In a seemingly bizarre incident, two children, aged 5 and 7, hacked a hardened criminal to death in Pilibhit district and then marched to the nearby police station to confess their crime. This incident took place on Sunday evening in Piparaiya village. The boys were playing in the orchard where their father works as a guard.

After making its presence felt in urban areas, the Bahujan Samaj Party is returning to the rural interiors to consolidate its vote base amongst its traditional voters.
According to party sources, the BSP leadership is concerned about the erosion in its dalit vote base and wants to assuage their feelings before the next Assembly elections in the state.

Beyond the boundaries of Uttar Pradesh, the elephant fails to register its presence and its men refuse to toe the line.
Cross-voting by four out of the five Bihar BSP MLAs in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections on Thursday, once again, proves that the diktat of BSP president Mayawati works only within the boundaries of her own state.

The Mayawati government on Friday decided to hold the local bodies’ elections without party symbols.
A formal decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet here on Friday.
While chief minister Mayawati had already expressed her inclination to alter the traditional practice of holding elections on party lines, a formal decision was taken by the state cabinet Friday.
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They were political stalwarts who charted the destiny of Uttar Pradesh and their sheer presence and absence changed the complexion of politics in the state. Today, they have been relegated into the wings and are becoming increasingly irrelevant in the present scenario. Former chief minister and ex-BJP leader Kalyan Singh, who leads this brigade, was once one of the tallest political leaders in UP. His word was command in his party and the public believed in what he said.

Former Samajwadi leader Amar Singh will now hit back at his political detractors with a film in Bhojpuri. “We are ready with a script for the film titled Dhoka which is being made by Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari. The film will be in Bhojpuri and will centre around two main characters called Chalu Prasad and Talu Prasad and will highlight the

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.

The state government has filed FIRs against 70 government employees who have not reported for Census work despite being relieved form their parent departments.
According to Anil Sagar, district magistrate of Lucknow, the decision to lodge FIRs against erring employees worked wonders and employees of Lucknow Development A

Over 42 people were feared drowned as a boat carrying them capsized in river Ganga in Ballia district on Monday.
The incident took place at Ojhwalia ghat in Haldi area of Ballia district.

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.