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Girl attacked, three fingers chopped
A 17-year-old girl was attacked and her three fingers chopped off by four youths in Itaunja area, the police said here on Tuesday.
UP BSP wins panchayat polls, shocks Opposition
The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh has virtually swept the panchayat elections even though it had earlier declined to participate in the election process.
Mystery shrouds Rahul train journey
Twelve days after he supposedly travelled by train from Gorakhpur to Mumbai, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s secret train journey remains shrouded in mystery.
According to railway records, Mr Rahul Gandhi boarded the biweekly Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express train which left platform No. 2 of Gorakhpur junction at 8.45 pm
IIT suspends 5 for lipstick stunt
Five students of IIT-Roorkee have been suspended and an inquiry instituted into a seemingly harmless competition held on the campus in which boys, holding lipsticks in their mouth, were supposed to apply them on the lips of their female counterparts.
Storm in UP Cong over nominations
Within three days of Ms Rita Bahuguna Joshi being renominated as UP Congress president, trouble has erupted in the state unit of the party over the nomination of 138 members to the All-India Congress Committee.
ABHM to approach SC in Ayodhya case by Nov. 10
The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, one of the main litigants in the Ayodhya title suits, on Saturday said it will move the Supreme Court against the verdict of the Allahabad high court by November 10.
Equating RSS with Simi unfortunate, says Ramdev
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drawing a parallel between the RSS and banned terror outfit Simi is unfortunate.
Munni Badnaam Hui finds its way into Ram Lila
Want to hear the chartbuster Munni badnaam hui or the catchy Cry cry, Hum rote hain kai ko? Well, instead of plugging into your ipod, just stroll into a nearby “Ram Lila” and see how these latest hits are being incorporated into the tales of Ramayana.
Problem in plane postpones Mulayam’s Bihar tour
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday postponed his election tour to Bihar following a technical problem in his chartered plane, party sources said here.
Joshi faces onerous task in 2nd term
She may have cleared the semi-finals but it is the finals that put her patience, political acumen and diplomatic skills to test.
For Ms Rita Bahuguna Joshi, her second term as UPCC president is all set to be much more crucial and decisive than the first term. This time, she will have to fight two wars — one with the political rivals outside the Congress and one within her own party.
