Everything you need to know about Azamgarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Azamgarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) Over 12,000 people from across Uttar Pradesh thronged Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's official residence here Wednesday at his maiden 'janata darshan', officials said.
Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) Over 12,000 people from all across Uttar Pradesh thronged Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's official residence here at his maiden 'janata darshan' Wednesday, officials said.
Varanasi, Feb 12 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday asked the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to dismiss Salman Khurshid after the Election Commission complained to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil against the Law Minister for his repeated efforts to woo Muslims with job quotas during the campaign for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.waraj said appropriate step must be taken to rest the controversy.
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Varanasi, Feb 12 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday asked the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to dismiss Salman Khurshid after the Election Commission complained to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil against the Law Minister for his repeated efforts to woo Muslims with job quotas during the campaign for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.waraj said appropriate step must be taken to rest the controversy.
The second phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 concludes with brick polling turn out amid few news of slight violence......
The second phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 concludes with brick polling turn out amid few news of slight violence......
The second phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 concludes with brick polling turn out amid few news of slight violence......
Lucknow/ Varanasi, Feb 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar on Friday claimed that the Congress was often seen to be crying when militants were killed or arrested.
Varanasi/ Azamgarh, Feb 9 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley has flayed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for misgovernance over the last five years.
Varanasi/ Azamgarh, Feb 9 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley has flayed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for misgovernance over the last five years.
Allahabad/Azamgarh/Sitapur, Feb 7 (ANI): Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has accused Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav of being a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as he wants to maintain a political diplomacy with them.
Allahabad/Azamgarh/Sitapur, Feb 7 (ANI): Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has accused Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav of being a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as he wants to maintain a political diplomacy with them.
Ghazipur/Ayodhya/Azamgarh/Mathura, Jan 18 (ANI): With candidates intensifying their mass outreach campaigns, Uttar Pradesh is on the edge, bracing for an intense political battle royal ahead of upcoming assembly polls.
Ghazipur/Ayodhya/Azamgarh/Mathura, Jan 18 (ANI): With candidates intensifying their mass outreach campaigns, Uttar Pradesh is on the edge, bracing for an intense political battle royal ahead of upcoming assembly polls.
Azamgarh, Jan 15 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed the Congress Party for wrong policy making for which the common man has been paying the price.
Azamgarh, Jan 15 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed the Congress Party for wrong policy making for which the common man has been paying the price.
Azamgarh, Jan 11 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has promises revamping Uttar Pradesh if people vote for his party in the upcoming assembly polls.
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Aligarh, May 10 (ANI): The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which has been shut down indefinitely following a clash between two students' group inside the campus premises, today decided to reopen on May 13.
Aligarh, Apr 30 (ANI): The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been shut down indefinitely and the security stepped up after two students group clashed with each other inside the campus last evening.
Lucknow, Feb 4 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who is on a visit to Azamgarh, has questioned the Batla House encounter that took place in Delhi last year after meeting families of alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives at Sanjarpur.
Lucknow, Feb 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh's visit to Azamgarh on Wednesday has kicked off a controversy, as the Ulema Council has called the visit an eyewash.
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 2 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh's anti-terror squad (ATS) has taken into its custody Shehzad Ahmad alias Pappu- a key accused in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts and the Batla House encounter.
New Delhi / Lucknow, Dec 28 (ANI): Yaum-e-Ashura or tenth Day of Muharram was observed throughout the country on Monday.
Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 5(ANI): A 37-year-old Malaysian national was recently detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for overstaying in Badaun district two years after his passport's expiry.
Lucknow, May 17 (ANI): Controversial Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday resigned from the post of General Secretary and the membership of the party's parliamentary board.
Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) A fact-finding team of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has given a clean-chit to Abu Bashar Qasmi who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police four months back and declared the mastermind of the Ahmedabad serial blasts by the Gujarat police.
Lucknow, Dec 12 (IANS) As many as 25 government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district have come under the scanner for anomalies in the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme sponsored by the central government, an official said Friday.
