Amita Verma

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Maya on ticket-changing spree

After finalising majority of its candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh last year, the Bahujan Samaj Party is now preparing to change majority of the candidates.

Women groups to Prez: Don’t sign ordinance

Women organisations in Uttar Pradesh are up in arms against the ordinance on the criminal law amendments related to sexual violence and have urged the President not to sign such and ordinance.

BJP won’t tolerate Modi as PM candidate: Beni

Union minister for steel Beni Prasad Varma said on Friday that the BJP would not tolerate Gujarat chief minister as its prime ministerial candidate.

Film releases in UP amid tight security

“It is rather unfortunate that people who are speaking against Vishwaroopam are those who have not even seen the film.

Mulayam tells Akhilesh to refurbish his govt’s image

The Akhilesh Yadav government is now preparing for a major overhaul to refurbish its sagging image. Sources said a blueprint for the makeover was finalised at a late Wednesday night meeting by Samajwadi boss Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, and senior ministers Azam Khan and Shivpal Singh Yadav.

4,000 SP men to face action for indiscipline

To inculcate a sense of discipline in its cadres, the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has finally decided to initiate action against party workers who have refused to obey the party’s directiv

UP mantri wants Taj demolished!

Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammed Azam Khan has landed in yet another controversy: he has said that Shah Jahan’s spending money on building the Taj Mahal was “unjustified” and if there was a move to demolish it he would willingly have led a mob to pull the monument down.

IPS OFFICERS to GOVT: BAN FEET-TOUCHING

Senior IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh want a strict ban on officers in uniform touching the feet of politicians, after all leading news channels flashed shots of Etah SSP Ajay Mohan Sharma bowing down

Making shivlings at Kumbh

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For him, it is not a photo opportunity or a weekend getaway — it is a way of life, a ritual that he has been following for years. Actor Rajpal Yadav is now a familiar face at the Kumbh Mela. He is a staunch devotee of his guru Devprabhakar Shastri ‘Daddaji’ and spends several days making shivlings out of clay.

SP MLAs want ‘non-working’ old guard out

Samajwadi Party legislators in Uttar Pradesh are now clamouring for Cabinet reshuffle.

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