Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 21 : A major accident was averted in the wee hours of Saturday morning, when the Patna-bound Rajdhani Express came to a sudden halt after pantry car of the train caught fire near the Karman Station in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident, which happened at around 3:30 a. m. due to a short circuit in the pantry has led to a disruption of the train services on the Mugalsarai-Patna route.

The pantry coach has been completely burnt. However, passengers have escaped unarmed.

Lucknow, Mar 20 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday said that her party would contest alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

"In all the states we will contest the election on our own and we will not tie up with any other political party," Mayawati said on the sidelines of a press conference here.

She also informed that her party would start its nationwide poll campaign from Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.

Lucknow, Mar 20 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati released a list of candidates for 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

She also announced that the BSP’s nationwide campaign would start from Saturday.

“Tomorrow, I will start the BSP national campaign from Kerala with a rally in Thiruvananthapuram,” she told a press conference here.

The BSP Chief also released the party’s ‘special appeal’ to the electorate in Uttar Pradesh.

Mayawati said she would be campaigning non-stop across the country from Saturday till May11.

Allahabad, Mar 19 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Thursday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging the criminal case lodged against him on the directives of the Election Commission for his alleged anti-Muslims remarks.

He claimed that the whole issue was created by his political rivals and was the result of a political conspiracy.

“It was a part of a political conspiracy to spoil my political career and tarnish my secular image,” Gandhi said.

Varanasi, Mar 18 : Stevia or honey leaf, known for its antidote properties against diabetes, is becoming popular as a cure for the disease in Varanasi.

Also known by the names of sweet leaf or sugar leaf, these leaves provide cure in many health disorders.

Lucknow, Mar. 17 : In connection with the 1993 fake passport case, Under World don Abu Salem was produced in the special CBI court of Special judicial magistrate Saif Ahmad, who set March 30 as the next date of the hearing.

Amid tight security arrangements, Salem was taken from Kaisarbagh police station to CBI court for hearing.

Earlier, the CBI had issued a production warrant against Salem in the 15-year-old case.