Vijay Bahadur Singh

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  Undermine Promises Fulfilled in Uttar Pradesh: BJP to Mulayam Singh Yadav

  Alleging that corruption was at its "peak" in Uttar Pradesh, BJP today asked Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to "clearly underline" the promises fulfilled by the state government led by his son Akhilesh Yadav during its three-and-a-half years in power.

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  Green Panel Directs Inquiry Into Tree Felling in Taj Mahal Eco Zone

  The National Green Tribunal has directed an inquiry into the alleged illegal felling and sale of 4,000 trees in the eco-sensitive zone near the Taj Mahal.

• Narendra Modi to address rally in Bundelkhand today

  Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, will address a Vijay Shankhnaad rally today in Jhansi of the Bundelkhand region, which has been long considered a bastion of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

• Narendra Modi to address rally in Kanpur on October 19

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will launch his party's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh from a rally at Kanpur on October 19.

• Mayawati expels MP Vijay Bahadur Singh who praised Narendra Modi in 'puppy controversy'

  A member of parliament from Mayawati's party has been expelled days after he supported a controversial remark by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi about the 2002 communal riots in which hundreds of Muslims were killed. Mr Modi, seen as the front-runner for the BJP's prime ministerial nomination, had said that the violence caused him pain just as...

• Mayawati slams Narendra Modi, says Constitution based on secularism, not Hindutva

  Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Dalit leader Mayawati today slammed her Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi for an interview he gave to news agency Reuters in which he defended himself over the 2002 riots saying that even if a puppy ("kutte ka bachcha") were to die under his car, he would be sad.

• Never favoured caste-based rallies: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav

  In a move that is bound to upset the political parties of Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court today banned caste-based rallies in the state.

• No separate samadhis; VVIPs now to have common memorial place

  There will be no separate samadhis for VVIPs in Delhi as the government today decided to have a common complex for memorials of departed national leaders like Presidents, Vice Presidents and Prime Ministers.