Azamgarh, Dec.11 (ANI): Musahar, the tribal community of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh region which is supposed to have rats, cats and turtles as their staple diet, is waiting for a change.
Lucknow, Dec 5 (IANS) The Congress party is hopeful of striking an electoral alliance with the Samajwadi Party to jointly contest the next Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said here Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Delhi Police's elite anti-terrorism wing Special Cell has gravely misused custodial detention of the accused in the Sep 13 serial blasts in the capital, a human rights group said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Delhi Police are set to interrogate Mohammad Sadiq Shiekh, an alleged key terror conspirator of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), on his suspected role in the Sep 19 serial blasts in the capital. A court here Tuesday sent him to 14-day custody.
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) A jackal killed an old man and injured 24 people in a village in Uttar Pradesh, state forest officials said Tuesday.
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) In a startling revelation, the Mumbai police said Monday that Indian Mujahideen operative Mohammed Saddik Israr Ahmed Shaikh, held for his alleged role in the serial bomb blasts in various Indian cities earlier this year, was one of the two gunmen who had attacked the American Center in Kolkata on January 22, 2002.
Mumbai/Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) The Mumbai police said Monday an Indian Mujahideen operative, held for his alleged role in the serial bomb blasts in various Indian cities earlier this year, was one of the two gunmen who had attacked the American Center in Kolkata Jan 22, 2002.
Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) A Delhi Police team Tuesday recorded the statements of family members of a suspected terrorist, who was gunned down in a shootout days after the September serial blasts in the national capital.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Din Mohammad, a shopkeeper at the Batla House market in south Delhi, used to sell at least 60 'arabi rumaals' every month, but he has barely sold five in the last 20 days. There are few takers for the innocuous chequered scarves, usually worn by Muslims to offer prayers, that have come to be suddenly associated with terror.
Lucknow, Oct 31 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalraj Mishra Friday demanded that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray should be treated like an 'anti-national' for attacks on non-Maharashtrians.
Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and party general secretary Amar Singh Thursday met Rabe Hassan Nadwi, vice chancellor of the Nadwa College and the chairman of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid here, has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the current state of affairs of Muslims in India, especially the targeting of Muslims in the name of countering terrorism.
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned Monday after disruptions in the house over the shootout in Jamia Nagar and attacks on north Indians by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai.
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy has joined the chorus of people demanding a probe into the Jamia Nagar incident in the capital last month, though she does not think the shootout in which two suspected terrorists were killed was a 'fake enounter'.
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 18 (IANS) As many as 67 people, most hailing from Azamgarh district from where over a dozen suspects have been held for allegedly masterminding serial blasts in several Indian cities, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district for living in rented houses on fake identity, a police official said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Describing the Jamia Nagar shootout as a 'fake encounter', the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress Friday evening demanded a judicial probe into the Sep 19 firefight in which two suspected terrorists were gunned down.
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) The war for the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh is hotting up. Four days after Chief Minister Mayawati declared a slew of welfare measures for the community, the Samajwadi Party Friday held a rally in Azamgarh district and said there was a 'pre-planned conspiracy' by some communal parties to defame the district.
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) The war for the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh is hotting up. Less than a week after Chief Minister Mayawati declared a slew of welfare measures for the community, Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh will Friday hold a public rally in Azamgarh district.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The city is undergoing a transition and in two years Delhi will become a world class capital, promises Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as she prepares for another election.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Atif, the alleged mastermind of the September 13 serial blasts in the national capital and was gunned down in a shootout last month, took admission in Jamia Millia University by allegedly using a fake degree certificate, said police.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Top Muslim clerics are expected to be among thousands of religious leaders who will congregate in Delhi Oct 14, a day after the meeting of the National Integration Council, to discuss why elements in the community were being 'alienated and targeted' in the fight against terror.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) A massive crackdown has seriously dented the widespread network of the shadowy Indian Mujahideen (IM), blamed for the terror attacks in Indian cities, but investigators say a large number of jehadis are still at large with the potential to strike at will.
