This is not the first time Deoria MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi has targeted Muslim journalists, casting doubts over their coverage.

Controversies erupted from the outset as SP shared multiple videos allegedly showing its voters facing trouble in casting their vote.

The mosque, built by Babar, is acknowledged as a 'historic monument' on the official website of Sambhal district. However, Hindu petitioners claim it's the site of an ancient Kalki temple.

An important element of the change in Akhilesh’s narrative has been the evocation of B.R. Ambedkar and speaking out against the threats to reservation and the constitution.

'These bulldozers are parked here to retrieve the money looted in dacoities, to get back the money taken in these dacoities,' the UP chief minister said in Jamtara.

The government was forced to roll back its unilateral and unpopular decision of conducting Provincial Civil Services (prelim) examinations in multiple shifts over two days.

The outfit, which has seen its membership decline over the years, believes that the root of society's ills are the “lack of education” and religious hypocrisy.

The apex court said that the executive cannot declare a person guilty and demolish someone's property only on the basis of accusations.

The three-judge bench said that officials of the state who carry out or sanction such unlawful action must be proceeded against for disciplinary action.

'How is it possible that an institution that is thriving on India’s resources and is operating through the tax money of India’s people is not providing any reservation to people of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward castes,' Adityanath asked in Khair.

'Let your might be felt. And these stone-pelters will be seen with brooms in their hands sweeping the streets for you,' the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said at a rally.

The Allahabad high court had in March struck down the Madarsa Act on a petition filed by a lawyer, Anshuman Singh Rathore, who had submitted that the legislation violated secularism.

The bypolls have become more about the larger political messaging by both sides than the actual outcome on these particular seats.

Dalit activists and scholars said that the outdated term's use reflects Adityanath's upper caste mindset.

The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has consistently ranked among the worst states when it comes to cases of deaths in police custody.

Akhilesh Yadav also expressed confidence that his PDA strategy would trump the communal card played by the BJP through its slogan of ‘Batoge, toh Katoge’.

The SP feels the election in Milkipur was deliberately stalled to prevent another upset for the BJP in Ayodhya.

Bahraich, Barabanki, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr and Saharanpur are among the places that saw heightened communal tensions over the last month.

Muslims and their properties were targeted in both rural and urban pockets of at least two police station areas of Bahraich during the communal violence, according to over a dozen criminal cases seen by The Wire.

The Public Works Department in Bahraich served notices on owners of 23 buildings, including homes, in the Maharajganj area of Bahraich where violence broke out on October 13, leading to the death of a Hindu man.