Congress general secretary Rashid Alvi declared in Lucknow today that Rahul Gandhi's rise to the prime minister's chair in 2014 was a forgone conclusion.
BJP leader Uma Bharti today alleged that Congress was allowing use of "indecent" and "foul" language and asked its general secretary Rahul Gandhi to condemn party leaders making personal attacks on her.
The BJP suffered a double blow on Sunday when three UP secretaries resigned from their posts and the party's former youth wing chief, now under suspension, announced he would join the Congress.
The CBI has arrested a student of IIM-Lucknow for his alleged involvement in the four-year-old murder of fashion designer Aadesh Bajpai whose remains were found in the IIT-Kanpur campus in 2008.
Where have Rs4,900 crore of NRHM funds gone in UP? The state government says it spent the amount to strengthen rural health services but failed to corroborate in performance audit by CAG. Rajesh Kumar Singh reports. Making of a scam
Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said author Salman Rushdie's move to call off his India visit was his "personal decision" and the government had nothing to do with it.
BJP on Thursday alleged that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's statement on the loot of Bundelkhand package was nothing more than politics on the helplessness of the people of Uttar Pradesh's most backward region.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday sacked small-scale industry minister Chadradeo Ram Yadav who was indicted by the state lokayukta.
Statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and her elephants — the election symbol of the BSP — installed at parks and memorials in the state will have to be covered till the assembly elections, chief election commissioner SY Quraishi announced on Saturday.
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EC transfers UP DGP, home secretaryUttar Pradesh energy minister Ramveer Upadhyaya has apologised to Lokayukta justice NK Mehrotra over his remarks against him.
If you have a past, you might have a future in the BJP, as the party's recent open-door policy to rehabilitate tainted BSP leaders seems to indicate.
Manish Chandra Pandey reports.
Party timeThe CBI on Saturday arrested a former official of a Uttar Pradesh government-owned public sector unit for his alleged involvement in the Rs 10,000 crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.
Babu Singh Kushwaha, picked up by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh after being sacked for corruption by Mayawati, asked for his membership to be put on hold. The BJP was cornered by political rivals for its doublespeak on corruption after it inducted Kushwaha and another Maya discard.
HT reports.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh's close aide of 16 years Anuradha Chaudhary and three other party leaders joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday, providing a fresh political twist in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.