The Supreme Court ruling preventing convicted persons from contesting elections may prevent urban criminals form contesting elections but when it comes to dacoits, the court verdict may not apply effectively.

Times are changing, but so are traditions.
For the first time in Lucknow, the iftar that is held during Ramzan in mosques will have a new menu for devotees.
Besides traditional kebabs, sheermal and biryani, 10 mosques in the Uttar Pradesh capital will have pizzas, burgers and spring rolls in their iftar menu.

The strongest impact of the Supreme Court ruling on MPs, MLAs facing conviction in criminal cases will be felt in Uttar Pradesh where 189 legislators out of the 403, are facing criminal cases.

A 5-year-old was raped and murdered by an unidentified person in the early hours of Tuesday. Her body was found the following morning in Vivek Khand locality in Gomti Nagar area by morning walkers, about 500 metres from the girl’s house, with dogs sniffing around it.

Sitting BJP MP from Lucknow Lalji Tandon on Tuesday, set at rest all speculation about top party leaders planning to contest from Lucknow.

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced measures designed to bring back minor rape victims into the social mainstream and help them get over the mental, physical and psychological trauma of the incident.

Expulsions, suspensions and allegations are now a thing of the past.

BSP president Mayawati on Sunday lashed out at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, without taking his name, for taking political mileage from the Uttarakhand tragedy.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said her party would ensure reservations for the economically deprived among upper castes as well as Muslims.

The bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh is at war. Senior PCS officer Hari Shankar Pandey has moved the court, three days after the state government charge-sheeted him of tampering with the documents while exposing the multi-crore scam in the rural engineering department (RED).