Support for Anna swells in Uttar Pradesh

People in various cities of Uttar Pradesh have begun rallying round social activist Anna Hazare, who begins an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi Tuesday to press for a strong and more inclusive Lokpal bill, which seeks to maintain a strict vigil on corruption.

Holding the tri-colour aloft, people from various walks of life marched in processions Monday and formed human chains in many cities, including Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Lucknow.

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Moradabad curfew to be relaxed for 16 hours

Lucknow, Aug 16 (IANS) With normalcy returning fast to the trouble-torn areas in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad city days after a communal clash left 13 people injured, the authorities Tuesday decided to relax the curfew clamped in parts of the city for 16 hours, an official said.

‘During a meeting of police and district authorities, it has been decided that curfew would now be relaxed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.,’ Superintendent of Police (City) Piyush Srivastava told reporters in Moradabad, some 250 km from Lucknow.

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