Free surgery partially blinds 14 Feb 2, 2008
Both doctors PK Agrawal and Dr Surendra Singh never bothered to show up even once even at in neighbouring Rampur and Saddipar villages in Barabanki where they had hosted official camps ... "We have shifted all 14 badly affected cases to the Balrampur hospital. We are hopeful that barring one the rest may respond to treatment," he said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
BJP goes back to the basics in rural UP Feb 2, 2008
The idea was officially set in motion on Friday when a sankalp sandesh vehicle was flagged off from the BJP headquarters for Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. Leader of opposition LK Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will address a public meeting in Rampur on February 10. (Daily News & Analysis)
G Das: Terror in the neighbourhood Jan 13, 2008
We have had 20 external terrorist attacks in the past three years, the latest on New Year's Day at Rampur when seven CRPF men died. And we have failed to curb domestic Naxalite terrorism. (India Times, India)
Airports across UP on high alert Jan 9, 2008
Once bitten twice shy, the security agencies in the state this time are leaving no stone unturned to eliminate all possibilities of a terror strike, especially after the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Group Centre (GC) at Rampur. After a foiled attempt to hold hostage, the All India Congress Party national general secretary Rahul Gandhi - which was grounded with the arrest of three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) fedayeens (suicide bombers) by the Special Task Force (STF) in Lucknow in... (India Times, India)
Congress unfazed by Mayawati's threat Jan 8, 2008
The first trigger was the recent attack on the CRPF camp at Rampur, when Mayawati's blaming of the Centre led to a counter-attack. Congress charged her with being too busy touring the country for party work to concentrate on the functioning of a sensitive state like UP.. (Times of India)
Rampur attack shows lack of will, says BJP Jan 3, 2008
NEW DELHI: Attacking Centre and UP government over the terrorist strike on a CRPF camp in Rampur, BJP said the incident exposed a lack of will to tackle terror head on and once again put the focus on safe sanctuaries for jihadi groups in UP.. The party's tough speak on terrorism comes as it looks for issues that can rally support in UP where it has been pushed out of the picture by Samajwadi Party and BSP. Tapping into public unease over terror, BJP feels, might give it an opportunity to reclaim... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Indian troops die in raid on camp Jan 3, 2008
The attackers, dressed as soldiers, arrived at the camp in Rampur, in Uttar Pradesh state, during the night ... Newspaper reports, quoting unnamed officials, said security at the Rampur camp could have been tighter. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Jihadis picking targets for eyeballs Jan 2, 2008
The attack at Rampur in Uttar Pradesh is the 20th jihadi attack on India's mainland, outside Jammu and Kashmir in the past three years and it conforms to the jihadi gameplan of hitting targets which get high media attention ... She said that Rampur district officials had met CRPF men and asked them to take precautionary measures which the paramilitary force did not ... Since then, there have been attacks at regular intervals at 'soft targets' including market places in Delhi, Indian Institute of... (India Times, India)
Beefing up intelligence set up is better than always blaming the existing one for every terror attack. Jan 2, 2008
LUCKNOW: Terming the attack on a CRPF camp at Rampur a "failure" on the part of the force, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday said the state government had alerted the central security agency about the threat much in advance. "Rampur district officials some time ago had met the CRPF officials and asked them to take necessary precautions and the incident indicates laxity on their part," she told reporters here and termed the attack as an act of cowardice ... In a pre-dawn attack,... (India Times, India)
Seven security personnel killed in fidayeen attack Jan 1, 2008
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the CRPF camp located in Rampur in UP, news agencies reported. The attack was launched in the wee hours of Tuesday by LeT insurgents armed with AK-47 and grenades. (Indian Muslims)
BJP accuses Centre of failing to tackle terror Jan 1, 2008
Naqvi along with BJP president Rajnath Singh left for Rampur on Tuesday morning for an on the spot assessment of the incident. Heavily-armed militants attacked CRPF troop centre, killing eight persons, including seven security personnel. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Militant attack kills 7 policemen in UP Jan 1, 2008
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Heavily armed suspected Islamist militants attacked a central police camp in Rampur town in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, killing seven policemen during New Year celebrations, authorities said. One civilian was also killed in the pre-dawn attack in Rampur, about 200 km east of New Delhi ... Additional forces were rushed to the area to hunt the attackers, police said, adding that they could have slipped into neighbouring Uttarakhand through the thick jungles around Rampur. (Reuters India)
Deadly attack on India police camp Jan 1, 2008
Seven policemen and a civilian were killed in the attack which occurred early on Tuesday in Rampur, reports say. The town is located about 300km southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. (Aljazeera.Net)
