V P Singh's 'Mandal' policy changed political landscape Nov 28, 2008
Remembering his first meeting with Singh who passed away on Thursday at Apollo Hospital in Delhi after a long struggle against cancer one member of that troika, Arun Nehru, said: "I first met Vishwanath while fighting elections from Rae Bareli.". Raised in the ex-ruling family of Manda, Singh, who was 77, entered politics in the late 1950s as a dyed-in-the-wool Congressman. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh vindictive, says Rahul Nov 24, 2008
Clearly, after locking horns with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the Rae Bareli rail coach factory, Mayawati delivered another ugly bouncer to an unsuspecting Rahul. For the entire stretch between the airport and the varsity, party sources claimed, the local police provided no security cover in violation of the SPG rule book. (India Times, India)
Omar beats a retreat from Ganderbal Nov 14, 2008
A pocket borough of the Abdullahs, family members from the Sheikh downwards have fought and won elections from here Ganderbal has been to Abdullahs what Amethi or Rae Bareli are to the Gandhis. The attack on Omar's cavalcade, which took place at 12. (Times of India)
After Sonia, Mayawati bars Rahul Gandhi from visiting Kanpur university Oct 24, 2008
Earlier, a prohibitory order banned Sonia Gandhi from holding a public meeting in Lalganj, but it couldn't gag Rae Bareli MP and the Congress chief. Angry Sonia retaliated and said, "This place is now my home. I don't have to seek anyone's permission to come here. No one can stop me from visiting Rae Bareli," she said at Lalganj railway station, accusing UP CM Mayawati of obstructing progress by cancelling the land allocation for a rail coach factory nearby. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mayawati cancels Rahul's meeting Oct 24, 2008
Barely a fortnight ago, the administration had prevented Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from holding a rally in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli ... Less than a fortnight ago, the Mayawati-led State Government had cancelled United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi's function to kick off a rail coach factory in her constituency in Rae Bareli. (Sify.com, India)
Maya bars, then allows Rahul's visit to Kanpur varsity Oct 24, 2008
UPPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi alleged that the cancellation was done under pressure from Chief Minister Mayawati, who a fortnight ago took on Congress president Sonia Gandhi cancelling the land allotment for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency. After the cancellation, the administration also clamped prohibitory orders in Rae Bareli last week when Gandhi was scheduled to visit her constituency for the rail coach factory foundation stone laying ceremony. (India Times, India)
Congress-BSP rift hits Gandhis' pet projects Oct 21, 2008
Chief minister Mayawatis flip-flop on land allotment to Rail Coach Factory in Rae Bareli, which kicked up a political storm recently, seems politically motivated not because land allotment was restored within days but because its cancellation itself was a U-turn on an earlier pledge. It emerges that seven projects in Amethi and Rae Bareli, once on fast-track, got mired in red-tape later ... So much so, a UP-Centre interface was institutionalised to push all the seven projects, including RCF... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Maya returns land for Rae Bareli rail project Oct 19, 2008
LUCKNOW: Mayawati has uncharacteristically blinked first in her confrontation with Congress over the allotment of land for the railway coach factory proposed to be set up in Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli constituency ... Clearly on the backfoot, the BSP leader tried to limit the damage by challenging the Congress-controlled Centre to fund a special development package worth Rs 5,000 crore exclusively for Rae Bareli and Sultanpur ... She claimed to reporters that by leasing out the land, she would... (Times of India)
Mayawati backtracks Oct 19, 2008
Mayawati agrees to provide land for Rae Bareli railway project - Sify ... Mayawati agrees to provide land for Rae Bareli railway project ... Lucknow: In a 180-degree turn within a week, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday restored 189 hectares of state-owned land in Rae Bareli, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's constituency, for building India's third rail coach factory. (Sify.com, India)
Mayawati demands mega package Oct 19, 2008
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday virtually put Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a bind by demanding Rs 50 billion from the central government for reviving the "decaying" industrial units in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur districts. While Sonia Gandhi represents Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha, her son Rahul is the Congress MP from Amethi, which is part of Sultanpur district ... According to a state government survey, 11 of the 20 industrial units mostly set up during different... (Sify.com, India)
