SP rally from Azamgarh on October 29

The ruling SP will organise rallies in 18 divisions of the state starting from Azamgarh on October 29. The rallies will be addressed by SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav and CM Akhilesh Yadav. SP's state parliamentary board, which met in Lucknow Wednesday took the decision. Azamgarh has been lucky for SP in the past, and it began its campaign from Azamgarh on 1 January last year. CM Akhilesh Yadav, who chaired the meeting, also reviewed the party's preparations for legislative council polls in graduate and teachers constituencies. These elections will be held next year.

लोहरा गांव पुलिस छावनी में तब्दील

अमिलो (आजमगढ़) : जिले का लोहरा गांव बकरीद पर्व पर सुरक्षा की दृष्टि से पुलिस छावनी में तब्दील कर दी गई है। मुबारकपुर थाना क्षेत्र के इस गांव में किसी भी अप्रिय स्थिति से निबटने के लिए गांव में 34वीं वाहिनी पीएसी की एक कंपनी जवान भी कैंप कर रहे हैं। 1 प्रशासन हर घर को खंगालने में लगा था। यही नहीं परिवार के सभी सदस्यों का ब्योरा भी एकत्र किया गया। इसके पीछे कारण यह रहा कि गांव में कोई बाहरी व्यक्ति प्रवेश न करने पाए। बाहरी व्यक्तियों पर पैनी नजर रखी जा रही थी और यह चौकसी मंगलवार से गुरुवार तक बनी रहेगी। यहां कुर्बानी पर कई साल से प्रतिबंध लगाया गया है। 1कहीं किसी घर में कुर्बानी के लिए मवेशी छिपाकर न रखे गए हों और त्योहार के दिन कुर्बानी से क्षेत्र का माहौल न खराब हो, इस संभावना को देखते हुए घरों में मवेशियों की तलाशी ली गई। 1सतर्कता यह बरती गई कि पुलिस पर कोई अनायास आरोप न लगे। पूरे गांव के मवेशियों को प्रशासन ने अपने कब्जे में लेने के साथ गांव के बाहर बने अहातों में कैद कर दिया। अब इनकी सुपुर्दगी तीन दिन बाद ही होगी। वैसे तो प्रशासन ने सभी क्षेत्रों में चौकसी बरतने का निर्देश दिया है लेकिन मुबारकपुर थाना क्षेत्र के चर्चित गांव लोहरा पर खासतौर पर उसका ध्यान केंद्रित दिख रहा है। 1लोहरा गांव में वर्ष 1990 में कुर्बानी को लेकर उपजे दो पक्षों के बीच तनाव के चलते प्रशासन ने यहां कुर्बानी पर रोक लगा रखी है। इसी के चलते प्रशासनिक अमले की सतर्कता बकरीद पर काफी बढ़ जाती है। किसी भी स्थिति से निबटने के लिए गांव में पीएसी जहां कैंप कर रही है वहीं चार उप निरीक्षक, 40 सिपाही, चार महिला आरक्षी, 20 होमगार्ड तैनात किए गए हैं। 1मुकामी थाने के अलावा जहानागंज, सिधारी एसओ को भी शांति की जिम्मेदारी सौंपी गई है। इन थानों के पुलिसकर्मी भी गांव में रहेंगे। सीओ सदर मनोज कुमार यादव व एसडीएम मनोज कुमार सिंह भी कैंप कर रहे हैं। गांव के माहौल पर खुद एसपी अरविंद सेन भी नजर रख रहे हैं। गांव में बाहर से आने वाले संदिग्ध व्यक्तियों के प्रवेश पर रोक रहेगी।मुबारकपुर के लोहरा गांव में जांच करते एसडीएम व सीओ सदर के साथ पुलिस टीम।1

SP changes four Lok Sabha candidates, three got ‘poor feedback’

Lucknow, May 31 (IANS) The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh Friday changed four candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said grassroot workers had offered “negative feedback” on three of the four.

According to a party communique, Aamir Aalam replaces Anuradha Chowdhary in Bijnor, Zafar Alam is the new SP candidate from Aligarh in place of Kajal Sharma, and Rahul Shukla is the new party candidate from Gonda, replacing Kirtivardhan Singh.

