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.
Samajwadi party ministers have, once again, embarrassed the party leadership and government once again by breaking the law. Two SP leaders were booked under charges of kidnapping and assault. Panchayat members in Haridwar who came to register their votes in Di...
Despite widespread protests and repeated assurances from police and politicians, there seems to be no end to the crimes against women in India. In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, has been set ablaze for resisting rape. ...
Here is how the UPA's Law Minister spoke to a reporter, even threatening him. A few statements to note in the above, unedited footage, are: 'Ask him to shut up. Ask him to shut up, and I will answer you', 'That's why I did not want to the invite India Today re...
A minister abducts a government official from his home, takes him to his office, and then forces him to include people close to the minister in the list of contract doctors being appointed by the state government. This happened in Uttar Pradesh, a state whose ...
India Today Group Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2012's third edition saw a host of public figures from various walks of life sharing their success stories. Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, social activist Arvind Kejriwal, actors Priyanka Chopra, Sonam ...
Raj Thackeray has done it before, and is now reiterating the anti-North Indian rant like never before. This time around, he has the backing of his estranged uncle, Bal Thackeray, giving him that added boost. Despite a political outburst and people taking to th...
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...
Marring the spectacular show of the Samajwadi Party, some party workers resort to violence in Firozabad as they protest against the loss suffered by a party candidate.
Akhilesh Yadav, the star of the UP Assembly polls, has made the country sit up and take notice -- Rahul Gandhi, on the other hand, has lost face in view of the big defeat.
Rahul Gandhi campaigned extensively in UP, but failed to garner votes; Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, took the Samajwadi Party to a landslide victory.
Now that the mandate of the people is clearly in Samajwadi Party's favour, Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav will now have to get down to work to eliminate the 'goonda' elements from the party's cadre.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti feels that Samajwadi Party getting the maximum seats in Uttar Pradesh is a cause of worry and if it forms the government, crime will rise in the state.
It has been a rude awakening for the Congress, with big names of the party, such as Louise Khurshid, Rakesh Verma, Amita Singh, Supriya Aron, and the like, losing the elections.
It was sweet revenge for Mulayam Singh Yadav five years after Mayawati famously said 'why kill a dead man' after the Samajwadi supremo was ousted in 2007.
Congress leaders Rita Bahuguna and Sriprakash Jaiswal seek to absolve Rahul Gandhi of any responsibility for Party's poor show in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elecitons.
In view of the rout that the Congress has faced in the Assembly elections in almost all the states, the party will need to re-think its strategy for the national elections.
The Samajwadi Party cadre begins celebrations as the leading trend shows the party emerging as the single largest party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
As counting of votes progresses, the Samajwadi Party is surging ahead in Uttar Pradesh, and expected to form the next government, with the help of other parties.
As the UP Assembly elections results emerge, the Congress has taken a back seat while the Samajwadi Party rise as the single largest outfit with the BJP trailing behind.
The assembly election in Uttar Pradesh is considered a mini general election, and all eyes are on the state as the counting is set to begin in a while.