The date for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Kanpur may have been finalised for October 19 but the venue for the rally continues to pose a major problem for the organisers.

The Allahabad high court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain why only Muslim girls were being given benefits and financial aid under its minority welfare scheme “Hamari Beti, Uska Kal”.

The youth in Uttar Pradesh may be facing an acute problem of unemployment but lucrative jobs are coming easy for retired bureaucrats in the state.

Women and girls in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar have now come to the fore to challenge the police force.

As many as 304 children have died this year due to encephalitis at one medical college in Gorakhpur. Nine children succumbed to the deadly virus at the BRD Medical College in the past 24 hours.

An order has been issued by the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide Government jobs to the families of those killed during riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas, an official spokesman said here.

It was nostalgia all the way for BJP veteran L.K. Advani from the moment he stepped out of the airport in Lucknow.

The BJP has hit out at the ruling Samajwadi Party for protecting its own leaders named in FIRs related to the Muzaffarnagar riots and slapping the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on its legislat

Four Samajwadi legislators in a team of seven members will probe the authenticity of a sting operation, shown on a TV channel, indicting senior SP minister Azam Khan for interfering in police function

The Muzaffarnagar riots have another casualty — the annual Ramlila that is held in almost all towns and villages of the district.