Uttar Pradesh

Johns Hopkins University invites Shivpal Yadav to deliver lecture on flood control

After Harvard University's invitation to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle and senior cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav has been invited by John Hopkins University to deliver a lecture on flood c......read more

Priyanka Gandhi interviews candidates for ward presidents

Taking up the task of re-organising city Congress committee in Rae Bareli, parliamentary constituency of party president Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday held interviews of over 60 probable ......read more

Battle 2014

Varun Gandhi steals a march on Rahul Gandhi in UP with rallies

Varun Gandhi, the BJP MP from Pilibhit, appears to be taking a lead over Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh with a series of eight political rallies planned in the run-up to general......read more

Airport 'Humiliation'

After Azam 'detention', Shivpal Yadav turns down US varsity invite

In a show of solidarity with his cabinet colleague Azam Khan who was recently detained at Boston airport, PWD Minister Shivpal Yadav has decided not to visit John Hopkins University which had invited ......read more

Airport 'Humiliation'

Akhilesh's American road show in limbo with SP taking belligerent anti-US stand

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's proposed visit to the US in July to boost investment chances in the state now appears to be in limbo with his Samajwadi party taking a belligerent anti-U......read more

US Airport 'Humiliation'

Salman Khurshid behind US airport detention: Azam Khan

Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, on Sunday accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a “conspiracy” to def......read more

Uttar Pradesh

Sons of ex-MLA, MP in Uttar Pradesh involved in separate firing incidents

Two persons – son of former Samajwadi Party MLA and another of former Bahujan Samaj Party MP – were allegedly involved in two separate incidents of opening fire and injuring public, police said today.......read more

US Airport 'Humiliation'

Upset over Azam Khan's detention, Akhilesh forces cancellation of NY Consulate reception

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today forced the Indian Consulate here to cancel a reception to be hosted in his honour by it, upset over the detention of his cabinet colleague Azam Khan a......read more

1 lakh laptops lie idle as Samajwadi Party eyes poll dividends

1 lakh laptops await distribution in run-up to Lok Sabha polls. Six weeks after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched his much-hyped scheme of free laptops to students who passed class XII board exam......read more

UP Minister Azam Khan detained briefly at US airport

Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan, who is accompanying Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for a Harvard University event in the US, was detained briefly for questioning at Boston International Airport. Acco......read more

2 killed in explosion at Agra scrap metal shop

Two brothers were killed and a woman injured this morning in an explosion at a scrap dealer's shop in the Taj Ganj police station area here, police said. Ram Niwas (23) and his brother Jitendra (21) ......read more

Samajwadi Party leader Chaman Bhati shot dead in Greater Noida

Samajwadi Party national executive member Chaman Bhati was shot dead by assailants in Dabra village here, triggering protests by villagers who demanded arrest of the killers. The assailants scaled the......read more

Akhilesh Yadav's SP man terms Shahi Imam Maulana Ahmed Bukhari 'blackmailer'

Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav's partyman vice-chairman of UP Ganna Sansthan, Ram Sewak Yadav, today termed Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmed Bukhari as a "blackmailer" and alleged that......read more

Third Front

Akhilesh Yadav makes strong pitch for Third Front

In the midst of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's campaign for a third front to fight the next Lok Sabha polls, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today met J Jayalalithaa. Though he declined to respond to......read more