Despite Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's stern warning against the abuse of power to his party leaders and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's assertion about giving more independence to police force in the state, hardly anything has changed as anoth...
Days after his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made clear SP's national ambitions, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pitched for a Third Front in the upcoming general elections, hinting at an alliance with the NCP. SP chief has invited parties with co...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claims that Samajwadi Party is ready to face general elections anytime. The UP CM appears to be confident that the number of seats gained by the party will increase in the upcoming elections and predicts that the par...
Days after his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made clear SP's national ambitions, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pitched for a Third Front in the upcoming general elections, hinting an alliance with the NCP.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav says that Third Front is certainly a possibility. He claims that in politics nothing is predictable. He makes no efforts to hide his detachment towards both Congress and BJP.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav reaches Pratapgarh to meet the family of a slain village pradhan. Investigation into this death is supposedly what led to the murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia Ul Haque. All eyes are now on the chief mini...
Lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh has no bounds. In yet another blatant misuse of power by Samajwadi Party leaders, district president of Bijnor Rashid Hussain allegedly threatened and beat up a contractor. Will Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sit up and take notice?
In the wake of the murder charge against him, controversial UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya resigns from the UP cabinet. Wife of slain Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haq claimed that her husband was murdered at the behest of R...
SP MLA Bhagwan Sharma has been caught on camera, abusing teachers and even physically assaulting them when they approached him with their grievances. He has then taken a derogatory swipe at the teachers who dared to question an official directive. Is Uttar Pra...
Two whole days after the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav finally decides to visit the stampede victims and their families in Allahabad. The reason behind this delay was that he was busy attending his cousin's wedding. When he questioned o...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav remains evasive over the re-induction of tainted minister Vinod Singh into the UP cabinet. Vinod Singh is the main accused in the Gonda CMO abduction case.
In a sting operation, Uttar Pradesh Minister KC Pandey has been caught asking the Superintendent of Police to help out cattle smugglers. While the Minister has denied being involved in the malpractice, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe into the...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has taken cognizance of the illegal cattle trafficking in the state and has assured to initiate action against the minister nailed in the scam.
In an interesting T20 match, the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's team played the IAS XI in Lucknow. In the match, the Chief Minister came forward with both bat and ball to contribute to the teams victory.
Mulayam Singh Yadav has pulled up his son, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for the poor governance of the state. Mulayam told Akhilesh that the state is being run by bureaucrats and not ministers and it will be on Akhilesh to improve the law and or...
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadev gets a piece of advice from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Addressing a rally, Mulayam Singh advised his son on politics and the matters he has to take care about running the government. He also asked Akhilesh t...
In a recent rally, Mulayam Singh Yadav, the President of Samajwadi Party advised his son, Akhilesh Yadav on politics and how to conduct himself. He told Akhilesh Yadav that he should not only act as the leader of his party but also keep in mind that he is the ...
Four days after three children were killed in a blast in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has hinted at a possible alliance of ISI, Maoists and the ULFA. He has also claimed that the ULFA anti-talk faction is behind the blasts. Security has been beefed up and...
Former UP Chief Minister Mayawati shares her concern over the rising number of rape cases in the capital. She calls for a much harsher action to be instituted against the rapists; an action so harsh that it will act as a deterrent to those even contemplating s...
Despite no relief from the Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case investigation, Mulayam Singh Yadav has welcomed the order saying the apex court has always sided with justice. Meanwhile, the counsel for Mulayam and sons has said this is a politically m...
Supreme Court denies relief to Mulayalam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh in the disproportionate assets case as the apex court refuses to quash the cases against the two. The CBI investigation into alleged corruption by the Samajwadi party chief and his sons ...
As voting for first phase of elections takes place in Gujarat, political analyst Achyut Yagnik along with Headlines Today reporters Gaurav Sawant and Kartikeya Sharma take a look at the issues that might be pivotal in the election. Saurashtra, which goes to po...
A group of men inaugurated a fly-over three days before the scheduled date in Uttar Pradesh, which was supposed to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. In no time did the traffic start pouring in when the authorities took steps and stopped vehicles...
Over a 190 people, including the 40 girls who protested against the denial of benefits because they were wearing black cloaks and jeans, have now been charged by the Uttar Pradesh police for causing damage to public property. A bizarre diktat had been passed b...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's “make-up kit” remark has enraged the women panchayat members who call it an insult to them. Omar had on Saturday said that the Opposition was trying to woo the women sarpanches with 'make-up' kits. PDP spok...
Centre Stage | The UP government, led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, plans to withdraw charges against 15 terror accused. The government wants the charges to be dropped in 'public interest'. The government is attempting to fulfill its pre-poll promises by w...
News Night | The UP government, led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, plans to withdraw charges against 15 terror accused. The government wants the charges to be dropped in 'public interest'. The government is attempting to fulfill its pre-poll promises by wit...
