Ghaziabad-based journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot in the head by some assailants, succumbed to injuries early Wednesday. His death has evoked a sharp response from media bodies who condemned the attack on Joshi and demanded a judicial probe into it as well as other incidents of assault on scribes in Uttar Pradesh.

The statement was signed by representative from various organisations including Forum Against Oppression of Women, All India Democratic Women’s Association, Youth for Unity.

The campaign will be monitored by the head of the UP Congress minority cell, Shahnawaz Alam who himself faced arrest allegedly for taking part in the anti-CAA protest in Lucknow.

The party is eyeing reserved seats such as Agar, Malwa, Nepanagar, Sanwer and 16 seats of Gwalior-Chambal region which has a robust population of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe voters.

BJP MLAs continue to raise the issue of corruption in their government as once again the law maker from Gopamau in Hardoi, Shyam Prakash, wrote a post on his FB page saying this government is the most corrupt government in the history of Uttar Pradesh.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said BJP leader Biplab Deb has insulted the “Sikh brothers” of Punjab and the Jat community of Haryana.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has co-opted or compelled regional parties to close ranks against the Congress, which remains the only real opposition that RSS-BJP faces.

New Delhi : A new trend has started in politics in the last few years. In this, by resigning the MLAs, the elected government is dropped and the Bharatiya Janata Party gives its entry to the

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi chaired, on Sunday, a National Defense Council meeting that discussed the political, security, and military situations on all strategic fronts.

GUWAHATI/KATHMANDU: Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday.