Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha is "almost" certain to be the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, even as BJP state President Keshav Prasad Maurya was still in the race, informed sources said on Saturday. ....

Two low-intensity blasts were felt in Taj city Agra on Saturday. The area has been cordoned off and senior officers have rushed to the site, police said. ....

Amid speculations that he might become the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Manoj Sinha, the Communications Minister, visited many temples in Varanasi on Saturday, officials said. ....

Cricketer Yusuf Pathan on Friday stressed the need to conserve environment and protect wildlife. ....

The swearing in of a new BJP government in Uttar Pradesh will most likely take place on Sunday, party sources said on Friday. ....

Police on Friday patrolled the Yamuna river bank here and mounted extra vigil after a website threatened to target the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument of love. ....

The newly-elected legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party will meet in the state capital on Saturday to elect the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, a party leader said on Thursday. ....

BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya was on Thursday admitted to the city based Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, following complaints of physical exertion, hospital authorities said. ....

Seven to eight robbers looted cash worth over Rs 15 lakh and a van from a Maruti showroom owned by a relative of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, police said. ....

There were no fireworks at the first meeting of the Samajwadi Party after their rout on the just ended Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. ....