Uttar Pradesh
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UP polls: BJP finalises candidates for first three phases
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its Core Committee meeting on Wednesday, finalised the names of candidates of 172 seats that are going to polls in the first three phases…
- Elections
Jolt to BJP: Another UP minister resigns citing govt’s neglect of Dalits
Lucknow: In another jolt to the ruling BJP, UP minister Dara Singh Chauhan also submitted his resignation from the Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday. His resignation comes a day after Swami Prasad…
- Opinions
Opinion: Priyanka Gandhi on the front foot in UP
Venkat Parsa Priyanka Gandhi has kicked off a political storm in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, paving the way for the emergence of the Congress as the principal Opposition party to the BJP.…
- Politics
NCP to tie up with Samajwadi Party in UP elections: Pawar
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said his party would contest the ensuing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Samajwadi Party-led alliance. He also said…
- India
UP reports 11,089 fresh COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh reported 11,089 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the tally of active cases in the state to 44,466 while five more deaths pushed the overall death toll to 22,937,…
- Politics
Battle for UP: Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits BJP
Lucknow: In a major jolt to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections, Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from office on Tuesday. His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a…
- India
Battle for UP: Mayawati not to contest Assembly polls
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati and party MP Satish Chandra Mishra will not contest the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Satish Chandra Mishra told reporters here that the BSP chief…
- Opinions
Why upcoming assembly elections in five states are crucial?
Kalyani Shankar By Kalyani Shankar Election Commission has sounded the poll bugle for Assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Manipur, and Uttarakhand. BJP is ruling in four of the five states…
- Elections
Elections right time to defeat hatred: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the upcoming assembly elections are a right time to defeat hatred. Assembly elections in five states including in Uttar Pradesh will be held…
- India
BJP will lose Assembly elections if it does not misuse govt machinery, manipulate voting: Mayawati
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday claimed that incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will lose upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls if they contest the elections without misusing government…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Poster wars begin on social media ahead of polls
Lucknow: The announcement of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has hurtled major political parties into a race for the victory post. The parties have already started releasing posters on social media, where most…
- India
After Haridwar event, Prabodhanand Giri again makes provocative remarks against Muslims
Swami Prabodhanand Giri, who called for the ethnic cleansing of Muslims at the Haridwar hate conclave (Dharam Sansad), has once again made provocative remarks against Muslims, this time at an event in…
- India
No political party worked for upliftment of Muslims in UP: Owaisi
Lucknow: In the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections this year, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday hit out at the political parties in the state and said…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi to start virtual poll campaign from Saturday
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who had cancelled her major poll rallies due to the Covid-19 surge, will start campaigning for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls virtually from Saturday.…
- India
EC reviews Covid situation in poll-bound states with health officials
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday reviewed the current Covid situation in the five poll-bound states with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, and ICMR chief Dr…