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  Security cover only to public representatives: UP govt

  India | June 07, 2014 23:36 IST

  Lucknow: UP government today decided to accord security cover only to the public representatives and to those having court orders, a senior official said.The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting convened by

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  CBI probe in Badaun gangrape-murder case, more arrests

  India | May 31, 2014 16:56 IST

  Badaun/Lucknow (UP): Under attack over the gangrape and murder of two dalit sisters in Badaun, Akhilesh Yadav government today decided to go for a CBI probe even as five accused, including two cops, were arrested

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: UP govt asks victims to return compensation money

  India | February 06, 2014 12:58 IST

  New Delhi: In a big blow to Muzaffarnagar riots victims, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked some of the homeless people who got compensation of Rs 5 lakh to return the money.  An order issued

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  UP govt invites film producers to state, promises assistance

  India | February 06, 2014 10:02 IST

  Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday invited the film producers to shoot their movies in the state said state government will provide all possible facility and assistance to them.  During a meeting

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  Kejriwal once again rejects Z-plus security offered by UP govt

  Politics | January 10, 2014 12:51 IST

  Kaushambi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has once again turned down personal security offered to him by the UP government.The Akhilesh Yadav led UP govt had reportedly offered the highest Z-plus security to Kejriwal in

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  Take immediate steps to pay sugarcane farmers' dues: HC to UP govt

  India | December 12, 2013 7:09 IST

  Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court yesterday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take “immediate steps” to pay the outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers of the state by the sugar mills.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice

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  Memorial scam: UP govt sanctions prosecution of 2 former BSP ministers, 19 others

  India | December 05, 2013 10:21 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has accorded sanction to prosecute two former BSP ministers Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Babu Singh Kushwaha in the Rs 1,400 cr memorial scam.During the then chief minister Mayawati's rule, several memorials

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  Reports of losses due to strike misleading: UP govt

  India | November 15, 2013 8:25 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government yesterday said the reports of losses to the tune of crore of rupees due to indefinite strike by the state employees was “misleading”.  A government spokesman said here that the

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  UP govt to extend tenure of Commission on Muzaffarnagar riots

  India | November 10, 2013 20:05 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government is likely to extend the tenure of the one man inquiry commission into Muzaffarnagar riots that left over 60 people dead as it is yet to submit its report despite the

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  UP govt to formulate theme park construction policy

  India | November 01, 2013 8:06 IST

  Lucknow:  With an aim to have amusement parks in Uttar Pradesh similar to the world famous Disneyland in the US, the state government yesterday decided to formulate “theme park construction policy” in which a number

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  UP govt dismisses Rahul's remark on Muslim youth

  Politics | October 26, 2013 14:00 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today dismissed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's statement that some Muslim youths in riots-hit Muzaffarnagar were in touch with Pakistan's intelligence, and said it had "no inputs in this regard"."We

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  Encephalitis claims 13 more lives; toll climbs to 343

  India | October 05, 2013 13:55 IST

  Gorakhpur (UP) : With 13 more deaths reported due to encephalitis in the past 48 hours, the toll from the disease in the eastern Uttar Pradesh has reached 343, health officials said today.Of this, eight

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  UP Govt patronising corrupt officials in MGNREGA scam: Ramesh

  India | September 21, 2013 17:03 IST

  Lucknow: Sharpening his attack on Uttar Pradesh government for alleged irregularities in MGNREGA, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said instead of taking action it is “patronising the guilty officials”.  “It is not just that the

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  Don't issue hollow statements on Muzaffarnagar, says BJP

  Politics | September 17, 2013 12:47 IST

  Lucknow: The BJP today asked the union and the Uttar Pradesh governments to stop "issuing hollow statements" on the Muzaffarnagar riots and instead work to nail the guilty.The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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  Taking steps to curb Muzaffarnagar violence, UP tells Supreme Court

  India | September 16, 2013 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: All efforts are being made to curtail the violence and provide relief to families affected by the Muzaffarnagar riots, the UP government told the Supreme Court on Monday.The Centre also told the bench

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  Muzaffarnagar: How UP govt made blunders, failed to gauge communal tension

  India | September 10, 2013 8:16 IST

  Lucknow: In a belt famous for communal harmony among the Jat Hindu farmers and Muslims for centuries, the Samajwadi Party government completely failed to gauge the communal tension that was simmering for the last one

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  UP govt transfers SDM-Faizabad for releasing VHP activists

  India | September 01, 2013 8:44 IST

  Faizabad: Uttar Pradesh government yesterday transfered Faizabad sub-district magistrate for releasing detained VHP activists who were arrested for violating prohibitory orders and disturbing communal harmony and peace.The government transfered Ram Sahay Yadav, who was posted

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  VHP Yatra: UP govt issues arrest warrants for Singhal, Togadia, 68 other leaders

  India | August 23, 2013 21:41 IST

  Faizabad: With VHP adamant in going ahead with its planned yatra from Ayodhya from Sunday, the Faizabad district administration today issued arrest warrants against its 70 leaders amid heavy deployment of police force in the

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  Sharad Yadav flays VHP for threatening UP govt on yatra

  Politics | August 21, 2013 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: JD(U) today termed as “absurd” VHP President Ashok Singhal's threat to the Uttar Pradeshgovernment that it will face “adverse consequences” if force was used to enforce a ban on its proposed yatra.”Who is

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  UP govt gears up to stop VHP from undertaking Yatra

  India | August 20, 2013 21:41 IST

  Lucknow: The UP government today said if VHP continues with its plan of ‘Chaurasi Kosi Yatra' despite denial of permission, it may seal boundaries of the six districts through which the pilgrimage is proposed, besides