Now, Maya gets a chance to have a go at Mulayam in SC Sep 12, 2008
For the Mayawati government got a chance to get even with her political rival in a case relating to alleged diversion of huge amounts from the CM's contingency funds by then chief minister Yadav for his brother Shivpal Yadav's Rs 100 crore Chaudhury Charan Singh Degree College at Etawah ... Thursday's order of the Supreme Court directing the matter to be posted for final hearing and allowing parties to file their responses, if any, would present an opportunity to Mayawati to dig up government... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mystery fever claims more lives in Kanpur Aug 27, 2008
After making its presence felt in about 350 villages of Kanpur Dehat within a coup 00004000 le of weeks, the virus is now spreading its tentacles into bordering districts of Mainpuri, Etawah, Farrukhabad and Kannauj. "We are actually at a loss as how to tackle it,"said a paediatrician at the District Hospital. (Times of India)
Name candidates early: Cong panel Jun 22, 2008
Mulayam Singh Yadav has kickstarted the process of naming the select ones in SPs focus area of Etawah belt and western UP.. More India. (India Times, India)
'Delhi to witness another standstill' Jun 2, 2008
Shahjahanpur/Etawah: New Delhi will have to prepare itself for another violent protest as the Gujjar community has decided to bring it to a standstill again on June 5 ... Meanwhile, Gujjars staged a protest in Etawah to lend its support to an ongoing agitation and burnt an effigy of Rajasthan's Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje. (Sify.com, India)
Akhilesh Yadav shifted from Kannauj May 27, 2008
Mr. Akhilesh Yadav is likely to contest from a safe seat in the close proximity of Etawah, the home district of the Samajwadi president ... Situated next to Etawah, Firozabad is a Yadav-dominated seat where the Muslim voters also constitute a sizeable section of the electorate ... Similar is the status of Etawah, a general seat till the last elections. (Hindu)
Dust storm toll climbs to 89 in state May 16, 2008
The worst hit was Kannauj where the death toll was 14, followed by Firozabad and Etawah with 10 causalities each. The CM directed constitution of a high-power committee to take stock of the situation. (Times of India)
Gupta Signs with Men's Tennis May 13, 2008
Gupta, a native of Etawah, India, will join U of L as a freshman in the 2008-09 season. He was ranked No. 83 in the ITF World junior rankings and was the fourth-ranked player in India. (Uoflsports.com)
Dalit girl set ablaze in UP Apr 4, 2008
KANPUR: In a bizarre case, a teenaged Dalit girl was set afire in her house for resisting rape bid in Bamanpur village under the Ekdil police station in Etawah on Wednesday. The accused is absconding. (India Times, India)
Poachers target peacocks Mar 26, 2008
Close on the heels of last week's "mysterious" death of 16 peacocks in a village in Bulandshahr district, seven peacocks were "found dead" in two neighbouring agricultural farms near Bakewar village of Etawah district on Monday afternoon ... "However, in Etawah, there was prima facie reason to suspect poisoning as our officials found some corn lying around the dead peacocks in an area where there is no corn to be found at this time of the year.". (India Times, India)
Yamuna: A ghariyal killer? Feb 22, 2008
After almost three months since 16 bodies were fished out from Barchauli village in Etawah range of National Chambal Sanctuary on December 8, it is gout which has been noted in regularity in all 103 carcasses ... It is the confluence of Yamuna and Chambal, which is the affected stretch of the sanctuary between Sahson and Kheda Ajab Singh in Etawah. (India Times, India)
Gharials, Monarch Of Indian Rivers, Under Grave Threat Feb 16, 2008
WWF-India has established a field station for coordination purposes and as Dr. Parikshit Gautam, Director of WWF-India s Freshwater and Wetlands Programme, explains: Our fully equipped crisis-management station in Etawah is coordinating with forest departments and local communities and constantly monitoring the river for any sick or sluggish animal. We are now facilitating post mortems on site instead of sending the specimens to labs, thereby saving time, and getting better results. (Science Daily)
Dolphins find home in river Chambal Feb 13, 2008
ETAWAH: The national Chambal Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah District is a safe haven for dolphins' breeding. The good news for nature lovers is that these intelligent aqua creatures have found the river with ample depth at this place to be a safe haven to breed. (India Times, India)
Rs 52 as gift for 52-yr-old Maya Jan 15, 2008
