Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai Police comb Azamgarh in search of Abu Rashid

AzamgarhAzamgarh (UP), Oct 3: The Mumbai Police today conducted a search in Azamgarh town of Uttar Pradesh to look out for Abu Rashid, the main suspect in the recent series of bomb blasts across the country.

According to police officials, the Mumbai Crime Branch and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh are jointly conducting search operation in Azamgarh.

A Girl Bleeds Without Any Cuts- Puzzles Doctors

This is an unbelievable condition of a little girl, which is giving the doctors a tough A Girl Bleeds Without Any Cuts- Puzzles Doctorstime to even explain let alone cure it.

Ramlilas on the wane in Moradabad

Ramlilas on the wane in MoradabadMoradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 2 : There was a time when Ramlilas, the street plays on Lord Rama’s life, were a major draw for families ahead of Dussehra festival in Uttar Pradesh. But today the modern life appears to have overshadowed its decades old charm here.

Many organizers attribute this downward trend to the steep hike in the cost of various inputs in staging the shows. Besides, the public at large hardly have time for such functions due to availability of so many programmes on TV and movies at home.

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Taj Mahal

Uttar Pradesh, LucknowAgra (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 2 : Thousands of Muslims offered Eid prayers at the Taj Mahal complex, in Agra on Thursday.

In the wake of the recent blasts across the nation, security had been tightened in and around the Taj Mahal.

"Today we prayed for peace in the country. People who spread terror in the country are neither Hindu nor Muslims. They have no religion. So we prayed along with the chief cleric that terrorism should end in the country," said Sahirudeen Tahir, a devotee.

Eid-ul-Fitr signifies the end of the month-long fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

Mahatma Gandhi’s school, a victim of UP Govt’s apathy

Mahatma GandhiLucknow, Oct 2 : As the nation is celebrating Gandhi Jayanti, to mark the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a secondary school set up by him in Lucknow is in shambles due to neglect by authorities.

Mahatma Gandhi had established the secondary school in Chinhat Nagar in 1920 as there was no school for the education of children for miles and miles.

As the years passed by government''s priority towards its maintenance decreased considerably. The government regularly releases grants for the maintenance of the school, but it does not go towards the upkeep of the school. The result is that it is in ruins.

Azamgarh youths look to Arab countries for jobs at any cost

Uttar Pradesh, AzamgarhSarai Meer, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep. 30 : While Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district has hogged news headlines after arrest of some youth in relation to Delhi bomb blasts, few are aware that there are not many career opportunities for most of them locally And, they are craving to take up jobs in Arab countries.

Almost every second young man in the area has a strong craving to go abroad for greener pastures in life. And, their desperation makes them a vulnerable lot.

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