Gang rape accused Gayatri Prajapati, a senior Samajwadi Party leader and minister in the outgoing Uttar Pradesh government, was arrested on Wednesday and sent to 14-day's judicial custody. ....

A whopping 322 of the 403 new lawmakers elected to the Uttar Pradesh assembly are 'crorepatis' (multi-millionaires) while as many as 143 have criminal cases, including of murder, pending against them. ....

The BJP Parliamentary Board will meet here on Sunday evening to discuss the probable Chief Ministers in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand where the party has swept to power. ....

A case has been lodged against Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya after the suspicious death of a witness in the infamous killing of police officer Zia-ul-Haq, police said on Sunday. ....

Outgoing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday greeted the people ahead of the festival of Holi. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday won all nine assembly seats in Agra and four of five assembly seats in Mathura. ....

After his Samajwadi Party's poll drubbing, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met Governor Ram Naik and submitted his resignation. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday won all five seats in the state capital, including Lucknow Cantonment where its candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi defeated Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav by over 30,000 votes. ....

The BJP is headed towards a clean sweep on five assembly segments in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday won all the five assembly constituencies of Ghaziabad district with thumping majorities as part of its landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh. ....