The Bahujan Samaj Party’s rally on Monday, the birth anniversary of party founder the Late Kanshi Ram, is expected to be attended by 20 lakh people.
Terming Bahujan Samaj Party's maha rally in Lucknow on Monday as a "circus", Congress on Sunday called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati a "ringmaster" controlling the event and even criticised her for not visiting the trouble-hit Bareilly district.
Three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs wanting to probe what lay behind the communal violence in Bareilly were prevented from reaching the city on Sunday morning.
Security forces today staged marches while a chopper kept an aerial vigil on this riot-torn city, which was made out of bounds to a BJP team led by MP Maneka Gandhi by the state authorities.
Samajwadi Party MP Aamir Alam Khan, who was among the seven Rajya Sabha members suspended for showing 'disrespect' to Chair, today insisted that he had not apologised to Chairman Hamid Ansari for the conduct and would not do so.
More areas of the city have been brought under curfew as situation continued to be tense in localities which witnessed communal violence. Members of a community clashed with police to protest the release of a Muslim cleric, authorities said.
Fake currency notes of Rs.2.48 crore were recovered from a train in Uttar Pradesh's Chanduali district, a railway official said on Saturday.
Traders – ranging for wholesale dealers to petty traders who hawk on the roads – numbering some 2 crore in Uttar Pradesh are up in arms and arming themselves with thick sticks to deal with corrupt government officials.
Ten people, including six police personnel, were injured during continuing communal clashes in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
At least six people were killed and four injured on Friday when crackers laden in their vehicle exploded in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, police said.
Ten persons including six police personnels were injured during the communal violence in Bareilly on Friday. Violence erupted on Thursday evening after the release of Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan, the president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadid). The members of a community defied the curfew and assembled on the road to register their protest over the release of Mulana, reports HT Correspondent.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati reprimanded the police on Wednesday for arresting four students who allegedly smeared colour on her poster during Holi.
Announcing to launch an agitation against the Women's Reservation Bill, Samajwadi Party today appealed to Muslims MPs in all the political parties to press for amendment in the measure, which it said was the conspiracy to keep the community away from politics.
Four students of UP Sainik School have been arrested and sent to juvenile home for allegedly smearing colour on Chief Minister Mayawati's posters in Lucknow during Holi.
Noida’s parking woes are set to be over as the Authority has decided to develop parking lots below the city’s parks on its own after no developer showed any interest in these.