At Nandigram bazar, those who had walked in rival rallies and voted for opposite sides rubbed shoulders on Saturday. While the campaign had...

The entry of Asaduddin Owaisi into the eastern most tip of Seemanchal has added to the complexity of the region's politics.

The reference is to a housing enclave where 2,500 Muslim families have been rehabilitated from slums on the Sabarmati riverbed for developm...

The paper maintains that while the Hindu-Muslim riots are electorally costly for the Congress, these riots in effect strengthen the “ethno-...

"We do not speak against Muslim fundamentalism as strongly as we should. We have to attack Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism in the same mann...

The BJP won in all the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in UP where Muslims represent more than 40% of the electorate.

Despite a concerted effort by "secular" parties to get Muslims to vote against BJP, it prevailed because of "reverse polarization".

The voter turnout at Varanasi was 55.35%, overwhelmingly a big jump from the about 43% polling seen in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

The sudden eruption of BJP protests on Varanasi streets over the district administration's refusal to allow one of Modi's rallies took obse...

At least 3,500 riot victims from 42 villages had found refuge in the Loi camp after the Muzaffaranagr riots where about 51,000 people were ...

Calling the affected Muslims political pawns is part of a recent pattern with 'Maulana Mulayam' seeing positives among the "communalists".

With the 2014 poll approaching, there is a spike in communal polarization in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that can impact the electoral outcome.

Around 20% of the web pages — blocked by government agencies — were uploaded by right-wing Hindu fundamentalists seeking to polarize the co...

In Meerut City, which has the maximum concentration of Muslim voters, the BJP, which lost the seat narrowly to Haji Yaqub, has reason to fe...

“If the rumours suggesting many Muslims are going to vote for Quami Ekta prove true, BJP candidate will gain,” says a BJP worker.

Would Congress manifesto for UP elections mention 9% quota for Muslims after vision document steered clear of the figure?

The tussle for Muslim votes in UP peaked on Friday when Congress took the initiative to assure minorities that newly-carved 4.5% quota was ...