Lashkar behind attack on CRPF camp in UP Jan 1, 2008
NEW DELHI: In a bloody start to the New Year, at least seven CRPF personnel and a civilian were killed when heavily armed militants stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recruitment camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Tuesday ... The recruitment camp is located on the Rampur-Delhi highway ... Top 00004000 officials have also rushed to Rampur. (India Times, India)
Good news for Sonia 'guard', bad for cook Dec 29, 2007
Nand Lal defeated his nearest BJP rival Brij Lal by 6,470 votes in the Rampur constituency in Shimla district. Parkash had managed to get the Congress ticket from sitting Congress MLA and former deputy speaker Dharam Pal, who contested the election as an independent only to lose it. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Low voter turnout in Himachal polls Dec 19, 2007
The Chief Minister accompanied by his MP wife Pratibha Singh exercised his franchise at Padam Senior Secondary school Rampur in Shimla district. Emerging from the polling booth, Singh exuded confidence that Congress would return to power in the state as it was getting support from voters for carrying a large number of developmental works in the state. (India Times, India)
Unknown facts about Darbhanga king Nov 21, 2007
Among his beneficiaries were stalwarts such as Dr Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Shubhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Maharaja of Jaipur, Nawab of Rampur and others in India, besides Swami Bhawani Dayal Sanyasi of South Africa. Being the biggest zamindar of India, he was also one of the great industrialists who controlled 14 industrial units of sugar, jute, cotton, iron & steel, aviation, print media, etc. (India Times, India)
Surgery successful for girl with 8 limbs Nov 7, 2007
When Lakshmi was born into a poor, rural Indian family, villagers in the remote settlement of Rampur Kodar Katti in the northern state of Bihar believed she was sacred. As news of her birth spread, locals queued for a blessing from the baby. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Hit by the rising rupee Oct 28, 2007
Several villages and semi-urban clusters such as Rampur Doraya (see box), Kundarki, Kundawali and Milak functioned as auxillary units. Now they are out of work. (India Times, India)
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)
$400m World Bank loan for hydel project in HP Sep 18, 2007
NEW DELHI: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, a joint venture between the Centre and the Himachal Pradesh government for tapping the state's hydel capacity, has got the World Bank's approval for a $400 million loan to construct a 412 mw project near Rampur on River Satluj ... The Rampur project will use water discharged by the joint venture's Nathpa-Jhakhri hydel project situated upstream on Satluj. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
WB okays Himachal power plant loan Sep 14, 2007
"The 412 MegaWatt Rampur Hydropower Project supports the Government of India's plan to develop hydropower to help meet the country's energy needs and thus provide all its citizens with access to electricity," the Bank said in a statement. The plant is expected to generate about 1,770 million units of electricity each year, enough to electrify a million household. (India Times, India)
Bypoll results a shot in the arm for Mayawati government Sep 4, 2007
The BSP also posted a win in Swar Tanda (Rampur district) where the party nominee Nawab Qazim Ali Khan won by a handsome margin of over 49,000. Here also the SP candidate remained third while the BJP man was the runner-up. (Daily News & Analysis)
Three UP districts go to bypoll today Aug 31, 2007
The seats going for the by-poll on Friday are Farrukhabad, Swar Tanda in Rampur and Gunnaur in Budaun district ... In Swar Tanda (Rampur), Nawab Qazim Ali Khan, who was minister in the previous Mulayam government, is now the BSP nominee, while SP leader Azam Khan's protg Habib Ansari is the SP candidate. (Daily News & Analysis)
Cholera, diarrhoea claim 93 lives Aug 30, 2007
In Kalahandi the worst hit is Thuamul Rampur, he said. The situation has improved and is now under control as only some sporadic cases were reported in the affected areas on Monday and Tuesday, he said. (Hindustan Times)
Cholera kills 80 in Indian state Aug 28, 2007
Six deaths have been reported from Thumula Rampur in Kalahandi district, while 26 people have died in Dashmantpur, in Koraput district. The disease, which was initially suspected to be diarrhoea, was confirmed to be cholera by the microbiology department of MKCG Hospital in Berhampur and Regional Research Laboratory in Bhubaneswar. (BBC News -- South Asia)
43 people die of diarrhoea in Kashipur block of Orissa Aug 26, 2007
Meanwhile, a report from Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district said diarrhoea had claimed several lives in tribal-dominated Thuamul Rampur block of the district. While local MLA Puspendra Singhdeo put the death toll due to diarrhoea at 32, the government confirmed only three diarrhoea deaths in Kalahandi district. (Times of India)
HP: Twelve die in cloudburst Aug 15, 2007
NDTV Correspondent Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (Rampur) At least 12 people have been washed away in a flash flood after a cloudburst in Ganavi village of Himachal Pradesh. Ganavi village is near Rampur, which is 175 kilometers north of Shimla. (NDTV.com)
Staying onThree generations of a Muslim family who chose to live in India Aug 11, 2007
