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5 killed in UP road accident

Five persons, including a two-year-old, were killed while five others critically injured in a road mishap in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Wednesday, police said.... read..

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Murli Manohar Joshi to seek re-election from Kanpur

Former BJP President Murli Manohar Joshi, 85, is readying to again contest the Lok Sabha election from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.... read..

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EVM's untrustworthy, need to be replaced with ballot papers: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday demanded that in view of the latest charges against the electronic voting machines (EVMs) by a hacker in London, the old, tried and tested ballot papers should be used again in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.... read..

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Winter chill returns in UP after overnight rain

Overnight rains across the state capital and others places in Uttar Pradesh brought down the mercury signalling the return of winter chills on Wednesday.... read..

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Priyanka can do no magic: SP

A Samajwadi Party leader said on Wednesday that Congress President Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi, appointed General Secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, won't be able to do "chamatkar" (magic) in the Lok Sabha elections.... read..

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UP Shia Waqf chief wants all primary madrasas shut

Uttar Pradesh's Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shut down all primary madrasas across the country to save a majority of the Muslim population from getting affiliated to the Islamic State (IS) t... read..

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Indigo flight returns to Lucknow after engine trouble

Budget airline IndiGo on Tuesday said its flight from Lucknow to Jaipur returned after take-off after the pilot noticed high vibration in the engine.... read..

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Ramdas Athawale calls Mayawati 'strong lady'

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has condemned the derogatory remarks on Mayawati made by a BJP lawmaker Sadhana Singh and called the leader of the BSP as a 'strong lady' from the Dalit community.... read..

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Sadhana Singh 'mentally ill': BSP slams BJP MLA for calling Mayawti 'worse than an eunuch'

Uttar Pradesh MLA Sadhana Singh is "mentally ill", said BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra, after the MLA from Mughalsarai called Mayawati "a person worse than an eunuch".... read..

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BJP MLA Sadhana Singh apologises for her 'eunuch' remark about Mayawati

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Sadhana Singh on Sunday expressed regrets for calling BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati a "eunuch." Singh said that she did not intend to insult anyone.... read..

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Saurashtra join Vidarbha in semis after record chase in Ranji Trophy history

The semi-final fixture of the Ranji Trophy 2018/19 season was completed on Saturday after Vidarbha and Saurashtra pulled off victories over Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.... read..

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UP cabinet renames Mughalsarai tehsil as Deendayal Upadhyay

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved the proposal of renaming the Mughalsarai tehsil as Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, the co-founder and president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.... read..

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UP cabinet approves 10% reservation scheme of Centre

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved the central government's scheme of 10 per cent reservation in government jobs to the economically weaker section in general category.... read..

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2 women killed in celebratory firing in UP (Lead)

Two women were killed in celebratory firing during a wedding in a Moradabad village in Uttar Pradesh, while a young bride in the national capital was injured in a similar but separate incident, police said on Friday.... read..

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10% quota for economically weak applicable from Jan 14 in UP

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday ratified 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, a government spokesman said.... read..

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Municipal Corporation for cow shelters received Rs 10 cr each from UP govt: Dr Neelkanth Tiwari

The Uttar Pradesh government has already allocated Rs 10 crore to each Municipal Corporation for cow shelters, said UP Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Dr Neelkanth Tiwari on Friday.... read..

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BJP startled since announcement of SP-BSP alliance in UP: Samajwadi Party

After the announcement of SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, BJP leadership is unable to decide about its standing and status in the state claimed Samajwadi Party national chief and former UP ex-chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday.... read..

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ED registers money laundering case in illegal mining in UP

Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Lucknow unit on Thursday registered a money laundering case in connection with alleged illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh.... read..

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Mayawati inducts her nephew into BSP

Unfazed by media speculation about the emergence of a political heir in the BSP, Mayawati hit back at the critics and announced the induction of her nephew Akash Anand, an MBA graduate, into the party.... read..

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4 dead in UP road mishap

Four persons were killed and four others injured after a truck collided with two other vehicles due to fog in Uttar Pradesh's Shajahanpur district early on Thursday, police said.... read..

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