The populous northern state of Uttar Pradesh also saw a rise in the number of poor people.
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The ancient Hindu gathering takes place in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, attracting tens of millions of people.
The company is working in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 50 towns with populations of 3, 000 to 4, 000 each.
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Two women police constables in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for detaining an alleged rape victim, 10, police have said.
This event is a big deal for the Republic of India and for the state of Uttar Pradesh and for the city of Allahabad.
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Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating an attack on four sisters who suffered burns after acid was thrown at them.
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Ram Kripal, a 28-year-old carpenter from Gorakhpur, a small town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, swears by a white adhesive called Fevicol.
Further north, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, hand-knotted carpets are made and sent to showrooms in the U.S. You'll find such goods, says Washington D.
Further north, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, hand-knotted carpets are made and sent to showrooms in the U.S. Such goods can be found, says Washington D.
In March, a 35-year-old woman in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, one of India's poorest, told police she had been raped in the fields around her village.
Not surprisingly, Mr Gandhi is trying to revive the fortunes of his party in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, which hasn't seen a Congress government in a quarter of a century - the last time the party even inched close to 100 seats was 20 years ago.
The funds were meant for distributing cycles and hearing aids in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh state.
Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state and low-caste Dalit leader Mayawati said that he should be "sent to jail".
Last August, it rolled out the first of a chain of VidyaGyan Schools that are aimed at poor, rural children in collaboration with the government of Uttar Pradesh state.
Like the student's family, at least two of the accused are from impoverished villages in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, and source for many of the thousands of migrants who come to Delhi every year hoping for a better life - the same journey her father made nearly 30 years ago.
In Uttar Pradesh various divisions of the state including Garhwal, Bareily, Allahabad , Varanasi, Faizabad, Agra and Lucknow have been experiencing above normal temperatures for almost a fortnight.
Suman, the manager of the Sachkhand Ballan monastery in Punjab state, told CNN that the announcement of a new Ravidassia faith was made on Saturday to a large congregation at the birthplace of the revered leader in Uttar Pradesh state.
AIDS. In rural Uttar Pradesh, an Indian state, 83% of married women surveyed said that before they moved in with their husbands, they did not know how women become pregnant.
Mayawati, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, which is India's largest state and one of its poorest, with 170m people, has been quick to demand that it be carved into four.
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Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have ordered an investigation into the killing of 31 blackbucks by stray dogs at a zoological park in the city of Kanpur.
Uttar Pradesh - the northern state that sends the largest number of legislators to parliament and which was critical of the BJP forming national governments in 1998 and 1999 - is another area to focus on, he said.
No one is more worried than Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief of the 20-strong Samajwadi Party, which serves the sort of customers Congress goes after (Muslims and lower castes) in a state (Uttar Pradesh) where Congress is desperate to expand.
In Congress's renewed popularity with Muslim and low-caste voters some saw intimations of a revival for it even in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state, from which the party had been all but ejected.
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The debacle in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous and politically important state, was the culmination of a series of recent reverses for the Congress.
The Uttar Pradesh state government has "come up trumps" because it made it clear to leaders of the 11-day strike it would not back down from its reforms, the report said.
Uttar Pradesh has more alleged criminals in its administration than any other state: Mr Paras is among 29 of 58 ministers charged with some kind of crime.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported that 175 people had died in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, where temperatures have dipped to below zero.
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