A keenly fought political battle is unfolding in the Handia Assembly constituency in Allahabad where byelections are scheduled to be held on June 2.

Bizarre though it may sound, people are making a quick buck by betting on the dead.

The bride sat with a 10 inch male doll as the Pandit recited “mantras” at the wedding ceremony.

In another honour to the Delhi gangrape victim Nirbhaya, a new variety of mango in Malihabad, on the outskirts of Lucknow, has been named after the girl who was raped and brutalised on the roads of De

In less than 24 hours of seven persons of a family being murdered in Ghaziabad, the UP police succeeded in solving the case and arresting the man accused of being responsible for the killings.

The death of terror suspect Khalid Mujahid last week is gradually turning into a major communal issue.

Resentment is brewing in the police force in Uttar Pradesh over the manner in which the state government allowed FIRs against 42 police officials for the “death” of terror suspect Khalid Mujahid.

Uttar Pradesh loses fruits and vegetables worth `10,000 crore per year due to poor or non-availability of post-harvest facilities.

Even as the Akhilesh government bends backwards to pacify Muslims over the death of terror suspect Khalid Mujahid, Muslim clerics and social activists are now demanding the dismissal of the Samajwadi

The excessive pampering of Muslims and Brahmins by the Samajwadi Party on the eve of Lok Sabha elections has begun annoying other caste groups, particularly Yadavs.