Man shot by Goon for not putting Onions in Egg Omelette

Lucknow: Annoyed over the absence of onion in omelette, a local history sheeter entered into an altercation with the egg vendor, Deepu Kashyap, and shot him in Etah district on Saturday.

The incident took place at around 7:30 pm when a local goon Yogesh reached Kashyap's stall along with his friends and relatives and ordered omelettes. While eating, Yogesh realised that there was no onion in the omelette and told the egg vendor. Read more.........Egg vendor shot by local goon for not putting onions in omelette

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4-year-old boy shot dead for plucking mangoes

Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a four-year-old boy was shot dead allegedly by his neighbours for plucking mangoes from their orchard in Kharai village in the district. Read More................4-year-old boy shot dead for plucking mangoes in UP

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Minister for industries draws salary as principal, teacher

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh minister for small-scale industries Chandra Dev Ram Yadav, who is already under the Lokayukta's scanner for doubling up as a serving headmaster in his home town Azamgarh, holds a third lucrative charge. In a chance discovery on Thursday, Lokayukta Justice NK Mehrotra found that Yadav had been functioning as manager at Kashi Vidya Mandir, a primary school in Azamgarh's Hajipur.

While his contribution as manager to the school is still not clear, the assignment is making him richer by approximately 4,50,000 a month as salaries of all 17 teachers in the staff, was found to be credited to his account regularly. It was discovered that the list of teachers was fictitious. Read More................UP minister for small-scale industries draws salary as principal, teacher

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Grandfather buries new-born baby girl alive

LUCKNOW: A middle-aged farmhand from Sitapur allegedly buried alive his newborn granddaughter and her stillborn twin brother, giving a statement later under his thumb impression expressing regret for the act.

"I am extremely sorry for the folly I committed and promise not to repeat it," said Deochand Raidas's `mafinama' in his attempt to convince the police that it would be enough to let him off the hook. Read More................Grandfather buries new-born baby girl alive in Sitapur

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Teachers climb water tank in protest

Lucknow: At least 12 qualified Urdu teachers were injured here Monday after police baton charged to break their demonstration demanding appointment in schools, officials said.In a protest inspired by a Bollywood film, six teachers, including three women, climbed atop a 50 feet high water tank just across the Uttar Pradesh assembly complex here and threatened to jump off if their demands are not conceded. Read More................Teachers climb water tank in protest; baton charged

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Parents mortgage sons for loan to repay fine

LUCKNOW: Four minors were mortgaged with a moneylender by their parents against a loan of Rs 28,000 to pay a fine imposed on them by the electricity department for using an illegal connection. Non-payment of fine would have led the parents being sent to jail. The parents Sageer and Shareef, who are brothers, are farm labourers living on daily earnings of Rs 45 to Rs 60. Read more: Parents mortgage sons for loan to repay fine

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Grave Benefits: Where, even dead get pension

LUCKNOW: UP is a classic case of corruption where even dead are being given old-age pension. This way, a sum of Rs 4.21 crore, was given away as pension and transferred to 18,461 accounts of the dead persons between 2007-09.

"What is disturbing is that no steps have so far been taken to seek refund of this amount for the past three years even after detecting the lapses on part of the social welfare department," the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said in its latest report. Read more........Grave benefits: In UP, even dead get pension

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Where Diwali is celebrated with cane fights!

LUCKNOW: As Diwali morning dawned Friday, young men armed themselves with 'lathis', waving the canes in the air and charging at their opponents. No, this wasn't a fight - but just how the festival is celebrated in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district. Read more........Where Diwali is celebrated with cane fights!

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'Goddess English'

LUCKNOW: A temple dedicated to 'Goddess English' is coming up and mind you its not in an English county but in a nondescript village in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district with an aim of encouraging the local Dalits to learn the language. Read more..........'Dalit Goddess English' temple in UP's Banka village

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Where First Invitee in Village is Well, not Relatives

Lucknow: Not the elders or close relatives who head the list of guests at weddings, birthday celebrations or social events in an Uttar Pradesh village, but it’s the village well that gets the first invitation for any function. Read More................First invitee in Uttar Pradesh village is well, not relatives

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Woman slices girl’s tongue to attain wealth