The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has geared up to withdraw all the criminal cases against Cabinet Minister Azam Khan. The police has already filed chargesheet in these cases and declares that all the issues with him is an internal matter that sho...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered for the cases against Urban Development Minister Azam Khan to be dropped amidst growing law and order issues in the state.
A junior minister in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet has accused his senior Minister of corruption. The Minister of State for Khadi Gram Udyog, Riyaz Ahamed Shah, has charged his Cabinet Minister, Raja Ram, of accepting bribes for transfe...
Economic offences wing conducted raids in 17 Uttar Pradesh districts after evidence surfaced of embezzlement in a trust run by Union law minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise. The Uttar Pradesh government took up inquiry into the alleged irregularities ...
Supporters of Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue Vinod Kumar Singh have attacked the office of chief medical officer (CMO) of Gonda. Vinod Kumar Singh had resigned after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asked him to tender his resignation. The CMO, who w...
The Akhilesh Yadav government has finally acted in the case of the missing NRHM Chief Medical Officer. The UP Chief Minister has asked his Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Vinod Singh to put in his papers. The Minister has been accused of having the CMO abd...
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, has finally understood the status quo of the State. The CM is unable to take any action against his party member who is accused of abducting and threatening the CMO. It's been more than a day after the Gonda...
UP Minister Vinod Singh, alias Pandit Singh denies any involvement in the abduction of the Konda district CMO. The Chief Medical Officer, SP Singh, who has filed a complaint of harassment, torture and abduction has categorically named the UP Minister for his r...
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre, former Chief Minister of Haryana Mayawati and the CBI in the disproportionate assets case. The notice is on the order which gave a clean chit to Mayawati in the DA case. Earlier today, the Court was hearing ...
The Supreme court today, made it clear that the CBI has not been prohibited from probing the disproportionate assets case against the BSP supremo Mayawati. The Court also issued a notice to the Centre, CBI and Mayawati on a plea to review its verdict that quas...
Following Mulayam Singh Yadav's promise of supporting the UPA government from outside, his son Akhilesh Yadav lashes out at the PM. Criticising the Prime Minister for his speech, he says that the rulers are responsible for the economic slowdown and not the peo...
For the first time after coming to power, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav takes on the Prime Minister and criticizes his policies. Akhilesh also mentioned that SP was ready for snap polls and had delivered its promises to the people of UP. SP has been extending support t...
President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Chennai and take part in the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Madras High Court. The security arrangements for the event to be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium have been tripled for the President's visit. Along with t...
Social activist Arvind Kejriwal is expected to sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal. Kejriwal will hold the sit-in to protest the police action taken against his supporters. He alleges that peop...
The NCW has taken suo moto cognizance of the Geetika suicide case, while the prime accused ex-Minister Gopal Kanda remains at large. The police have launched a six-team manhunt for the former Haryana Minister. A former employee of the powerful MDLR Chief has a...
The Delhi police have detained an ex-MDLR employee as the search for MDLR Chief Gopal Kanda continues. The Delhi Police have twice raided Gopal Kanda's palatial house in Sirsa, and have also conducted token raids on all his other residences, but to no avail. T...
The Delhi Police have twice raided Gopal Kanda's palatial house in Sirsa, and have also conducted token raids on all his other residences, but to no avail. The cops have questioned Gopal Kanda's mother at his Sirsa residence and have also grilled other friends...
The Delhi Police question Gopal Kanda's mother at his Sirsa residence and have also grilled other friends and relatives of the powerful ex-Minister who has been implicated in Geetika Sharma's murder. Geetika's family members have alleged a massive cover-up on ...
The powerful former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, who is accused of abetment to murder and criminal intimidation in the Geetika suicide case, is still absconding arrest. Geetika's family members have alleged a massive cover-up on the part of the Delhi Police, ...
Five days after the death of 27-year-old Geetika Sharma, the prime accused in the case is still absconding. The former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda has been accused of abeting the air-hostess's suicide and has also been charged with criminal intimidation. The ...
Accused of abetment to murder and criminal intimidation, the powerful former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda is still absconding arrest. He has been named as the prime accused in the mysterious suicide of 27-year-old air-hostess Geetika Sharma. The Delhi police h...
Anna Hazare is forced to go back on his word, as the health condition of his colleagues take a turn for the worse. After refusing to engage in any sort of talks with the government, Team Anna has now been left with no other choice than to approach Maharashtra ...
Congress MP Vijay Darda, who praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a public event, calling him the 'Lion of Gujarat', has now denied making any such statement. After his comments kicked up a political storm both within the party and among the people,...
Amit Jani, president of the Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena, prime accused in the vandalisation of former UP Chief Minister Mayawati’s statue, has been arrested in Gurgaon. Amit Jani's aide Rajendra Chowdhary too has been arrested by the special task police.
