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Mayawati hits back at Maneka Gandhi for her remarks

Mayawati hits back at Maneka Gandhi for her remarksLucknow, Apr 4 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday slammed Independent MP Maneka Gandhi for her remarks after she was not allowed to meet her son Varun Gandhi at the Etah District Jail.

Addressing a press conference here, Mayawati said, "Maneka had said that Mayawati cannot understand the pain of a mother. I just want to tell her that she is the mother of just one son, but I take care of hundreds of people."

IIM-L, IIM-B to hike PGPM fee by Rs.1.5 lakh per annum

IIM-L, IIM-B to hike PGPM fee by Rs.1.5 lakh per annum Close on the heels of fee-hike announcement by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), the IIM Lucknow and IIM Bangalore too have announced that, from the forthcoming academic session, the fee for their flagship Post Graduate

Programme in Management (PGPM) will be increased Rs.1.5 lakh per annum.

Rahul Gandhi to address rallies in Uttar Pradesh today

Rahul Gandhi to address rallies in Uttar Pradesh todayLucknow, Apr 3 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will address election rallies at Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh today.

According to sources, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi will campaign for party candidates in Basgaon, Salempur and Varanasi on April 5.

Both Rahul and Sonia are likely to file their nomination papers from Amethi and Rae Bareilly constituencies on April 4 and April 6 respectively, sources said.

RJD, LJP, SP to formally announce new alliance today

RJD, LJP, SP to formally announce new alliance todayLucknow, Apr 3 : The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will make a formal announcement of their new alliance here today.

On March 29, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said, "The RJD, the LJP and the SP will sit together in Lucknow to discuss and announce the secular alliance."

The three parties on March 26 had separately announced plans to contest the coming general elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar unitedly.

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi all set to campaign in East UP

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi all set to campaign in East UPLucknow, Mar 31 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be campaigning for party candidates in eastern Uttar Pradesh from April 3 onwards.

Uttar Pradesh will go to Lok Sabha polls in the first phase.

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi will be addressing election rallies at Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Robertsganj on April 3 and Sonia Gandhi would be campaigning for party candidates in Basgaon, Salempur and Varanasi on April 5.

Abu Salem to appear before CBI court today

Abu Salem to appear before CBI court todayLucknow, Mar 30: Underworld don Abu Salem will be produced in the special CBI court of Special Judicial Magistrate Saif Ahmad here today in connection with the 1993 fake passport case.

On March 17, the court set March 30 as the next date of the hearing.

Earlier, the Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) had issued a production warrant against Salem in the 15-year-old case.

Salem, his wife Damira Zumani and others are alleged for procuring passports on the basis of fake documents from the regional passport office at Lucknow.

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