Authorities have sounded a general alert across Jammu and Kashmir to ensure a peaceful Independence Day on Wednesday.
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.
Four cops and three civilians were wounded in a powerful grenade attack at a police station in north Kashmir's Baramulla district Wednesday evening.
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.
Top militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, one of them an accused in the Delhi high court bomb blast, were killed and another arrested in a fierce encounter in the Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Monday.
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."
Two powerful explosions rocked north Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday evening injuring one policeman.
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.
The army on Monday ordered a high-level probe into the killing of a youth in north Kashmir's Bandipore district on July 24.
Defence minister A K Antony on Sunday visited a forward post in north Kashmir's Kupwara sector.
Two tourists were killed and six others wounded in a powerful bus blast at Bejibehara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday afternoon.
A separatist sponsored shutdown affected normal life in Srinagar and other towns Saturday.
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.
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