High security in several parts of UP after Mukhtar Ansari's death

Security personnel in several districts of Uttar Pradesh remained on alert on Friday, a day after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda.......

Mukhtar Ansari poisoned in jail, alleges brother

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was on Tuesday hospitalised for around 14 hours in Uttar Pradesh's Banda after he complained of abdominal pain. IMAGE: Mukhtar Ansari in a......

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,......

Cong list: Ajay Rai from Varanasi; suspense over Amethi, Raebareli continues

The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra......

Heat wave hurting farmers' income as yields drop across several crops

Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso......

RIL to spin off oil-to-chemical biz into separate arm with $25bn loan

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has announced the contours of carving out of its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business into an independent unit with a USD 25 billion loan from the parent,......

From Mata to Menace: How the holy cow may end up 'eating' votes

Thanks to the increased thrust on cow protection, the enforcement of the ban on cow slaughter and the relentless crusade by cow vigilantes, the agrarian ecosystem from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh has......

FSSAI proposes double ash content in noodles

Ash content is now allowed up to 1%, the new notification has proposed to increase it to 2% for seasonings or tastemakers. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a......