Sarai Meer, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep. 29 : 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.

Unitech, India's second-biggest real estate developer, has informed that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued the letters to its telecom subsidiaries for the allotment of 4.4 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz GSM band in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West) Service Areas.

With this allotment, Unitech has been allotted intial spectrum in 12 service areas out of the 22 circles.

Earlier this month, the company received spectrum in Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh (East) service areas.

Unchahar/ Rae Bareilly, Sept 27 :Congress party president Sonia Gandhi attended an Iftar party here on Friday during the holy month of Ramadan.

Sonia, who is on a two-day visit to Rae Bareilly, her parliamentary constituency, also met flood victims in Unchahar district.

At least 100 people have died as a result of floods in Uttar Pradesh.

She also paid a visit to the residence of Congress worker Sunil Agrihari who had passed away last month at Maharajganj.

Allahabad, Sept 26 : Scores of people in Allahabad participated in a procession to sing praise of Ravana, the mythological demon-king representing evil on Thursday.

A number of tableaux depicting Ravana''s strength and the grandeur of his court formed a part of the procession. Many people participated in the procession dressed up as Ravana, his wife Mandodari, his brother Kumbhakaran and his son Meghnath.

They said although the demon-king Ravana represented evil in Hindu mythology, he was a learned Brahmin and is worshiped for that reason.

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 26 : The release of more water from barrages in Nepal coupled with continuous downpour has compounded the already grim flood-situation in Basti in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh.

Water in Ghagra and Kuano rivers have risen more than one-and-a-half feet since Wednesday, overflowing neighbouring villages in Gorakhpur and Deoria Districts.

Several areas of Basti district in the State are inundated and rescue operations are in progress to get them to safer places and provide them relief materials.

Gorakhpur, Sept 26 : Floods have inundated over a dozen villages and displaced thousands in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Water in the Ghagra and Kuano rivers have risen more than a feet-and-a-half since Wednesday, overflowing neighbouring villages in Gorakhpur and Deoria Districts.

River embankments caved in as the gushing water swept the banks, threatening atleast 15 houses in Pavaria village.