Alok Pandey Kamal Khan

His loss is a void that I don't think can be filled. The presence of a veteran like Kamal Sir in office was reassuring in a high-pressure state like UP - his mere presence would help me soak up a lot of it.

Narendra Giri, the religious leader who allegedly died by suicide on Monday, had recorded a video on his mobile phone just one hour before his death, the police say.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lashed out at the opposition on Sunday over their protests and visits to Hathras, where the alleged gang rape and brutality to a 20-year-old and her subsequent 2 am cremation by the police, keeping her family locked up, has raised a storm.

Amid outrage in the country over the gang rape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, another similar case has been reported from the state. A little more than 500 km from Hathras, a 22-year-old Dalit woman died after being allegedly raped and assaulted on Tuesday evening, when the attention of the country was focused on the events ...

Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, principal accused in the cold-blooded murder of eight cops, was tipped off to a raid on his compound by someone from the local police station, Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an alleged accomplice, told cops on Sunday

A Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi has caused a huge coronavirus hotspot and aggressive contact tracing is being carried out across the country to track down those who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Seven deaths have been linked to the religious gathering at "Markaz Nizamuddin", the Delhi headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat, and 24 cases have...

Renowned Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi was allegedly forced to stop her performance midway at an event organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in Lucknow on Thursday evening, allegedly because she was performing on a "qawwali" - a form of Sufi devotional music.

Mayawati, who was gentle on Akhilesh Yadav even while breaking the alliance after the crushing defeat in the national election, has turned on her estranged ally, accusing him of ignoring political niceties and dredging up past misgivings.

While there has been a focus on a divided opposition and whether the parties should form an alliance with the Congress, what about change in popularity? What if the BJP's popularity has actually gone up? How sensitive is the upcoming national election to the swings in popularity? Prannoy Roy, Shekhar Gupta, Dorab Sopariwala, Kamal Khan and Alok Pan...

Mulayam Singh Yadav will head a new party called the Samajwadi Secular Morcha, his younger brother Shivpal Yadav said on Friday. He said he was launching the party to "restore to Mulayam Singh his lost honour".

A petrol pump "vanished" in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow last night, just before a raid team arrived to confirm suspected petrol theft. The owners had ripped out the petrol dispensing machines and hid them.

Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...

It was the khatiyas or cots that were most in demand at Rahul Gandhi's "khaat sabha" in a village in east Uttar Pradesh today.

His loss is a void that I don't think can be filled. The presence of a veteran like Kamal Sir in office was reassuring in a high-pressure state like UP - his mere presence would help me soak up a lot of it.

Narendra Giri, the religious leader who allegedly died by suicide on Monday, had recorded a video on his mobile phone just one hour before his death, the police say.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lashed out at the opposition on Sunday over their protests and visits to Hathras, where the alleged gang rape and brutality to a 20-year-old and her subsequent 2 am cremation by the police, keeping her family locked up, has raised a storm.

Amid outrage in the country over the gang rape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, another similar case has been reported from the state. A little more than 500 km from Hathras, a 22-year-old Dalit woman died after being allegedly raped and assaulted on Tuesday evening, when the attention of the country was focused on the events ...

Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, principal accused in the cold-blooded murder of eight cops, was tipped off to a raid on his compound by someone from the local police station, Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an alleged accomplice, told cops on Sunday

A Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi has caused a huge coronavirus hotspot and aggressive contact tracing is being carried out across the country to track down those who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Seven deaths have been linked to the religious gathering at "Markaz Nizamuddin", the Delhi headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat, and 24 cases have...

Renowned Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi was allegedly forced to stop her performance midway at an event organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in Lucknow on Thursday evening, allegedly because she was performing on a "qawwali" - a form of Sufi devotional music.

Mayawati, who was gentle on Akhilesh Yadav even while breaking the alliance after the crushing defeat in the national election, has turned on her estranged ally, accusing him of ignoring political niceties and dredging up past misgivings.

While there has been a focus on a divided opposition and whether the parties should form an alliance with the Congress, what about change in popularity? What if the BJP's popularity has actually gone up? How sensitive is the upcoming national election to the swings in popularity? Prannoy Roy, Shekhar Gupta, Dorab Sopariwala, Kamal Khan and Alok Pan...

Mulayam Singh Yadav will head a new party called the Samajwadi Secular Morcha, his younger brother Shivpal Yadav said on Friday. He said he was launching the party to "restore to Mulayam Singh his lost honour".

A petrol pump "vanished" in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow last night, just before a raid team arrived to confirm suspected petrol theft. The owners had ripped out the petrol dispensing machines and hid them.

Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...

It was the khatiyas or cots that were most in demand at Rahul Gandhi's "khaat sabha" in a village in east Uttar Pradesh today.