The tussle between two factions -- led by Mulayam Singh Yadav and son Akhilesh -- to gain control of the ruling Samajwadi Party in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh became bitter on Monday over the claim for its election symbol, cycle. ....

The 34th Kalchakra puja was initiated on Monday by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Bihar amid tight security arrangements, officials said. ....

A constable shot himself dead inside the Supreme Court premises on Monday, police said. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party's mega show - Maha Parivartan rally - the culmination of six similar rallies across Uttar Pradesh, is all set to get underway in Lucknow on Monday afternoon. ....

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday cancelled the national convention called by him on January 5, SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said in a tweet. ....

After days of wrangling and sordid tug of war to gain control over the party and its headquarters, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has left for Delhi to approach the Election Commission of India on Monday to stake claim on the party symbol 'cycle'. ....

In a coup of sorts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday named himself the new head of the Samajwadi Party even as his supporters stormed the party's state headquarters. ....

A Station House Officer and four other policemen have been suspended for allegedly hushing up a "suicide" of an accused in the station premises here, a senior police officer said on Sunday. ....

Three persons were arrested, following a brief gunfight, for murdering a government-run liquor outlet employee here last month, police said on Sunday. ....

Shoes were hurled at Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and black flags were shown to hi at a programme in Kharsawa on Sunday, the state police said. ....