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Mufti Abu Bashir admits involvement in Ahmedabad blasts: Police!

Investigatory officers claimed that Mufti Abu Bashir, the mastermind behind the Ahmadabad serial blasts has reportedly admitted his involvement in the Ahmadabad blasts on July 26. Bashir who was arrested from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday by the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad and Gujarat Police, was interrogated which revealed many other things along with his involvement in blasts. He admitted his part in plotting the Ahmedabad blasts which killed 55 persons and left many...

UP MLA’s son crushed 3, injures 9!

Kasif Abbas, son of Uttar Pradesh MLA Shadab Fatima allegedly crushed down three persons under his car and injuring nine others while drunken driving in the early hours on Saturday. "It seems to be a case of drunk driving. The teenager Kasif Abbas has been detained. Beer bottles have been recovered from the car. The medical examination has confirmed that he had consumed it. Strict legal action will be taken against all accompanying him," UP DGP Vikram Singh told...

Stop drama, it’s my last warning: Maya tells Rahul!

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday commented Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to stop his "political drama". Attacking Rahul Gandhi and the Government at the Centre she once again threatened of withdrawing her support to the UPA coalition. Commenting Rahul's dharna on the street along with farmers of Jhansi in Bundelkhand region, Maya told him that instead of enacting a "political drama" to hide the Congress defeat in the recent bye elections, which he has been doing...

Rahul Gandhi stopped from meeting DC in UP!

Congress General Secretery Rahul Gandhi was stopped by the police to meet the Divisional Commissioner in Uttar Pradesh leading the young congress leader to sit on the road on a dharna as the head of more then 200 farmers. Rahul who landed in Jhansi on Friday afternoon was on his way to meet the DC P V Jaganmohan to solve the problems of the farmers as a part of his renewed campaign against irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)....

Mayawati calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘hypocrite’!

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati while addressing a public rally on Wednesday called Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi a ‘hypocrite’. She alleged that the Congress party is fooling ‘Dalits’ for four decades. She was addressing a rally in Murad Nagar assembly constituency where a by-election is being held after Independent MLA Raj Pal Tyagi quit his seat to join the BSP. She blamed that Congress sent Rahul to impress people and he pretends to be good for ‘Dalits’....

Tikait arrested from his house!

After making abusive remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and admitting his mistake, Farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait was arrested from his house on Wednesday. “Tikait was arrested from his house in Muzaffarnagar and will be taken to the Bijnore court which had issued the arrest warrant against him,” Inspector General (Meerut) V.K. Gupta informed. The problem started on Sunday when Tikait allegedly abused Mayawati during a rally in Bijnore. Mayawati's supporter...

Tikait goes back on remarks, said Mayawati is like his ‘daughter’!

Farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait took back his words against Mayawati apologizing for the verbal racial comments on her. He admits that his comments against Mayawati was a mere slip of tongue, and said that Mayawati was like his daughter. The 73 year old leader said that he didn’t say any derogatory words against Mayawati. It might have been a slip of tongue. He also said that he is willing to surrender but his supporters and the people of the village were against it. The u-turn by...

UP vows to arrest Tikait for racial remarks on Maya!

Annoyed by farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait's racial remarks at Chief Minister Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh Government make their mind to arrest the leader soon on Monday. Maya supporters are furious on his remarks and want his arrest at any cost. Mahendra Singh Tikait is the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) against which an FIR is already filed under the SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act. Police have done a useless effort to arrest him at Siloli village in Muzaffarnagar district...

Plea against Amitabh Bachchan dismissed!

The Supreme Court Monday dismissed an Uttar Pradesh government plea to prosecute Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. The actor was on charges of forgery in acquiring government land at Barabanki in the state. Hearing of the case in Supreme Court was on Monday and the judges dismissed the petition. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Aftab Alam dismissed the case saying the forgery in the government land record was found to have been committed by local revenue records...

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev receives threatening letter!

It is reported that the famous Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has received a threatening letter by a middle aged man named Iqbal, a resident of Mugalsarai locality of Muradabad. According to reports, the letter was reportedly found in a post-box outside Moradabad SP’s office. The letter threatens Baba Ramdev of dire consequences. Uttar Pradesh security forces on Thursday arrested Iqbal. Investigation and interrogation to Iqbal regarding the matter is going on. The yoga Guru is presently...