A united Opposition expressed apprehension that the UPCOC Bill, 2017, could be misused against political adversaries and the press and demanded that it be sent to the select committee of the House for scrutiny.

The BSP opposed the Bill saying UPCOCA “will be mostly used for suppression of poor, Dalits, backward classes and religious minorities.

In the past, at all occasions where the head of the government or of the state was there, non-vegetarian dishes were always served.

It is said that the CM and Azam Khan reached the Assembly at the same time. The two met each other before entering the corridors. It was then that the photographers shot Yogi and Azam walking inside the House holding each other’s hands.

Addressing a police coordination committee meeting of the north zone here, Adityanath said many incidents have come to light in which the police harassed the people who gave them a tip or information.

Barring some incidents of 'love jihad' and cow vigilantism, law and order in Uttar Pradesh had improved considerably under the Bharatiya Janata Party government, the Shia cleric said.

Yogi Adityanath asked Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi to make it clear whether he wants a Ram Temple in Ayodhya or not.

The woman along with a group of French tourists and her relatives was visiting the Lakhania Dari Waterfall when the incident took place.

Adityanath, who is on a campaign trail in poll-bound Gujarat, claimed that Congress deliberately planted Kapil Sibal in Supreme Court to disrupt resolution to Ram Mandir matter.

Though Yogi has given credit to the "vision" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the "strategy" of BJP chief Amit Shah, the credit rightly goes to him.

A resurgent Mayawati challenged the BJP and said that her party would sweep the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if voting is done on ballot papers.

Yogi Adityanath said he wanted the decades old issue resolved amicably through talks but lamented that that could not happen.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath lauded the BJP workers who ‘worked to communicate the party agenda of development to all’.

In an exclusive chat session with India TV, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked the people of state for showing faith in the government.

Seen as a litmus test for Yogi Adityanath less than a year after the BJP swept to power with a thumping majority, the saffron party bagged more than 50 per cent of the seats in the UP civic polls, results to which were announced today.

The Uttar Pradesh civic poll results will also give a strong boost to the BJP ahead of the crucial Gujarat Assembly elections where voting is scheduled for December 9 and December 14.

Elections were held for 16 Municipal Corporations, 118 Municipal Council and 438 Nagar Panchayats in three phases on November 22, November 26 and November 29.

The voting for 16 nagar nigam (Municipal Corporation), 118 nagar palika parishad (Municipal Council) and 438 nagar panchayat bodies had taken place in three phases on November 22, November 26 and November 29.

The entire controversy arose when Rahul Gandhi on his visit to the famous Gujarat's Somnath temple, allegedly mentioned himself as a 'non-Hindu' on the temple register.

Counting of votes for all the three phases will be done on December 1 and results will be declared the same day.