India is not property of Congress: BSP Oct 17, 2008
He said out of 20 factories in Rae Bareli only nine were functional and 11 had been closed due to which about 192 acres of land became waste ... The residents of Rae Bareli knew well that Congress party was doing dirty politics, he added ... UP Means Rae Bareli and amethi by Abhishek on 2008-10-17 10:07:09. (Indian Express)
Sonia-Maya spat case of fluctuating personal chemistry: BJP Oct 16, 2008
The war of words over the Rae Bareli coach factory land escalated with Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday hitting back at Sonia Gandhi accusing her of enacting a "drama of going to jail" and worrying only about Rae Bareli and Amethi and not Uttar Pradesh. A day after Gandhi visited Rae Bareli and accused Mayawati government of putting hurdles in development projects in her constituency and the state, the Chief Minister said the Congress president and her party were doing all this to gain... (Expressindia.com)
Edit: Who's Afraid Of Sonia? Oct 16, 2008
The Rae Bareli district administration felt that Sonia's presence in the area could cause tension and issued prohibitory orders during her visit ... The Congress and the BSP could have joined hands to make the Rae Bareli rail coach project a successful venture. (India Times, India)
Sonia goes on the offensive, challenges Mayawati Oct 15, 2008
karmabhoomi and nobody can stop her from visiting the area (IBNLive.com)
I am ready to go to jail: Sonia Oct 15, 2008
Rae Bareli: Defying Mayawati's attempts to scuttle her plans, Sonia Gandhi today visited her Lok Sabha constituency calling it her "karma bhoomi" and declaring that she is ready to go to jail for the sake of development. "Rae Bareli and Amethi were the 'karma bhoomi' of Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. It is also the 'karma bhoomi' of mine and Rahul. Rae Bareli and Amethi are like my home. I want to ask, can anyone prevent me from coming to my home? No one can," she said in a brief... (Sify.com, India)
Sonia going to jail for Rae Bareli is drama: Mayawati Oct 15, 2008
Terming Congress president Sonia Gandhis allegations against her party as baseless, Mayawati said that the rail coach factory in Rae Bareli is part of a political conspiracy to mislead the poor, specially the residents of the constituency. Mayawati accused Sonia of doing a big drama in Rae Bareli ... Congress thinks of setting up a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli only a few months before Lok Sabha elections, she said. (India Times, India)
I'll go to jail for Rae Bareli: Sonia Gandhi Oct 15, 2008
I'll go to jail for Rae Bareli: Sonia-India-The Times of India ... I'll go to jail for Rae Bareli: Sonia15 Oct 2008, 0015 hrs IST, Manjari Mishra,TNN ... RAE BARELI: A prohibitory order banned her from holding a public meeting in Lalganj, but it couldn't gag Rae Bareli MP and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (India Times, India)
Sonia stumped by Maya's political one-upmanship Oct 14, 2008
POWERPLAY: Mayawati has denied Sonia a permission to hold a rally in Rae Bareli ... Mayawati has denied Sonia a permission to hold a rally in Rae Bareli citing a violation of laid down procedure ... Mulayam always avoided the Congress bastions of Rai Bareli and Amethi. (IBNLive.com)
HC orders status quo on UP land row Oct 14, 2008
Lucknow: In a breather to the Railways, the Allahabad High Court on Monday ordered status quo regarding possession of land allotted to the Centre by the Mayawati government to set up a rail coach factory in Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli and later cancelled by the state government ... The petitioners had challenged the UP government order issued on Sunday cancelling the land allotment on the basis of an October 10 report of the Rae Bareli district magistrate apprehending law and order... (Sify.com, India)
Edit: People Over Party Oct 14, 2008
But the state administration's decision to cancel allotment of land for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli has more to do with petty party concerns than safeguarding interests of farmers ... Sure, the Sonia factor may have influenced the railway minis-try to choose Rae Bareli for the project ... The coach factory in Rae Bareli was expected to generate jobs and revive the local economy. (India Times, India)
Maya cancels land for rail project in Sonia constituency Oct 13, 2008
25 hectares of gram sabha land for the setting up of a rail coach factory at Lalganj in Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency, Rae Bareli ... While the land has been reverted back to the gram sabha, Rae Bareli district magistrate Santosh Kumar has been directed to find an alternative site for the factory ... Mayawati's principal secretary, Vijay Shankar Pandey, told mediapersons on Sunday that the decision to cancel the allotment was taken following the Rae Bareli DM's report that there was... (India Times, India)
