Stepping up his campaign against the Uttar Pradesh government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday started a foot march from the twin villages of Bhatta-Parsaul despite being denied permission to hold a rally there.

A passenger train derailed on Tuesday after it rammed into a bus on a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida area near the Indian capital, officials said. One person was critically injured and

After a night of high political drama that saw the arrest and subsequent release of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for staging a sit-in in support of farmers, his party on Thursday called for

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday interacted with villagers of Bhatta Parsaul, which witnessed violent clashes between the police and farmers over the issue of land acquisition.

Catching the

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi early on Wednesday visited the Bhatta Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida that has seen violence by farmers over land acquisition, leading to four deaths. According to a state Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi reached the village at 6 00 AM.

Joining the farmers' agitation against the Mayawati government, Rahul Gandhi sat on a dharna at the epicentre of recent violence in this district after he entered the village riding pillion on a motorcyle giving the local police a slip before dawn on Wednesday.

The situation was on Tuesday tense but under control in parts of western UP hit by farmers' unrest over land acquisition as police released sketches of 24 trouble-makers who incited violence in Agra and maintained a strict vigil.

Tension today prevailed in parts of western UP hit by farmers' unrest over land acquisition even as a heavy police deployment was made in the affected areas and political leaders were detained prevent

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced a reward of Rs.50,000 for the arrest of farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia who has been blamed for violence over land takeover that left three dead.

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