Uttar Pradesh

Azamgarh, Jun 3 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party will fight for social justice together with the Bahujan Samaj Party, said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Monday, hours after BSP supremo Mayawati expressed dissatisfaction over the poll performance of the alliance between the two parties.

"We and Bahujan Samaj Party will fight for social justice together," said Yadav, addressing a public meeting here during his first visit to the constituency after declaration of the Lok Sabha poll results.

Kanpur: Elected representatives have enough power in the democratic set-up. But they should not use it in wrong direction. However, he offered the government to make suggestion if it falters, said Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief while speaking at the Sangh's ongoing programme organized at Pt Deen Dayal Upadhaya Sanatan Dharma Vidyalaya here on Sunday morning. 

He also exhorted the RSS men to inculcate idealistic views among themselves. He urged them to negate daughtiness despite doing good work or lending helping hand.

Kanpur: The Central government's Ayushmaan Bharat Yojna helps the poor patients. The instance of one Rajabai opens our eyes. She was getting the treatment of brain TB at the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital here. But she was made to go to the nursing home as the hospital Ward aya suggested her to get better treatment at the nursing home. 

Meerut (UP), May 31 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl is battling for life after being allegedly set on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district by a man who was upset over a past relationship between his sister and the victim's brother, police said.

The attack created tension between the Hindu and Muslim communities at a village in Daurala area, 15 km north of Meerut city, as the victim and the accused belong to two different communities, the police said.

Noida/Jaunpur (UP), May 31 (PTI) Two Samajwadi Party leaders were shot dead by unidentified persons in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said, ruling out any political rivalry in both the cases.

Lalji Yadav, 41, was shot dead around 9.30 am near Siddiquepur in Khwaja Sarai area of Jaunpur district. He was travelling on his SUV on the Shahganj-Jaunpur road and had stopped to talk to someone when by three motorcycle-borne men intercepted the vehicle and opened fire, the police said.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 1 (PTI) An undertrial prisoner escaped from the Muzaffarnagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Saturday.

The inmate, Dilshad, fled from the prison on Friday, jail superintendent A K Saxena said, adding that a case has been registered and a hunt launched to nab him.

The authorities have also ordered a departmental inquiry to ascertain how could the prisoner evade security and flee from the prison.

Dilshad was arrested on May 26 in neighbouring Shamli district.

Amethi, Jun 1 (PTI) The Congress is reviewing the defeat of its president Rahul Gandhi in the party stronghold of Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, a party leader said Tuesday.

Zubair Khan, who looks after the political work of party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Kishori Lal Sharma, the representative of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, have been camping here for the last three days to deliberate upon the possible reasons for Gandhi's defeat.

Noida (UP), Jun 1 (PTI) A Samajwadi Party politician has been shot at by unidentified men in Greater Noida, within 12 hours of the killing of a local party unit chief in Gautam Buddh Nagar, police said Saturday.

The incident took place late on Friday night when Brajpal Rathi, the party's district secretary was returning to his house in Eta sector in an SUV accompanied by a friend and driver, the police said.

Kanpur: One youth ended his life by hanging with the banyan tree at a park here on Friday morning. He was disappointed with his father's scolding. 

Even the police also said that he took recourse to suicide by hanging after the scolding. 

His father Kunwar Lam, a dairy owner in Barra area scolded his 20-year-old younger son Rakesh Kumar for his sleeping habit in the day-time. This led him to take extreme step. When his whereabouts began by the family members they came to know of his hanging. The police brought his body down. 

Lucknow, May 30; PTI/GANASHAKTI: Funds under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi could not be transferred to 1.5 lakh farmers in Uttar Pradesh due to "data mismatch" and they will soon receive funds after the problem is rectified, UP Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said Thursday.

Terming the scheme as a “game changer”, Shahi said  welfare schemes implemented for villagers and farmers resulted in massive support for the BJP in the polls.