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  UP Police lathicharge students in Allahabad

  India | December 19, 2013 14:24 IST

  Allahabad: Several students were injured when  Uttar Pradesh police lathicharged them while they were staging a protest demanding the removal of  UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) chairman Dr. Anil Kumar Yadav.The students have been alleging

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  UP declares 20 districts flood-hit, seeks central assistance

  India | September 06, 2013 12:01 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has declared 20 districts flood- hit, officials said Friday, adding that financial assistance from the central government would be sought to offer compensation for rain-related damage.Central assistance would also be

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  Girl set on fire in Allahabad for accepting Facebook request

  India | August 28, 2013 12:05 IST

  Allahabad:  A 22-year-old Allahabad University student was set on fire on Tuesday by a man known to her, all for befriending another man on Facebook. Both are from Masaurhi village near  Patna, police said.The B.Tech

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  Army called in to repair breach, as Ganga flood water enters Allahabad

  India | August 25, 2013 18:21 IST

  Allahabad: The Bakshi embankment was breached today and flood water from the swirling Ganga entered the city submerging a sewage treatment plant  and many houses.Army engineers were called in to plug the breach.The Ganga in

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  Rahul Gandhi shown black flags in Allahabad

  India | August 05, 2013 17:29 IST

  Allahabad, Aug 5:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today inaugurated a hospital here named after his great grandmother, Kamala Nehru, wife of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit

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  Rahul Gandhi shown black flags in Allahabad

  Politics | August 05, 2013 17:37 IST

  Allahabad, Aug 5: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today inaugurated a hospital here named after his great grandmother, Kamala Nehru, wife of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit

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  VVIPs? What VVIPs, Allahabad high court asks UP govt on power supply

  Politics | July 11, 2013 10:30 IST

  Agra, July 11:  Power should be supplied to all consumers in Uttar Pradesh without discrimination irrespective of the place of residence, the Allahabad High Court ordered on Wednesday.The court gave the ruling after asking the

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  Ghaziabad, Allahabad most polluted in UP, says survey

  India | July 03, 2013 9:35 IST

  Lucknow, July 3: Ghaziabad and Allahabad have emerged as the two most air polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh in a recent survey by a research and advocacy organisation.The survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science

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  Live CCTV footage of man in Allahabad slashing paramedic girl's neck with a knife, then stabs himself

  India | June 06, 2013 18:07 IST

  Allahabad, Jun 6 : A lovelorn young man stabbed a paramedic girl's neck with a knife in Naini, adjoining Allahabad, and then stabbed himself. The girl works as a para-medic intern in a private hospital

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  Ten undertrials escape on way to court in UP

  India | April 08, 2013 15:54 IST

  Lucknow, Apr 8: Ten undertrials escaped when they were being taken for a court hearing from the high security Naini Jail in Allahabad Monday afternoon.An initial probe has revealed that the rear door of the

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  SP MLA gheraos police station in Allahabad

  India | March 31, 2013 13:08 IST

  Allahabad, March 31: Local Samajwadi Party MLA Parvez Ahmed alongwith his supporters on Saturday created a ruckus at a local police station after his party councillor was detained by police for protesting against rampant gambling.

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  Lakhs take holy dip on Mahashivratri, 2 die in stampede at UP temple

  India | March 10, 2013 12:24 IST

  New Delhi, March 10: Lakhs of devotees turned up to take a holy dip on the occasion of Mahashivratri in Varanasi, Haridwar, Ujjain, Allahabad and other major cities. Ganga Aarti was performed at the Sangam

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  Modi to interact with DU students on Feb 6, silent on Kumbh

  Politics | February 04, 2013 10:25 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 4: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will interact with Delhi University students at Shri Ram College of Commerce on February 6, billed as his first step into national politics. Modi is expected

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  Dalai Lama's visit to Kumbh cancelled due to security reasons

  India | February 03, 2013 14:39 IST

  Allahabad, Feb 3: The proposed visit of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the Maha Kumbh congregation here has been cancelled due to security reasons, a senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader said today."The Dalai

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  Kumbh Mela: Pick and drop facility for elderly in Allahabad

  India | February 03, 2013 11:45 IST

  Allahabad, Feb 3: Elderly persons in the city wishing to take a holy dip in the Sangam during the Kumbh Mela can now get a pick and drop facility besides assistance in bathing and offering

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  Lakhs take holy dip at Maha Kumbh on Paush Poornima

  India | January 27, 2013 9:08 IST

  Allahabad, Jan 27: Several lakhs of devotees took a holy dip early this morning at the Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganga and Yamuna, on the occasion of Paush Poornima at the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela

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  Naga sadhus lead Kumbh festivities, lakhs take holy dip

  India | January 14, 2013 14:33 IST

  Allahabad, Jan 14: The world's largest gathering of people, the 55-day Kumbh congregation, began in this north India town Monday with tens of thousands of devotees, led by ash-smeared Naga ascetics, taking a dip at

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  Catherine Zeta-Jones to visit Kumbh Mela

  Hollywood | January 07, 2013 14:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 7: Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones is keen to visit India again to see the Kumbh Mela, and is confident she can fit into a Bollywood movie owing to her Oscar-winning turn in

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  Allahabad court admits obscenity petition against Sunny Leone

  Bollywood | September 05, 2012 11:25 IST

  Allahabad, Sep 5 : An advocate on Tuesday filed a complaint under Sec 156(3) of Criminal Procedure Code against Bollywood actor and Canadian porn star Sunny Leone. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate has taken

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  Allahabad physicist Ashoke Sen wins prize, becomes crorepati overnight

  India | August 01, 2012 13:16 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 1: Theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen of  Allahabad's Harish Chandra Research Institute, has become a crorepati overnight.On Tuesday, Prof Sen became one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics