Akhilesh Yadav, whose campaign helped the Samajwadi Party gain an absolute majority in the elections, was on Thursday sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh but a surprise inclusion

A local court on Friday extended the judicial custody of independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya and ten others for 14 days in connection with a case of violence during the block pramukh elections in Uttar Pradesh.