Even before the gloom of the recent Assembly elections has been lifted, the Congress and the BJP now face another major challenge in Uttar Pradesh where local bodies’ elections are due to be held in May.

In yet another gesture to project a people-friendly image, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has disbanded the special hospital set up at the chief minister’s residence at 5, Kalidas Marg, by his predecessor Ms Mayawati.

It seemed like a frightening replay of earlier situation (November 2011) when IPS officer D.D. Misra, a whistleblower on corruption, was forcibly picked up by the police and taken to a mental asylum.

For a party that collapsed under the weight of too many leaders, the BJP in Uttar Pradesh is now facing an acute leadership crisis.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday, formally entered his official residence at 5, Kalidas Marg after performing a grah pravesh puja with family members.

Buoyed up by its success in the recent Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party is getting bolder by the day.
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday told party workers to get ready to capture power at the Centre now.

Buoyed by its Assembly poll success, the Samaj-wadi Party is getting bolder by the day. SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav told party workers on Saturday to get ready to capture power at the Centre.

In a shocking incident of road rage, three young men in an inebriated state first hit a parked four wheeler and when the owner of the car protested, they ran their Bolero vehicle over him, killing him on the spot.

After the controversy over the age of UP minister Raja Bhaiyya, at least half-a-dozen more legislators in the newly-elected Vidhan Sabha in Uttar Pradesh are caught in an age row.

After the controversy over the age of U.P. prisons minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, six more MLAs in the state have landed in an age row.

A comparison of the affidavits filed by th