Nov 10, 2009
REUTERS, LUCKNOW, INDIA Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, Page 5 ... In an attempt to better understand the reptiles habitat and life cycle, scientists at the Gharial Conservation Park in Lucknow are using small video cameras for bio-logging. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
UP gave Koda Rs 540 cr contracts in 2 months Nov 8, 2009
Killings are rampant in the business, and Lucknow keeps a close a watch on goings on. For Kodas associates to net huge businesses, despite being outsiders, has led some to suspect they outperformed their rivals in bribing officials and gangs because of their concern to turn black money into white. (India Times, India)
Dinosaur whodunit: Is Shiva crater the missing link? Nov 8, 2009
These factors might have been accelerated by the impact of other asteroids that would have dealt the final blow, says M L Chhabra, head of Lucknow Universitys department of geology. In this context, Chatterjees contention that the Shiva crater provided the last nail in the dinosaurs coffin may be the missing piece in the jigsaw. (India Times, India)
The daughters-in-law club Nov 8, 2009
I never thought Ill be in politics, although Akhilesh (my husband) used to tell me that someday Ill have to join politics, the 32-year-old Samajwadi Party candidate told TOI. Its hardly the sort of answer one would expect from the daughter of an army officer who grew up in a liberal environment in Pune and Lucknow. But bahu politics makes for different language, mostly of the my-husbands-wish-is-my-command sort. (India Times, India)
Obama envoy wanted by Lucknow police Nov 8, 2009
LUCKNOW: An Obama diplomat is wanted by the Lucknow police ... The criminal case has been lodged under Section 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by a group of 16 telecom sector contractors based in Lucknow accusing IMI of not clearing their outstanding dues worth an estimated Rs 4 ... Since the amount involved in the case is running into crores of rupees, Lucknow police have recently recommended transfer of the probe to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Uttar Pradesh Police, the... (India Times, India)
Heavy turnout in Firozabad constituency Nov 7, 2009
LUCKNOW: Tens of thousands voted across Uttar Pradesh Saturday in 11 assembly and one Lok Sabha byelections, with actor Raj Babbar of the Congress pitted against the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Firozabad parliamentary seat ... Polling started at 8 am for the assembly seats of Lucknow West, Puwayan (Shahjahanpur), Isauli (Sultanpur), Hainsar Bazar (Sant Kabirnagar), Padrauna (Kushinagar), Kolasala (Varanasi), Rari (Jaunpur), Etawah, Bhartana (Etawah),... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Govt to invite bids for city-side works at 10 airports Nov 7, 2009
The government-owned Airports Authority of India is currently in the process of identifying land at various non-metro airports, including Lucknow and Ahmedabad, for the purpose. Interestingly, the initial plan of developing Udaipur and Amritsar airports does not figure in the new list of airports slated for upgradation. (India Times)
I'm fighting for SP's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple Nov 6, 2009
Dimple, 32, was born in Pune in an Army officers family and graduated in commerce from Lucknow University. She spells out her thoughts in an interview with Rustam Roy. (India Times, India)
Nafisa Ali rejoins Congress Nov 5, 2009
LUCKNOW: Social activist Nafisa Ali has returned to the Congress fold, months after contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Lucknow where she had replaced actor Sanjay Dutt. 52-year-old Nafisa, who is in the city, was seen campaigning alongside Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi for party candidate from Lucknow (West) assembly constituency, Shyam Kishore Shukla, for the byelections on November 7 ... Social activist Nafisa Ali has returned to the Congress... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Pirated Windows 7 generates $100,000 in Lucknow Nov 4, 2009
Pirated Microsoft Windows 7 DVDs generate $100,000 in India - Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: About 50,000 pirated DVDs of Microsoft Windows 7 are estimated to have been sold here since the official launch on Oct 22, generating unaccounted business of around Rs 50 lakh (nearly $100,000) ... Most computer service providers or "regular customers" in Lucknow and elsewhere in India use pirated software, contended Nishant Kumar, a software engineer with HCL Technologies in Greater... (India Times, India)
Azharuddin, minister booked for poll code violation Nov 4, 2009
LUCKNOW: Former Indian cricket team captain and Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin and Union minister for road transport and highways R P N Singh have been charged with violating the election code of conduct ahead of by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Singh and Azharuddin -- who is the Congress MP from Moradabad -- addressed public meetings in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district on Tuesday, some 300 km from Lucknow, without taking the mandatory permission from the district... (India Times, India -- Community News)
