Honour killings have been often reported in western Uttar Pradesh, but now the trend appears to be catching on in eastern UP as well. An 18-year-old girl, Rajni Sahu, was beaten to death in Allahabad on Wednesday by family members after they discovered she was pregnant with her lover Vipin Kesarwani’s child.
The girl’s father Shivram Sahu told the police on Wednesday morning that his daughter Rajni had committed suicide. When the police reached the victim’s residence at Neta Nagar in Kydganj locality, they found Rajni’s body hanging from a hook in the roof.
They were shown a suicide note, purportedly written by Rajni, in which she wrote that she was in love with Vipin Kesarwani, who lived in the neighbourhood. She wrote that she was ending her life because their respective families had refused to accept the alliance.
The post-mortem report, which came later in the day, however, told another story. Rajni had been hit with a blunt object in the stomach, which caused injuries to her unborn child. There were finger marks on her neck, which indicated she had been strangulated and her head had also been banged against the wall.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Bandh affects normal life in UP, Orissa
Rail services were disrupted in many parts of Uttar Pradesh today and three buses torched in the state capital during a nation-wide bandh called by the Left and non-BJP parties to protest government’s “failure” to check price rise.
Scores of SP activists were detained in Allahabad while trying to disrupt rail traffic.More than 50 SP workers gathered at the Prayag railway station at around 5 AM in the morning and squatted on the tracks, obstructing the movement of Lucknow-bound GangaGomati Express, police said.
The agitating SP workers were detained by GRP personnel following which the train could leave the station at 6 AM, half-an-hour behind schedule.
In the state capital, three buses were set ablaze allegedly by Samajwadi Party workers.
While the SP workers torched two buses in Krishna Nagar and Ashiyana areas in the wee hours, another was set ablaze in front of Vidhan Bhawan building, they said.
The SP workers also stopped trains at several places in the state including Lucknow and Pratapgarh, the sources said, adding that some people were detained in this connection.
RLD and CPI workers took out a procession and staged dharna at Hazratganj crossing in Lucknow disrupting traffic movement.
In Ghaziabad, Samajwadi Party workers stopped the Lucknow—bound Shatabdi at the railway station for around 20 minutes. Some trains on way to Delhi were also blocked, railway sources said.
Daily commuters between Meerut and Delhi were stranded as private buses were not plying on the stretch.
In Modinagar, Lok Dal leader and Chairman Modinagar Nagar Palika Sudesh Sharma along with his supporters blocked traffic.
Authorities have made tight security arrangements in view of the bandh.
ADG (Law and Order) Brij Lal said around 2700 PAC personnel have been sent to different districts to ensure law and order.
Bandh disrupts normal life in Orissa
Normal life was thrown out of gear in Orissa during the 12-hour shutdown called by Left and other parties and supported by ruling BJD in the state against Centre’s alleged failure to check price rise.
Vehicular movement was paralysed across the state as bandh supporters blocked national highways, state highways and other roads, putting a halt to plying of passenger buses, trucks, taxis and autorickshaws, police sources said.
Rail services were also affected as trains were stopped at different stations for a brief period, they said.
Security was tightened throughout the state with deployment of about 2000 security personnel in various places to deal with any eventuality during the strike called by seven non—Congress and non—BJP political parties in the state.
In the state capital, shops, business establishments and commercial outfits remained closed during the bandh.
The strike affected work in Central government offices, public sector units including NALCO, post offices and banks as bandh supporters resorted to picketing and prevented staff from entering their offices, sources said.
Work was also affected in East Cost Railway (ECoR) headquarters due to picketing by bandh supporters, but emergency arrangements had been made by railway authorities to maintain basic functioning, an official said.
The shutdown also affected normal life in various places like Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Balasore, Puri, Balangir, Baripada and Khurda.
Scores of SP activists were detained in Allahabad while trying to disrupt rail traffic.More than 50 SP workers gathered at the Prayag railway station at around 5 AM in the morning and squatted on the tracks, obstructing the movement of Lucknow-bound GangaGomati Express, police said.
The agitating SP workers were detained by GRP personnel following which the train could leave the station at 6 AM, half-an-hour behind schedule.
