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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati told on Tuesday that she had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the division of the state into three parts — Poorvanchal, districts of western region and the Bundelkhand region.

She made the announcement on Saturday while addressing on the occasion of the 74th birth anniversary of BSP founder president Kashiram. On Friday, Prime Minister stated the agreement of central government for separate structuring of Poorvanchal state.

After Ganges Mahaaarti Prime Minster said to reporters that the centre would consider the matter of division if there comes some proposal from Uttar Pradesh government.

Mayawati told that she had written a letter to Prime Minister asking a separate structure for Poorvanchal, districts of western region and the Bundelkhand region. The chief Minister also gave the low down of her book “Mera shangharmaya jeevan aur Bahujan movement ka safarnama” on the occasion.

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Uttar Pradesh Government is putting forward the possibility to start Metro Train Service on the basis of Delhi in its five big cities. It was targeted to reach this service up to 122 Km. in second stage in Delhi, told by Mangu Singh, the director of Metro Rail.

Singh said, “UP govt. has invited the plans to run Metro Trains in Lucknow, Gajiabaad, Kanpur, Banaras and Agra”.

Many people travel through metros in Delhi. According to Singh Metro Train service will be started 122 Km. area connecting Gajiabaad, Noida and Gurgaon in the coming three and a half years. It is estimated that around Rs. 19.5 thousand crore will be spend on the project.

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Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena (MNS) chief, Raj Thackeray announced that he will not allow celebrating Uttar Pradesh Day in Maharashtra. He also warned that his party will not entertain ”political goondaism” of North Indians in Maharashtra.

Justifying his acts Raj has compared his party with Mahatma Gandhi and Late hero Bhagat Singh and said that they had also broken the law.

Thackeray said in an interview to Marathi weekly Lokprabha ”No programme like UP Day, which shows North Indians poltical goondaism will be allowed to take place here we will first request them with folded hands. If that does not work, we will take them with open hands.”

He did not subscribe to the view that his party’s anti-North Indians campaign was unconstitutional.

”One must follow the basic principles of Constitution. But its issues keep changing. Don’t we revise the Constitution? The issues which are seen now were non-existent during creation of constitution” Thackeray said.

Giving example of third President of America, Thomas Jefferson’s quote ”Hasn’t somebody said that every generation has its constitution?” Raj has justified himself. But he forget that Thomas Jefferson have given equal rights to all while drafting Declaration of Independence of Constitution.

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In a latest move BSP led UP Government suspended four officials, including two IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh. The reason behind this move was allegedly praising Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

The war between ruling party BSP and Congress is continue in Uttar Pradesh from a long time. Those IPS officers praised MP Rahul Gandhi for the development of Sultanpur district.

The Commissioner of Faizabad and District Magistrate of Sultanpur appreciated the work done by the young MP and son of the UPA president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi in Sultanpur, and according to the state government ruled by BSP is violation of service rules. Hence, the action was taken against them.

The same rule was not implemented on the officers who were present in the recently concluded birth day party of state CM Mayawati.

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Noida will very soon emerge as a hot-spot on the map. There is a possibility of a greenfield airport in Uttar Pradesh about 60 kms from the national capital, with the Union Cabinet tonight agreeing to a Mayawati government proposal in this regard.

After sending this proposal in 2001 by the state government, the technical evaluation of the 1,500 hectare site has been conducted, this has since been identified.

A techno-feasibility study and project to the Civil Aviation Ministry is submitted by Mayawati’s govt. in july for setting up the airport near Greater Noida.

A meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved in-principle the state government`s proposal which has been vetted by the Civil Aviation Ministry, official sources said.

Titled as the Taj International Aviation Hub, the GoM would include Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister H R Bharadwaj, and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal to look into the legal issues.

As per the proposal, the private firm will have 74 per cent equity in the joint venture. State government through the sponsor would have 13 per cent and central agencies like the Airports Authority of India the remaining 13 per cent.

It also approved meeting the cost of hiring or chartering of choppers from state-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd by providing a subsidy of Rs 13.10 crore annually by the Union Territory Administration and the Union Home Ministry.

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Three serial bomb blasts in Uttar Pradesh have left the people terror struck. The blasts have claimed several lives and left others injured. The government has expressed deep regret over the tragedy…

Three serial blasts in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad have left the nation terror-struck. Five bomb blasts exploded almost simultaneously in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad killing at least fourteen people and leaving several others injured.

According to reports, nine people have been reported dead from Varanasi while five people have been reported killed from Faizabad. All bombs were planted in and around civil courts and the explosives were packed on parked bicycles in the court compounds.

Steel pellets similar to those used in Hyderabad bomb blasts of August 1 have also been recovered. A group known as Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the blasts. The group sent an e-mail to a private news channel— India TV, five minutes before the blasts.

The group has also claimed responsibility for the Delhi and Hyderabad bomb blasts but stated that they had nothing to do with the Mecca Masjid bomb blasts, Samjhauta blasts or Malegaon terror strike. They also said that they are purely Indian and not connected to the ISI or the Ladhkar-e-Toiba or Huji.

The mail further stated that the blasts were in retaliation to the injustice done with Muslims in India, the demolition of the Baburi Masjid and the Gujarat riots. Today’s blasts were carried out because the police arrested two innocent people and framed them. When they were produced before the courts in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad the lawyers beat them and refused to take up their case. They also stopped other lawyers from defending them.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati has expressed deep regret on this tragic event and has announced Rs 2 Lakh as compensation to the families of those who lost their lives and a sum of Rs 50, 000 to the injured.

The bomb blasts are the outcome of a very big conspiracy and the security needs to be tightened. Terrorism has become the root cause of a number of fears and problems. Such terrorist strikes are a big blot on the face of the nation.

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