Uttar Pradesh, India News

Safety and well being of social activists involved in development work in Uttar Pradesh came under focus Thursday when an independent panel of women groups released a fact-finding report on an attack on Dalit women at Lalitpur.

The art deco Chrysler Building shines brightly in the New York skyline in this view from the Empire State Building.

The condition of Preeti Rathi, the young New Delhi woman targeted in an acid attack May 2 on the day she arrived here to take up a nurse's job, is deteriorating with the acid eating into her insides, her distraught family said Thursday.

An Indian man bathes as a woman prepares to wash clothes at a lake on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Four people, including a woman, were charred to death when their car caught fire following an accident near this Haryana town, police said Thursday.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's dream projects, including memorials and parks in the name of Dalit icons in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, would now witness marriages and cultural events with the Akhilesh Yadav government deciding to use the space for public purposes.

The trigger-happy Mr Nawaz Sharif of the 1990s who fired two army chiefs within a year seems to be taking great pains to project patience There have been four official coup d'etat in Pakistan's history but no third term for a civilian head of the government.

An A-K 47 rifle snatched from the gunner of superintendent of police by the mob, which indulged in rioting and arson in Deoband area of Saharanpur district on Tuesday evening, is yet to be recovered by the police.

A delegation from Leicester is attending the formal opening of the Maharaja Agrasen University by the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, on 25 May.

The Indian version of secularism is nothing but a continuation of the British Divide & Rule policy.

On a petition moved by Lucknow-based social activist Urvashi Sharma under 156 CrPc, the court of Judicial Magistrate II has directed the Ashiyana police station to enquire on First Information Report against Subrata Roy and Sahara India Parivaar and submit report by 22 May.

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is appalled to know that a murder accused died, allegedly of complications after the Uttar Pradesh Police personnel injected him with acid and petrol in Etah district to extract a confession.

The public image of the polio campaign is Bill Gates. He is the most famous of those involved, at least.

The official diary of the Uttar Pradesh Police talks of Police Welfare organization having DGP's wife as President and other government officials working there.

Her dad's name is Amardeep, who is a businessman and contractor, her mom, Asha, is a university-teacher. She has two sisters, eldest a single is Rangoli, and she has a brother, Akshit, who is about a yr youthful than her.

Agra, May 19 : Rohilkhand University Vice Chancellor Mohammad Muzammil has been directed by the Uttar Pradesh governor to take additional charge of Dr.

At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks.

Lalitpur , May 19 : A goon who misbehaved with five Dalit women activists a week ago in Uttar Pradesh is on the run, with officials planning to auction his house and property, police said Sunday.

Lucknow, May 18 : Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts at Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad in 2007, died of 'heat stroke' Saturday when he was being taken back to the Lucknow prison after a hearing at a Faizabad court, police said.

New Delhi, May 18: Narendra Modi's "right-hand man" Amit Shah is likely to be appointed the BJP's general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh, party sources said.