Mumbai: A noted and talented actress of Black and White era of the Hindi Cinema, Bina Rai passed away in Mumbai following a heart attack on Sunday at the age of 73.
She started her career in films in 1951 with ‘Kali Ghata.’ Bina Rai acted in various films including ‘Anarkali’ and ‘Tajmahal’.
Born in Lucknow on [...]
Bangalore: In a recent study held by Aviva India’s Young Scholar Insights revealed that near about 97 percent parents in Bangalore give the top most priority to save for their children education and future.
Director of Direct Sales Force, Aviva Life Insurance Munish Sharda said, “As the survey suggests, parents in Bengaluru believe ‘Education is Insurance’ [...]
Lucknow: There is still suspense over IAS officer’s death. A senior IAS officer shot himself at his government accommodation late on Saturday at around 1a.m. Harminder Raj Singh, was presently posted as principal secretary, housing and urban planning.
He committed suicide after returning from a party hosted by batch mate Desh Deepak Verma in the occasion [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s Principal Secretary (Housing) Harminder Raj Singh shot himself in the head with a personal revolver at his home in Vikramaditya Marg. Before this, the official attended a party at the residence of a colleague.
No one knows what drove the 1978 batch IAS officer to take the extreme step. The 56-year-old officer was [...]
The Supreme Court today rejected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati‘’s appeal for permission to commence maintenance and other related works at the debated Ambedkar site in Lucknow.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice H S Bedi and Justice J M Panchal sensed that there was “no change in the state of affairs” to grant any respite to [...]
Alleging that UP CM Mayawati has been victimising him, SP leader Amar Singh has said he would provide all details of his shares in various companies and dared her to take action against him.
“I will send Mayawati all details of my share-holdings in various comapnies whether it is Mukesh Ambani’s company, or Infosys, NTPC or [...]
The Supreme Court has directed initiation of contempt proceedings against the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh for “flagrant” violation of its orders on stoppage of work at the construction sites for the statues and memorials in Lucknow.
“Having heard the counsel for the parties perusing the affidavit filed by the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh [...]
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday.
She apprised him of the events after she was arrested for her remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
Joshi apprised the Prime Minister about the burning of her house by the activists of Mayawati’’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Lucknow.
Accepting [...]
The Congress party’s Uttar Pradesh chief, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, filed a petition before the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the July 15 arson attack on her Lucknow residence.
In her petition, Joshi squarely blamed state Chief Minister Mayawati and her henchmen for the arson attack.
The demand for [...]
The Uttar Pradesh Government has rewarded Bahujan Samaj Party leader Intezaar Amad Abdi, who allegedly led the attack on the house of UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, as the Chairman of the UP Sugar Corporation.
The move has invited the Congress Party’’s ire.The Chairman of the State Sugar Corporation has the rank Minister of State.
According [...]
Uttar Pradesh police have found the car that was used to attack the Lucknow residence of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on the night of July 15.
Police sources said that the Toyota Qualis belongs to a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader from Varanasi, but added that he is yet to be formally identified. [...]
Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of misusing government funds, Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Uttar Pradesh has place for only statues and elephants but not for the issues related to development of the state.
Addressing Congress workers here, Gandhi said: “Mayawati only has time to erect statues and nothing else. She [...]
A senior leader of India’s ruling Congress party has been held for allegedly making provocative speeches against a state chief minister.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who heads the party in northern Uttar Pradesh state, was arrested for her comments against chief minister Mayawati.
Supporters of Ms Mayawati’s party have burned down Ms Joshi’s house after the news of her comments spread.
Ms Joshi, who has apologised, is being held in custody for 14 days.
A senior Uttar Pradesh police official, Brij Lal, said that a criminal case had been registered against Ms Joshi for allegedly "casteist" and derogatory remarks made against chief minister Ms Mayawati chief minister – an icon to many Dalits or "untouchables".
It is against the law to make derogatory comments about lower castes under state laws.
Violence
Ms Joshi is said to have made the comments during a public meeting.
Her comments allegedly included criticisms of Ms Mayawati for handing out financial compensation to victims of rape and murder who are "untouchables" and belong to lower castes.
Some television channels also showed Ms Joshi reportedly saying that such compensation money "should be thrown back on Ms Mayawati’s face".
As the news of the speech spread, the authorities registered a case against Ms Joshi and police arrested her on her way back to the Indian capital, Delhi.
Furious supporters of Ms Mayawati’s ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) then marched to Ms Joshi’s house in the state capital, Lucknow, and set it on fire, says the BBC’s Ram Dutt Tripathi in Lucknow.
The incident is likely to escalate into a major political controversy given the rising tensions between the Congress party and the ruling BSP in Uttar Pradesh, our correspondent says.
Relations between the two parties have been tense ever since the Congress made major inroads in this politically crucial state – Uttar Pradesh has 85 MPs in the Indian parliament – during the recent general elections. </p
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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was Thursday sent to Moradabad jail on 14 days’ judicial custody on a charge of
insulting Chief Minister Mayawati, after members of the state’s ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) set fire to Joshi’s home here late Wednesday night.
Around the time her house was under attack, Joshi was arrested [...]
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to immediately take the investigation of the missing files of the Ramjanmabhoomi – Babri Masjid land dispute, and ordered to complete the investigation in two months.
Earlier on Tuesday special full bench, comprising Justices Saiyed Rafat Alam, Sudhir Agarwal [...]
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to immediately take the investigation of the missing files of the Ramjanmabhoomi – Babri Masjid land dispute, and ordered to complete the investigation in two months.
Earlier on Tuesday special full bench, comprising Justices Saiyed Rafat Alam, Sudhir Agarwal [...]
Rita Joshi: Indian Female Politician Arrested For Suggesting Rival Should Be Raped
NEW DELHI — A leading politician of India’s ruling Congress party was arrested Thursday and her house set on fire by activists after she suggested that a rival leader be raped so she can better understand the plight of rape victims.
Rit…