The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has sent an alert to the home department in Uttar Pradesh, warning of a major communal flare up during the coming festive season.

Uttar Pradesh political circles are abuzz with speculation that Amar Singh might be returning to the Samajwadi Party. Mr Singh’s recent publicly-voiced praise for SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav — the first time since being expelled from the Samajwadi Party in February 2010 — has added credence to these reports.

Mr Amar Singh has been maintaining a low profile in politics after he left the Samajwadi Party and has not joined any other party.

Huge amounts of money deposited in the accounts of some Class 12 students at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow has worried the UP police.

Huge amounts of money deposited in the accounts of some Class 12 students at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow has worried the UP police.

According to a report lodged with the police by one Zulka

Ganpati fervour has caught on in the City of Nawabs and for the first time, the 10-day festival is being celebrated in Lucknow on a large scale.

Samajwadi Party workers, on Thursday, went all out to ensure the success of the nationwide protest against FDI in retail and hike in diesel price by holding demonstrations and stopping trains in vario

Senior Samajwadi minister Azam Khan’s eight-year-old dream will finally come true on Tuesday when Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav inaugurate the Maul

Those who have been using illegal power connections — popularly known as “katia” connection in the local parlance — will now get to see the writing on the wall. Almost, literally.

Curfew was imposed late on Friday night in the Massori police station area of Ghaziabad following violence and arson after the alleged desecration of a holy book in Dasna area. Six persons were killed after the police opened fire.