Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has assured party’s full support to Khan, who is facing several police cases including those related to alleged land-grabbing. read more

The Samajwadi Party’s effort to seek Shivpal Yadav’s disqualification from the UP Assembly is unusual, given how the party never sought scrapping the membership of Amar Singh, Jaya Prada and Azam Khan in the past. read more

Shivpal Yadav, president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) is the secretary of the private trust, which had been functioning in the neighbourhood of the SP headquarters. read more

Though Rampur administration has denied imposing any restriction on the movement of Samajwadi Party workers, many leaders have alleged that they are being prevented from meeting party president Akhilesh Yadav or going to the city. read more

Khan, who has been declared a land mafia by the UP government, has been embroiled in 82 cases relating to land grabbing, criminal intimidation and theft — all lodged within past few months. read more

Since 1981, 19 chief ministers, including Yogi Adityanath, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, Rajnath Singh, Sripati Misra, Veer Bahadur Singh and Narain Dutt Tiwari have availed the benefits of the law. read more

Ashok Kataria, UP’s transport minister, said the state was sticking to old fines under the Motor Vehicles Act and waiting for the Centre to give final nod. read more

The Editors Guild of India has described as “cruel” and a “classic case of shooting the messenger” the filing of the FIR against the journalist. read more

Akhilesh Yadav tore into the BJP government at the Centre and accused it of using the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department to instil fear in opposition parties. read more

Sanjay Seth is a realtor who joined SP in the heat of the Yadav family crisis in Uttar Pradesh. He became the party’s treasurer after Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle Shivpal Yadav threw a banner of revolt. Two-time MP and businessman Nagar also quit in July. read more

A list of nearly 35 pending issues concerning 11 departments was part of agenda of both teams. read more

Speaking to media, Yadav slammed the state government for not being able to stop crime in the state saying the state which should be known as “the best state is now known as murder state.” read more

The petty offences that are to be identified for the purpose are ones that are compoundable (in which the offender has the choice to pay a fine to escape imprisonment) or reconcilable (in which two litigants can opt for an out-of court settlement) or... read more

Som is an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots in which over 60 people died and scores were injured. After a recent review by the union home ministry, Som’s security was downgraded from Z category to Y. read more

Formulas tested for revival of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh have failed. Their dilemma is reflected in their response to major controversial decisions of the NDA government. read more