Unnerved by the response to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s padyatra and Kisan Panchayat, the BSP is now reworking its strategy for the UP Assembly polls.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, on Thursday, ordered a CBI inquiry into the alleged murder of deputy CMO Y.S. Sachan who had been found dead in mysterious circumstances inside Lucknow jail on June 22.

The BJP has accused the Uttar Pradesh government of causing a loss amounting to `40,000 crores in land allotments in Noida during the last one year.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said that politicians should spend more time in the rural areas to understand the ground realities.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, attacked the Mayawati government when he said that “dalals” (touts) were running state because the people of UP remain divided.

With an eye on Thakur votes, the Samajwadi Party will be observing the fourth death anniversary of former Prime Minister, late Chandra Shekhar, on July 8 in a big way across the state. Samajwadi Party state president Akhilesh Yadav had asked all district and city units of the party to hold shradhanjali sabha at all district headquarters on July

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s padyatra seems to be heading for trouble on the second day with the Aligarh district officials saying that it

would be a violation of prohibitory orders that have been in force for the past 20 days in the district.

Four days before his kisan mahapanchayat, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi sprung a surprise on the Mayawati government when he embarked on a padyatra in Greater Noida. Mr Gandhi reached Bhatta Parsaul village at 6.30 am on Tuesday to meet the farmers.

The Mayawati government claimed Sunday it had solved the alleged rape-murder of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur district.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have spoken of the cordial relations he shares with UP chief minister Mayawati during his recent interaction with editors, but his office certainly does not seem to believe in the basic courtesies.