Ajay Rai sat on a dharna at the spot ... The commission, led by retired High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora, visited Sambhal on Sunday, along with member and former DGP AK Jain.

Referring to the January 29 incident near Sangam, which claimed the lives of at least 30 pilgrims, Rai also criticised the chief minister's celebratory gestures on the same day as the stampede.

The four candidates who filed their papers on Friday include Ajay Rai of Congress, Athar Jamal Lari of Bahujan Samaj Party, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, an independent, and Awachitrao Shamrao Sayam of ...

Journalists stage protests in six districts against the killing; BJP national vice-president Rekha Verma, UP Congress chief ...