Lucknow City News
(Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:54) Jumping into the debate on Rahul Gandhi’s prospects as Prime Minister, BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on Monday said the moot question is whether people are ready to bring Congress back to power despite several scams during the party-led UPA government at the Centre. (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:47) In the laboratory of Bahujan Samaj Party’s Dalit-Brahmin social engineering that fetched it rich electoral dividend in the last Assembly election, the party’s Brahmin face, Satish Chandra Mishra, is trying his best to repeat the feat by holding a series of meetings with community members. (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:39) For actor Farooq Sheikh, coming to Lucknow is “always a delight” as he says he has a number of friends in the city. On Monday, one of them invited him to inaugurate an exhibition of her paintings at a rather unlikely venue—the premises of Punjab National Bank's 'GenNext' branch situated on Ashok Mark in what once used to be the UPTRON building. (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:32) The year was 1994 and Raghavendra Rathore had just returned from his stint in the West, where he had worked with prominent fashion labels such as Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta. Rathore, who hails from the royal family of Jodhpur, knew that his debut show would set the pace for the rest of his career, so he decided to showcase what he knew best — fine cuts with more than a touch of royalty (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:42) Police have registered an FIR against BSP candidate from Gorakhpur's rural seat Ram Bhuwal Nishad and his supporters, a day after they clashed with Congress workers at Kakra Khor village. (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:40) Law Minister Salman Khurshid has made a strong pitch for sub-categorisation of the Other Backward Classes. (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:38) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are creating records of sorts by their rigorous campaigning for UP elections. (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:36) Becoming Prime Minister is not the “central focus” of Rahul Gandhi’s politics, said Priyanka Gandhi. (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:32) Mayawati has shifted Dharamraj Nishad to Shahganj as punishment for “non-performance”. (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:22) Candidates of all other parties are keen to get media space these days, but not those of the BSP.
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