Uttar Pradesh

Bhubaneswar, Oct 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik and praised the state's social security programmes. Yadav met Patnaik at the state secretariat here and praised the…

Lucknow, Oct 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sacked eight cabinet ministers and withdrew portfolios of nine ministers in a major shake-up of his ministry. The move is being seen as a precursor to the cabinet…

The myth was busted in the last 72 hours that Hindus and Muslims live in peace and harmony and only media and politicians create the trouble. The religious divide between both communities is too wide to be bridged. Even common people become…

Lucknow, Oct 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday sought an explanation from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on senior minister Azam Khan's statement that mobile phones were a big cause for rapes in the state.…

Lucknow, Oct 23: Violence again erupted in Kannauj, the parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, and the situation continued to be tense on Friday, a day after a youth was killed, police said.…

Mumbai, Oct 21: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to redirect the pension amount of Rs.50,000, which each member of his family was supposed to get every month, to "any noble charitable scheme or cause that…

Lucknow, Oct 17: Is Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party finally getting tired of its senior leader and minister Mohd Azam Khan? While the party is yet to pronounce a judgement, public posturing of its senior leaders suggests that it…

The Dadri lynching got global attention and the media, intellectuals and all Modi-critics joined hands to give it a communal colour, seeking justice from PM Modi. Akhilesh Yadav, the CM of Uttar Pradesh where the crime took place, was…

Even as the Dadri Lynching is still fresh in the minds of people, another incident came to light in Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. Tension prevailed in the Karhal town in Mainpuri over the cow slaughter allegations. Some people spread the…

Tragedies like the one that befell the family of Mohd Akhlaq over the past few days are generally followed by tears, anger and sadness. But in Uttar Pradesh, such heart-rending incidents have another companion - politics! Sad, but true.…