In brief

HC restrains firms from using heavy machines on riverbanks
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday restrained the companies engaged in mining to use heavy machines while excavating sand from riverbanks in Uttar Pradesh. One Sripal had moved the court alleging that the state has granted the mining lease illegally and heavy machines are being used at the banks. He had submitted a CD showing machines being used for mining on the banks of Hindon in Ghaziabad. The Division Bench of Justices Devi Prasad Singh and SC Chaurasia directed the Principal Secretary (Mining) to file personal affidavit on both charges.

Kalyan not to return to BJP
Former UP chief minister and patron of Jan Kranti Party,Kalyan Singh,has put an end to speculations about him returning to the BJP. Addressing mediapersons at his residence in Lucknow,Singh said he will never return to the BJP and is now working at forming the base of his party in UP.