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With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections around six months away, the BJP has intensified its preparations for a third consecutive term in the state. Senior organisational leaders have stepped up visits and meetings, but the feedback emerging from recent discussions has reportedly raised concerns within the party. Sources said meetings led by BJP organisational general secretary BL Santosh and state …

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to immediately repair roads damaged by heavy rain and flooding and make them fit for traffic. He also ordered that roads requiring more extensive work should be renovated after the monsoon, depending on their condition. The directions were issued during a review meeting of the Public Works Department on Friday. …

Lucknow: With the Assembly elections approaching, the Congress has stepped up its outreach among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Uttar Pradesh, looking to strengthen its presence among a voter segment that has become central to the state’s political calculations. As part of the strategy, the party is preparing to establish special war rooms for every 10 districts. The proposed centres …

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Siddharth has announced his retirement from active politics, bringing a fresh twist to the ongoing internal developments within the party. In a letter addressed to BSP supremo Mayawati, Siddharth rejected allegations that he had attempted to take control of the party and described the claims against him as …

Lucknow: An unusual marital dispute has surfaced from Malihabad in Lucknow, where a PRD (Prantiya Rakshak Dal) jawan reportedly arranged his wife’s marriage to her school-time boyfriend after she refused to continue living with him. The woman had allegedly left her matrimonial home with her former schoolmate and was later traced to neighbouring Hardoi. The incident has since become a …

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has removed her nephew Akash Anand from all party responsibilities, marking another major setback for the young leader’s political career. The latest decision comes after he was earlier removed from the post of national coordinator. With Akash Anand now out of the BSP’s organisational setup, political reactions have started coming in ahead of …

Lucknow: A two-year relationship between a young man from Hardoi and a 19-year-old woman ended in tragedy after the couple, who had married at an Arya Samaj temple, were found dead inside a guest house in Lucknow’s Chinhat area. The couple had reportedly left their homes on August 21, the same day they got married. They later reached Lucknow and …

The Uttar Pradesh government carried out a major administrative reshuffle late Thursday night, transferring two district magistrates (DMs) and several senior IAS and PCS officers. The changes affect key postings in Jalaun, Bahraich, Jhansi, Barabanki, Kanpur, Gonda and Lucknow. The late-night orders have triggered movement across the state administrative machinery, with officers being assigned new responsibilities with immediate effect. The …

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has expelled her nephew Akash Anand from the party, accusing him of adopting a “double-minded” approach and questioning whether he can work in the interest of the party and the broader Bahujan movement with such a stance. Mayawati announced the decision through a statement posted on her official X handle on Thursday morning. …

A fresh twist has emerged in the ongoing power struggle within the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Former Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Siddharth, who is also the father-in-law of BSP leader Akash Anand, has announced his decision to retire from active politics, according to the information shared by him on social media. The development comes a day after BSP chief Mayawati …