KANPUR: Samajwadi Party members on Monday begged on Etawah roads and collected Rs 52, one each for each birthday of Behenji, who would be turning 52 on Tuesday. Later, a draft was prepared and sent to the CM through courier service. (India Times, India)
Liver Cirrhosis Kills 26 Crocodiles in North India Dec 17, 2007
"Autopsies confirm liver cirrhosis as the cause of death," D.N.S. Suman, Uttar Pradesh's top wildlife official, told Reuters from Etawah town on the banks of the Chambal where experts have camped to investigate the deaths. Poisoning was not suspected as fish in the river had not died, Suman said, adding that scientists would test the water for the presence of any liver-damaging toxins. (Planet Ark, United States)
Mass death of gharials foxes UP forest department Dec 15, 2007
Most of the gharials were found dead over a stretch of about 12 km near the Sahson Ghat in Etawah district of UP. Twelve corpses were found on the UP side and four on the MP side of the sanctuary. The first dead gharial was spotted by fishermen last Saturday. (Daily News & Analysis)
Stir against students' polls ban Sep 26, 2007
The demonstrators were led by Ram Gopal Yadav and Shivpal Yadav in Etawah, Azam Khan in Rampur, Mata Prasad in Basti, Akhilesh Yadav in Kannauj, Ashok Bajpai in Kanpur, Naresh Agarwal in Hardoi, Brij Bhushan Tewari in Varanasi, Rewati Raman Singh in Allahabad etc. Loading. (Times of India)
DNA test for Etawah skeletons Sep 14, 2007
LUCKNOW: Human bones recovered from a well in Etawah district would be sent to forensic laboratory for DNA profiling, said Director General of Police Vikram Singh here on Thursday. Replying to queries from reporters, the DGP said that a person in an inebriated condition had told some local villagers that he had kidnapped two persons from Firozabad in 1998 and later killed them. (India Times, India)
16 cops get life term for fake encounter Sep 12, 2007
Raj Narain, a resident of Dadra village in Etawah, was shot dead during a combing operation in the ravines of Chambal in 1992 ... They were posted at Chakarnagar police station in Etawah when the encounter was reported on January 28, 1992. (Times of India)
Bypoll results a shot in the arm for Mayawati government Sep 4, 2007
He had vacated Gunnaur since he had won another seat in Etawah. The BSP stood second while the BJP was third here, too. (Daily News & Analysis)
By-polls in UP's 3 assembly seats Aug 31, 2007
While the Gunnaur seat was vacated by the SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also elected from Bharthana in Etawah, the Farrukhabad and Swar Tanda seats were vacated when the winning SP candidates resigned the seats and joined the BSP.. Congress candidates Vijaya Singh, who had won from Farrukhabad on SP ticket but had later defected to BSP before being expelled from there too, is giving sleepless nights to the BSP nominee and state minister Anant Kumar Mishra. (India Times, India)
India alarm over HIV in north May 31, 2007
Ms Rao said the districts of Etawah, Banda and Lalitpur in UP had been found to have more than 1% of pregnant mothers infected with the virus. A high number of pregnant woman infected with HIV had also been identified in the districts of Lakhiserai and Saharsa of Bihar. (BBC News -- South Asia)
UP polls peaceful, sharp fall in turnout Apr 8, 2007
For instance, in 2002, the SP had won the Etawah seat when the poll percentage was 46 ... Polling percentage of some of the districts barely half an hour before the poll ended was as follows: Kanpur City 31, Kanpur Dehat 35, Etawah 35, Agra 38. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mulayam blames EC for low voter turnout Apr 8, 2007
"The EC has crossed the limits of constitutional ethics and its conduct was quite identical to that of Opposition parties," said an enraged Mulayam, after casting his vote at his native Saifai village in Etawah ... Mulayam's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav, contesting from Jaswantnagar assembly segment in Etawah, was equally angry. (India Times, India -- Community News)
UP polls: Mulayam looks for solid opening Apr 7, 2007
Not only does this phase include the SP supremo's home turf of Etawah district, this region that includes parts of central UP and the south-western districts was the one that gave him a decisive edge in the Lok Sabha elections of 2004. In the 2002 assembly polls, the SP had won just 24 of the 62 seats in this phase. (India Times, India)
Only poll agents will cast votes: Mulayam Apr 7, 2007
ETAWAH: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday criticised the Election Commission for the "excessive" security deployment in the state Assembly polls, saying it was discouraging voters from exercising their franchise. "There is too much security. Just see the security arrangements in Saifai. The security is unprecedented and it is discouraging voters from going to the booths to cast their votes," Yadav told reporters here. (India Times, India)
