Facing criticism over his handling of law and order, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday sought to overhaul functioning of the state police, asking the officials to be prompt and identify those who are found wanting in their duties.

The Uttar Pradesh government is taking required steps to encourage the setting up of new industries in the state as this will help in generating job opportunities and raise the state's per capita income, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Agra on Sunday.

North-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh is reportedly ‘missing’ from the map of India in Maharashtra State Board’s geography textbooks.

Amid the growing concern and outrage over the rising crime against women, the heinous crime doesn’t seem to be ending. Another rape case in Delhi/NCRhas been reported where a 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in a car by a youth, police said on Monday.

The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered withdrawal of Class X Geography text books that exclude Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India.

An elderly woman was knocked down by a police officer with his baton during a lathicharge to quell protests on Thursday over the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in which seven persons were injured.

In an effort to ensure speedy investigation of complicated criminal cases, the Uttar Pradesh Police has decided to set up cells of its crime branch at the district-level on the lines of Delhi and Maharashtra.

With dry winds blowing across Uttar Pradesh, the state is set for hot summer ahead as major towns Lucknow and Allahabad recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius and 43.2 degrees Celsius in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP’s efforts to conduct elections for district and mahanagar presidents seem to be falling flat thanks to the laxity in its ‘mission organization’. The party is yet to constitute mandal, district and state working committees after the 11 months of their dissolution.

In a bid to increase women's participation in governance, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that BJP will give 50 percent of tickets to women in the upcoming state Assembly elections.