Former Samajwadi leader Amar Singh is heading for a turbulent phase in politics.
A statement he made in Allahabad on Sunday has left his detractors baying for his blood and his allies making their displeasure very clear.
The four Samajwadi MLAs who had extended their support to Mr Amar Singh are also having second thought about continuing their relationship with the high-profile po

The conversion of about 1,000 members of low caste Hindu community to Christianity in Bahraich district over the weekend has kicked up a political storm.
The BJP has not only set up a panel, with former MP Satyadeo Singh as its head, to probe the conversions even as the district magistrate of Bahraich denies that any conversions, forced or wilful, have taken place.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has lashed out at her Delhi counterpart Sheila Dikshit for allegedly “diverting” huge amount of funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games.

Stiff resistance offered by Muslim MLAs in the Samajwadi Party seems to have stalled the return of former SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan to the party — for the time being at least.

Less than a month after the bomb attack on UP minister Nand Gopal Nandi, the wife of a senior BJP leader was found brutally murdered in her home in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday.

In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide in Saharanpur district after she was forced to clean a toilet in school.
The girl, Lakshmi, was first made to stand on the chair and then forced to clean the toilet as punishment for not paying her school fees on time.

For the beleaguered BJP in UP, the impending Babri verdict is being looked upon as the proverbial Manna from heaven and the party is all set to revert to its aggressive Hindutva posture as soon as the verdict is delivered.

Former inspector-general of police D.K. Panda, popularly known as “Doosri Radha” after he turned a cross dresser, has finally managed to settled his dispute with his wife Veena Panda.

More and more political parties in Uttar Pradesh are going the corporate way for selection of candidates for the 2012 Assembly elections.
The old system of selecting candidates, mainly on basis of recommendations, is going for a toss and a more scientific and transparent system is being adopted.

With the verdict on the Babri mosque title suit likely in September, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party are drawing up their strategies to garner Muslim support on the issue.