LUCKNOW/VARANASI/KANPUR/GORAKHPUR: Prolonged power cuts in UP have given fresh opportunity to the opposition to train its guns on the Akhilesh Yadav government. BJP and the Congress have already started raking up power protests in various districts.

A recently released NSSO report shows that onions, potatoes and green chillies are the most widely eaten vegetables in India.

VRINDAVAN: The term 'love jihad' did not make it to UP BJP's resolution passed at its executive meet on Sunday. Nonetheless it was present in undertones that made references to "misconduct" with women of one community by men of another community.

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for bypolls held in 18 assembly seats began at 8am on Monday morning. The bypolls for 10 seats in Bihar, 3 each in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, and 2 for Punjab have interesting raminfications for the ruling BJP.

 LUCKNOW: Blaming the Centre for the power crises in UP, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed the state was not getting its alloted quota and took a jibe at BJP, saying why it had not raised the state's share after winning the Lok Sabha election.

DEHRADUN: In a shocking incident, four men were allegedly involved in the beheading of a teen-aged girl, who had accused one of them of raping her earlier this year, in front of her sister in Ramnagar area of Nainital district on Saturday evening, an investigating officer said on the condition of anonymity. No arrests have been made yet.

NEW DELHI: The prospect of BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi continuing as members of the party's elite decision-making bodies — parliamentary board and central election committee (CEC) — looked uncertain on Sunday.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged full support for victims of last week's massive landslides in Hiroshima, as he made his first visit since the disaster to the western Japan city.

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GUWAHATI: Ever since four hill states - Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram - were carved out of what was then the composite Assam province, not one has come to terms with its boundaries leading to frequent