In the state capital, three buses were set ablaze allegedly by Samajwadi Party workers.
While the SP workers torched two buses in Krishna Nagar and Ashiyana areas in the wee hours, another was set ablaze in front of Vidhan Bhawan building, they said.
The SP workers also stopped trains at several places in the state including Lucknow and Pratapgarh, the sources said, adding that some people were detained in this connection.
RLD and CPI workers took out a procession and staged dharna at Hazratganj crossing in Lucknow disrupting traffic movement.
In Ghaziabad, Samajwadi Party workers stopped the Lucknow—bound Shatabdi at the railway station for around 20 minutes. Some trains on way to Delhi were also blocked, railway sources said.
Daily commuters between Meerut and Delhi were stranded as private buses were not plying on the stretch.
In Modinagar, Lok Dal leader and Chairman Modinagar Nagar Palika Sudesh Sharma along with his supporters blocked traffic.
Authorities have made tight security arrangements in view of the bandh.
ADG (Law and Order) Brij Lal said around 2700 PAC personnel have been sent to different districts to ensure law and order.
Bandh disrupts normal life in Orissa
Normal life was thrown out of gear in Orissa during the 12-hour shutdown called by Left and other parties and supported by ruling BJD in the state against Centre’s alleged failure to check price rise.
Vehicular movement was paralysed across the state as bandh supporters blocked national highways, state highways and other roads, putting a halt to plying of passenger buses, trucks, taxis and autorickshaws, police sources said.
Rail services were also affected as trains were stopped at different stations for a brief period, they said.
Security was tightened throughout the state with deployment of about 2000 security personnel in various places to deal with any eventuality during the strike called by seven non—Congress and non—BJP political parties in the state.
In the state capital, shops, business establishments and commercial outfits remained closed during the bandh.
The strike affected work in Central government offices, public sector units including NALCO, post offices and banks as bandh supporters resorted to picketing and prevented staff from entering their offices, sources said.
Work was also affected in East Cost Railway (ECoR) headquarters due to picketing by bandh supporters, but emergency arrangements had been made by railway authorities to maintain basic functioning, an official said.
The shutdown also affected normal life in various places like Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Balasore, Puri, Balangir, Baripada and Khurda.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
No stopping currency garlands, says BSP
Plans rallies in district headquarters to ‘expose Opposition conspiracy’
Unfazed by criticism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati cocked a snook at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, once again accepting a garland made of currency notes, worth Rs. 18 lakh, at her party meeting here on Wednesday.
In fact, Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party national secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui said, party workers were determined to present currency garlands to Ms. Mayawati at all future programmes also.
On Monday, the BSP supremo was presented with a jumbo garland made of Rs.1000 notes by party workers at the BSP silver jubilee rally in the State capital. The currency value was variously estimated at between Rs. 21 lakh and Rs. 21 crore.
Condemning her acceptance of the gift, the Opposition parties accused her of a “vulgar display of money power.”
Manifestation of anger
At Wednesday's meeting of BSP Ministers, MPs and office-bearers, convened by Ms. Mayawati to take stock of the situation following the rally and to devise a strategy to tackle the Opposition onslaught, Mr. Siddiqui said: “The party has not taken kindly to the Opposition propaganda on the garland presented to the BSP supremo on March 15. The presentation of another garland on Wednesday was a manifestation of the party workers' anger towards the Opposition parties and reiteration of their loyalty to the Chief Minister.”
The currency notes which formed the garland presented on Wednesday were contributed by party workers from 18 divisions in Uttar Pradesh, he said.
State BSP president Swami Prasad Maurya, condemning the Opposition criticism, said the BSP was a national party which filed income tax returns.
Addressing the office-bearers, Ms. Mayawati said parda farsh rallies would be staged in all district headquarters in the State on March 25, to “expose the Opposition conspiracy.” She would attend the rally in a district of her choice.
On April 14, protests would be held in all district headquarters in the country against the Women's Reservation Bill.
Demonstrations would be held against price rise on June 22.
Unfazed by criticism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati cocked a snook at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, once again accepting a garland made of currency notes, worth Rs. 18 lakh, at her party meeting here on Wednesday.
