Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee has announced a 38-member election committee for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
The committee headed by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Kumar Lallu includes Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra, former MPs, MLAs and most of the former UPCC presidents.
Prominent names in the panel include former MPs Pramod Tiwari, Rajiv Shukla, R P N Singh, Zafar Ali Naqvi, PL Punia, Rashid Alvi, Begum Noor Bano, Rajesh Mishra and Pradeep Jain Aditya.
However, notable absentees in the list are former UPCC presidents Arun Kumar Singh Munna, Shri Prakash Jaiswal and Raj Babbar.
Vice presidents, general secretaries of different zones in the state will be ex-officio members.
Ancient DNA obtained from the skeletons of Roopkund Lake -- representing the first ancient DNA ever reported from India -- reveals that they derive from at least three distinct genetic groups.
The CBI has booked NDTV promoters Prannoy and Radhika Roy and others for allegedly violating foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in a 2007-09 investment, an allegation denied by the company.
Senior advocate C.S. Vaidyanathan, appearing for Ram Lalla Virajman, submitted before a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that if the 'Janmasthan' (birthplace) was the deity, nobody can claim ownership of the land.
Punjab has declared a national calamity, while Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar carried out an aerial survey of the affected areas in his state.
A man allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife inside the civil court premises in Lucknow in the presence of her advocate after she refused to accept a chewing gum from him.
Information and Culture Secretary of Pakistan's Punjab province Raja Jahangir has asked its different cultural departments to give within a week an outline of the preparations for Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary celebrations in November, media reports said.
