Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday challenged the new chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's diktat, changing the names of each of the eight districts carved out by her as well as that of two institutions named after Dalit icons in the state.
In outrageous remarks, Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits.
In outrageous remarks, Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits.
The Allahabad high court on Monday granted bail to Seema Azad and her husband Vishwa Vijay, both of whom were arrested and dumped in jail two years ago on the charge of being "Maoists".
Far from fulfilling his oft repeated proclamations about converting his bete noire former chief minister Mayawati's dream projects -- the multi-billion parks and memorials -- into hospitals and institutions, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appeared to be following her very footsteps.
Reacting to his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's unhappiness with the working of his five-month old government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Lucknow on Wednesday, "My father has all the right to criticise me."
Even as Uttar Pradesh was pointedly blamed by the central government for being the culprit in triggering the grid collapse in several parts of India, top officials of the state flatly refuted the charge.
After renaming eight districts carved out by his predecessor Mayawati, her bete noire and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday ordered that the name of an Arabic and Persian University in Lucknow also be changed.
Seeking to cash in on the Ramzan sentiment, a senior Congress leader has sought to link the increasing power crisis in Uttar Pradesh to the plight of Muslims during the fasting month.
While the 'most wanted' Amit Jani, founder president of the organisation, was picked up along with his second-in-command Rajendra Singh Chaudhary 'Ferrari' from their hideout in Delhi, Qasim, a newly-inducted member, was arrested from his residence in Lucknow.
Kesarwani was suspended shortly after the Samajwadi Party government assumed power.
In yet another blatant U-turn within 24 hours, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday revoked his earlier order to placate Urban Development Minister Azam Khan who threatened to resign because of being abruptly divested of the charge of Meerut district in addition to his routine duties.
Highly-placed sources claimed that Azam, who is not only the senior-most member of the Akhilesh cabinet but also one of the founders of the Samajwadi Party, chose to take the extreme step as a mark of protest against the chief minister's decision to divest him of the responsibility of Meerut district of which he was in charge in addition to his portfolio
After day-long skirmishes between rival, sides which left one dead and 20 injured, communal rioting came to an end on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Barielly, about 250 km from Lucknow.
The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday renamed eight districts, which had been earlier named by Mayawati, leaving the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo fuming. The decision to change the names was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
In yet another case of guardians of law turning into violators of law, a sub-inspector of police and the local village watchman together allegedly gang-raped a 39-year-old woman inside the premises of a police station in Uttar Pradesh Kushinagar district, a popular Buddhist destination.
In an obvious bid to camouflage the 'wrongs' committed by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav during his last stint as head of the government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has decidedly gone overboard by reversing the government's stand on an all important issue before the Supreme Court.
Close on the heels of a tiger that had strayed into the outskirts of Lucknow in February-March, a leopard was spotted barely 35 km from the state capital on Thursday morning.
If you find dead bodies being kicked around by cops or a minister advocating caning of school-going students, or Dalits being denied entry into Hindu temples, you can be rest assured that all this can happen only in India's most populous state -- Uttar Pradesh. Sharat Pradhan reports.
The diktat issued by the panchayats of Bagpat in Uttar Pradesh -- banning love marriages, use of mobile phones and entry of women under 40 in markets -- has been found bizarre by many.
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