The smell of blood pervades conversations in this dusty township that is marked with pot-holed roads and makeshift tea-stalls.
Political overtones of criminal activities are hotly debated and there is a growing anger against the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party.

Uttar Pradesh recorded 60.1 per cent voter turnout in the sixth phase polls on Tuesday in western Uttar Pradesh spread over 13 districts covering 68 Assembly segments and having the largest concentration of jats and Muslims.
An election official in Delhi said, “The turnout shows an increase of around 29 per cent as compared to the previous Assembly polls in 2007.”

One can buy a brand-new SUV for Rs 12 lakhs, but that’s not the way everyone thinks, at least in Punjab, where everything considered “VIP” — a vehicle registration or a mobile number — comes at a premium.
Farmer Ricky Brar from Muktsar district has just shelled out Rs 12 lakhs to get a vehicle registration number of his choice (PB-30-J-0003). And the vehicle? A LML Vespa scooter, bought secondhand from a government employee for just Rs 45,000.

PMANE convenor S.P. Udayakumar has served a legal notice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his statement to a journal on February 24 about the ongoing anti-KKNPP movement “was made with an intention to harm his reputation”.

A day after the Centre put on hold the launching of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik and Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opposing the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act, 1957.

How about celebrating your birthday or marriage anniversary in regal splendour? You and your dear ones can have a private party in front of the Mysore Palace, which will be lit especially for you, if you pay for it. The royal celebration will make your pocket lighter by a cool Rs 50,000.

The arrest and interrogation of four members of a gang comprising national-level sportspersons allegedly involved in robbing luxury vehicles led the Punjab police to probe the role of its own police officials in the incidents.

Pop star Lady Gaga says she was scolded by her father for making a rude gesture at a baseball match. The Marry the Night singer was watching the New York Mets in 2010 when she stuck up her middle finger to photographers, which did not impress her dad Joseph Germanotta, reported Contactmusic.

Hollywood actor Tom Wilkinson admits he struggled to deal with the “enormity” of India while shooting for his film Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Singer Rihanna is reportedly trying to set up Katy Perry with a new man to help her get over the split with Russell Brand. Rihanna is close to the Firework star and hopes to help her get over her marriage to Brand by getting her back on the dating scene.