Chandigarh/Lucknow, August 12 : The protests over the Amarnath shrine land transfer row have spilled over to other parts of the country, after having paralyzed life in Jammu and Kashmir where they originated.

Thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists took to the streets in Lucknow today shouting slogans against the land transfer revocation order.

The situation turned violent as the protesters clashed with the police, which resorted to baton charge to disperse the mob.

Lucknow, Aug 3 : BJP President Rajnath Singh has said that he will not allow the UPA Government to go ahead with a Sethusamudram shipping canal project which hurts Hindu sentiments.

Addressing a rally here on Saturday, Singh said that the State and Central Governments were pursuing the project without searching for any viable alternative.

"A solution can be found without demolishing the Ram Setu but it looks that the state''s ruling Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and Central Government, which are allies are adamant on demolishing it at any cost. But we will not allow them," he added.

Lucknow, July 26 : Wildlife authorities in Lucknow have seized four wild animal skins, including that of a tiger and two gazelles.

The skins were recovered from forests bordering the Manikpur-Chitrakoot belt on Friday, they said, adding that the smugglers planned to sell the skins in the international market.

Lucknow, July 18 : All India Congress Committee General Secretary and the in-charge of the party''s Uttar Pradesh affairs, Digvijay Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today separately refuted allegations of horse-trading of MPs made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Tuesday’s vote of confidence in Parliament.

Digvijay Singh told reporters after attending a party function in Lucknow that the Congress has never compromised on issues concerned with national interest for any political gain.

Lucknow, July 18 : All India Congress Committee General Secretary and the in-charge of the party''s Uttar Pradesh affairs, Digvijay Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today separately refuted allegations of horse-trading of MPs made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Tuesday’s vote of confidence in Parliament.

New Delhi/ Lucknow, July 8 : Today, while committing his party’s support to the Congress-led UPA government in the Capital after the Left pull out, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh claimed that the Muslims across Uttar Pradesh had welcomed the Indo-US nuclear deal and that they were not against it.

He claimed that Muslims from Deoband, Barelvi, Kanpur, Lucknow and Muzaffarnagar had welcomed the deal in “national interest”, thereby contradicting media reports over the past few days suggesting that the deal was being opposed by the Muslims because it were to be inked with the ‘hegemonic’ US.