Time for Akhilesh to read the riot act

Thursday 1 November '12

Mathura, Pratapgarh, Bareilly, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and now Faizabad six riots in seven months, that is the Akhilesh Yadav government''s record in maintaining public order.

At Maya rally, eyes on future

Friday 12 October '12

By putting off a decision on continuing her party''s support to the UPA government, BSP chief Mayawati has shown that she is in no hurry to pull the rug

Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Tuesday 18 September '12

Six months on, too many in the SP wield power without accountability

Behind common cause, two similar grumbles and one high ambition

Friday 15 June '12

Why Mulayam is miffed enough with Congress to have teamed up with Mamata

A month later

Wednesday 18 April '12

Akhilesh Yadav earns much goodwill by doing a few simple things

How Mayawati blew it

Thursday 8 March '12

Why she junked the rainbow, fled to her core vote

UP election results: SP storms back to power with best show

Tuesday 6 March '12

SP storms to power in Uttar Pradesh with a stunning majority routing Mayawati-led BSP.

In Firozabad, Congress lull after Babbar storm

Monday 20 February '12

In November 2009, Firozabad delivered a snub to Akhilesh Yadav, the rising star of the Samajwadi Party.

In Bundelkhand, the talk is about misrule & two men, not statehood

Thursday 16 February '12

Mining mafia, corruption, muscle power, underdevelopment all stories woven around 2 ministers past and present

UP: In Dalit-Muslim wedding, SP finds a formula to counter BSP

Tuesday 7 February '12

The SP has fielded R P Chaudhary, who is a Dalit woman and married to an Ansari Muslim

UP: Mayawati kicks off campaign attacking Congress, CBI probe

Thursday 2 February '12

Launching her party''s campaign for the UP elections, BSP president and Chief Minister Mayawati accused the Congress of "anti-Dalit mentality"

Maya kicks off campaign attacking Cong, CBI probe

Thursday 2 February '12

Mayawati accused the Congress of "anti-Dalit mentality", saying it was using the CBI and CAG to malign "the country''s only chief minister who is a Dalit ki beti".

Maya kicks off campaign attacking Cong, CBI probe

Wednesday 1 February '12

Mayawati says CBI had lately become 'hyperactive' in its investigation of the NRHM scam in UP.

Matching labels, mismatched look

Wednesday 1 February '12

Gaddipur and Boudhini are two Ambedkar villages under a special programme in UP

UP polls: The choice, and why it may hurt

Friday 20 January '12

BJP hopes fielding Uma in UP can serve many purposes. But here as in her home state, few leaders want her.

New image done, back to old ideas

Wednesday 18 January '12

Last September, when the Samajwadi Party launched its UP election campaign, Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose government had been voted out in 2007 for letting loose "bullies" and "ruffians" in the state, pu...

New image done, back to old ideas

Wednesday 18 January '12

History-sheeters crowd SP list; crime no longer the buzzword

Congress places bets on turncoats

Monday 16 January '12

About 25 per cent of the candidates the party has announced so far are fresh recruits

60 raids in a day, and it''s only begun

Friday 6 January '12

The NRHM mega probe: Rs 8,657 crore spent since 2005-06, all of UP in focus, and a list of suspects that can only grow longer

No one in her pocket

Wednesday 4 January '12

Sacking ministers, stitching castes and communities together, taking the Dalit vote for granted the BSP is nervous and in a hurry

Behind Mayawati's clean-up act, Anna effect and poll concerns

Thursday 13 October '11

In a state where CMs usually ignore Lokayukta, UP chief minister removes 3 indicted ministers in weeks.

'In a profession where one gets thick-skinned and cynical, Vijay was extra sensitive''

Thursday 22 July '10

Remembering Vijay Pratap Singh, a reporter as versatile as he was compassionate....