Uttar Pradesh

Sunil Dutt Might Be Frowning in The Heavens

Sunil Dutt Might Be Frowning in The HeavensThe famous Dutt family might be facing some turbulent times. It is well known that the patriarch of the family, Sunil Dutt, had always been a Congress person.

His daughter, Priya Dutt, followed in his footsteps and is a Congress Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai-North-West in Maharashtra. However, his son, Sanjay Dutt seems to have different plans and is planning to contest Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

Arjun Singh inaugurates Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya at Allahabad

Arjun SinghAllahabad, Jan 21 : Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh today inaugurated Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya at Dubawal in Allahabad.

He also laid the foundation stone of the Administrative Bloc of the university.

Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya has been established in accordance with the ideals of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, who always wanted the establishment of institutes of higher education in rural areas so that the rural children need not go to cities for higher or technical education.

UP stalwart Kalyan Singh quits BJP

Bharatiya Janata PartyLucknow, Jan. 20 : The Bharatiya Janata Party lost another stalwart on Tuesday in the form of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.

Singh resigned from the party, complaining of humiliation and suffocation. He claimed that he should have been accorded the respect that leaders with a huge public following deserve.

Addressing journalists in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, Singh opted to publicly explain his agony through media.

200 swept off train''s roof in UP

200 swept off train''s roof in UPSultanpur/Pratapgarh (UP), Jan 20 : In a bizarre incident, around 200 people fell off the roof of a running train on Monday night in Uttar Pradesh. They were swept off by a tree branch.

Around 800 people were sitting atop the Saryu Express, which plies between Allahabad and Faizabad, when they were swept off by near Sultanpur.

The victim, all young men, were going from Allahabad for an Army recruitment drive. They were forced to ride on the train''s roof as there was no space inside the train.

Bihar IMA Demands Bill For Their Security In The State

Bihar IMA Demands Bill For Their Security In The StateThe Bihar Chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has asked the Nitish Kumar government to enact a law or introduce a bill that provides security to the medical professionals and institutions of the state.

HPCL Signs MoU To Takeover Sick Sugar Mills At Sugauli, Lauriya

HPCL Signs MoU To Takeover Sick Sugar Mills At Sugauli, LauriyaWith the intention to revivify and expand the agro-based industries in Bihar, state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bihar State Sugar Corporation Ltd and Bihar government.

The MoU was signed to take over sugar mills situated at Sugauli and Lauriya in East and West Champaran for 60 years lease (that could be extended for another 30 years).

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