Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati Saturday announced the release from jail of a 17-year-old rape victim who had been implicated in a theft case by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from Banda.

Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi, the BSP MLA from Banda accused of raping a minor girl and then implicating her in a false theft case when she threatened to go to the police, was arrested Thursday from Lucknow and taken to Banda. Two of his aides, also co-accused, were arrested in Banda Wednesday night. The girl is still languishing in jail on theft charges.

The Mayawati government has finally cleared the way for the arrest of BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, who has been accused of raping a minor girl in Banda district.

If you are planning to get married this year, there are 102 opportunities for you to do so.
The year 2011, according to pandits, has 102 muhurats for Hindu weddings with the maximum of 18 in June alone.
According to Pandit Umesh Misra of Dharam Sanskar Jyotish Kendra, a study of the Mahavir Panchang and the Vishwa Panchang (a calendar of sorts) shows that there are 102 auspicious occasions for weddings to be solemnised.
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The Bhartiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh will now hit the Mayawati government where it hurts the most, at her dalit vote base.
The BJP, according to sources, is all set to recall its dalit agenda and work at expanding its base among dalits.
The party will focus on the reserved constituencies in the state.
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BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwiwedi, who is accused of raping a minor dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, is absconding while two of his aides have been arrested in connection with the case, officials said on Thursday.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi admitted on Tuesday that he may not have reached where he has and may have still been struggling as an ordinary Congress worker if he had not been the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Violence erupted on the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus in Varanasi on Monday, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived here for an interaction with the students.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday met former UP minister and Independent MLA Raja Bhaiyya, who is currently lodged in Bareilly jail, fuelling speculation about a possible political realignment in the state.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Purshottam Dwivedi and his two security guards had raped a 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, a preliminary report by the Criminal Investigation D