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.

The Samajwadi Party has promised to set up a commission to probe the corruption in the five years of Mayawati regime in Uttar Pradesh. The commission would be asked to submit its report within a specified time frame. The party also said that the office of the lokayukta would be strengthened by making it a multi-member body.

The CAG probing the NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has found anomalies in spending of around Rs 5,000 crore under the scheme in about two dozen districts of the state.

The state health department failed

She brings colour into an otherwise black and white election. Her presence creates a flutter of excitement around and her speeches are happily lapped up by the crowds.

Looking for a career switch? How about politics? In UP, more and more people are switching careers and opting for politics.

Getting aggressive by the day, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, attacked BJP leader Ms Uma Bharti for contesting the polls from Bundelkhand.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday said author Salman Rushdie's move to call off his India visit was his 'personal decision' and the government had nothing to do with it.

"Calling off the visi

Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh on Wednesday released the manifesto of his Jan Kranti Party, promising 20 per cent reservation in government jobs to women.

Shiv Balak Pasi, the sitting Congress MLA from Salon in Rae Bareli, has offered to leave his seat for Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The dozen-odd Muslim legislators in the BSP, who have been dumped and denied tickets for the Assembly polls, are now working overtime in their respective constituencies to ensure the defeat of the official BSP candidate.