BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared 13 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls including actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, from Meerut,......

Dense fog engulfs North India; zero visibility at many places

A blinding layer of fog shrouded the Indo-Gangetic plains in North India on Sunday, with visibility levels plunging to zero metres at several places. IMAGE: People offer 'Salat-Ul-Istisqa' prayers......

SIT to probe 4,000 UP madrasas receiving foreign funds

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrasas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad,......

Bangladeshi woman returns home after discovering UP lover's marriage

A 32-year-old mother-of-three from Bangladesh who arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district to meet a man she got to know and fell in love with over the Internet returned to her country after......

Golfer Randhawa sent to 14-day judicial custody in poaching case

Jyoti Randhawa was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009. IMAGE: A fire arm was also seized from Jyoti Randhawa. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty......