Uttar Pradesh

Varun Gandhi gives undertaking not to make any more hate speeches

Varun Gandhi gives undertaking not to make any more hate speechesEtah (Uttar Pradesh), Apr. 15 : A lawyer representing Pilibhit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi on Tuesday revealed that his client has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that he will not make any more hate speeches, raising prospects of his early release on bail from the Etah District Jail where he has been lodged under the National Security (NSA) Act.

Villagers in Uttar Pradesh get employment under rural employment act

Villagers in Uttar Pradesh get employment under rural employment actDarshan nagar village/Madna village (Faizabad), Apr 13: The Uttar Pradesh Government is involving villagers in digging of a sewage line and a pond to generate employment.

In Darshan Nagar village under the Purabazar province in Faizabad district, a sewage line is being dug in front of the concrete houses.

The construction work is being done under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) promoted by the Ministry of Rural Development.

IJP candidate from UP''s Jaunpur seat found hanging from tree

IJP candidate from UP''s Jaunpur seat found hanging from treeLucknow, Apr 13 : The body of an Indian Justice Party (IJP) nominee for the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency was found hanging from a tree on Monday.

Forty-eight-year-old Bahadur Sonkar''s body was found near Raja Ka Talab, barely 500 metres from his home in Ahiyapur-Rasheedabad locality, 200 km from here.

Central observers of the Jaunpur Lok Sabha seat have reached the spot and are investigating the case.

Priyanka Gandhi backs Rahul for Prime Minister

Priyanka Gandhi Amethi, Apr 12 : Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday gave some indications of possibility of her brother and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi becoming Prime Minister one day.

"I have full faith in my brother. He is hardworking. He is, according to me, qualified for the post. So, one day he will. He will do a good job of it," she told reporters while campaigning for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi parliamentary constituency.

Priyanka, however, added that Manmohan Singh would assume the post, if Congress comes back to power.

Sandalwood trees found axed near Taj Mahal

Sandalwood trees found axed near Taj Mahal  Agra, Apr 11 : Fifteen sandalwood trees in the Shah Jahan garden near the Taj Mahal have been found axed here. Two employees of the garden have been accused of the act.

As per the Supreme Court orders the area near the Taj Mahal is declared as a `Green Belt' and gardens have been developed there.

Enquiries are being conducted into the matter.

Mystery shrouds killing of 20 monkeys, Hindus up in arms in UP

  Mystery shrouds killing of 20 monkeys, Hindus up in arms in UP  Bulandshahar, Apr 11 : Hindu activists are up in arms and have vowed not to rest until the culprits involved in the killing of 20 monkeys in Uttar Pradesh are arrested.

Describing the mysterious incident, the official sources said on Friday that the farmers were shocked to find gunny bags dumped into their fields stuffed with bodies of monkeys. They informed that the district authorities, after hearing about the incident, had come rushing to the spot.

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