When “she” was wheeled into the operation theatre for the third time, 7-year-old Rama had no idea that very soon she would be a part of medical history.
This week, the doctors at the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) finally declared that Rama was now fit to be called Ramendra — the girl had transformed into a boy after a series of surgeries to correct the inter-sex disorder.

Former SP leader and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh will now lead a movement for the creation of six new states in the country.
The National Federation for News States (NFNS) — a group of outfits demanding separate states namely, Bundelkhand, Telangana, Vidharbha, Purvanchal, Gorkhaland and Harit Pradesh — on Monday announced that Mr Singh would lead the federation as its chairman.

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled for 2012 but all major political parties have already slipped into the poll mode, giving rise to speculation about an early election in the state.

UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati, in an unexpected move, has dissolved all district and city units of the party, including the Bhaichara committees meant to promote the concept of “social engineering”.

UP chief minister Mayawati has written a letter to President Pratibha Patil seeking the dismissal of the Haryana government.
The chief minister, in her letter, has said that the Haryana government was responsible for rising cases of atrocities against dalits, who were also being denied voting rights in the recent panchayat elections in Haryana.

The emergence of a fledgling political outfit called the Peace Party in the Dumariaganj byelection has caused considerable unrest in the Samajwadi Party while it has given anxious moments to the Congress.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has no plans of striking up an alliance with either the Samajwadi Party or the Rashtriya Lok Dal for the next assembly elections in the state, despite the recent show of bonhomie. “We are absolutely clear that we are going to contest the next assembly elections on our own and there should be no

Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh has demanded that the ongoing census should be stopped immediately and restarted only after a decision on the caste-based census is taken.

A group of 10 to 12-year-olds, all dressed in swanky new clothes, were a regular feature at weddings taking place in the Alambagh and Krishna Nagar localities in the state capital.

UP chief minister Mayawati and 12 other candidates were elected unopposed to the UP Vidhan Parishad here on Thursday.
An announcement to this effect was made here on Thursday by the returning officer and principal secretary of the UP Assembly, Mr Pradeep Dubey, after the withdrawal of papers.