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Beauty With CauseSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:39 IST

Here's a beauty queen whose winning the crown doesn't obviate foray into filmdom. I am not interested in doing films, Miss India Universe 2009 Ekta Chowdhry stated categorically on her visit to Lucknow on Thursday.

IIT-K employees threaten to go on indefinite strikeSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:35 IST

The members of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) Karamchari Sangathan threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands regarding the promotion policy and salary revision were not accepted at the earliest.

In a first,UP offers training course for tourist guidesSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:34 IST

With an aim to promote tourism and ensure that the tourists coming to the state get the right information and help,the state tourism department became the first in the country to organise a specialised guide training course.

Boy found dead in Chandauli,locals on the rampageSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:33 IST

A 12-year-old boy was killed after he was allegedly sodomised in Chandauli district on Wednesday. The incident triggered protests with locals attacking the office of the additional district magistrate.

Police get custody of Rly official in Arms Act caseSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:32 IST

The Lucknow Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court on Thursday granted the police three-day custody remand of K M Tripathi Chief Regional Manager of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation.

Old age pension scheme: Dead draw money in Allahabad districtSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:31 IST

A verification drive,now nearing completion in Allahabad district,has shown old-age pension being drawn in the name of 4,243 people who are dead.

Students clash with police after youth dies in accidentSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:30 IST

A mob of students set vehicles on fire and clashed with the police,after a college student died in a road accident in Phoolpur area on Thursday.

BSP MLA,others visited Gupta before his death,wife tells courtSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:28 IST

Two days before PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta was murdered in his house in Auraiya,BSP legislator Shekhar Tiwari,district BSP president Yogendra Dohre...

Maya govt acting on whims,says SahaySubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:27 IST

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay condemned the state government for not amending the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees Act to facilitate private investment in the farm sector...

Missing IIT-K student returns,says he was on a vacationSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:24 IST

Even as police teams from three states Uttar Pradesh,Delhi and Uttaranchal were searching for the missing IIT-Kanpur student,Arko Roy (24) returned to the institute on Wednesday night.

VHP stages sit-in on fatwa against Vande MataramSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:23 IST

Office bearers of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Awadh region) staged a sit-in on Thursday in front of the Vidhan Bhawan and threatened a bigger agitation,while protesting against the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hinds fatwa against Vande Mataram.

In crunch season,its sweet deal for sugarcane farmers in UPSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:22 IST

The protests by farmers organisations,and the utterances and actions of the UP government in the last few days would suggest that sugarcane farmers in the state are facing a crisis.

New V-C washes hand of tainted profs returnSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:17 IST

In his first interaction with the media after taking charge,the new Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow University Prof M K Mishra sought to wash his hands of a decision to reinstate a professor facing criminal charges,including one of attempt to murder...

Bling RingSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:13 IST

Who doesnt love a bit of bling,especially if it comes from the House of Dior? Now,they are offering a light,handmade flip phone,shimmering with diamonds and sapphires and opening like a compact case.

On a Rainy DaySubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:12 IST

The Tum Mile sets had a controlled environment,but they were as bad as flooded Mumbai...

Silver StageSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:10 IST

It is just meetings and files all through the week for IAS officer Rakesh Gupta. But come Saturday and this joint secretary of the UPSC undergoes a transformation.

Style GuruSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:10 IST

Manoviraj Khosla is the man to turn to if you happen to be a nerd in desperate need of a makeover.

Fresh From the ValleySubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:09 IST

Like the notun gur sandesh in your para sweet shop and the monkey cap on your Bengali neighbours head,there is another ubiquitous sight that signals the arrival of winter in Kolkata...

Eden supershow: Coaches hail effort,recall journeySubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:06 IST

The Twenty20 match between the intellectually-challenged cricketers of Bengal and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens yesterday may have been a welcome spectacle...

Nigels Jail bags special Golden Gate prizeSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:04 IST

As the city awaits the National Award winning director Madhur Bhandarkars latest offering Jail labeled as an honest film on the harsh realities of prisoners in Indian jails...

Centre releases Rs 3 cr for tiger reservesSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:02 IST

The Centre has finally released a fund of about Rs 3 crore for conservation of Sunderban and Buxa tiger sanctuaries of Bengal.

Stillborn babys relatives ransack hospital,arrestedSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:01 IST

Tension gripped the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital today after relatives of a stillborn child alleged medical negligence and ransacked the hospital premises.

Mob lynches two for stealing mobilesSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 04:00 IST

Two youths were lynched by an irate mob in Lakshmanpur near Domjur in Howrah on early Thursday after they were suspected to be involved in stealing mobile phones,money and ornaments from morning walkers.

Art 356: CPM says go by the bookSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 03:59 IST

The ruling CPM though today admitted that there has been a spurt in the incidents of violence in the state,it said there was no such condition that calls for imposition of Presidents rule by the Centre.

Alipore: Health is wealth for Trinamool manSubscriber Only

November 6, 2009 03:57 IST

If I win,my first step would be to revive the PG hospital and giving it a facelift in the first year of my term, says Firhad Hakim,the Trinamool Congress councillor who is now in the fray for Alipore Assembly seat,vacated by Tapas Paul who was elected MP in May 2009.