With political parties now making an all-out effort to ensure unanimous polls in Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishad elections in Uttar Pradesh, state legislators have been left high and dry — quite literally.

Tej Pratap of Mathura district was made to spend nine years in jail for a murder that did not take place.
The police arrested Tej Pratap in 2002, when his father-in-law lodged a complaint claiming that his daughter had been killed by Tej Pratap. Tej Pratap had married Rani, a

The Mayawati government, on Friday, withdrew the ordinance and the draft bill for the special force to guard statues and memorials. A decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet meeting here on Saturday after the governor B.L. Joshi reportedly did not sign the draft ordinance and held back his assent to the bill too.

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that the anti-Mandal lobby in the Congress was apparently pressurising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to accept caste-based Census.

In yet another case of honour killing, one Ramesh Choudhury, brother of the local BSP MLA, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his daughter and her lover in Hamirpur district.

UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati’s announcement that all sitting party MLAs would be renominated for the next Assembly elections may have sent cheer among the MLAs but it has caused considerable concern among party managers who feel that the statement is not only ill-timed but could also adversely affect the party’s image. For the chief minister, the decision is a double-edged sword that will cause more damage than good to her party.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi’s rallies in Uttar Pradesh have started making senior party leaders increasingly restive.
The young MP’s growing popularity and his speeches that are designed to cater to the Hindu voters are fast turning Varun Gandhi into a much-in-demand leader which, in turn, has set alarm bells ringing in several party camps.

In an expected turn of events, the Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to approach the Supreme Court against the high court decision of granting re

In a bizarre incident, a contractor bit off the nose of a sub divisional officer (SDO) in the electricity department, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife.

The CBI has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the probe of cases related to adulteration of petroleum products and spurious drugs in the state. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CBI joint-director (Lucknow) Javid Ahmed said that a high-level nexus was engaged in running these rackets in the state.