Akhilesh Yadav shifted from Kannauj May 27, 2008
Likely to be fielded from Firozabad ... Though his candidature has not been announced, party sources claimed that he is likely to be fielded from Firozabad, a reserved seat till the 2004 elections ... Firozabad has been declared a general seat by the Delimitation Commission of India. (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)
Constable's wife, son shot dead in UP Oct 17, 2007
FIROZABAD: Unidentified assailants shot dead the wife and son of a police constable here on Tuesday night. The constable belonging to Mathura had come with his family to meet his son studying in a residential school when the assailants fired at them, Superintendent of Police V K Garg said on Wednesday. (India Times, India)
DNA test for Etawah skeletons Sep 14, 2007
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. He said that he then threw the bodies in a well. (India Times, 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)