Notice to Mulayam over caste remark Apr 7, 2007
Yadav is contesting from the Bharthana assembly constituency in Etawah district which is going to the polls in the first phase on Saturday. EC decided to depute deputy election commissioner J P Prakash to monitor the first phase of polling. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Sonia in Mulayam's den: End 'chaupat raj' Apr 5, 2007
ETAWAH: It is after a gap of 27 years that a Congress president was in Etawah to garner support for the party ... "Is sarkar ke din poorey ho gaye hain aur ise ab ek din bhi rahne ka adhikar nahi hai (This government has lived its time, and it has no right to continue even for a day)." Indira Gandhi was the last Congress president to visit Etawah during the 1980 general elections ... Probably briefed by local Congress leaders, Sonia talked of how the multi-crore cotton mill at Etawah was closed.... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Rahul draws youth in Mulayams bastion Apr 4, 2007
Bharthana, (Etawah), April 3 Rahul Gandhi is facing a tough competition from Hema Malini who has started campaigning for the BJP candidate ... As Bharthana has been part of the VVIP constituency of Etawah, it has been pampered with uninterrupted supply of power during Yadavs regime ... CMs brother Shivpal Singh Yadav is contesting from nearby Jaswant Singh Nagar also in Etawah district. (The Tribune)
Rahul storms Mulayam bastions Apr 4, 2007
During his whirlwind election campaign to Bundelkhand-Kanpur-Etawah region, Rahul addressed at least three public meetings. They were mainly in rural areas including one in Bharthana in Etawah where Mulayam Singh Yadav is pitted against Congress nominee Ajay Singh Yadav, son of late Balram Singh Yadav. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Illegal arms trade rampant in UP Apr 1, 2007
Arshad Jamaal, Rahul Srivastava, Rajat Kain Sunday, April 1, 2007 (Etawah, Lucknow, New Delhi) The Election Commission has decided on a no-arms policy and a crackdown on legal arms to try and curb the criminal elements during the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. But a close look at the forests of Etawah and a building in Jhansi just a week before the polls reveals a thriving arms trade and the scale of this illegal business. (NDTV.com)
Criminals galore in first phase Mar 30, 2007
94 lakh, followed by Narendranath Chaturvedi, BSP candidate from Etawah, who has liabilities of Rs 90 lakh. Loading. (Times of India)
SP locked in multi-cornered contests in Agra Mar 27, 2007
Agra division is special to the chief minister, who thinks it is his territory with powerful backward class vote banks in Shikohabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Etawah, Firozabad and Agra. But conditions are not particularly favourable to the chief minister this time, as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati has tactfully wooed the upper-caste Brahmins. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Beni wants SP to adopt his 14 candidates Mar 20, 2007
Said Verma, indignation writ large on his face, "Mulayam told me 'Beni babu Lohia fought with Nehru and you are squabbling with Waqar!' I ask him will he ignore a Waqar in Etawah. Did he not fight Balram Yadav?". He said he could not "forgive" anyone who got a "Brahmin girl raped, my worker and a Muslim murdered, and who burnt my effigies.". (India Times, India -- Community News)
Acid test for SP in its pocket borough Mar 18, 2007
The party conceded the lead in one assembly segment in Etawah, Ghatampur and Hamirpur. The massive swing from 2002 assembly polls, when Samajwadi Party went to the polls under the most favourable circumstances and could manage only 143 seats, to 2004 LS, when it had the obvious advantage of incumbency, was surprising and was, no wonder, questioned. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Still in Mulayam's shadow, Shivpal yet to make grade Feb 3, 2007
The man, who never stepped out of Jaswantnagar in Etawah till his more well-known brother Mulayam made it big in politics, has a global calling card. Nithari. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Rare Indian turtles sold as sex stimulant rescued Jan 8, 2007
"Preliminary investigations suggest that a large chunk of the contraband finds its way to Southeast Asian countries, where turtle meat is converted into crunchy chips for convenient consumption," said Ram Kumar, police chief of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh ... "Etawah was being used as a transit point for poachers, who picked up turtles from the Chambal river, which is rich in the species," said Kumar, adding that the turtles had been released back into the river. (Yahoo News -- Endangered Species)