Sarai Meer (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 9 (IANS) It's a confidence building measure with a difference. In a step to soothe ruffled feathers, a cricket match is going to be played between residents of a village on the outskirts of this small town in Azamgarh district and a joint team of the administration and the police.
Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) Nearly half a dozen students of the Lucknow Arts College have suddenly found that no one is willing to let out rooms to them, for they are from Azamgarh, the district that has lately been linked to suspected terrorists.
Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) Suddenly, nearly half a dozen students of the Lucknow Arts College find that no one is willing to let out rooms to them. They are paying the price for belonging to Azamgarh, the district that has lately been linked to suspected terrorists.
Lucknow, Oct 6 (IANS) He has been a police officer for over 30 years, but Vibhuti Narain Rai, well known in Uttar Pradesh for his literary works and social activism, says he has finally got the job he yearned for.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Top Congress party leaders are anxious about the growing discontent and restlessness within the Muslim community, which feels it is being targeted in the name of fighting terrorism, especially in the wake of police claims they had busted the group behind the string of terror attacks.
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 5 (IANS) Nusrat Khan's feat has given Azamgarh town, especially its Shibli Inter College (SIC), something to exult over after the terror taint.
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh police jointly conducted a raid in Sanjarpur village of Azamgarh district Friday morning in search of a terror suspect but returned empty handed.
Sarai Meer (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 3 (IANS) Nursery of terror? That may be the epithet bestowed on this township now, but it was once famous for something beautiful - intricate Benarasi sari embroidery crafted by the looms and hands of its Muslim weavers.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Millions of Muslims all over India gathered in mosques and homes to celebrate Eid Thursday but the mood was sombre with the fear of violence casting a grim shadow over festivities on a day that was also the birth anniversary of the peace apostle Mahatma Gandhi.
Lucknow, Oct 2 (IANS) There was neither festivity nor gaiety on Eid in Azamgarh district's Sanjarpur village, which was home to two suspected terrorists who were shot dead by the police in a shootout for their alleged involvement in the serial bombings at Delhi.
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Two youngsters were found murdered in a village near Sarai Meer town of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh Sunday morning, police said.
Azamgarh (UP), Oct 3 (ANI): The Mumbai Police today conducted a search in Azamgarh town of Uttar Pradesh to look out for Abu Rashid, the main suspect in the recent series of bomb blasts across the country.
Lucknow, Sept 30 (ANI): Police have nabbed a suspect militant of the Indian Mujahideen outfit in Lucknow who was allegedly involved in the Ahmedabad and Lucknow blasts.
Sarai Meer, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep.29 (ANI): While Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district has hogged news headlines after arrest of some youth in relation to Delhi bomb blasts, few are aware that there are not many career opportunities for most of them locally And, they are craving to take up jobs in Arab countries.
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh police jointly conducted a raid in Sanjarpur village of Azamgarh district Friday morning in search of a terror suspect but returned empty handed.
Azamgarh (UP), Oct 3 (ANI): The Mumbai Police today conducted a search in Azamgarh town of Uttar Pradesh to look out for Abu Rashid, the main suspect in the recent series of bomb blasts across the country.
Sarai Meer (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 3 (IANS) Nursery of terror? That may be the epithet bestowed on this township now, but it was once famous for something beautiful - intricate Benarasi sari embroidery crafted by the looms and hands of its Muslim weavers.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Millions of Muslims all over India gathered in mosques and homes to celebrate Eid Thursday but the mood was sombre with the fear of violence casting a grim shadow over festivities on a day that was also the birth anniversary of the peace apostle Mahatma Gandhi.
Lucknow, Oct 2 (IANS) There was neither festivity nor gaiety on Eid in Azamgarh district's Sanjarpur village, which was home to two suspected terrorists who were shot dead by the police in a shootout for their alleged involvement in the serial bombings at Delhi.
