Memorial scam: Indicted ex-minister questions Lokayukta status

Former BSP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, indicted in the memorial scam, questioned the legal status of the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta as CM Akhilesh Yadav asserted law would take its own course in the matter.

AMU expels students` union president

The president of Aligarh Muslim University students` union has been expelled after the disciplinary committee of AMU found him guilty of indiscipline and violence on the campus.

UP Cabinet approves new sugar mill, cancer institute

Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval for setting up a sugar mill besides construction of a cancer institute in the state.

Woman murdered by husband over family dispute

A married woman was allegedly murdered by her husband who slit her throat by a knife at Khatoli town here, police said Tuesday.

Two brothers drowned in Azamgarh

Two brothers drowned in a pond while taking a bath in Gothaon village in Vardah area here, police said Tuesday.

Seven killed as bus plunges into river in UP

Seven persons, including three children, were killed and 40 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling lost control and fell into the Khannaut river in neighbouring Pilibhit district.

UP: 11 marriage party members killed in road mishap

Eleven members of a marriage party were Tuesday killed and 30 others got injured when a truck in which they were travelling collided head-on with a roadways bus, police said here.

‘UP govt won`t order CBI probe into cases against Varun Gandhi’

Azam Khan turned down the possibility of a CBI probe into provocative speech cases against Varun Gandhi.

UP govt, Opposition laud Lokayukta for exposing memorial scam

The ruling Samajwadi Party today said that all those indicted by Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta, for syphoning off public money in construction of memorials during the BSP regime, would be punished according to the law.

SP Govt to withdraw criminal cases against 15 youths

Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has decided to withdraw cases against 15 youths lodged in jails.