Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Ram Gopal Yadav has warned that one of the two sons of jailed mafiosi-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed will be killed in a police encounter soon

Case registered against unknown caller at Bhaurakalan police station of Muzaffarnagar on the complaint of BKU youth wing president Gaurav Tikait

The ex-MP was scared over losing grip on his gang members and his diminishing terror among people. His associates revolted against him and some were even lodging cases against him, said a police official

The state government is mulling holding trial through video conferencing of such prisoners who have not appeared before the court for more than a year

The police said an FIR of rape and murder has been registered and they were awaiting postmortem investigation report to confirm sexual assault and the exact cause of death of the seven-year-old.

The party also tweeted pictures from Akhilesh's visit to the police headquarters in the morning. "There is no responsible person present in the headquarters," a tweet by the party read.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also visits the under- construction tent city in Varanasi and directs officials to complete the work there immediately

The leopard which was tranquilised was brought to the forest department of Aligarh on Saturday night and on revival, it was found in good medical condition with no injury. After permission from chief wild life warden KP Dubey in Lucknow, the leopard was transferred to Saharanpur and released in the Shivalik range on Sunday

The exercise is in compliance with the Allahabad high court order which has sought a detailed plan with estimated expenditure, including cost of land, for the corridor.