Two pistols used in killing chief medical officer B.P. Singh have been recovered and the links of arrested shooters with deputy chief medical officer Y.S.

Social activist Anna Hazare now wants to meet Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati to seek her support for the draft of the Lokpal bill.

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.

After being denied permission to hold the kisan maha panchayat in Bhatta Parsaul village, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will now address the maha panchayat in Aligarh on July 9. According to a UPCC release, the Aligarh administration has granted permission for the event.

Twelve universities in Uttar Pradesh will soon have a common syllabus for 63 subjects taught at the graduation level, besides a common entrance test for admission in PhD courses also. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of vice-chancellors of state universities.
Vice-chancellors of these universities have decided

A day after agencies probing the murder of deputy CMO Y.S. Sachan found a letter written by him to joint director, family welfare, Rajendra Kumar Singh, the official claimed he had not received any such letter. “I did not receive any such letter written by Dr Y.S. Sachan nor know anything about it,” Mr Singh told reporters here.

Union minister for coal Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday termed the Mayawati government as “insensitive and barbaric” and demanded a CBI probe into the murders of two CMOs, deputy CMO and a minor girl in Lakhimpur police station.
“If the state government does not recommend a CBI probe into these cases, it will be deemed that the government has admitted its failure on the law and order front,” he said while addressing a press conference here.

After re-inducting Uma Bharti, the BJP is now eyeing former BJP leader Kalyan Singh.
The BJP feels that Mr Singh’s return to the party-fold will serve as a catalyst for the revival of the BJP in UP.
Sources said that BJP president Nitin Gadkari was keen to bring back Mr Singh even though some other senior leaders, including Rajnath Singh, were opposed to the idea.
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The death of deputy CMO Y.S. Sachan in Lucknow jail on June 22 was a pre-meditated and planned murder.
Six of the 26 CCTV cameras installed in Lucknow jail had been shut off on June 22. The cameras that went off “due to technical snags” were the ones installed at the gate of the Lucknow jail and the entry/exit point of the jail hospital.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has accused the Mayawati government of non-cooperation on the issue of rising crime against women.