Lucknow
BJP leader quits after opposing kushwaha
Former BJP MLC Ramashish Rai, who demanded a probe into the financial transaction behind the induction of Babu Singh Kushwaha into the BJP, joined the Congress on Tuesday.
In UP, ‘Robin Hoods’ contest from jail
For them, elections are a ticket to respectability and acceptability in society, apart from being a road to freedom.
For the half-a-dozen-odd contestants who are contesting from inside the jail, confinement does not affect their prospects or their campaign which is being efficiently managed by their supporters outside the jail. If at all, being behind the bars earns them the much-needed sympathy from voters.
Kalraj stirs CM buzz in UP BJP
Problems never seem to end for the faction-ridden BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
Just when the controversy over the induction of Babu Singh Kushwaha and the elevation of Rajnath Singh’s son was showing signs of dying down, senior leader Kalraj Misra has fuelled a new one by declaring that Uma Bharti was not its chief ministerial candidate in UP.
IIM-Lucknow student arrested in murder case
The CBI has arrested a student of IIM-Lucknow for his alleged involvement in the four-year-old murder of fashion designer Aadesh Bajpai whose remains were found in IIT-Kanpur campus in 2008.
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MPs campaign for kin, party can wait
Charity begins at home and this is exactly what these members of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh are practising right now.
Uma an outsider in Uttar Pradesh, won't be CM: Kalraj Mishra
BJP Vice-President Kalraj Mishra, who is one of the front-runners for the chief ministership of Uttar Pradesh if some miraculous results give his party the mandate, has ruled out Uma Bharti occupying
NRHM scam accused commits suicide
Sunil Verma, an accused in the multicrore NRHM scam, allegedly committed suicide on Monday at his Vikas Nagar residence here by shooting himself with his licenced revolver, police said.
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Faizabad authority deny landing permission to chopper, alleges Khurshid
Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday accused Faizabad district administration of denying permission to land his chopper in Kumarganj area in Milkipur Assembly constituency at the behest of Mayawat
Maya’s favourite babus opt for Central role
Even before the election process begins in Uttar Pradesh, UP chief minister Mayawati’s most favoured bureaucrats have started preparing for a deputation to the Centre, ostensibly to escape the wrath of the next government.
Uma demands Rahul’s apology
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Saturday lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for calling her an outsider and demanded an apology for his comments.