ED summons Jharkhand ex-CM Madhu Koda for questioning Nov 4, 2009
Various directorates of the IT department from Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Nasik, and Jamshedpur have also sent documents seized by them and other evidence to the Investigations (Income Tax) Directorate in Jharkhand. Koda and eight others have been accused of amassing property worth hundreds of crores of rupees including those in places like UAE, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Liberia. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Statues building spree: Uttar Pradesh chief secretary apologises to SC Nov 3, 2009
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for violation of its order halting all further construction at various memorial sites of Dalit leaders in Lucknow ... The court had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to halt further construction at all memorial sites in Lucknow ... Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has tendered an unconditional apology to the SC for violation of its order halting all further... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Ajit Singh-led RLD to campaign for SP candidate Dimple in byelection Nov 2, 2009
LUCKNOW: Burying the past differences with Samajwadi Party, Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal has decided to campaign for Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Dimple who is contesting byelection from Firozabad seat. "RLD MP and incharge of youth wing Jayant Chaudhary will address a rally in support of SP candidate Dimple in Tundla on November 4," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
DLF to build houses costing under Rs 20 lakh each Nov 2, 2009
Besides Gurgaon, DLF plans to launch its low-cost houses in other major cities where it has a presence including Lucknow, Kochi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Chandigarh. Though size of the apartment of 'value' homes would be just about 700 sq ft, DLF would not compromise on quality of construction and facilities and they would be comparable to any other project of the company, sources said. (India Times)
Koda to be summoned for questioning soon Nov 2, 2009
The searches were being conducted by at least 70 teams comprising 400 I-T sleuths and assisted by ED men in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Nashik, Ranchi, Chaibasa and Jamshedpur. Income tax sources confirmed after the raids that the department would soon summon Koda for questioning in the alleged hawala cases. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Fury in Ayodhya over Ramcharitmanas Nov 1, 2009
LUCKNOW: Nearly 387 years after his demise here comes an editor who claims to have removed anomalies from Goswami Tulsidass magnum opus Ramcharitmanas. It has taken nearly eight years of intensive research for the head of Tulsi Peeth, Chitrakoot, Jagadguru Ramanadacharya Swami Ram Bhadrachaya, to come up an improved version of a grammatically and linguistically flawless Ramcharitmanas. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Kanpur has a crorepati inspector Oct 31, 2009
LUCKNOW: Once a fake inspector of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and land mafia in the Allahabad police records, he is known for gross indiscipline and humiliating his bosses by his enviable political clout. He hit the news again on Friday for a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against him by the CBI court in Lucknow. (India Times, India)
Railway helpline: Instant help on moving wheels Oct 31, 2009
Dial six digits and seek relief - Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: The railway helpline - 155210 - is an add-on to passenger amenities as it gives passengers a chance to report their grievances directly to senior vigilance officials of Railways. (India Times, India)
File: Meerut 9th in top 10 tax-paying cities Oct 31, 2009
It did even better than the state capital, Lucknow. Mumbai and Delhi continue to occupy the top two slots with revenues of Rs 114,161 crore and Rs 46,865 crore respectively. (India Times, India)
4 poachers arrested in UP Oct 29, 2009
LUCKNOW: Four poachers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district and several tortoises have been seized from their possession, police said on Wednesday. The four were nabbed Tuesday night along with 12 tortoises in Badaun's Bagrain area, some 280-km from Lucknow. (India Times)
Lucknow: Why is Oscar child star Pinki not smiling? Oct 28, 2009
- Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Pinki has a reason not to smile right now ... Leading a group of locals from her native village Rampur Dabai in Mirzapur district, some 300 km from Lucknow, Pinki has visited different government offices in the past week to enquire about the status of welfare schemes announced earlier this year. (India Times, India)