In fact, Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party national secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui said, party workers were determined to present currency garlands to Ms. Mayawati at all future programmes also.
On Monday, the BSP supremo was presented with a jumbo garland made of Rs.1000 notes by party workers at the BSP silver jubilee rally in the State capital. The currency value was variously estimated at between Rs. 21 lakh and Rs. 21 crore.
Condemning her acceptance of the gift, the Opposition parties accused her of a “vulgar display of money power.”
Manifestation of anger
At Wednesday's meeting of BSP Ministers, MPs and office-bearers, convened by Ms. Mayawati to take stock of the situation following the rally and to devise a strategy to tackle the Opposition onslaught, Mr. Siddiqui said: “The party has not taken kindly to the Opposition propaganda on the garland presented to the BSP supremo on March 15. The presentation of another garland on Wednesday was a manifestation of the party workers' anger towards the Opposition parties and reiteration of their loyalty to the Chief Minister.”
The currency notes which formed the garland presented on Wednesday were contributed by party workers from 18 divisions in Uttar Pradesh, he said.
State BSP president Swami Prasad Maurya, condemning the Opposition criticism, said the BSP was a national party which filed income tax returns.
Addressing the office-bearers, Ms. Mayawati said parda farsh rallies would be staged in all district headquarters in the State on March 25, to “expose the Opposition conspiracy.” She would attend the rally in a district of her choice.
On April 14, protests would be held in all district headquarters in the country against the Women's Reservation Bill.
Demonstrations would be held against price rise on June 22.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
60 killed in stampede at Kripalu Maharaj's ashram
At least 60 people were killed and dozens more injured Thursday in a stampede at a temple in north India, police says.
The accident occurred when thousands of people crowded into the compound of a temple in Kunda, a small town 112 miles (180 kilometers) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said Brij Lal, a senior local police official.
Mr. Lal said the death toll would likely go up as more details emerged from the accident site.
The temple is located in a compound that belongs to Kripalu Maharaj, a popular local religious leader.
Free clothes and utensils were being distributed at a religious function at the Ram Janki temple, which likely caused the stampede, Lal said.
As people jostled each other, a gate to the compound also fell, causing more injuries, he added.
Deadly stampedes are a relatively common occurrence at temples in India, where large crowds -- sometimes hundreds of thousands of people -- congregate in small areas lacking facilities to control big gatherings.
In 2008, more than 145 people died in a stampede at a remote Hindu temple at the foothill of the Himalayas
The accident occurred when thousands of people crowded into the compound of a temple in Kunda, a small town 112 miles (180 kilometers) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said Brij Lal, a senior local police official.
Mr. Lal said the death toll would likely go up as more details emerged from the accident site.
The temple is located in a compound that belongs to Kripalu Maharaj, a popular local religious leader.
Free clothes and utensils were being distributed at a religious function at the Ram Janki temple, which likely caused the stampede, Lal said.
As people jostled each other, a gate to the compound also fell, causing more injuries, he added.
Deadly stampedes are a relatively common occurrence at temples in India, where large crowds -- sometimes hundreds of thousands of people -- congregate in small areas lacking facilities to control big gatherings.
In 2008, more than 145 people died in a stampede at a remote Hindu temple at the foothill of the Himalayas
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Lathi charge on protesting teachers in U. P
Several agitating State Government employees, including women, were injured when the police resorted to lathi charge to thwart their march towards the Vidhan Sabha here on Thursday. Some policemen were also injured in the clash. The agitation was organised by the joint front of state employees and teachers.
The employees resorted to brick batting and damaged some vehicles and city buses in the police-employees clash near Indira Bhawan on Ashok Marg and in Hazratganj
The employees have been demanding parity in salary structure and allowances with those of the Central Government employees.
According to a police spokesman, the employees had initially planned to stage a dharna and demonstration at Jhule Lal Park but instead of staying there they reached the Hazratganj crossing and blocked the traffic. The spokesman claimed that water cannon was used to disperse the mob following which the police used mild force to stop their movement towards Vidhan Sabha.
A spokesman of the Rajya Karamchari Mahasangh claimed that around 300 employees were injured in the lathicharge.