My husband said, "We will go home to Rampur (in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh) because all our family is there, that's our home." ... When a little peace returned after a month of carnage, the Nawab of Rampur arranged for us to get back home ... It took us 24 hours to do the journey from Delhi to Rampur. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bill's Ugly Buddy: Payments from Scandal-Tied Firm May 26, 2007
- Gupta built the Bill Clinton Science ology Center and the Hillary Clinton Mass Communications Center in his hometown of Rampur, India. - Bill and Gutpa traveled to India together. (Townhall.com)
Bachchans give Khans the cold shoulder Apr 19, 2007
Jaya Prada, former star and now SP MP from Rampur, is also on Jaya Bachchan's list. While virtually the entire Kapoor khandaan has made it to the guest list apart from their standing in Bollywood, they are also samdhis via the Nanda parivar there are three notable omissions, Karisma, Kareena and mom Babita, given the bad blood that was spilt between this lot and the Bachchans over Abhishek's failed relationship with Karisma. (India Times, India)
CEC unruffled by Mulayam's 'partisan' barb Apr 15, 2007
"I am neither perturbed nor disturbed," the CEC said, when asked to comment on being publicly criticised by the CM. Mincing no words in castigating the CEC, Mulayam had charged him with being biased against the SP. Addressing a public meeting at Bareilly and Rampur on Friday, Mulayam had alleged that the CEC was playing into the hands of the Congress as he had been offered governorship. Reacting to Mulayam's remark, which he described as "wild speculation", the CEC said, "I do not know what has... (India Times, India -- Community News)
'Muslims unlikely to vote for any single party' Apr 14, 2007
BAREILLY (UP): Muslims are unlikely to throw their weight behind any single party in areas dominated by the community in Moradabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Amroha, Bijnore and Rampur districts, which go to the polls in the third phase of the state Assembly elections on April 18. Several of the 40-odd Assembly constituencies in these districts are either Muslim-dominated or hold the key to the success of candidates of the ruling Samajwadi Party and the opposition Congress and BSP.. (India Times, India)
Cops repulse Naxal raid on border town Apr 1, 2007
Two years back, the Maoists attacked Rampur Barahi village, four km from Riga, and killed a few persons besides blowing up the local mukhiya's house. In June 2005, armed extremists attacked the Madhuban police station in neighbouring East Champaran district. (Times of India)
Market opens firm in early trade Mar 30, 2007
05 after bagging Rs 806 crore order in joint venture with Gammon Ltd from the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd for the 434 MW Rampur Hydro Electric Project. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd is a joint venture between the Government of India and Government of Himachal Pradesh. (India Times)
Patel Engg-Gammon JV bags Rs 806 cr project Mar 30, 2007
The work would involve construction of a 15 km long tunnel, a 140 00004000 -m deep surge shaft and a power house for 434 MW Rampur hydel project in Himachal Pradesh, Patel Engineering informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The project would be completed in the next 54 months, it added. (Economic Times)
Dead boy walking Mar 12, 2007
LUCKNOW: In what can explain how superstition completes a full circle, a teenager returned home in Rampur district nine months after he 'died' of snake bite and his last rites performed before the entire village ... Senior police officers, when they were narrated the sequence of the two events, were of the view that the Rampur incident was a fit case of kidnapping while the Bareilly police too could have initiated action against the tantrik on charges of fraud and duping ... The Rampur episode... (India Times, India)
SP withdraws support to UPA govt Mar 1, 2007
Party MP from Rampur Jaya Prada sought to know what the Congress had done during its years in office while minister for parliamentary affairs Azam Khan spoke about the hurdles put by the governor in the setting up of the Jauhar university. Later a resolution demanding the recall of the governor and highlighting the game plane of the Congess vis a vis presidential polls in addition to other issues was placed by Mohan Singh. (India Times, India)
BJP whacks Congress in Uttarakhand Feb 28, 2007
The other two seats won by the BSP are Pantnagar and Sitarganj in the Terai and almost touching Uttar Pradeshs Rampur and Pilibhit districts. The BSPs performance can serve as an indicator for things to come in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. (The Tribune)
After 48 hours, hopes recede for relatives Feb 21, 2007
Nasir Khan from Rampur in UP, too, doesnt have a clue about his sister Arra Jahan, who was on the burning train. He said, "She didnt really want to go back to Pakistan just now. Even as she was leaving, she promised to come back to India and settle here. Of late, she used to say that she wanted to see her children settled after which she would make India her home. Now, India is graveyard." Shaqeel Ahmed from Nuh, Gurgaon, has given up. (India Times, India -- Community News)
The high-flying business of Gujarat Jan 13, 2007
And like the Shaikhs, hundreds of Muslim kite-maker families arrive in Gujarat every year from places like Mathura, Rampur, and Allahabad. And thanks to brisk business, there's work for all. (Moneycontrol.com)
Govt lifts ban on sugar exports Jan 12, 2007
The Cabinet has also cleared a proposal to set up 412-MW Rampur Hydro-Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh at an investment of Rs 2,047 crore, he said. RATE THIS ARTICLE. (India Times)
