Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that the anti-Mandal lobby in the Congress was apparently pressurising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to accept caste-based Census.

The one-room tenement in Yashoda Nagar Ganga colony of Kanpur is witness to a glorious success story.
Abhishek Kumar Bharti, who lives in this cramped house with his mother, father and three siblings, has ranked 154 in the IIT entrance examination.

UP chief minister Mayawati has assets worth Rs 86 crores — Rs 34 crores more than what she had in 2007.
In an affidavit filed with her Legislative Council nomination papers on Wednesday, Ms Mayawati declared she has Rs 12.95 lakhs in cash and Rs 11.39 crores in bank deposits.

In yet another case of honour killing, one Ramesh Choudhury, brother of the local BSP MLA, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his daughter and her lover in Hamirpur district.

For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, a state level carom and chess tournament, exclusively for jail inmates, is being held in Lucknow from Wednesday.
About three dozen convicts and under-trials from different jails in the state are being brought to the state capital to enable them to participate in the two-day sporting e

UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati’s announcement that all sitting party MLAs would be renominated for the next Assembly elections may have sent cheer among the MLAs but it has caused considerable concern among party managers who feel that the statement is not only ill-timed but could also adversely affect the party’s image. For the chief minister, the decision is a double-edged sword that will cause more damage than good to her party.

A lot of upcoming shooters from the hamlets of Uttar Pradesh, including Seema Tomar, silver medal winner at Dorset World Cup, owe their success to Mr Rahul Gandhi as the young Congress MP donated his pistols for their training.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi’s rallies in Uttar Pradesh have started making senior party leaders increasingly restive.
The young MP’s growing popularity and his speeches that are designed to cater to the Hindu voters are fast turning Varun Gandhi into a much-in-demand leader which, in turn, has set alarm bells ringing in several party camps.

In an expected turn of events, the Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to approach the Supreme Court against the high court decision of granting re

The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh has busted a job racket and has arrested three persons, including two government employees. The fourth accused is said to be absconding.