In a bizarre incident, a contractor bit off the nose of a sub divisional officer (SDO) in the electricity department, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife.

In a significant order, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday dismissed the CBI’s plea challenging a lower court order in the Babri Masjid demolition case that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Vinay Katiyar, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh, VHP leader Ashok Singhal and 14 others.

The CBI has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the probe of cases related to adulteration of petroleum products and spurious drugs in the state. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CBI joint-director (Lucknow) Javid Ahmed said that a high-level nexus was engaged in running these rackets in the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh will now remind the voters of the good governance of its governments and the integrity of its leaders to regain lost ground in the state.

The Mayawati government has ordered a CB-CID inquiry against a Hindi monthly called Ambedkar Today for publishing an objectionable article in its recent issue.
In the article, the writer has reportedly made some “unparliamentary, obnoxious and objectionable comments” against a particular religion.

With the war between the Congress and the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party hotting up in Uttar Pradesh, it is the Samajwadi Party that finds itself getting elbowed out of the political arena.

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has decided to open border schools along the UP-Nepal border to check the mushroom growth of madrasas in the region.

In what can easily be termed as his most aggressive posture against the Mayawati government till date, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday virtually dismissed the BSP’s prospects in the next UP electi

After Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Uninor, a leading mobile service provider, launched its unique dynamic pricing plan in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Monday.

The Samajwadi Party on Monday questioned the Bahujan Samaj Party’s drive against criminals and said that if the anti-criminal drive was genuine then why no action was being taken against “established” criminals in the BSP.