Muslim silence speaks amid poll noise in Uttar PradeshMen waving BJP flags in Meerut’s Ghanta Ghar as UP readies for LS polls. Md Kamran notes the diminishing Muslim influence. Imran Masood, Iq...
19 Apr, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
Poll power play: What enables Jats to wield outsize political influence in western UP?Jats decide the fate of as many as 10 seats in the region. Their financial clout is a big factor in swaying poll outcomes. That's why polit...
12 Apr, 2024, 12.43 PM IST
Two general secretaries dropped in BJP organisational rejigBJP president JP Nadda has made changes to his team of office bearers ahead of upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections. A Muslim face has...
29 Jul, 2023, 10.38 PM IST
Mayawati may focus on West, Akhilesh Yadav on EastWhile the SP had won five seats in the 2014 LS polls and finished second in 31 seats, BSP won no seat but finished second in 33 seats.
14 Jan, 2019, 08.32 AM IST
Muslims in West UP repose faith in MayawatiWith BJP sweeping Western UP in assembly polls and SP, Congress contesting municipal polls separately, Muslims in Western UP have reposed t...
04 Dec, 2017, 09.28 AM IST
Resigned Mayawati seeks comeback by regaining dalit vote bankAs soon as the Rajya Sabha met for the day on Tuesday, Mayawati was on her feet and demanded that she be given more time to speak on Dalit ...
19 Jul, 2017, 12.53 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh polls: Desperate BJP leaders use polarising propsThe latest addition to this list of storm troopers is another Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot. While Irani and Prasad are talking triple...
08 Feb, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
West Uttar Pradesh gears up to cast its vote on an angry noteThe impact of note bandi is likely to be felt across the poll-bound region, home to several clusters of craft-driven local industries.
06 Feb, 2017, 02.50 PM IST
Land united UP tillers, religion now divides themJats and Muslims, who voted together till 2012, fell out.The impact of the polarisation helped BJP sweep the 2014 LS polls. The state hasn'...
27 Jan, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
SP-Congress pact may cut into Mayawati Dalit baseIn the 2012 elections, out of the 11, BSP had won five, the Congress won only two seats, its then ally RLD won three, while SP could win on...
24 Jan, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
UP Congress prepares for good show in tomorrow's protest against demonetisationWhile the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the coming 2017 UP assembly polls and Delhi’s former CM Sheila Dikshit will participate in...
27 Nov, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Stage set for 3rd phase covering 11 states, 3 UTsThis will be the third round in the nine-phased elections which began on April 7 and will conclude on May 12. Tomorrow's round will also co...
09 Apr, 2014, 02.56 PM IST
BJP's triumvirate in Uttar PradeshAs the election heat starts rising, the campaign in the pockets of western, central and eastern UP would also be led by Singh, Gandhi and A...
08 Mar, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Aligarh to witness electoral battle between BSP, SP and a resurgent BJPAlthough Rahul Gandhi started his campaign from Aligarh last October for the upcoming LS elections, few consider the party in the race for ...
27 Feb, 2014, 06.00 AM IST