Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled for 2012 but all major political parties have already slipped into the poll mode, giving rise to speculation about an early election in the state.

UP chief minister Mayawati has directed all divisional commissioners and district magistrates to allot small land holdings, known as pattas in local parlance, to landless and homeless dalits.

UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati, in an unexpected move, has dissolved all district and city units of the party, including the Bhaichara committees meant to promote the concept of “social engineering”.

UP chief minister Mayawati has written a letter to President Pratibha Patil seeking the dismissal of the Haryana government.
The chief minister, in her letter, has said that the Haryana government was responsible for rising cases of atrocities against dalits, who were also being denied voting rights in the recent panchayat elections in Haryana.

The spurt in cases of dalit atrocities in Uttar Pradesh has started giving anxious moments to the ruling BSP government in the state.
According to party sources, the BSP leadership is “deeply concerned” over the trend which, it feels, could cause irreparable damage to its base dalit vote bank. “Despite t

The emergence of a fledgling political outfit called the Peace Party in the Dumariaganj byelection has caused considerable unrest in the Samajwadi Party while it has given anxious moments to the Congress.

When he had visited his to-be bride’s home in Barabanki district three months ago, it was almost love at first sight.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Saturday advised against jumping to conclusion on allegation of misconduct against a top Army officer as the matter was under investigation. “Don’t jump to the conclusion, they (Army) are investigating,” he told reporters when asked about engineer-in-chief Lt. Gen. A.K. Nanda facing allegation of misconduct. He was here to inaugurate housing project for Armymen.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has no plans of striking up an alliance with either the Samajwadi Party or the Rashtriya Lok Dal for the next assembly elections in the state, despite the recent show of bonhomie. “We are absolutely clear that we are going to contest the next assembly elections on our own and there should be no

At twelve, he is a confirmed killer and the cops do not know what to do with him.
The boy, whose name is being withheld on request, strangulated his younger brother, aged 10, to death on Tuesday in Hasuapur village in Barabanki district.