Uttar Pradesh

UP budget session adjourned after unruly start

UP budget session adjourned after unruly startLucknow, Feb 10: The 2009-10 budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly got off to an unruly start here on Tuesday with the opposition stalling the opening address of Governor T V Rajeshwar.

As soon as Rajeshwar entered the House to address the joint session of the legislature, members of the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Congress shouted slogans against the Bahujan Samaj Party that rules in the state.

Samajwadi Party legislators expressed their ire over the murder of Public Works Department engineer M K Gupta in Auraiya District.

BHEL pockets various orders worth Rs 7000 Crore

Bharat Heavy Electricals LtdPublic sector equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has notified that it has received four contracts worth Rs 7,000 crore from various producers, to supply and set up electrical equipment for thermal power projects.

The contracts have been awarded to BHEL by India's power utility NTPC, NLC Tamil Nadu Power Ltd (NTPL) and Mahagenco.

Coming Soon: Two More AIIMS Like Medical Institutes

Coming Soon: Two More AIIMS Like Medical Institutes With the intention to upgrade the health care facilities in the country, the Indian government, for the second phase of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, has approved the proposal to set up two AIIMS-like institutions in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. With this, the total number of AIIMS-like institutes will go up to eight in the country.

It is estimated that the cost of each such institution would be Rs 823 crore.

Kalyan Singh never got a clean chit in Babri Mosque demolition

Kalyan SinghLucknow, Feb 2, : The Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said that he had never given former Bharatiya Janata Party leader a clean chit in the Babri Mosque demolition.

Mulayam Singh recalled that Kalyan Singh had already taken moral responsibility for the demolition when he stepped down as chief minister on December 6, 1992.

He clarified his relations with Kalyan Singh and said, "There is no alliance with Kalyan Singh, its only friendship which have no conditions."

13 killed in road crash in northern India

13 killed in road crash in northern India New Delhi - At least 1

Banaras University scientists claim chickpeas can cure Leukoderma

Uttar Pradesh, AzamgarhVaranasi, Jan. 30 : Scientists at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Uttar Pradesh have claimed that chickpeas or, "Choley" as they are known in local parlance here can cure Leukoderma, a chronic skin disease that causes loss of pigmentation, resulting in white patches on the skin.

So far there has been no knowledge of any kind of permanent and certain treatment for curing Leukoderma. Moreover, the allopathic medicines and ointments are not only expensive but also fail to cure the disease permanently.

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