NIFD students molested on train, cops open fire Oct 27, 2009
NIFD students molested on train, cops forced to open fire - Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Police fired several rounds in the air at Etawah station on Monday morning to disperse 200-odd daily commuters mostly students from local colleges who laid a virtual siege to the railway station following heated argument with some passengers over teasing and molestation of girls on the Gomti Express ... Women of a Lucknow family were also allegedly harassed. (India Times, India)
Will expose Maya's conspiracy today: Amar Singh Oct 26, 2009
Addressing a public meeting at Tulsidas Inter College, Aneyi in Kolasla Assembly segment on Sunday, he said at 11:30 am on Monday in Lucknow, I will expose the conspiracy hatched by chief minister Mayawati that led to lodging of fake cases against me. . (India Times, India -- Community News)
Amitabh Bachchan 'pained' by fraud allegation Oct 26, 2009
LUCKNOW: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is distressed over the allegations of his involvement in the Rs 500 crore fraud against him and Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh. In a pained and comprehensive blog, Big B has sought answers to more than 20 questions despite spasmodic shoulder pain. (India Times, India)
Contract killing: Elderly strangled for Rs 150 in UP Oct 26, 2009
LUCKNOW: That the value of human life is going down by the day is well known. But, how low can it fall. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Fraud charge: Amar Singh challenges Mayawati to take action Oct 26, 2009
LUCKNOW: Alleging that UP chief minister Mayawati has been victimising him, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday said he would provide all details of his shares in various companies and dared her to take action against him. "I will send Mayawati all details of my share-holdings in various companies whether it is Mukesh Ambani's company, or Infosys, NTPC or ONGC. She can lodge criminal FIRs against all of them in Babupurwa police station (Kanpur)," Singh told reporters. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sarkozy, Carla Bruni plan Taj holiday in Dec Oct 24, 2009
LUCKNOW: "Unforgettable... will come back soon." This is what Nicolas Sarkozy wrote in the Taj visitors' book on January 27, 2008. The French president, then Guest of Honour at Republic Day Parade, had stolen an hour to check out the 17th century monument to love, all alone. (India Times, India)
Amitabh transfers land in UP for college named after Aishwarya Oct 24, 2009
LUCKNOW: Nearly two years after Amitabh Bachchan laid the foundation of a girls college named after his daughter-in-law and actress Aishwarya Rai in Barabanki district, legal formalities have been completed to transfer the land to the organisation building it. "Amitabh Bachchan has donated land in Daultpur village to Nishta Foundation, an organisation run by SP MP Jaya Prada, which will construct the college," official sources said here today. (India Times, India -- Community News)
MBA student from Ghaziabad kidnapped, murdered Oct 24, 2009
GHAZIABAD: An MBA student of Sikkim Manipal University was kidnapped in Ghaziabad and his body thrown on the railway track in Lucknow, police said on Friday ... On Thursday, the Ghaziabad police received a call from Lucknow that Imran's body was found lying on the railway track under Alam Bagh police station area of Lucknow ... The father rushed to Lucknow and confirmed the body as of his son. (India Times, India)
Street before Wall Street Oct 24, 2009
On one such road in Lucknow, SP Jain student Bikash Agarwal sold carrots and tomatoes and even shooed away the cows that tried to eat them. As part of a competition 'The Next CEO' , organised by IIM-Lucknow , Agarwal and other contenders had to sell vegetables on a busy Lucknow street and come back with profits. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
A Fire Scare for Tata Motor's Low-Cost Nano Oct 24, 2009
Three cases of fire in the car had been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad ... Another Nano owner, RH Rizvi in Lucknow, said, "I had parked my car at the parking lot of a shopping complex near my residence. Within moments I was informed by the parking attendant that the car was on fire. There was thick smoke in the cabin and I failed to douse the fire.". (BusinessWeek)
No recall, Tatas plans checks on 7,500 Nanos Oct 23, 2009
Three cases of fire in the car had been reported in the past few days in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad ... Another Nano owner, RH Rizvi in Lucknow, said, I had parked my car at the parking lot of a shopping complex near my residence. (India Times)
Lucknow: Schoolboy run over by minister's car Oct 22, 2009
