The decimation in the 2014 elections and the successive defeats in states had demoralised the Congress cadre and the 133-year-old party no longer had a pan-India presence read more

Seven time national award winner Vishal Bhardwaj decided to take up film direction to keep his music-composing skills alive. read more

The baby’s mother, Ramsakhi, had an argument with her neighbour Ramvati. Following this, Ramvati’s husband Umesh Pal, who was drunk, threw the baby on the ground, police said. read more

The intention of the UP government is to curtail use of unfair means by students while making efforts to improve quality of education. The UP Board exam will begin on February 7, 2019. read more

Under criticism over the stray animal menace, the Yogi Adityanath government plans to extend to all 75 districts the gender-sorted semen pilot project that the Akhilesh Yadav government launched in three districts in 2016 end to contain the bull population... read more

In Uttar Pradesh medicine trade has an annual turnover of \u20B917,000 cr, and 1.5% of this could be from fake drugs, say officials. read more

Stray animals are not only ruining farmers’ fields but also getting increasingly violent, charging at anyone who comes in their range. They are also emerging as a major cause of road accidents, lament farmers read more

Even if it paid rich dividends in Uttar Pradesh elections soon after, Modi erred in gifting away that incredible success to Yogi Adityanath who no one had voted for. Demonetisation broke his government’s economic momentum. Yogi Adityanath may wreck his... read more

Air pollution causes one in eight deaths and lowers life expectancy on average by 1.7 years, according to a pan-India study that should end the policy indecision on the urgency to implement clean air strategies read more

On December 3, a mob of about 400 people rampaged through a village in Bulandshahr after reports of cow carcasses being found in a jungle nearby. During the violence, inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a 21-year-old man named Sumit Kumar died of gunshot... read more

Saanjhi or Sanjhi is referred to as the festival of fertility. It is the name of a mother goddess, after whom images are made and moulded into various shapes such as cosmic bodies, in different colours. read more

Jeetendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was handed over by his unit based in Kashmir to the team investigating the killing of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in the violence that broke out in Bulandshahr on Monday over alleged illegal cow slaughter. read more

An army soldier who is accused of killing a police inspector in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was handed over by his unit of the Rashtriya Rifles to the UP Police for further investigation on December 08. Jeetendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was handed over by his unit based in Kashmir to the team investigating the killing of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in the violence that broke out in Bulandshahr over alleged illegal cow slaughter. Earlier, a police team from UP that is investigating the case had contacted the army and sought custody of the soldier who had left his home soon after the killing of the police inspector. (Hindustan Times)read more

Police said a complaint was filed against the 17-year-old for hurting religious sentiments by posting a picture of Lord Hanuman seated along with BR Ambedkar in which the deity was saying some words of apology which were objectionable. read more

A 115-member RAF unit, which arrived from Chennai on Friday, was put up at a homeless shelter in Sarai Kale Khan after attempts by police to arrange a school or a community hall in the neighbourhood failed. read more