Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the first state in the country to start the exercise of shortlisting migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, eligible for citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The exercise will also identify those who are living illegally in the state.

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The 88th birthday of senior BJP leader Kalyan Singh was celebrated with much fanfare with thousands of party workers thronging his Mall Avenue residence here to wish their leader.

BJP leaders, ministers, officers and supporters from various districts came to wish the leader on his birthday with flowers. Hoardings wishing the leade

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on his 86th birthday, calling him "unwavering" personality on subjects of national interest.

"Greetings to Murli Manohar Joshi Ji on his birthday. Joshi Ji has made an indelible contribution to our country during his long years in p

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday lashed out at Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over not paying attention to issues like education.

Referring to the suicide of an 18-year-old girl Mahima, a resident of Kanpur who committed suicide because she could not continue her education due to lack of fin

The much-awaited distribution of portfolios for 32 Cabinet Ministers and 10 Ministers of State was carried out by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with Nationalist Congress Party getting the significant assignments like Finance and Home, here on Sunday.

In what was described as "an equitable allocation" of res

BJP Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sunday said that there was no regional or national party, which is "unaffected from dynastic politics except BJP and Left parties".

While addressing booth level party workers at Talkatora stadium here, he said, "there are around 2300 political parties in the country out o

Hitting out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal only tried to "mislead" residents of the city and that the victory of the BJP in recent MCD and Lok Sabha elections are indicators of party's victory in Assembly polls, which are expected to be an

In a bizarre incident, an entire village in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district was up in arms against a 32-year-old woman who filed cases of rape against four identified and 35 unidentified persons at the cantonment police station.

The villagers staged a protest outside the Superintendent of Police (SP) office against the alleg

Kailash Vijayvargiya, Modi's key man in West Bengal politics and BJP national general secretary from Madhya Pradesh, is feeling the heat at his own home turf.

An FIR has been filed against Vijayvargiya and Indore BJP MP Shankar Lalwani for threatening government officials. The FIR was filed more than 36 hours after Vijayvargiy

Blaming Indian Railways' reluctance to allocate funds towards maintenance of its property for the collapse of a portion of the Burdwan Junction railway station, Congress Lok Sabha leader and former Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that money should be allotted immediately for undertaking maintenance work