New Bill In Uttar Pradesh

As farmers continue the "Bharat Bandh" protest in Haryana, Punjab and parts of Uttar Pradesh against three new farm bills, which cleared the parliament last week, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several parts of the three states. While powerful visuals captured the protest by farmers, two clips - one from Punjab and another from UP - showe...

Fresh protests broken out across at least seven Uttar Pradesh districts after Friday prayers this afternoon as thousands defied state-wide prohibitory orders and took to the streets to fight the new citizenship law

The Uttar Pradesh government will re-introduce in the state assembly today a new bill to smash organised crime in the state, after the bill could not be passed in the legislative council. The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill or UPCOCB was passed by the UP assembly on December 21, 2017. The UPCOCB was then sent to the legislative counci...

The Yogi Adityanath government's UPCOC Bill today hit a roadblock in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, where a determined opposition stalled its passage, following which the chairman referred it to a House panel for scrutiny.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has banned people from clicking selfies on the road leading up to his official residence in Lucknow's Kalidas Marg. A sign put up by the state's police at the beginning of the road warning against selfies has however been removed after much criticism and mirth on social media.

The 'No VIP' emphasis of Yogi Adityanath's new government in Uttar Pradesh extended on Thursday to former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav - one of his homes failed a surprise inspection and was found to be guilty of using way more electricity than allowed.

After Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched anti-Romeo squads to protect women from being stalked and harassed, the BJP government in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh has also decided to crack down on the 'Romeos'.

The BJP is prepped for a gala oath ceremony for the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister, likely to be sworn in now on Sunday, March 19. It will be held at the sprawling Smriti Upvan complex near the Ambedkar memorial in Lucknow built by Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati, steamrolled by the BJP in this year's assembly election. The event is billed as a ma...

A stringent law that gives the central government unbridled powers to take over any property owned by people who migrated to Pakistan or China in the 1960s or later passed was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The upper house's nod - where the ruling NDA alliance is in a minority - comes days after Uttar Pradesh, home to a majority of these prop...

Today, Uttar Pradesh will conclude voting for its next government by selecting the final 40 of its 403 legislators. Star status is reserved for the ancient city of Varanasi because it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency.

With Supreme Court directing eviction of former chief ministers from state bungalows within two months, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday introduced two bills to facilitate their continuation in government accommodation for life.

Congress' newly-elected office-bearers of Uttar Pradesh unit on Sunday assumed charge in the presence of party's chief ministerial face Shiela Dikshit, hoping to swing fortune its way in the 2017 Assembly elections, being billed as a 'do-or-die' battle for the party.

Four years after party vice president Rahul Gandhi launched an agitation against forcible land acquisition in 2011 in this village in western Uttar Pradesh, Congress today began a protest march from in Parsaul against the new Land Acquisition Bill.

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.

The balance of power is shifting to states and more so to regional parties.The government inaction is just the effect. While in a federal structure this was meant to be the case, it has taken a convincing electoral success of regional parties to trigger the friction between the centre and states.

As farmers continue the "Bharat Bandh" protest in Haryana, Punjab and parts of Uttar Pradesh against three new farm bills, which cleared the parliament last week, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several parts of the three states. While powerful visuals captured the protest by farmers, two clips - one from Punjab and another from UP - showe...

Fresh protests broken out across at least seven Uttar Pradesh districts after Friday prayers this afternoon as thousands defied state-wide prohibitory orders and took to the streets to fight the new citizenship law

The Uttar Pradesh government will re-introduce in the state assembly today a new bill to smash organised crime in the state, after the bill could not be passed in the legislative council. The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill or UPCOCB was passed by the UP assembly on December 21, 2017. The UPCOCB was then sent to the legislative counci...

The Yogi Adityanath government's UPCOC Bill today hit a roadblock in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, where a determined opposition stalled its passage, following which the chairman referred it to a House panel for scrutiny.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has banned people from clicking selfies on the road leading up to his official residence in Lucknow's Kalidas Marg. A sign put up by the state's police at the beginning of the road warning against selfies has however been removed after much criticism and mirth on social media.

The 'No VIP' emphasis of Yogi Adityanath's new government in Uttar Pradesh extended on Thursday to former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav - one of his homes failed a surprise inspection and was found to be guilty of using way more electricity than allowed.

After Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched anti-Romeo squads to protect women from being stalked and harassed, the BJP government in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh has also decided to crack down on the 'Romeos'.

The BJP is prepped for a gala oath ceremony for the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister, likely to be sworn in now on Sunday, March 19. It will be held at the sprawling Smriti Upvan complex near the Ambedkar memorial in Lucknow built by Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati, steamrolled by the BJP in this year's assembly election. The event is billed as a ma...

A stringent law that gives the central government unbridled powers to take over any property owned by people who migrated to Pakistan or China in the 1960s or later passed was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The upper house's nod - where the ruling NDA alliance is in a minority - comes days after Uttar Pradesh, home to a majority of these prop...

Today, Uttar Pradesh will conclude voting for its next government by selecting the final 40 of its 403 legislators. Star status is reserved for the ancient city of Varanasi because it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency.

With Supreme Court directing eviction of former chief ministers from state bungalows within two months, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday introduced two bills to facilitate their continuation in government accommodation for life.

Congress' newly-elected office-bearers of Uttar Pradesh unit on Sunday assumed charge in the presence of party's chief ministerial face Shiela Dikshit, hoping to swing fortune its way in the 2017 Assembly elections, being billed as a 'do-or-die' battle for the party.

Four years after party vice president Rahul Gandhi launched an agitation against forcible land acquisition in 2011 in this village in western Uttar Pradesh, Congress today began a protest march from in Parsaul against the new Land Acquisition Bill.

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.

The balance of power is shifting to states and more so to regional parties.The government inaction is just the effect. While in a federal structure this was meant to be the case, it has taken a convincing electoral success of regional parties to trigger the friction between the centre and states.