Lucknow, Jan. 2 : As people in north India welcomed the first morning of the New Year with a smile on their face, people in Lucknow had a tough time coping with a chilling breeze and dense fog on Thursday.

The dipping temperature with chilling breeze and fog made life too difficult for everyone here.

On Thursday (Jan. 1), local residents in Lucknow braved the chill in the air covered in thick woolens. Some of them opted fighting it by huddling around roadside bonfires.

"We faced a lot of difficulty specially in moving around," said Samul Khan, a local resident.

Lucknow, Dec 25 : Activists of Samajwadi Party (SP) clashed with the police here today while protesting against the killing of an executive engineer allegedly by a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator.

Samajwadi Party activists, led by state party chief Shivpal Yadav clashed with police while marching to Governor''s office.

Lucknow, Dec. 25: Uttar Pradesh Police arrested the Bahujan Samaj Party MLA from Auraiya, Shekhar Tewari, on Wednesday for allegedly killing Manoj Kumar Gupta, an executive engineer of the Public Works Department near State capital.

The BSP MLA Tewari, who already has many court cases for murder and abduction pending against him, was arrested near Raniya in Kanpur district.

Lucknow, Dec 15 : Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) has cancelled invitation to Pakistan team for a friendship match that was to be held in Lucknow from December 19-21 in the wake of last months Mumbai terror attacks.

The championship will now be held among the teams from Nepal, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Korea on the same dates.

TFI had planned a second International Goodwill Taekwondo championship between India and Pakistan with an endeavour to strengthen sports relations between the two nations.

Lucknow, Dec 15: Muslims who performed the Haj have said they prayed for the country''s security in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Amausi Airport here to greet their relatives as the first batch of Haj pilgrims returned home on Sunday.

Lucknow/New Delhi, Dec 6 : Muslims of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh observed ''Black Day'' on the 16th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque.

Some of the members from the community gathered at a local mosque to give vent to their anguish over the demolition, which happened in 1992.

The main dome of the mosque was mast with a black flag and the forecourt reverberated with the feelings of the speakers.