Lucknow, March 23: Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta N K Mehrotra has been given an extension for two years through an ordinance of the state government. Governor B L Joshi has given assent to an ordinance sent by the state government for extending the term of the Lokayukta from six to eight years, ...

Lucknow, March 21: The Uttar Pradesh government has done away with the Cabinet Secretary's post, put in place by erstwhile chief minister Mayawati. As per a new government order issued by the Akhilesh Yadav government, the cabinet secretary system would now cease to exist. The post had created much bad blood in the ...

Agra, March 21: The city of the Taj Mahal has got its own anthem and it is being played at road junctions, schools and colleges as a part of the ongoing Taj Mahotsav. The 11-day Mahotsav will end March 26. Titled "Mere Agra, oh mere Agra...", the song was launched Sunday by Mayor ...

Lucknow, March 21: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday reshuffled the portfolios of some ministers. Already holding a whopping 50 portfolios, the 38-year-old chief minister added four more ministries to himself, taking the number to a new high of 55. A notification from Chief Secretary Anoop Mishra said the chief minister had ...

Lucknow, March 20: In a significant development, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to give it details of the steps it had taken to provide security cover to the judges who had delivered the verdict in Ayodhya shrine title suits and also to ...

Lucknow, March 16: Haunted by the spectre of a repeat of hooliganism that marred the the 2004-2007 tenure of the Samajwadi Party government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday issued fresh guidelines with regard to putting up of hoardings and use of party flags on vehicles and asked them to ...

Lucknow, March 15: Nine days after his Samajwadi Party (SP) won a thumping majority in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav was Thursday sworn in as the 33rd chief minister of India's most populous and politically crucial state. At 38, Akhilesh Yadav is the youngest chief minister of the state. There was deafening applause ...

Ghaziabad, March 14: Hearing the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj murder case, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Wednesday allowed Rajesh Talwar to remain on bail. Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar had moved the apex court seeking the transfer of trial on the grounds of their personal security, and that a large ...

New Delhi, March 13: BSP president Mayawati today filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha. With 80 members in the Assembly, the BSP can send two members to the Rajya Sabha. Mayawati had set herself up for one seat, to expand the BSP's national portfolio in view of the next general ...

Lucknow, March 12: Two days before he becomes the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav has cracked the whip on overzealous party workers, hinting at a complete makeover of the Samajwadi party. While suspending a party secretary, Rajeev Rai, and seeking an explanation on his "anti-party activities and overboard statements", Yadav made ...