The three-day national executive of the BJP, being held in Lucknow, will prepare the road map for the next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The Allahabad high court on Monday set aside the Uttar Pradesh government’s acquisition of 170 hectares of land for industrial development at Gulistan village in Greater Noida. The quashing of the move, seen as another blow to

The Ganga river has moved away from the ghats of Varanasi, creating panic among devotees in the holy city.
The river, which is apparently changing its course, has moved about 7-10 feet away from the ghats. At the famous

After Bhatta Parsaul in western Uttar Pradesh, it is now Chandauli in eastern UP that is facing the heat over land acquisition.

Lok Manch leader Amar Singh on Friday defended the Congress when he said that it was unjust to blame political parties for the issue of corruption since only a handful of people were responsible for the malaise.

To protest against the “misrule of the Mayawati government”, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided not to accept “state guest” status for the dignitaries who will be arriving in Lucknow for the party’s three-day national executive meeting that begins on June 3.

Yet another BSP MLA has landed in the centre of controversy. A 15-year-old girl, allegedly abducted 13 days ago and recovered on Wednesday, accused the brother of a BSP MLA, Muslim Khan, of running a sex racket that was being patronised by the MLA himself. The girl, while talking to reporters in Badaun, alleged that Akram, brother of

Despite sincere efforts by the party high command to quell dissent in the UP Congress, factionalism and infighting rears its head at regular intervals.

To cash in on the attention that Bhatta Parsaul got after Rahul Gandhi’s visit, the Congress will now organise public hearings across the state for farmers on land acquisition issues from June onwards.

Refusal to develop a second-rung leadership, inability to focus on local issues and a highly centralised system of working have prevented the Bahujan Samaj Party from spreading its wings in other states.