During the discussion on the budget in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Yogi added that while one criticises the country abroad, the other speaks ill about Uttar Pradesh outside the state.

Akhilesh Yadav launched an attack on the BJP government, in the UP assembly on Wednesday. He called them the most unsuccessful government in history.

Kapil Sibal has filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh. He enjoys the support of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.

An argument erupted between CM Yogi Adityanath and Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav in the UP legislative assembly over the law & order situation in the state.

The SP chief had on Wednesday gave a shocker when he suggested that only a rock, a red flag, and a peepal tree are enough to be called a temple in the Hindu religion.

Akhilesh Yadav also took a swipe at the BJP, and said that it is using its divisive politics and creating hatred among the people to divert their attention from core issues.

The 3-day-long court-monitored videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on May 16.

Mayawati took a direct swipe at Akhilesh Yadav as she wondered how someone who could not fulfil his own dream of becoming the Chief Minister will manage to realise the aspirations of others.

Mayawati said that she has never aspired to become President and that Akhilesh Yadav was dreaming about it to clear his path to become the Chief Minister.

Shivpal Yadav reacted to his nephew’s remark, terming it as "irresponsible" and a statement of 'nadani' (immaturity) and dared him to sack him as party legislator instead.

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party President Shivpal Yadav reached Sitapur on Friday morning to meet the detained SP MLA and former minister Azam Khan in Sitapur jail.

"If Akhilesh thinks, I am in touch with the Bhartiya Janata Party, why doesn't he expel me," Shivpal Yadav said on Thursday.

Earlier today, the Delhi Municipal Corporation demolished some illegal encroachments in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area. Among the demolished were a tobacco shop, a scrap dealer's shop, a juice corner and the front gate of a mosque. As per reports, encroachments of both Hindu and Muslim communities were demolished.

Police said the car belonged to "a relative" of MLA Yogesh Verma, who was not travelling in the vehicle.

Azam Khan is languishing in the Sitapur jail and had won from Rampur Sadar seat for the 10th time in the recently concluded Assembly polls. He quit the Lok Sabha membership from Rampur to remain an MLA.

According to sources, Azam Khan has been upset over the fact that Akhilesh did not visit him in Sitapur jail-except once-- where he is lodged since February 2020.

According to the Election Commission of India, the average polling percentage recorded till 4 pm was 98.11 with Rae Bareli registering the highest voter turnout at 99.35 per cent and Gorakhpur the

Ahmed Murtaza, a 30-year-old IIT graduate, had on Sunday tried to enter the Gorakhnath temple premises and when the security personnel tried to stop him, he attacked them with a sickle, injuring two constables.

Akhilesh Yadav made the remark, terming his calculation of probable future prices of petrol as “the mathematics of inflation under the BJP rule”. 

The speculation gained strength after the sulking socialist leader Shivpal Yadav recently met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath amid reports of strains in the SP-led alliance.