A New Delhi-bound JetLite flight with 140 passengers on board had a narrow escape here on Thursday after a bird hit just as it was about to take-off, an official said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a CB-CID probe into the alleged fake order regarding revision of the pay scale of the employees under the Sixth Pay Commission, an official spokesman said here.

Even as organisations demanding separate Bundelkhand and Purvanchal states continue to press for statehood, the demand for Harit Pradesh is gradually dying a slow death.

Being active on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may increase your social circle but it can also spell disaster for your immediate family.

The BJP in Uttar Pradesh is gearing up for a generation leap. Senior state leaders in the party are working overtime to secure a place for their sons in the state executive committee which is likely to be announced early next month. Ironically, it was the BJP that first launched a campaign against dynastic rule in politics and targeted the Congress at the national level and the Samajwadi Party at the state level for promoting their own family members

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday reserved its judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit.
The verdict is likely to be announced in September.

The UPA government is planning to set up an educational finance corporation to ensure easy availability of educational loans for professional courses and financing facility for investors in the educat

Union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday denied that said the Congress was pressuring the CBI to initiate action against former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, an accused in the S

The website of the UP government’s midday meal authority was hacked and advertisements selling Viagra, birth control pills, body building drugs and sleeping pills were posted on the site and the drugs were made available through online purchase.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) may be preparing to revive Hindu sentiments in Ayodhya on the Ram temple issue but it is the Mayawati government that is all set to give a makeover to this holy city and turn into a major tourist attraction.