Congress, SP to discuss LS seat sharing in UP Sep 1, 2008
The Congress had managed just nine seats, including Amethi and Rae Bareli -- the pocket burrows of Gandhi-Nehru family. The Congress' decline in the state has been rapid in the past 25 years after having secured all the 85 seats in undivided UP in 1984. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Deplorable condition of Charbagh platforms raised Aug 30, 2008
Rae Bareli reservation office has four counters but only two are functional and NR has been demanded to ge 00004000 t them working. The Railways were also informed about the pitiable condition of smaller stations on the Lucknow-Sultanpur route. (Times of India)
UP: 20 quintal fish dead Jun 4, 2008
He added that the fish died in Rae Bareli district, 150 km from here, and came to Pratapgrah, 80 km from here, carried along by the flow of the river. Many paper units in Rae Bareli district discharge toxic effluents into the river. (India Times, India)
Arsenic in 20 UP districts Mar 9, 2008
Close on their heels are Rae Bareli, Mirzapur, Bijnore, Meerut, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Shahjahanpur and Gonda. They all have arsenic content above. (India Times, India)
Sri Lankan pilots up for grabs by Indian carriers Mar 5, 2008
India is also undertaking upgradation and modernisation of training infrastructure at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) at Rae Bareli to enhance its training capacity. Besides, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved a total of 26 flying training institutes in the country for imparting Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) training, the report added. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Budget will address the needs of common man, says Sonia Gandhi Feb 21, 2008
RAE BARELI: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday indicated that the Union budget would address the needs of the common man ... Ms. Gandhi inaugurated 1,000 self-help groups (SHGs) in the Rae Bareli and Amethi parliamentary constituencies ... Around one lakh women had become SHG members under the Rajiv Gandhi Women s Development Scheme in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur districts. (Hindu)
Canadian firm to train pilots Feb 8, 2008
The pilot training body, Canada-based CAE, will help manage the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and develop a training institute at Gondia in Maharashtra. Managing partner. (Hindu)
CAE signs contracts with the government of India to provide pilot training in two national flight academies Feb 7, 2008
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) opened in 1986 and is the Indian government's national flying school located at the Fursatganj Airport in Rae Bareli. Joint venture with AAI Under the terms of the contract, the Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Training Institute will be jointly owned by CAE and the AAI. Located at Gondia in the State of Maharashtra, the school will operate new aircraft, and will use CAE's training curriculum, courseware and innovative training methodologies. (Canada Newswire)
Sonia critisises Mayawati Dec 19, 2007
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government for discriminating against her constituency, Rae Bareli, when it came to the distribution of fertiliser ... On the power issue, Ms Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Bhojpur in Rae Bareli, said that though she had got a 220 KV sub power station installed there under the Rajeev Gandhi rural electrification scheme farmers were still suffering ... Attacking the Mayawati government for shortage of... (India Times)
NIFT at Rae Bareli to be upgraded Nov 9, 2007
NIFT at Rae Bareli to be upgraded-India-The Times of India ... NIFT at Rae Bareli to be upgraded9 Nov 2007, 0000 hrs IST ... NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Thursday okayed formation of Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation and upgradation of the National Institute of Fashion Technology at Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Times of India)
Parliament approves bills amid din Sep 8, 2007
Petroleum minister Murli Deora introduced a bill to set up the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh at a cost of Rs 435 crore. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is the MP from the constituency. (India Times)
A quest to find ancestoral roots in India Sep 5, 2007
It zeroed down her search to three districts - Buxar in Bihar and Rae Bareli and Ballia in UP. Nalini also obtained copies of the immigration passes for her great grandparents, who came from Faizabad in UP and Ajmer in Rajasthan ... After having no luck in Buxar and Rae Bareli, Leena toured the area around Ballia to look for the village her father's maternal grandmother Deepani came from. (India Times, India)
Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli today Jul 31, 2007
Updated: 31 Jul 2007, 0541hrs IST. News in this Section. (Times of India)
