Mayawati Poster

Former arch rivals Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati will hold a joint press conference this noon at a five-star hotel in Lucknow to announce their widely-anticipated alliance for the national election due by May. On Friday, Mr Yadav hinted tthat the COnhgress will be left out of the equation in Uttar Pradesh, India's most politically vital state.

The controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram in the civic body of Meerut, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, surfaced again today, with a clash between the BJP and Mayawati's party that swamped the oath ceremony. While there was no actual violence, slogans were shouted, posters torn and the ceremony ended amid chaos.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has pulled down hoardings and posters put up by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the city ahead of Ambedkar Jayanti tomorrow. Mayawati's party had put up these posters on Lohia Path (road) leading up to the Ambedkar memorial to celebrate the occasion.

Nearly 18 lakh government employees in Uttar Pradesh are on strike in protest against the efforts in parliament to introduce a new law that would reserve promotions in government jobs for dalits and tribals.

Arrested on Holi for vanadalising Mayawati's posters, these high school students were released after eight days on Wednesday. The charge of destroying public property against them was finally dropped, but not before the Chief Minister herself stepped in.

Four students of Uttar Pradesh Sainik School have been arrested and sent to juvenile home for allegedly smearing colour on Chief Minister Mayawati's posters in Lucknow during Holi.

Former arch rivals Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati will hold a joint press conference this noon at a five-star hotel in Lucknow to announce their widely-anticipated alliance for the national election due by May. On Friday, Mr Yadav hinted tthat the COnhgress will be left out of the equation in Uttar Pradesh, India's most politically vital state.

The controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram in the civic body of Meerut, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, surfaced again today, with a clash between the BJP and Mayawati's party that swamped the oath ceremony. While there was no actual violence, slogans were shouted, posters torn and the ceremony ended amid chaos.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has pulled down hoardings and posters put up by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the city ahead of Ambedkar Jayanti tomorrow. Mayawati's party had put up these posters on Lohia Path (road) leading up to the Ambedkar memorial to celebrate the occasion.

Nearly 18 lakh government employees in Uttar Pradesh are on strike in protest against the efforts in parliament to introduce a new law that would reserve promotions in government jobs for dalits and tribals.

Arrested on Holi for vanadalising Mayawati's posters, these high school students were released after eight days on Wednesday. The charge of destroying public property against them was finally dropped, but not before the Chief Minister herself stepped in.

Four students of Uttar Pradesh Sainik School have been arrested and sent to juvenile home for allegedly smearing colour on Chief Minister Mayawati's posters in Lucknow during Holi.