Hukum Singh

Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha bypolls: BJP faces tough competition as Mayawati, Akhilesh join hands

The by-elections for Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats have become a prestige issue for both Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

BJP MP from Kairana Hukum Singh breathes his last at 79, Narendra Modi expresses condolences

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of Parliament (MP) from Kairana Hukum Singh died at JP Hospital in Noida, ANI reported on Saturday.

Parliamentary panel endorses key amendment in inter-state river water disputes bill

A parliamentary committee on Thursday endorsed an amendment to a bill which provides for setting up of a tribunal on inter-state river water disputes with the finality of authority

UP election 2017: Asaduddin Owaisi to start campaigning from Kairana on Friday

Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will kick-start its UP Assembly poll campaign on Friday from Kairana in neighbouring Shamli district.

Rajnath Singh in Kairana: Why BJP can’t get over its 'maa ka doodh' obsession

On Monday, while speaking at a rally in Kairana, BJP leader and India’s home minister Rajnath Singh thundered in his famed baritone: “Those using muscle power to terrorise people… hum dekhenge ki usne kitna mas ka doodh piya hai.”

NHRC finds Kairana exodus of Hindu families a reality: BJP says vindicated; Amar Singh comes to Akhilesh's defence

A report prepared by the NHRC validated claims made by BJP MP Hukum Singh who had earlier this year said that 250 Hindu families had fled Kairana in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh out of fear.

BJP MP Hukum Singh meets Rajnath, discusses law and order situation in UP

BJP MP Hukum Singh, who had stoked a controversy by claiming that many Hindus had migrated from Muslim-dominated Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh.

Communal colour should not be given to the Kairana incidents: Rajnath

The state government had recently ordered a probe into Kairana migration and it had found that 188 of 346 families on the list had left over five years ago.

Kairana exodus: BJP MLA Sangeet Som issues ultimatum to UP govt after suspension of his 'Nirbhay yatra'

Does Som's yatra include a fight to bring back the migrated Muslim families to Kairana? Or is this the BJP's efforts to polarise the votes in Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly elections will take place in 2017?

Delegation of parliamentarians to visit Kairana, Kandhala on Thursday

A delegation of parliamentarians from various opposition parties will on Thursday visit Kandhala and Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP leaders have alleged "mass exodus of Hindus".