Lucknow: A woman in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh allegedly sliced off the tongue of her neighbour’s four-month-old daughter Wednesday after a godman told her it would make her rich. Read More................Woman slices girl’s tongue to attain wealth

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Couple sacrifices daughter to attain wealth

LUCKNOW: A poverty-stricken couple in an Uttar Pradesh village allegedly killed their four-year-old daughter after a self-proclaimed godman assured them that the act would attain them affluence, police said Wednesday. Read more.........Couple sacrifices 4-yr-old daughter in UP to 'attain wealth'

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Food meant for kids eaten by dogs

Lucknow: Scores of wheat bags - sent by Central government for distribution in four districts with about a million and a half ration card holders - are rotting near a railway track in Etawah for the last one week.

Now it is barely fit for consumption by animals.

But even before this is distributed or thrown away, more railway wagons full of foodgrains are arriving. The scandal grows by the sackful. Read more..........UP: Food meant for kids eaten by dogs

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Women beat up Muslim clerics

Lucknow: Three Muslim clerics in a seminary here were on Tuesday beaten up by three women for allegedly not conducting their "talaq" (divorce) proceedings in accordance with Shariat (Islamic) laws, police said. Read More................Women beat up Muslim clerics in Lucknow

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66-year-old fails in Class 10 boards for 45th time

Lucknow: It was 45th time unlucky for 66-year-old Jabbar Husen from an Uttar Pradesh village who has failed his Class 10 exams again this year — but the never-say-die grocer is determined try and try again till he succeeds in clearing the exam. Read More................66-year-old fails in Class 10 boards for 45th time

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Teenagers kidnap 5-year-old boy to buy bike

Lucknow – Craze for flashy mobile phones and a zippy bike prompted a group of teenaged youth to kidnap a five-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambhi district for a ransom of Rs.5 lakh. Police said Wednesday the culprits have been arrested.

The abductors, aged between 15 and 17 and studying in classes 9 to 11, were arrested Tuesday and the five-year-old victim was handed back to his family involved in cloth business in Kaushambhi. Read More................Teenagers kidnap 5-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh to buy bike

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Marriage made in heaven, Solemnised in police station

Lucknow: The wedding card of this couple who eloped might read something like this — Satish Kumar weds Maya Pasi. You are cordially invited to attend the marriage at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district!

Satish, 24, and Maya, 21 – both residents of Achalganj town in Unnao, some 65 km from Lucknow – who had run away from home ended up tying the knot, thanks to policemen who were moved by their plight.

“The Achalganj police station literally transformed into a wedding venue. We even set up a ‘mandap’ in the police station and decorated it with flowers and called a priest from a nearby town, who solemnised the wedding yesterday (Wednesday) evening,” police inspector Shreedhar Pathak told reporters Thursday in Unnao. Read More................Marriage made in heaven, solemnised in police station

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Principal opens fire to intimidate students!

Lucknow: Principal of a secondary school was arrested for allegedly opening fire with his licenced revolver to intimidate students in Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district.

Raj Kumar Yadav, the principal of Ram Dulary Higher secondary school in Shyam Nagar Nadona village, was screening the students appearing in the examinations when he slapped one of them following which he started bleeding, police said. Read More................Principal opens fire to intimidate students!

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Woman injured in Chapati blast

Lucknow: In a bizarre incident, a woman in Uttar Pradesh suffered burn injuries on her face, hands and midriff when the chapati she was making exploded, police said Thursday.

The incident took place Wednesday in Ramgarh of Ferozabad district, some 300 km from Lucknow, when Rubina was making chapatis in her kitchen. Read More................Uttar Pradesh woman injured in chapati blast

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Combating climate change, with help from Lord Ram

Sonbhadra/Lucknow: Ram, Ramayana and global warming - the association may sound odd, until you realise how the religious context helped an NGO in Uttar Pradesh combat the ill effects of climate change.

The NGO Raunak Evam Jagruk Samaj Sanstha (REJSS) in Sonbhadra district, some 250 km from Lucknow, conducts recitation of the Ramayana epic in parts of Uttar Pradesh, holds prayers for Lord Ram and distributes saplings as prasad (consecrated offering) among the devotees. Read More................Combating climate change, with help from Lord Ram

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