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Govt eases riders for baby girls in Balika Yojna
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After doing away with the SC/ST criteria from the Mahamaya Gareeb Balika Aashirwad Yojna (MGBAY), the BSP government has now decided to include those newborn girls whose grandparents (paternal or maternal) feature in the BPL list.
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Maya demands quota for SC/ST women
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BSP supremo Mayawati does not support the Women's Reservation Bill in its present form. She has sought an amendment in the bill to include a quota for SC/ST women within the proposed 33% quota for women in parliamentary and state assembly seats.
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Infant booked for stealing power
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The Kesco and Bajariya police have made a major goof-up. They have booked a two-and-a-half-year-old boy for power theft.
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26 children, 37 women killed as 15,000 stampede in UP ashram
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In one of the worst stampedes in Uttar Pradesh, 63 people -- 26 children and 37 women -- were killed and more than 300 injured when volunteers at godman Kripaluji Maharaj's ashram in Kunda used lathis to beat back the unmanageable crowds on Thursday afternoon.
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Uphaar averted: Hall gutted but nobody is hurt
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Thirteen years ago, many innocent lives were lost in the Uphaar tragedy. A cinema in Sahibabad — one of the oldest multiplexes in western UP — came close to reliving the same horror on Wednesday.
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Dalit woman beaten up by police officer
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In an instance of police brutality, a Dalit woman accused of murdering her husband was beaten up by an inspector, prompting authorities to suspend him.
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HC raps Uttar Pradesh on fake drugs
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Taking a serious note of the proliferation of spurious drugs in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to ensure that adequate number of laboratories are set up within two months to check the menace.
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22 killed as bus falls into river in Uttar Pradesh
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At least 22 people on their way to a wedding were killed and 30 injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a river in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, an official said on Wednesday.
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To locate husband, cops ask HIV+ woman to pay for petrol
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When it comes to ‘extortion’, the Lucknow police, it seems, spare none. Here’s what they did to an HIV-positive woman Thrown out by her husband after she delivered her baby and was diagnosed with the infection,
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Centre blames UP for surge in sugar price
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The Centre has blamed the current surge in domestic sugar prices on the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government"s move to block entry of imported raws
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Uttar Pradesh may lift raw sugar imports ban: Report
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The northern state of Uttar Pradesh in November banned imports of raw sugar, following agitations by farmers protesting against overseas purchases of raws.
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Muslim can be PM if capable: Rahul
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In the news for past several months for visiting Dalit bastis and endemically poor villages of the country, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday called on the students and faculty of Aligarh Muslim University, creating a ripple with his statement.
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Three held with skins of spotted deer
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Three people have been arrested with skins of four spotted deer in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, near the India-Nepal border, a forest official said Thursday.
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Sleuths pick up Rana’s trail in Uttar Pradesh
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A joint group of investigators from the NIA, UP ATS and the Delhi police special cell continued their investigations in Hapur (Ghaziabad) and Agra, both in UP, to trace the movement of Tahawwur Rana, the senior partner of David Headley.
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Bajrangi seeks role in politics
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After Om Prakash Srivastava 'Babloo', Brijesh Singh, it is now dreaded gangster Munna Bajrangi who is preparing for a career in politics.
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SC slams Maya govt's 'school-boy' approach
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The Mayawati government on Monday conceded before the Supreme Court that it was not wise on its part to have carried on construction at memorials for Dalits at Lucknow despite these not being within the purview of any litigation pending before the Allahabad HC.
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Statues or govt? SC leaves it to Maya
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Furious with the Mayawati government for its `desperate and determined' non-compliance with the order to stop work on statues of Dalit icons in Lucknow, the Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped contempt of court charges against the UP chief secretary and warned that the state government.
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Rahul's UP visit not right: Amar Singh
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Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on Friday said Rahul Gandhi's decision to visit UP unannounced was not appropriate as it risked a threat to his life.
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UP govt blames SPG for 'lapses' in informing Rahul's movement
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Amid UP government's security concerns over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's unannounced tours, a top government official here on Friday blamed special protection group (SPG) for the 'lapses' on their part in informing the state about the movement of its protectees.
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Cong lashes out at Mayawati on Rahul's surprise visit
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Lashing out at the Uttar Pradesh government for objecting to the surprise visit of Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Thursday said that it shows chief minister's insecurity over inroads being made by the Congress leader in her vote bank.
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Private security guards in Uttar Pradesh to help fight terror
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Private security guards in Uttar Pradesh may soon starting looking more professional and confident as the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) is all set to train them to combat terror strikes.
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Aarushi case: CBI says all is not lost
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The last word is yet to be said on the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. The latest in the series of twists and turns, after a shocking report that the vaginal swab samples of Aarushi had been switched, is that some of her DNA had been extracted after all.
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Protect women from being thrown out of home: DGP
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A woman staying with her husband/male partner in his house cannot be thrown out by him. In case of such a situation, the woman must be provided protection by the law enforcement agencies under the provisions of Anti-Domestic Violence Act (ADVA).
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Gen-Z bites into the apple
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Pre-marital sex is no longer a taboo for the city youth. A survey shows that nearly half of the 18-24 age group population is into pre-marital relationships.
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MLA's plea to transfer case to another court rejected
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Sessions judge, Shiva Nand Mishra, on Monday rejected an application filed by BJP MLA Shekhar Tiwari, in executive engineer, Manoj Gupta murder case.
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