Amar Singh has been appointed as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday. Party president Mulayam Singh in a handwritten letter to Amar Singh said, “I hope in the coming days you will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.” In the ongoing storm in[Read More…]
In a seemingly similar incident to 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots where communal clashes erupted after a “harassment” incident between the Jat and Muslim communities, another city in Uttar Pradesh is witnessing similar situation. Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh saw tension brewing on Friday, after three male members of a Muslim family were shot[Read More…]
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Friday night, his decision to return all portfolios of uncle Shivpal Yadav and re-induct Gayatri Prajapati as Cabinet minister. The announcements were made after the “four-point” compromise formula worked out by Mulayam Singh Yadav who said, “There can be no division in the party, till[Read More…]
Here is a four point four-point compromise formula of the Samajwadi Party that brokered the truce in the Yadav Pari’War’. 1) Gayatri Prasad Prajapati to be minister again, but will get different portfolio. 2) Shivpal to get back his portfolios and also be state President. 3) Akhilesh to have an important say in ticket distribution.[Read More…]
Cases of dengue across the country have been on the rise but one of the worst affected places has to be Kanpur. The onslaught of the vector-borne disease is being felt the most by the police department as 250 of its personnel have been tested positive. With more than 2000[Read More…]
The feud between Yadav family is out in open, late Tuesday evening Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios. Handing him the social welfare department, he also put Shivpal in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party[Read More…]
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has hinted the possibility of ‘friendship’ between him and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying, “Do acche log mil jaye to kya kharab baat hai? (If two good human beings meet, what’s wrong in that?). Akhilesh also called Rahul a good human being and a[Read More…]
Ironically, the highlight of Rahul Gandhi’s “khaat sabha” in Deoria Uttar Pradesh were the khatiyas or cots that garnered more attention than Congress Vice President. The moment his meeting with the farmers ended, locals were seen walking away with the brand new cots that had been laid out by his party. About[Read More…]
In a brutal act, a woman was allegedly gangraped and strangled to death in front of her husband who was stabbed by a group of men at Kasganj in Aligarh district on Sunday. The couple was returning home in a cycle after a holy dip in the river Ganges. They[Read More…]
In yet another instance of heartless medical apathy, an HIV-positive pregnant woman who traveled nearly 50 km to Bareilly with her husband, was denied treatment and delivered a stillborn at Badaun district hospital in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors said the infant could have been saved had the mother received immediate medical[Read More…]
Mayawati, who won in Uttar Pradesh riding high on an unprecedented Brahmin-Dalit alliance in 2007, seems to have found a new top-up to her conventional SC vote bank. Sources close to BSP supremo tells Newsd that the party has finalized as many as 138 Muslim candidates across the state. A[Read More…]
The case of missing “Kalu” that had befuddled the entire Uttar Pradesh police has finally been solved. After the 2014, ‘missing buffaloes of Azam Khan’ case, this was another “high-level” case which was promptly solved by the state police within 24 hours. Kalu, the missing black labrador of former union[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who is famous for his controversial remarks has again courted controversy by targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama over the “conditions of Muslims.” Talking about the detention of Shah Rukh Khan in US, he said on Friday evening, “Modiji is not permitting us[Read More…]
15 police officers have been suspended after a 25-year-old Dalit man was found dead under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. One of the officers is facing murder charges. The incident sparked violent protests in the Chakeri area, Uttar Pradesh, after his family alleged he was tortured to death. “A[Read More…]
With smart phones in everyone’s hand rapists invariably record crime on their phone and then upload it on internet to go viral. But what is more shocking is that in Uttar Pradesh rape videos are being sold in hundreds or thousands anywhere from Rs 50 to 150. In the cities[Read More…]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s rally in Varanasi today was cut short due to ill heath. She returned to Delhi and left the roadshow mid way after being advised to take rest by doctors. Sonia Gandhi, 69, started her campaign in Varanasi for the upcoming state assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh today. Sonia Gandhi’s[Read More…]
A shocking video footage has emerged, where a policeman is seen receiving a ‘foot-massage’ from a man in police station. The cop is seen talking on his phone as the man crouches near his feet and presses them. In the vicinity another cop is seen carrying on with his work,[Read More…]
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday fulfilled his poll promises in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Laying the foundation stone of AIIMS and a fertiliser plant in Gorakhpur he said this would aid development in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a large gathering after the foundation laying ceremony, Modi started[Read More…]
The grapevine has it that Sanjay Joshi will be deployed in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2017 polls to campaign for the BJP. With the entrance of Sheila Dikshit, the BJP is worried the upper class Brahmin vote bank in the state will tilt towards the Congress. Joshi’s primary task[Read More…]
Congress veteran and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit is the face of Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Dikshit was on Thursday formally announced as the party’s chief ministerial candidate by Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi at the party headquarters in the national capital. Amid raging speculations of her appointment, he[Read More…]
The central government has decided to withdraw an earlier appeal seeking a minority status for Aligarh Muslim University. The erstwhile appeal was filed by the previous UPA government, challenging the Allahabad High Court’s verdict that said, “AMU is not a minority institution.” Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said, “We (government) have[Read More…]
Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, will take the reins as the leader of the party’s campaign in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the state polls in 2017. An official announcement in this regard will be made once Rahul Gandhi is back in India in mid-July. She is[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government formed a judicial commission to probe the mystery of Gumnami Baba and asked the commission to submit a report within six months. The man died in Faizabad in 1985 and believed to be Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The move came in the wake of the Allahabad[Read More…]
Union minister Ramshankar Katheria on Monday said former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya may soon join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Katheria said along with Maurya, many others too will join the BJP, as the BSP takes ₹5 crore for a ticket. However, Maurya has denied[Read More…]
A sting operation by India Today shows ministers open to orchestrating communal riots in Uttar Pradesh if they are paid. Ahead of the assembly elections, three leaders from the BJP, Samajwadi Party and Hindu Swabhiman Sangathan are caught on camera agreeing to spark violence in exchange for money—SP’s Hafiz Mohammed[Read More…]