It comes as a huge setback for veteran Congress leader and former UP Chief Minister ND Tiwari. The DNA test results have proved that Rohit Shekhar is ND Tiwari's son. The DNA analysis reveals that the samples provided by ND Tiwari and Rohit Shekhar are a match...
Delhi High Court rules that veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari is the biological father of Rohit Shekhar. The decision came after the DNA test confirmed the paternity of ND Tiwari. The court ruling comes as a huge setback to former AP governor and UP Chief Mini...
Barely four months after coming into power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is facing a massive political crisis. Senior Samajwadi Party minister Azam Khan has written to the Chief Minister, expressing his desire to quit from the cabinet. Azam Khan...
Barely four months after coming into power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is facing a massive political crisis. Senior Samajwadi Party minister Azam Khan has written to the Chief Minister, seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities in three d...
Utttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is making all out efforts to remove criminal cases against his partymen. This could well signal a return of 'goondaraj'. First several politicians with criminal backgrounds found a place in his ministry. And now Akh...
The gun culture in Akhilesh Yadav's Uttar Pradesh takes its toll on a nine-year-old boy. A bullet that was fired in the air comes back to kill the young boy. Brushing aside another case of hooliganism, the UP authorities have called this a 'freak accident'. To...
The Khap Panchayat in the Bhagpar district of Uttar Pradesh which has issued a Taliban-style 'fatwa' curtailing women's rights, warns the government, asking them not to not to meddle with the Khap Panchayat affairs. The politicians, including Chief Minister Ak...
While the Chief Medical Superintendent of the Bulandshahar government hospital is transferred, another shocking case of medical negligence comes to light. This time its an autopsy out in the open being carried out by a class-3 hospital staff without any doctor...
Following reports of cleaners, sweepers and ward boys administering minor surgeries to patients in government hospitals, another shocking case of medical negligence crops up. This time it is the Chief Medical Officer's driver who is found treating patients at ...
Former Chief Minister Mayawati appoints Ram Achal Rajbhar as new state unit chief in place of Swami Prasad Maurya, who is also leader of opposition. The decision is taken at a party meeting presided over by BSP National President, Mayawati. After major reverse...
Akhilesh Yadav, UP Chief Minister decides to reverse the names of the seven renamed districts in the State. These seven districts were renamed by former Chief Minister Mayawati after Dalit leaders.
Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, reacts to the attack on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband. He says anyone found to have attacked her will not be spared. He also assures a probe will be conducted in the matter including an investigation on those ...
Centrestage | Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister, UP, announces that MLAs can now purchase cars worth up to Rs 20 lakh rupees from the State's MLA funds. Is the tax payers' money now being used to pamper MLAs? Is a State that demands bailout from the Centre due to...
Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, offers the MLAs in his State, an offer to buy cars worth Rs 20 lakh from the State budget. The MLAs can use the vehicles during the five-year tenure and can also buy back their cars, at a depreciated value, afte...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has proposed that MLAs can buy a car worth 20 lakh from the MLA funds. The proposal was made during his thanksgiving speech after the budget session. The UP government has justified this move stating that car is esse...
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's pre-election promises seem to have been an eye wash as hardened criminals allegedly enjoy special privileges. Besides violating critical jail rules, the likes of Amarmani Tripathi hold political campaigns in jail and travel in p...
Centre Stage | Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's pre-election promises seem to have been an eye wash as wanted criminals allegedly enjoy special privileges. Besides violating critical laws of jail rules, the likes of Amarmani Tripathi hold political campaigns in...
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's pre-election promises seem to have been an eye wash as wanted criminals allegedly enjoy special privileges. Besides violating critical laws of jail rules, the likes of Amarmani Tripathi hold political campaigns in jail and trave...
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's pre-election promises seem to have been an eye wash as wanted criminals allegedly enjoy special privileges. The likes of Amarmani Tripathi, a don in UP walks out of jail every afternoon for a nap in a hospital and holds a darbar...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav orders suspension and disciplinary action against 22 doctors in the NHRM probe after a CBI report accused them of embezzlement.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav, has been elected unopposed from Kannauj as noone stood against her from the parliamentary constituency which fell vacant after Akhilesh Yadav became the CM of UP.
A Samajwadi Party MLA's brother and supporters allegedly open fire during a development council meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, following an altercation.
Uttar Pradesh police expose a scam worth Rs 300 crore in former UP Chief Minister Mayawati's pet project installing elephant statues in parks across the state.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav directs police to probe into the alleged siphoning of funds for constructing and installing statues in parks across the state.
Upset with Nitin Gadkari getting a second term as BJP President, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, will skip the party National Executive Meet to be held in Mumbai on May 24.