Babloo dons neta avatar, to contest from Lucknow

Tuesday 27 February '07

International kidnapping kingpin Babloo Srivastava — after his acquittal in a murder case last week...

By women, for women

Sunday 25 February '07

UP police turns to a Nepal group of victims-turned-crusaders to bust trafficking along the border, now UN’s calling as well

Bleak House

Sunday 18 February '07

It would perhaps be frivolous to imagine Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav appointing an officer simply to keep track of the numbers in the state Assembly.

UPA gifts rail coach factory to Rae Bareli

Wednesday 14 February '07

Lalu sticks to track on Mulayam, calls for change of guard in the state; Sonia stays quiet

Fashion school hits Sonia turf

Tuesday 13 February '07

Considering the huge number of applications from Uttar Pradesh, the National Institute of Fashion Technology...

My second innings will be with SP, declares Natwar

Wednesday 7 February '07

Marginalised on the political map after his suspension from the Congress Party in the oil-for-food scam...

‘One rapist asked what caste, other said why ask, both are Muslim’

Sunday 21 January '07

The two victims, students of a madarsa run by brother of Varanasi-blast accused, tell their story to The Sunday Express. Mother of one alleges police said withdraw complaint, will get your husband a job

Man behind RTI battles for information on development

Wednesday 17 January '07

He was the man who, in association with Aruna Rai and Jean Dreze, was instrumental in drafting the revolutionary Right To Information Act...

On fifth try, Mulayam gets UP House to sit on January 18

Saturday 13 January '07

Four days of feverish politics and five cabinet meetings later, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has got what he wanted — the state Assembly will convene on January 18 to give the CM a chance to prove his government’s majority.

Hold on, too short a notice to call House, Governor tells Mulayam

Thursday 11 January '07

A day after the Mulayam Singh government, deserted by four ministers of ally Ajit Singh’s RLD, decided to convene a special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on January 15, Governor T V Rajeswar’s office communicated that the House had already been prorogued and couldn’t be called at such short notice.

After ally Ajit walks out, Mulayam calls House to pre-empt topple

Wednesday 10 January '07

Moving swiftly to keep his coalition intact after Ajit Singh`s RLD ministers walked out and the Congress promptly began plotting Operation Topple...

Post Nithari, Mulayam claims law, order better than before in Uttar Pradesh

Wednesday 3 January '07

Unfazed by the Nithari case in Noida, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav lauded the government’s performance on the law and order front in the state.

Minister quits, his was last call she got

Wednesday 27 December '06

The Kavita Chowdhury murder case today claimed its second high-profile casualty: UP’s Minister of State Chaudhary Babulal. His Rashtriya Lok Dal colleague and former minister Merajuddin Ahmed had quit his party post earlier.

After sixty years of neglect, Information Act changes UP village

Monday 25 December '06

They tried all forms of protest to attract attention, it took RTI application to get work started on road, bridge

Not far away from LU, a lesson in campus polls

Wednesday 13 December '06

When the Samajwadi Party Government, opposition parties, the Director-General of Police and the district administration are baying for Lucknow University Vice-Chancellor Ram Prakash Singh’s blood

Mulayam’s men raise pitch for Governor ouster

Sunday 26 November '06

The Samajwadi Party leaders today told its party workers to be prepared for a rally in New Delhi to demand the ouster of Governor T V Rajeswar.

Dacoit turned actor Seema now plunges into politics

Monday 20 November '06

Following the footsteps of Phoolan Devi, another woman dacoit from Uttar Pradesh has taken a plunge into politics. Seema Parihar -- the dacoit-turned-actor formally joined the Indian Justice Party yesterday.

Taj Expressway: Maya cleared, Mulayam told to begin work

Sunday 29 October '06

The Justice S. Narayan inquiry committee appointed by Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in May to look into corruption charges against former chief minister Mayawati...

UP logs on

Sunday 15 October '06

For a change it’s not crime and corruption that’s making headlines in Uttar Pradesh. This time it’s good news in the form of e-governance.

Meanwhile, Mulayam, George come together on Lohia platform

Friday 13 October '06

The CBI findings in the Barak missile case did not deter George Fernandes and Mulayam Singh Yadav to come on the same dais today on the occasion of Ram Manohar Lohia’s death anniversary.

Babbar meets Rajeswar, says BJP, SP planning communal riots

Monday 9 October '06

Jan Morcha national president and MP Raj Babbar today met Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeswar and expressed fears that the Samajwadi Party...

UP communal tension on Oct 2 was planned to target Muslims

Saturday 7 October '06

When Kalim Yusuf Kidwai was waiting at his dhaba with sherbet and water for Durga Puja processionists on October 2 at Masauli village in Barabanki district, he did not have an inkling that his dhaba would be reduced to ashes in the next few hours

Sonia turns up UP heat: Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja

Thursday 21 September '06

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched a frontal attack on the Mulayam Singh government, describing the state as ‘‘Andher Nagari’’ and the Chief Minister as a ‘‘Chaupat Raja’’.

Rahul sprains ankle, cuts short Amethi visit

Thursday 14 September '06

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who was in his Amethi constituency to hold his first ever meeting with block...

IIM Lucknow to take UP netas to classroom

Tuesday 5 September '06

Politicians of Uttar Pradesh are set to have a date with management gurus at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow for some tips in management before the forthcoming Assembly elections.