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An SP leader said that this was a more peaceful way of communicating with the media.

Reporters' Diary: Keeping media at bay

UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also does not take questions in his press conferences that are, in any case, few and...

8 Oct 2018 12:43 AM GMT

Simmering with rage, Mr Khan now stays away from party functions, including iftar, does not communicate with party leaders and has stopped meeting Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Reporters' Diary: Angrily yours

As the probe began, the SP chose to turn a blind eye to the development and did not issue a single statement in support...

8 July 2018 10:19 PM GMT

The Yogi Adityanath government is having a strange impact on BJPs Muslim leaders and almost all of them are turning into Hanuman bhakts .

Reporters' Diary: The new Hanuman bhakts

However, their Hanuman leanings have not gone down too well with a section of the party leadership.

22 April 2018 9:11 PM GMT

A senior RSS leader jumped into the poll cauldron by sending messages to almost all journalists, asking them how the RSS could play a role in the elections in the larger national interestâ€.

Reporters' Diary: Journalists turn saffron

The BJP, on the other hand, is also said to be keeping a close watch on the elections and is even backing some...

16 April 2018 1:01 AM GMT

The SP, despite putting up a brave front in public, is getting increasingly worried over the future of the alliance mainly because of their Buajis (aunts) mercurial moods.

Reporters' Diary: Alliance or no?

The Samajwadi strategists are now flummoxed at Behenji's turnaround and cannot understand what will happen in the...

1 April 2018 10:25 PM GMT

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reshuffled his cabinet by inducting 10 fresh faces and elevating two ministers of state to cabinet rank. (Photo: PTI)

Reporters' Diary: Naveen misses the mission

Recently the Aam Aadmi Party set up a stall to sell pakodas in Lucknow when the cops chased them away.

4 Feb 2018 7:08 PM GMT

The incident caught in a video camera had gone viral later, causing acute embarrassment to him.

Kabhi Gussa, Kabhi Pyar'

The transformation noticed in him at Babai was truly amazing, a member of the delegation observed.

21 Jan 2018 7:06 PM GMT

Minister of state for railways Rajen Gohain

Scoring a suicidal goal

Mr Gohain blamed the ruling BJD an arch-rival of the BJP for adopting dilatory approach to acquire land for various...

14 Jan 2018 7:06 PM GMT

As a result when Akhilesh celebrated his father Mulayams 79th birthday last week, the party veterans stayed away.

Reporters' diary: Father, son play musical chairs

The now on-now off relationship between Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav has already left Shivpal Yadav on...

26 Nov 2017 10:47 PM GMT

Apparently, when Yogi was sworn in as chief minister on March 19, the stars were not favourable.

Reporters' diary: Bad stars for Yogi

Top astrologers in the state blame the wrong timing of Yogi's swearing-in.

29 Oct 2017 11:41 PM GMT

The road that caved in created a 20-feet-deep pit and prevented Mr Yadav from moving out of his bungalow.

Reporters' Diary: Rough road for Mulayam

PWD officials rush in to fill up the gaping hole but the road keeps caving in again and again.

8 Oct 2017 8:32 PM GMT

What set the board apart was that in Hindi, it was written that if found spitting; the fine would be Rs 500. In English, the board said, Do not spit otherwise fine of Rs 250 will be imposed.

Spit in English or Hindhi?

nion tribal affairs minister Jual Oram is the man of his own, he never cares for the world when he decides to speak or...

25 Sep 2017 12:20 AM GMT