Amethi to become centre Jul 25, 2007
According to the sources, kicking off his four-day tour of Amethi and Rae Bareli, his first tour to the Congress stronghold after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in March-April, Rahul distributed trophies and cheques to meritorious students from the minority community under the aegis of Maulana Azad Foundation. Extending his heartiest greetings to students for obtaining good marks, he said that India is growing at a rate of nine percent because of education. (Sahara Samay)
Priyanka to campaign in Apr 21, 2007
New Delhi, April 21: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will follow in the footsteps of MP brother Rahul Gandhi and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to woo voters at the Gandhis family constituencies Amethi and Rae Bareli. Priyanka will be reaching Amethi on Saturday to start campaigning for Congress Party for the next phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. (Sahara Samay)
PM, Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka all in Uttar Pradesh Sunday Apr 15, 2007
Her daughter Priyanka Vadra, who has been shuttling the past two days between Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies held by her mother and brother respectively, is to return to New Delhi. MP Rahul Gandhi, on his part, would undertake a whirlwind tour of different constituencies. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Congmen seek roadshows by Priyanka Apr 14, 2007
Priyanka had in the past overseen the election of Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli and is more acceptable to people in the two districts of Sultanpur and Rae Bareli, said Akhilesh Shukla of Amethi town. Priyanka, the daughter of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, arrived here on Friday on a three-day visit to oversee poll campaigning in her brother Rahul's parliamentary constituency and activate Congress cadres who had expressed their dissatisfaction over the choice of party nominees. (India Times, India)
Young Gandhi on the stump Apr 13, 2007
Rahul Gandhi and his mother, Sonia, head of India's Congress Party, tour Rae Bareli in February. Analysts say Rahul is being groomed for a big role in the party. (USA Today -- News)
Profit law: MPs calls for relief Mar 27, 2007
The Opposition had questioned the wisdom of enacting the Act in the aftermath of Jaya Bachchan's disqualification from Rajya Sabha and resignation of Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat following allegations that the post of chairperson of National Advisory Council held by her could also disqualify her under the OoP law. It said Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, was amended in 1960, 1977, 1993, 1999 and 2000 to exempt more offices from disqualification under Article... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Babri trial to continue in Rae Bareli Mar 23, 2007
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a CBI-supported plea for transfer of the Ayodhya demolition case trial against seven top BJP leaders, including L K Advani, to Lucknow from Rae Bareli ... The Rae Bareli court has already discharged them from the major offence of conspiracy ... Successive governments headed by Rajnath Singh, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav chose not to issue a fresh notification and allowed the trial to continue at Rae Bareli. (India Times, India -- Community News)
SC rejects petition in Ayodhya case Mar 22, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007. SC dismisses petition seeking review in Ayodhya case. (Hindustan Times, India)
Ayodhya case: SC quashes review plea Mar 22, 2007
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking review of its verdict allowing trial of cases relating to the demolition of disputed structure at Ayodhya before two separate courts at Rae Bareli and Lucknow ... The Rae Bareli court is holding trial against eight prominent accused including senior BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi and Vinay Katiyar, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti, VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Giriraj Kishore and Sadhvi Rithambara. (India Times, India)
Anti-Mulayam front unlikely as RLD, Cong spar Mar 20, 2007
It is felt he should have hit the road about six months ago or just after the Rae Bareli bypolls when he was credited with masterminding the massive success of her mother and party supremo Sonia Gandhi. Loading. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Rae Bareli to have fashion institute Jan 12, 2007
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Months ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the cabinet Thursday decided to set up a fashion technology institute in Rae Bareli, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) extension centre in Rae Bareli in its initial stage would operate from a hired premises for a period of three years at a cost of over Rs. (Monsters and Critics.com)
