As the political temperatures rise in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming elections, the CBI probe into the NRHM scam and the murders of three medical officials, which has ample political ramifications, is also reaching its logical conclusion.
According to highly-placed sources in the CBI, the premier investigating agency could begin arrests in the multi-crore scam early next week.

With the UP election now staring in the face, UP chief minister Mayawati has shed all considerations of caste, corruption and crime and all that matters for her now is the winnability factor.
According to highly placed BSP sources, the chief minister is reassessing the position of her party candidates and over 70 BSP candidates are expected to be changed in the next two or three days.

The Lucknow police, on Sunday, busted a gang that was involved in human organ trafficking and selling kidneys.

In an unprecedented move, UP chief minister Mayawati on Sunday night dismissed four ministers from her Cabinet.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed UP chief minister Mayawati for criticising the food security bill and said that if the UPA government did anything for the benefit of the poor, Ms Mayawati was bound to criticise it.

Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday sacked four ministers facing corruption charges in another clean-up act, a day after the Assembly poll schedule for Uttar Pradesh was announced by the Election Commis

Campaigning in the 2012 UP elections is all set to undergo a sea change.
Dhoti-clad politicians, steeped in tradition, are now climbing on to social networking sites to link themselves to their votes. Young wannabe politicians are using the platform to connect with their leaders and middle-ranking politicians are also using these sites to get in a word with their leaders.

The much-needed colour in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, this time, will come from an unexpected corner when MP Jaya Prada takes on her arch rival Mohd Azam Khan, a senior Samajwadi Party leader.

The CBI probing the food grain scam in Uttar Pradesh raided the residential and commercial premises of a former minister Vinod Kumar Singh a.k.a. Pandit Singh in Gonda.
Pandit Singh is a senior Samajwadi Party leader and was minister for medical education in the Mulayam Singh government.

Lucknow: UP chief minister Mayawati made it clear on Thursday that her party would not support the Lokpal Bill if the CBI is not brought under its ambit.