Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday questioned the mysterious absence of Samajwadi legislator Vijay Misra. Mr Misra has been missing since 2008 when he was elected to the state Assembly in a byelection from Gyanpur seat in Bhadohi district.

Welcome to Uttar Pradesh — the land of unlimited holidays.
The largest state in the country now enjoys the maximum number of holidays in a year — 204 out of the 365 days in a year are holidays.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will intensify its Hanuman Shakti Jagran yatras to ensure that it remains at the centre stage of Ayodhya temple politics.
The VHP launched its Hanuman yatras in August but failed to evoke any public response.

The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is now working at a furious pace to consolidate Muslim support in its favour.
The party is elated at the response it received from Muslims after Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav publicly criticised the Ayodhya verdict and said that the judgment was based on “faith and not on facts”. According to sources, Samajwadi Party leaders will now fan out into districts and hold meetings with local Muslims.

The high-powered committee of saints and seers, including VHP leaders, which met Wednesday in Ayodhya, rejected the idea of a division of the disputed Ram Janambhoomi land, and said they (Ram Lalla Virajman, one of the plaintiffs) would challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court. They appealed to Muslims to hand over their share for construction of the temple.

At least three people were injured on Wednesday when a major fire broke out in a warehouse storing firecrackers in a densely populated area of Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district, the police said.

Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has apologised to Muslims for being a mute spectator to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s friendship with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh.

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to challenge the Allahabad high court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits in the Supreme Court.

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to challenge the Allahabad high court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits in the Supreme Court. A unanimous decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the board’s working committee here on Saturday. The Nirmohi Akhara, a party in the title suit case, has also announced its decision to challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court.

The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Maulana Syed Ahmad Bukhari, on Thursday lost his cool and physically assaulted a local journalist who asked him some questions related to the Ayodhya dispute.