UP chief minister Mayawati needs another Rs 489.46 crores to complete the various parks and monuments dedicated to dalit icons in Lucknow.
In the supplementary grants tabled in the state Assembly on Tuesday, the state government has sought an additional sum of Rs 409 crores for completion of the Kanshi Ram Eco-park while Rs 23 crores have been sought for the Kanshi Ram Smarak that is nearing completion.

The killing of monkeys in Uttar Pradesh continues to baffle the state government.

Honour killings claimed the lives of two sets of lovers in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

With nine MLAs in jail and two absconding, the ongoing session of the UP Assembly has several seats left vacant.
Of the nine legislators in jail, six belong to the BSP, two to the Samajwadi Party while one is an Independent.

A married woman in Mathura district, who had gone missing 16-years-ago, has returned home with three children in tow.
Her husband Laxmikant, father-in-law Ramesh Chandra Chaturvedi, mother-in-law Saraswati and brother-in-law Chandrakant had to spend several years in jail when the woman, Vanadana’s father accused them of abducting his daughter and then killing her.

To protest against alleged harassment by the police, an elderly couple in Jhansi district consumed poison inside the office of the senior superintendent of police (SSP).
The man died in hospital on Wednesday night while the woman is still battling for life in a local hospital.

The deteriorating law and order situation, the burden of additional taxes, worsening power situation and the atrocities on dalits are some of the issues that will dominate the brief Monsoon Session of the UP Assembly, beginning on Friday.

Within 24 hours of announcing a “please-all” team for the UP BJP state executive, state party president Surya Pratap Shahi has realised that he has ended up pleasing very few within the party.

With attacks on politicians and their kin increasing by the day, the Uttar Pradesh police now plans to set up a separate force for the security of prominent politicians and elected representatives.

A large helping of brahmins, generous helpings from all factions and a bit of “sonrise” is what the new Bharatiya Janata Party state executive is made up of.
The new executive which was announced late on Monday night is dominated by brahmin leaders, making it amply clear that the party now wants to regain its popularity among brahmins.