The UP government’s plea to withdraw case against two alleged HuJI operatives in connection with seizure of explosives here after the 2007 Gorakhpur blasts was today rejected by a local court.

In comments that can stoke a fresh controversy, Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday said the next Lok Sabha elections will see a direct fight between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi.

A day afte

A local court has rejected the revision petition filed against film star Amitabh Bachchan accusing him of fraudulently acquiring land.

Additional District Judge S. S. Masood on rejected the review pe

Driven by superstitions, a 16-year-old youth cut his tounge and offered it to a deity in Masauli area here, police said on Sunday. Banwari Lal, an intermediate student, slit his tounge with a blade an

A man allegedly killed his minor daughter for having an affair with a youth in Dabbupur area here, police on Friday said.

Rauf attacked his daughter Yasmeen late on Thursday evening and slit her thr

The tough measures of the Election Commission appear to have taken away the usual din and bustle associated with elections.

After having backed the BSP strongly in 2007, Barabanki appears to hint at a clear anti-incumbency undercurrent against the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh. The people on the ground indicate that Barabanki is set up for a tough triangular contest but at the same time suggest that they would have local factors in the mind while casting their votes.

Rs. one crore kept in the currency chest of State Bank of India's Barabanki branch have vanished and the suspect is no other than termites.

"The information regarding damaging of notes by termites ha

Two youths have been arrested for raping their classmate in a car and also recording the act on their mobile phones, police said today.

In her complaint filed with the police yesterday, the 18-year