Schoolboy run over by minister's car - Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: The official car of minister of state in the Uttar Pradesh government, Nand Gopal Nandi, knocked down a school boy and left two others injured before it rammed into a shop on the roadside in Rae Bareli district on Wednesday morning. (India Times, India)
22 die as one train rams another in northern India Oct 22, 2009
Associated Press Writer Biswajeet Banerjee in Lucknow contributed to the report. (This version CORRECTS Corrects name of police spokesman to 'Dixit' in graf 3. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Flying Delhi-Jodhpur, in 24 hours Oct 22, 2009
Several passengers were left to drive to Jaipur, Lucknow or even Delhi late on Wednesday evening. The nightmare for the passengers began on Tuesday afternoon when they boarded the 62-seater ATR 72-500. (India Times, India)
3 Nanos catch fire, Tata for pre-delivery audit Oct 22, 2009
The problems, that are similar in nature, have been noticed in three cars one each in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Delhi ... The spokesman said while the car damaged in Ahmedabad had already been repaired, the vehicle in Lucknow was being repaired now ... Raza Rizvi, the customer in Lucknow whose car also had a similar problem, also said that the problem happened after the vehicle had covered about 1000 kms and was due for a service. (India Times, India)
Nitish, Maya, Lalu oppose Sibal move Oct 21, 2009
PATNA/LUCKNOW: The Union human resource development ministry's move to restrict the intervention of coaching institutes by increasing the qualifying marks in Class XII exams for IIT-JEE has upset maths wizard Anand Kumar of Patna's 'Super 30' fame ... In Lucknow, UP CM Mayawati shot off a letter to Sibal stating the move is anti-poor. (India Times, India -- Community News)
21 die in train collision in India Oct 21, 2009
Associated Press Writer Biswajeet Banerjee in Lucknow contributed to the report. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. (Albany Times Union)
Dacoit Chanda shot dead in encounter Oct 21, 2009
LUCKNOW: A dacoit wanted by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh police in conneciton with many cases was shot dead in an encounter with the Special Task Force here on Wednesday ... "The STF, which had specific information that Chanda was planning more abductions in Kanpur and Lucknow, was tracking his movements from the last few months," he said. (India Times, India)
Teenage boy killed over girlfriend's phone no Oct 21, 2009
LUCKNOW: In a testimony to the diminishing value of human life for the highly ambitious young minds, a boy murdered his schoolmate for refusing to share the telephone number of his girlfriend in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The fine planning and execution of the murder left the cops on a wild-goose chase for nearly 48 hours before they could nail the accused. (India Times, India)
First batch of Haj pilgrims leaves today Oct 20, 2009
In the first phase, around 4,000 pilgrims will depart from Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Srinagar and Kolkata on Tuesday to undertake the annual pilgrimage. In total, 1. (India Times, India)
Poisoning claim in PF scam accused's death in jail Oct 19, 2009
The postmortem, which went on for more than three hours, was videographed under strict orders from Lucknow and carried out by a medical board comprising five senior doctors. The report has proved to be inconclusive on the reason behind the death. (India Times, India)
How the clergy wanted Sir Syed beheaded Oct 19, 2009
Sir Syed responded through a memorandum saying: The terrifying call of Kanpur, the lyrical satire of Lucknow, the idle tattle of Agra and Allahabad, the fatwas of Rampur and Bareilly and the snide remarks of holy men of Delhi grieve me not. My heart is overflowing with the idea of welfare of my people and there is no room in it for any anger or rancor. (India Times, India -- Community News)
PF scam: Key accused dies mysteriously Oct 18, 2009
LUCKNOW: The lone arrested person and key accused in the Rs 23-crore Ghaziabad PF scam, Ashutosh Asthana, died on Saturday at UPs Dasna district jail under highly mysterious circumstances. In his early 40s, Ashutosh Asthana, also seen as mastermind behind the scam, was the only one aware of the its full details and had provided the CBI with documents that established connivance of a number of judicial officers, including a sitting judge of the Supreme Court (SC), seven of the Allahabad HC, 12... (India Times, India)
FIR against Amar Singh, wife Oct 17, 2009
The FIR was lodged on Thursday at the Babupurwa police station in Kanpur, accusing Mr Singh and his wife of amalgamating companies allegedly owned or run by them for converting black money into white, additional director general of police (law and order) Brij Lal told a news agency in Lucknow on Friday. Interestingly, the name of veteran film actor Amitabh Bachchan, whos a close friend of the 00004000 Samajwadi Party leader, also figures in the 14-page complaint as director of one of the... (India Times)
