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Written by admin on 19 May 2012
lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Three thieves were beaten to death by a mob in an Uttar Pradesh village Saturday when they allegedly tried to steal cattle.
Police said the incident took place in Saini village in Kaushambi district, about 215 km from here.
The villagers pounced on the alleged thieves and thrashed them with lathis and iron roads. The villagers later called the police and handed over their bodies.
Superintendent of Police Virendra Kumar Mishra told IANS that one of the thieves had been identified as 35-year-old Ram lal.
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Written by admin on 19 May 2012
lucknow, May 19 (IANS) The new terminal at lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport was inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Saturday.
The 20,000 square metre, three-tier building has departure and arrival ports on the ground level. The first floor has a swanky lounge connected to two aerobridges, enabling passengers to walk straight into the waiting aircraft on the tarmac. The new terminal has six check-in counters.
The new terminal has been built at an estimated cost of Rs.120 crore. It can accommodate around 800 passengers at a given time and has duty free shops, cyber cafes, eateries, snack bars, shopping arcade and book shops.
According to officials, the sprawling terminal would however be opened for passenger use from the first week of June. The old terminal would be closed for renovation.
Indigo, Jet lite, Indian Airlines and Air India operate from lucknow to various destinations in India and abroad.
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Written by admin on 19 May 2012
lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Saturday again asked striking Air Indian pilots to resume work, saying the government was willing to listen to them.
Speaking after the inauguration of a new airport terminal here, Singh accused the pilots of being rigid.
He said he failed to understand what good the pilots were doing by going on strike, causing financial losses to the national carrier and leading to the harassment of thousands.
“When one goes on strike, there may be some reasons but there is no point in being adamant and holding a system to ransom,” he said.
The minister added that the Delhi High Court had ruled that the strike was illegal, “and pilots must abide by the law”.
Assuring the striking pilots that there would be no victimization, he said he hoped a solution to the impasse would be found soon.
The pilots’ strike that has gone on for 12 days has cost the national carrier a loss of Rs.200 crore.
Several international flights have been cancelled, and the ones that are running have been clubbed with other flights.
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Written by admin on 19 May 2012
lucknow, May 19 (IANS) At least 16 people returning from a religious congregation were killed and over a dozen injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck and caught fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, police said Saturday.
The pilgrims were returning from the Ghazi Miyan ki Dargah in Bahraich after attending an Urs. The bus ploughed into the truck at Tilwarai, some 130 km from here, around midnight Friday.
The passengers were on their way to Ajmer in Rajasthan.
Officials told IANS that while 16 charred bodies had been sent for autopsy, the disaster site suggested the magnitude of the tragedy could be much higher as the bus was packed to capacity.
“We have been told that there were 78 people in the bus. While many injured have been admitted to different hospitals, we fear the toll may go up,” said a home department official.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced an ex-gratia of Rs.1 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 compensation for those seriously injured, said labour Minister Waqar Ahmad.
He said the cost of treating the injured people will be met by the government. Two of the injured were referred to lucknow as their condition deteriorated.
Police said it was too early to ascertain the exact reasons that caused the tragedy but they suspected that the impact of the collision led to a spark and some lPG cylinders kept in the bus exploded.
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Written by admin on 19 May 2012
lucknow, May 19 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and over a dozen injured when a bus in which they were travelling rammed into a truck and caught fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, police said Saturday.
The bus, carrying 60 pilgrims, was returning from the Ghazi Miyan ki Dargah in Bahraich after a religious congregation when it collided with the truck at Tilwarai on the town’s outskirts late Friday. The pilgrims were on their way to Ajmer.
Bahraich is about 130 km from here.
Sixteen people were confirmed dead, and it is being ascertained if more charred bodies were in the bus that was gutted, Bahraich Superintendent of Police G.P. Kanaujia told IANS.
Many passengers managed to save their lives by jumping out of the bus as fire broke out after the collision.
Of the injured, two have been referred to lucknow as their condition deteriorated, police said.
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Written by admin on 18 May 2012
lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday asked policemen to pull up their socks and warned them that his government wanted a peaceful state with a spruced-up law and order scenario.
Addressing senior police officials from all over the state at the Tilak Hall Secretariat, Yadav said his government will not compromise on law and order in the state.
“The people of Uttar Pradesh have handed over the reins of the state to my government through a historic mandate as they hope we will bring about prosperity and development. It is hence imperative on us that we work towards a progressive, better and a new Uttar Pradesh,” Yadav said.
Asking officials to work freely and fairly, Akhilesh Yadav said the state government will ensure that everyone got justice from the system and that justice was not restricted to a select group, community, religion or caste.
The chief minister also called for special attention to be paid to subversive activities. “Security agencies should stand watchful against the nefarious designs of terrorists. Security on the porous Indo-Nepal border will be heightened,” Yadav said.
The chief minister also asked officials of Uttar Pradesh Police to ensure complete communal harmony in the state and said the district police chiefs and the administrative establishment would ensure that no on toward incident took place.
He directed officials to take the toughest action if some elements tried to provoke sentiments and incite riots.
He warned that his government would not tolerate any involvement of policemen in criminal and anti-social activities.
- Indo-Asian News Service
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