Azam Khan slams media over foreign tour coverage

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 19:24

Cabinet Minister Azam Khan, heading a 17-member UP government delegation on a foreign tour, has hit out at a section of the media for terming the study trip as "debauchery".

Did not ban TV channels in UP, says SP; BJP, Congress condemn

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 13:17

SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary defended the Uttar Pradesh government and said that the allegations of blacking out certain television news channels were incorrect and could have been caused by “some technical error.”

Maulana Tauqeer Rana mocks Azam Khan for not visiting Muzaffarnagar relief camps

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 21:51

Maulana Tauqeer Rana, who is from a prominent family of clerics with a large number of Sunni Muslim followers in Bareilly, Saturday criticised Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan for not visiting the relief camps in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas.

Saifai performance row: Salman Khan bats for Alia Bhatt

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 09:23

Salman Khan, who drew public ire for performing at the Saifai Mahotsav organised by Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, has now defended his colleague Alia Bhatt’s participation in the event.

Aligarh group to boycott Salman Khan

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 21:44

A youth group here has decided to boycott Bollywood star Salman Khan`s forthcoming movie `Jai Ho` for taking part in a musical extravaganza in Saifai in Uttar Pradesh.

Akhilesh Yadav defends `Saifai Mahotsav`, lashes out at media

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 15:54

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday defended the annual Saifai Mahotsav amid criticism that the Samajwadi party government spent crores of rupees and invited top Bollywood stars at a time when hundreds of victims of Muzaffarnagar riots were living in difficult circumstances in relief camps.

Saifai performance row: Salman, Madhuri find support in Shah Rukh Khan

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 14:58

Salman Khan has found support from his contemporary and once arch-rival Shah Rukh Khan who believes that it is wrong to pick on film actors.

`Dedh Ishqiya` Lucknow premiere called off

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:55

The star-studded premiere of Madhuri Dixit-Naseeruddin Shah starrer ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ in the city was all of a sudden cancelled Friday.

Salman Khan breaks silence on Saifai Mahotsav, says idea was to help people

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:53

Coming under fire for performing at the Safai Mahotsav organised by the Uttar Pradesh governement even as children were dying of cold and disease in Muzaffarnagar relief camps, Salman Khan broke his silence on Thursday on the controversy.

Akhilesh Yadav snubs critics, goes ahead with grand Bollywood night at Saifai

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 09:39

The home town of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, Saifai, witnessed a grand Bollywood night on Wednesday.

UP MLAs on study tour, Samajwadi Party leaders busy with Saifai Mahotsav as poor suffer

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:53

Even as thousands of people continue to suffer due to inappropriate management by the Uttar Pradesh government to fight chilling cold, the ruling Samajwadi Party continues to party in Saifai - the ancestral village of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

SP leadership face flak for "Saifai Mahotsav"

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 23:28

SP in Uttar Pradesh came under attack for holding festival of song and dance at Yadav family`s native village when Muzaffarnagar riot victims were living in difficult circumstances in relief camps.