Lucknow, Sept 30 (ANI): Police have nabbed a suspect militant of the Indian Mujahideen outfit in Lucknow who was allegedly involved in the Ahmedabad and Lucknow blasts.
Sarai Meer, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep.29 (ANI): While Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district has hogged news headlines after arrest of some youth in relation to Delhi bomb blasts, few are aware that there are not many career opportunities for most of them locally And, they are craving to take up jobs in Arab countries.
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Two youngsters were found murdered in a village near Sarai Meer town of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh Sunday morning, police said.
Mumbai/New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): Family of Mohammad Zakir, who has been arrested in connection with the serial bombings in the country, refutes his involvement in the blasts that rocked the country, killing several people.
New York, Sept.24 (ANI): Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sherry Rehman, on Wednesday categorically rejected a Mumbai Police assertion that the ring leader of the squad used for conducting the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in July this year was in Pakistan.
Lucknow, Sept 23 (ANI): Looking for more leads in Delhi blasts case, the Delhi Police on Tuesday in a joint search operation with the Uttar Pradesh Police is carrying out raids in Sanjarpur village of Azamgarh district, said to be the native village of two terrorists nabbed after last Saturday's serial blasts in New Delhi.
Udupi (Karnataka), Sept 22 (ANI): The Delhi Police said on Monday that the explosives used in capital's serial blasts are believed to have come from Karnataka.
New Delhi, Sept 22 (ANI): While the Delhi police claims to have decoded the terror links that shook the national capital on September 13 a small town of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh is coming into limelight for all the wrong reasons.
New Delhi, Sept 20 (ANI): Mohammad Saif and Zeeshan, who were arrested after Friday's encounter with Delhi Police's Special Cell at Jamia Nagar here, have been sent to 14 days of police custody.
New Delhi, Sept 20 (ANI): Delhi Police on Saturday reportedly claimed that Mohammad Saif, who was arrested on Friday during an encounter in Jamia Nagar, has confessed to his role in the September 13 Delhi serial blasts that claimed about 30 lives and maimed close to 100.
New Delhi, Sept 19 (ANI): Atiq, a militant wanted in connection with the serial blasts in Delhi and Ahmedabad, and his associate were killed while two Delhi police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Jamia Nagar of south Delhi today.
New Delhi, Sept 18 (ANI): Ahmedabad blasts mastermind Mufti Abu Bhashir has been brought to Delhi for questioning in connection with the serial blasts in the national Capital.
New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): Abdul Subhan Qureshi, the main suspect in Delhi serial blasts that killed at least 20 and injured over 90 on Saturday evening, has been named as the most wanted man by the Delhi Police and help has been sought from Interpol to nab him. Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad Additional Commissioner Paramvir Singh said: "Qureshi is the most wanted man. All agencies, including Interpol, are coordinating to nab him."
New Delhi, Sept 15 (ANI): Delhi police claimed on Monday to have obtained "vital leads" in the Saturday's serial blasts in the national capital that left 21 dead and over 90 injured.
Jaipur, Aug 26 (ANI): Shahbaz Hussain, the main suspect in Jaipur serial blasts was one of the masterminds in terror attacks involving five states, including in Gujarat which happened last month, Director General of Police K S Bains said here today.
Rasoolpur (Uttar Pradesh), August 20 (ANI): Vishwanath, an Indian prisoner who is mentally-disabled reached his native village Rasoolpur in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh today after spending 20 years in Pakistan Jail.
Ahmedabad, Aug 19 (ANI): The alleged mastermind of the serial blasts in Ahmedabad, Mufti Abu Bashir, has admitted that he was involved in the July 26 bombings that left 55 people dead.
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Rajaram, a Benaras Hindu university graduate of Uttar Pradesh, is likely to be the heir apparent of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, says a popular tabloid.
The clean sweep of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh by winning all the five- three Vidhan Sabha and two Lok Sabha-seats
