Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav. | Photo Credit: PTI Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) criticised the Uttar Pradesh Government over the resignation of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Rinku Singh Rahi, alleging that ‘efficient officials have no importance in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’. The only ones who are respected are...

Forty-five-year-old Gulabi Devi squatted on the ground next to her empty gas cylinder, the fingers of one hand wrapped around its top as she used the other hand to fan herself with the pallu of her sari. Several beads of sweat trickled down her face. Gulabi was one of the 300-odd people outside an agency...

Police have arrested a woman thief for stealing a pair of tops from a jewellery shop in Faridabad, officials said on Wednesday. The accused woman, Kajal (30), is married and a habitual offender. She was released on bail from Faridabad District’s Neemka Jail around three months ago and committed the crime again. Kajal was produced...