After scaling down the security cover of former chief minister Mayawati, the UP government has now withdrawn the over 450 homeguards deployed in the security of parks and monuments built during the Mayawati regime in Lucknow.

In yet another gesture to project a people-friendly image, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has disbanded the special hospital set up at the chief minister’s residence at 5, Kalidas Marg, by his predecessor Ms Mayawati.

The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has finally ordered an inquiry into the allegations of corruption in the social welfare department levelled by a officer who had staged dharna in the state capital on Monday.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has become the first chief minister of the state to declare his assets and liabilities worth over Rs 4.83 crore publicly.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday climbed the watch tower of his official residence to enquire about the well being of security personnel posted on it.

Security personnel at the

Justice Markandey Katju, chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), said here on Tuesday that he had received maximum complaints of harassment of journalists from Uttar Pradesh.

In the biggest administrative reshuffle in his government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday night transferred 112 IPS officers, including several DGs and state police chiefs.

It seemed like a frightening replay of earlier situation (November 2011) when IPS officer D.D. Misra, a whistleblower on corruption, was forcibly picked up by the police and taken to a mental asylum.

Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday became the first Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to declare his assets publicly.

Yadav (38), who declared his assets on the UP government website, owns three residential plots

Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Tuesday came down heavily on the concept of Lokpal, calling it an 'unworkable proposition'.

Speaking to reporters after the end of his two-day visit