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SP leader accuses Beni of ‘smuggling opium’, using charas’

The Samajwadi Party-Beni Prasad Verma war turned bitter today with SP leader Shivpal Yadav accusing the Union minister of “smuggling opium” and using “charas”.

SP to back UPA, keep ‘communal forces’ out

The Samajwadi Party on Saturday said it will continue support the UPA government to keep “communal forces” out of power but remain opposed to “anti-people” policies of the ruling dispensation.

Children’s ‘Parliament’ in Varanasi

Over one thousand children from the city will form a parliament of their own to take up issues concerning them.

The children will also contest elections, and about 14 of them filed their nominations

Swami Sanand forcefully admitted to hospital

Noted environmentalist Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand, who has been fasting to press for his demand of conservation of Ganga river, has once again been forcefully admitted to hospital here, sources said on

Drunkard father throws acid on kids

Eight people, including three children, were seriously injured here on Friday when a drunkard man threw acid on them, police said.

The incident took place in Jaitpura area when Zakir, apparently in a

My obsession is not to become PM: Rahul

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Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he was not 'obsessed' with becoming the Prime Minister but remained committed to transform Uttar Pradesh where people have been 'fooled' for the last 22 years by success

Ramdev calls for 'political ostracism' of Congres

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The scrapping of 122 2G spectrum licenses by the apex court has proved that the Congress-led UPA government is the "most corrupt" dispensation in the world, yoga guru Ramdev today said.

Ramdev called

Advani says yatra not meant to 'repackage' himself

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Amid speculation over BJP's prime ministerial candidate, L. K. Advani on Thursday said that his yatra was not aimed at 'repackaging' himself.

"People ask me if this yatra of yours is to repackage Ad

Oslo's gunman badge came from Varanasi

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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Brevik, who killed 76 people in Oslo, had procured a badge depicting a dagger piercing a skull from an artisan in Varanasi.

Weaver Aslam Ansari, from whose com

Ramdev key aide Balkrishna's degrees fake

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The noose around Yoga guru Ramdev's key aide Balkrishna seems to be tightening as the CBI made fresh inquiries into his testimonials and found that his degrees issued from a University here were fake.

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