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Aligarh Muslim University. (Photo: File)

BJP motormouths may face action

BJP MLA Surendra Singh is another motor mouth whose statements have been putting the BJP in a piquant situation.

4 May 2018 12:48 AM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan

Ram Vilas Paswan slams Congress over issue of dalits

He blamed BSP president Mayawati for abusing upper castes before elections and then spurning dalits after elections.

4 May 2018 12:29 AM IST

This comes as one of many unusual reasons to call off weddings (Photo: AFP)

Hindu gods on Muslim wedding card

According to Salim, he has friends in equal numbers in the Hindu as well as the Muslim community.

3 May 2018 1:31 AM IST

Police personnel try to control the situation after a clash between two groups at Aligarh Muslim University. (Photo: PTI)

AMU on edge after saffron activists burn Jinnah effigy

BJP MP Satish Gautam had written to the AMU vice-chancellor demanding that the portrait of Jinnah should be removed...

3 May 2018 1:27 AM IST

The Hanuman temples in Lucknow open their doors at the stroke of midnight and devotees continue to offer prayers for almost 24 hours. (Representational image)

Bada Mangal' fest gets bigger every year

The Aliganj temple has a star and a crescent on the dome and the Bada Mangal' festival is a perfect example of...

2 May 2018 1:23 AM IST

Aligarh Muslim University. (Photo: File)

BJP MP wants Jinnah photo removed from AMU

The portrait was installed in 1938 before Partition, at the peak of Muslim League campaign for a separate nation for...

2 May 2018 1:07 AM IST

The man further alleged that a group of men also tied him to a tree and pulled his moustache. (Photo: ANI)

Dalit forced to drink urine in UP, 4 arrested

Victim Sitaram Valmiki was harvesting his crop when farmers belonging to the upper caste asked him to harvest their crop...

2 May 2018 1:02 AM IST

In order to critique our examination system, we need to argue from the basic premise that the vast numbers of students who appear for the regional or national board examinations are individuals with varied strengths and weaknesses, and different ways of thinking and learning. (Representational image)

UP board results: 11 lakh candidates fail in Hindi

150 UP board schools recorded zero results as all their students failed to clear high school and intermediate...

1 May 2018 2:36 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference after releasing white paper on completing six months in office, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

BJP wakes up to realities in rural UP

A furious chief minister summoned the officials who told him that they had been recently posted and their predecessors...

1 May 2018 2:19 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Board Class 10 topper Anjali Verma shows a victory sign after obtaining 96.33 per cent marks in Allahabad on Sunday. (Photo: PTI )

UP Board: Girl tops Class 10, boys in 12

The pass percentage for Class 10 is lowest in six years, while class 12 pass percentage is lowest since 2009.

30 April 2018 1:06 AM IST

The three mobile phones of the victims, which were allegedly robbed by the criminals, too did not function during the crime period, officials said. (Representative Image, Photo: PTI)

Bride shot dead in UP highway robbery

The criminals held the victims at gun-point and directed them to hand over cash and jewellery.

29 April 2018 7:00 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

UP CM puts Gorakhnath, others in school textbooks

CM Yogi is head priest of Gorakhnath temple body.

29 April 2018 4:36 AM IST