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".
In the past weeks, Samajwadi Party, a crucial ally from populous Uttar Pradesh state, has been expressing reservations about its support.
Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have ordered an inquiry after a girl's body was found hanging from a tree in a police station.
The family originally hails from Ballia in rural Uttar Pradesh state.
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.
"Maybe UP, " he says, referring to neighboring Uttar Pradesh state.
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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.
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.
Many parents want to keep boys and girls separate in schools beginning at the intermediate education level, says Shrimohan Arora, school manager at the Amar Chand Kanya Intermediate College for girls in Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh state.
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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.
Its big test will be when its government in Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state in India, faces the voters.
He has other opportunities, notably in Uttar Pradesh's important state polls in 2012.
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.
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.
Congress triumphed in state elections last November and was regaining support among Muslims and lower-caste voters in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state.
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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The high court in Uttar Pradesh has ruled that the state's former chief minister, Mayawati, should not be arrested until an investigation is completed.
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.
Others see it as a concerted bid by the Congress party to win votes in India's caste-ridden largest state, Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due next year.
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.
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.
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