Turncoats spice up poll contest in Uttar PradeshTalking about the party hoppers, Sanjay Kumar, Professor and Co-Director of Lokniti, a Research Programme at the Centre for the Study of De...
13 Feb, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
CBI books BSP MLA, wife in bank fraud caseThe CBI on Monday started a search operation at the residence of Chillupar (Gorakhpur) MLA Tiwari, who is son of former minister and a stro...
19 Oct, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
BJP has 37% criminal MLAs in UP AssemblyAccording to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the BJP tops the list with 37 per cent legislators with criminal history. The BJ...
14 Feb, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
CWC can't be mute spectator to police misbehaviour to kids: Delhi High CourtThe court also asked DSLSA secretary Sanjeev Jain to interact with legal aid counsel Mamta Srivastava, who has levelled allegations of hara...
03 Dec, 2017, 10.58 AM IST
Call him Bahubali at your own riskOver 30 years on, he sits in an offroader, part of a long cavalcade, riding past bright yellow mustard fields of Gagha, 30 km from Gorakhpu...
03 Mar, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
Delhi Polls: All Left candidates lose depositsAbdul Jabbar of CPI bagged 644 votes in Ballimaran, while his party colleague Sanjeev Kumar Rana could win 542 in Timarpur.
10 Feb, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
UP elections: Small parties to test their might in the second roundSignificant smaller players such as Peace Party, Apna Dal and Qaumi Ekta Dal will get to test their might in the second round of polling on...
11 Feb, 2012, 04.51 PM IST
UP Assembly election phase 1: Stakes highest for Congress, BSPMayawati's party BSP swept region in 2007 assembly polls and Congress dominated in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
09 Feb, 2012, 09.56 AM IST
UP elections: A look at the jailed mafia dons contesting the electionsSome among the dons enjoy a Robin Hood kind of image in their areas of influence, encouraging them to contest as independent candidates.
06 Feb, 2012, 02.07 AM IST
- Overwhelming crowd seen at Rahul Gandhi's first meeting in Chauri Chaura
Fiery speeches by several local politicians failed to elicit any response from the crowd. Bhojpuri actress Kajal Nishad, who is contesting ...
10 Jan, 2012, 02.07 PM IST
UP polls: Mix of politics and crime continues; parties look for muscle and caste power to win electionsThe trend of politicians recruiting criminals into their parties had started almost two decades ago. Now, it has taken deep roots.
04 Jan, 2012, 07.59 AM IST
- UP elections: More changes likely in Samajwadi Party, BSP poll candidates
Despite Yadav's announcement on Sunday that there would be no more changes, several hopefuls continue to camp in the party office.
26 Dec, 2011, 04.01 AM IST
- Congress rides goons to realise UP dream
The induction of criminal elements has sent out mixed signals.
01 Jul, 2010, 03.29 AM IST
- Criminals bite the dust as voters give sweeping verdict
The process of criminalisation of politics and the politicisation of criminals, which had become one of the dominant themes of political la...
18 May, 2009, 01.36 AM IST
- The changing equation in Uttar Pradesh
Let down by both the SP & the BSP, Brahmins and Muslims seem to be returning to their traditional favourites.
17 May, 2009, 02.34 AM IST
- BSP, SP, BJP and Congress, all guilty of spreading mafia raj in UP
All major parties have candidates with a criminal background in UP.
16 Apr, 2009, 05.03 AM IST
- Chandra Shekhar's son bags Ballia, beats BSP formula
The ruling BSP faced a major drubbing in the by-elections to the Ballia parliamentary constituency, where Samajwadi Party candidate Neeraj ...
03 Jan, 2008, 01.50 AM IST