Two functionaries of UP’s Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), a state police unit that is controversial for its handling of communal riots, on Wednesday assaulted each other while on duty at a function attended by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday warned the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers against causing any obstructions in smooth functioning of government and asked them to clear all the pending files in a time bound manner.
The body of a nine-year-old girl who had been raped was found on Tuesday in a field on the outskirts of this Uttar Pradesh capital, police said.

Dressed in red and black salwar-kameez, the 'Red Brigade' members are fed up with deeply ingrained patriarchal mindsets and promote a brand of vigilante justice that is testing the law in their home state of Uttar Pradesh.
Dance, music, acting, painting and science… you name it and the city has a lot of activities in store for children this season.
For nearly two months now, hundreds of laptops to be distributed free under the Samajwadi Party's scheme, are gathering dust on the Collectorate premises.
The Lucknow Chemists' Association (LCA) has announced that they would participate in the nationwide daylong strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) on May 10.
A study conducted among young women in the city has found lesser prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at 3.7% than reported in previous research.
An 80-year-old man was bludgeoned to death apparently over a property dispute on Tuesday midnight. His body bearing injury marks on the head and other parts was found lying near his house on Wednesday morning.
Though its minority wing is nothing much to talk about, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never fails to make a vain attempt to reach out to Muslims who are wary of saffron plans.
The prestigious John Hopkins University of the United States has invited PWD and irrigation minister Shivpal Yadav to speak on his water sector restructuring project (phase three) initiative.
A youth was found dead inside the police lock-up under suspicious circumstances following which six policemen were suspended in Hasanganj area, officials said in Lucknow on Thursday.
A couple of months back, a group of young BJP workers from Lucknow visited Delhi to meet Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who had come there to attend a party function. During their blink-and-you-miss interaction, all they could manage to tell Modi was this: “Please contest from Lucknow! People want you.”
Gold and silver may have been getting cheaper but are not up for grabs. Ask those who are heading to Lucknow Chowk's Sarrafa lane to buy the precious metals.
Compelled to stay in locked rooms with roaches in the meals and lack of proper medical treatment, nine inmates of the a women rehab centre in Lucknow were forced to escape on Wednesday.