UP chief minister Mayawati needs another Rs 489.46 crores to complete the various parks and monuments dedicated to dalit icons in Lucknow.
In the supplementary grants tabled in the state Assembly on Tuesday, the state government has sought an additional sum of Rs 409 crores for completion of the Kanshi Ram Eco-park while Rs 23 crores have been sought for the Kanshi Ram Smarak that is nearing completion.

With nine MLAs in jail and two absconding, the ongoing session of the UP Assembly has several seats left vacant.
Of the nine legislators in jail, six belong to the BSP, two to the Samajwadi Party while one is an Independent.

To protest against alleged harassment by the police, an elderly couple in Jhansi district consumed poison inside the office of the senior superintendent of police (SSP).
The man died in hospital on Wednesday night while the woman is still battling for life in a local hospital.

The deteriorating law and order situation, the burden of additional taxes, worsening power situation and the atrocities on dalits are some of the issues that will dominate the brief Monsoon Session of the UP Assembly, beginning on Friday.

Within 24 hours of announcing a “please-all” team for the UP BJP state executive, state party president Surya Pratap Shahi has realised that he has ended up pleasing very few within the party.

Former Samajwadi leader Amar Singh is heading for a turbulent phase in politics.
A statement he made in Allahabad on Sunday has left his detractors baying for his blood and his allies making their displeasure very clear.
The four Samajwadi MLAs who had extended their support to Mr Amar Singh are also having second thought about continuing their relationship with the high-profile po

The conversion of about 1,000 members of low caste Hindu community to Christianity in Bahraich district over the weekend has kicked up a political storm.
The BJP has not only set up a panel, with former MP Satyadeo Singh as its head, to probe the conversions even as the district magistrate of Bahraich denies that any conversions, forced or wilful, have taken place.

Stiff resistance offered by Muslim MLAs in the Samajwadi Party seems to have stalled the return of former SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan to the party — for the time being at least.

In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide in Saharanpur district after she was forced to clean a toilet in school.
The girl, Lakshmi, was first made to stand on the chair and then forced to clean the toilet as punishment for not paying her school fees on time.

For the beleaguered BJP in UP, the impending Babri verdict is being looked upon as the proverbial Manna from heaven and the party is all set to revert to its aggressive Hindutva posture as soon as the verdict is delivered.