SP plays down Amar remark on tie-up ending Oct 16, 2009
LUCKNOW: While recuperating at a Singapore hospital after kidney transplant, SP general secretary Amar Singh had vowed not to speak out on any issue unless unavoidable. But his comments in Firozabad on SP-Congress ties suggest that he has forgotten his vow earlier than expected. (India Times, India -- Community News)
HIV+ man dumps wife after she tests positive Oct 16, 2009
LUCKNOW: Twenty-year-old Poonam Rajput (name changed) is forced to live on a roadside along with her one-year-old daughter ... Though Lucknow Network for Positive People (LNP+) that found the women a few days ago is trying for her rehabilitation, the episode has exposed absence of government mechanism in the state to provide relief to abandoned HIV positive women and children and work for their rehabilitation ... Poonam, a resident of Shahjahanpur, has been in Lucknow for the past two months to... (India Times, India)
UP govt plotting to eliminate SP leaders: Amar Singh Oct 16, 2009
LUCKNOW: Acrimony between ruling BSP and Samajwadi Party worsened on Thursday with SP general secretary Amar Singh accusing the Uttar Pradesh government of "hatching a conspiracy to eliminate" its top leadership, including president Mulayam Singh Yadav. "Mayawati, through the state police chief Vikram Singh and additional director general of police (law and order) Brijlal, wants to eliminate me, Mulayam, Shivpal Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav," Amar claimed. (India Times, India)
FIR against Amar Singh, wife for Rs 500cr fraud Oct 16, 2009
LUCKNOW: An FIR was on Thursday lodged against SP general secretary Amar Singh and his wife Pankaja Kumari Singh in Kanpur for alleged financial fraud amounting to about Rs 500 crore, a senior police official said here. ( ). (India Times, India)
Couple in Uttar Pradesh forced to become siblings Oct 15, 2009
LUCKNOW: Repeatedly slapping a love-struck couple with shoes for their 'illegitimate' love affair, an Uttar Pradesh village council forced them to tie a rakhi and become siblings, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday in Kukra village in Bijnor district, about 350 km from here. (India Times, India -- Community News)
I love you, jaan, Salman tells male 'girlfriend' Oct 14, 2009
Ansari, a resident of Padao town in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, some 300 km from Lucknow, has been living like a "girlfriend" of Salman Khan for the last 12 years and dreams of getting married to the Bollywood actor. Ansari now wears salwaar kameez with a dupatta over his head, dons earrings, colourful bangles, a nose ring and applies lipstick and eye-liner to show his "commitment" towards the star. (India Times, India)
Squatters invade 249 heritage sites Oct 12, 2009
Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad Barabati Fort, Cuttack Samudragupta's Fort, Allahabad Shey Palace, Ladakh Danteswari Temple, Dantewada Rock-cut sculpture of Maitreya, Kargil Asafi Mosque, Lucknow. Topics. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Nepal river floods Dudhwa National Park Oct 11, 2009
LUCKNOW: Excess water from Nepal's Sharda river has flooded large parts of the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh and washed away a key pier of a 120-year-old bridge over the river, a senior wildlife official said on Saturday. The bridge, that carried both rail and road traffic, was the sole connection between the park and the rest of Uttar Pradesh. (India Times, India)
Top Article: Go Into The Art Of The Matter Oct 10, 2009
Some months ago, much before Mayawati's memorial-building spree encountered rough weather, a Delhi architect, a Dalit himself, had proposed a 30-storey statue of his leader to be built as a centrepiece of a memorial in central Lucknow. The monument was 340 feet high, and if built would have dwarfed not just the tallest building in Lucknow but the Statue of Liberty as well. (India Times, India)
Hoax email seeking bank details Oct 9, 2009
LUCKNOW: Your inbox might show a mail requesting your personal particulars on behalf of the income tax department ... The mail has been received by a lot of people in Jodhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly and other places. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Ansal in talks to raise $100 mn Oct 8, 2009
According to people close to the situation, the two PE players are separately in negotiations with Ansal to buy at least 26% in the two proposed townships in Lucknow and Dadri near Delhi ... API has proposed to develop a 2,500-acre township in Dadri and 2,000-acre township in Lucknow. (India Times)
Fearing sex abuse by cop, guards refuse night duty Oct 8, 2009
Fearing sexual abuse by cop, chowkidars say no to night duty - Lucknow - City - The Times of India ... LUCKNOW: Can a chowkidar afford to say no to night shift. (India Times, India)