Hawaldar Singh is the new candidate from Azamgarh, replacing Balram Yadav, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government.

Balram Yadav had expressed his reluctance to take the plunge and told the party leadership so.

There were rumours that SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son Prateek Yadav would contest polls from Azamgarh. Several local party workers had staged a sit-in, pitching for his candidature, but as the Yadav clan refused to let Prateek go into politics, the party settled for another candidate.

The party has also announced Firoz Aftab as its candidate from Saharanpur.

Ram Gopal Yadav said the party would be releasing its final list for the Lok Sabha polls next week.

The party has already announced the names of more than 60 candidates for the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha.

IANS 2013-05-31 12:48:50

Azamgarh boy tops B Ed entrance exam

TNN May 28, 2013, 04.01AM IST

LUCKNOW: Boys took the top slot in the joint entrance examination for admissions to Bachelor of Education ( UPBEd-JEE) - 2013, results of which were declared on Sunday. Officials at the Deen Dayal Updhayay Gorakhpur University-the body conducting Bed-2013- said the top 36 positions have been occupied by boys.

Scoring 301 marks out of 400, Santosh Yadav from Azamgarh emerged topper. In the girl's category, the highest place was secured by Divya Srivastava, a native of Deoria who scored 279.6 marks. State coordinator, B Ed 2013, Surendra Dubey said, "Divya's general rank is 37. Before this, all slots have been grabbed by boys. The results are surprising as usually girls outshine boys.''

As many as 3,78,012 candidates had registered for the exam that was held on April 24 at 689 centres in 26 cities. In Lucknow, 18,837 candidates took the exam at 40 centres. Nearly 30,949 candidates took the exam in Allahabad, 31,513 candidates in Agra, 28,399 candidates in Varanasi, 30,234 candidates in Kanpur. The counseling will begin from June 5. According to Dubey, there are 1,20,811 seats in 1,098 B Ed colleges across the state. "Every one has qualified the exam. But admissions will depend on the number of seats,'' said he.

Shock, anguish in Azamgarh as Khalid Mujahid buried in hometown

Sunday May 19, 2013 8:51 PM, ummid.com & Agencies

Lucknow: Hundreds of people from Azamgarh, Bhadoi and Varanasi on Sunday thronged to Madhiyahu village in Azamgarh to participate in the funeral prayers of Khalid Mujahid - an accused in the 2007 serial blast case, who died in mysterious condition yesterday.

"The entire village and nearby areas are in shock. Markets and bazaars are closed. People have come from different parts of Jaunpur and neighboring districts. They silently and peacefully buried the body of Khalid Mujahid," Mohammad Junaid, an official of Jamiat Ahle Hadees, has been quoted in the media.
The funeral took place today at around 05:30 in the afternoon.

Junaid said no government official from Lucknow came to console the bereaved family.
Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts at Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad in 2007, died of 'heat stroke' Saturday when he was being taken back to the Lucknow prison after a hearing at a Faizabad court.

For every hearing, Mujahid, along with other accused - Tariq Qazmi, Mohammad Akhtar and Sajjad ur Rehman - were taken to the Faizabad court under high security from Lucknow prison.

Khalid along with Tariq Qasmi was arrested by Special Task Force (STF) on 20 December 2007 from Barabanki. Huge explosives were also shown as recovered from his possession. STF claimed that he was involved in the serial blasts which occurred in Gorakhpur, Faizabad and Lucknow.

Later, Nimesh Commission was constituted headed by Justice R D Nimesh who in its report questioned STF's claim about the place of arrest.

The Akhilesh governmet had recently decided to withdraw the cases against Mujahid and Tariq Qasmi. The state government, in its petition before the court, had pleaded that it had decided to set the two accused free to "promote communal harmony and public interest".

The Barabanki district court dismissed on May 10 ts request to withdraw cases against the two.
The court, while rejecting the state's plea, said the government has failed to specify and define the two terms used as the reason for appealing to free the two accused.