UP Lokayukta Justice N.K. Mehrotra Wednes-day recommended a CBI inquiry on corruption charges against Naseem-uddin Siddiqui, one of the BSP’s most powerful ministers, and his wife Husna Siddiqui, a Legislative Council member.

The huge iron gates of Lakshmi Ratan Cotton Mills in Kopadganj are completely hidden by makeshift shops selling pan masala and fruits.

There couldn’t be a bigger irony for Uma Bharti than this.
The two men she detested and despised and even threatened to pull out of campaigning because of them, are proving to be the biggest assets in her campaign for the Charkhari seat in Mahoba district.

Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary, son of party chief Ajit Singh, was caught on camera accepting cash from a local leader during an election rally in Mathura on Sunday.

UP chief minister Mayawati said on Sunday that the BSP would performance even better than it did in 2007 and she would again form the government in Uttar Pradesh.

The Election Commiss-ion has issued a notice to Union minister for steel Beni Prasad Verma for violating the moral code of conduct with his remarks on a minority quota at an election rally in UP two days ago. The minister is required to submit his reply by Monday evening.

There is trouble in BJP’s heaven. After almost two decades, the emergence of the Congress is posing a tough challenge to the BJP in Lucknow, Lucknow that had remained captive to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s charm all these years.

In Kanpur, once known as the Manchester of India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlined the lack of development in the city and in the state and blamed the non-Congress governments for it.

In Kanpur, once known as the Manchester of India, Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh underlined the lack of development in the city and in the state and blamed the non-Congress governments for it.

The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party are facing the threat of internal sabotage, thanks to frequent changes in their candidate lists.