Uttar Pradesh floods, Gorakhpur tragedy galvanises opposition Samajwadi Party into actionThrown out of power by the saffron surge which saw BJP and allies pocketing 325 of the 403 Assembly seats, SP is desperately trying to rega...
17 Aug, 2017, 10.16 AM IST
Indefinite protest begins for toll-free DND flywayThe protesters removed the barricades at the toll plaza to allow vehicles a free-of-charge passage and continued to do so throughout the da...
29 Aug, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Parishad polls: Stage set for contest in Uttar PradeshCongress has accused Preeti Mahapatra of being a candidate who could encourage horse-trading as her entry might queer the pitch of former U...
04 Jun, 2016, 01.00 AM IST
Cross-voting a fait accompli in Uttar Pradesh for Rajya Sabha electionsThe ruling Samajwadi Party has fielded seven candidates for the RS, but the seventh candidate of the party is short of nine first-preferenc...
02 Jun, 2016, 07.22 PM IST
Amar Singh, Beni Verma file papers for Rajya Sabha pollOther SP candidates who filed nomination are former Legislative Council Chairman Sukhram Singh Yadav, Reoti Raman Singh and Vishwambhar Pra...
25 May, 2016, 06.43 PM IST
Don’t ignore the saner voices of moderate MuslimsThere is much in common between those who hit Paris last week and Mumbai on 26/11. Let nobody pretend that Paris was just revenge against W...
22 Nov, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
A beef-eating Hindu demands his rightsAs a libertarian believer in free choice, I have always championed the freedom to eat anything one likes.
04 Oct, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
Janhit Morcha activists demand DND Flyway to be made toll-freeLast time, the protest by BJP workers demanding DND Flyway to be made toll-free had turned violent with the protesters causing damage to pr...
14 Apr, 2015, 09.32 PM IST
Delhi Polls: Kiran Bedi fighting tough battle despite being in Sangh Parivar bastionAAP has completed three rounds of door-to-door campaigning. Muslims, who have traditionally voted for the Cong, have another option in AAP.
06 Feb, 2015, 06.38 AM IST
734 nominations filed for Maharashtra Assembly pollsProminent among those who filed their papers were Textile Minister Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan & Horticulture Minister Jeetendra Awhad .
25 Sep, 2014, 10.24 PM IST
BKU activists, RLD protest Ajit Singh bungalow eviction orderThe party supporters have called for restoring the supplies of the house of Ajit Singh and asked for the house to be converted into a memor...
18 Sep, 2014, 10.17 PM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: 24% voters exercise franchise in first 4 hoursPolling picked up in the sixth phase of elections covering 68 seats with about 24% voters exercising their franchise in the first four hour...
28 Feb, 2012, 12.26 PM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: Balmiki voter says Mayawati makes her own statues; Noida, Dadri go to polls on Feb 28The four major parties have all fielded Gujjar candidates for the Dadri seat, which is the hotbed of farmer-land acquisition politics.
24 Feb, 2012, 05.31 AM IST
- Noida farmers stop construction at residential complexes
Scores of farmers stalled the ongoing construction work of residential complexes at Noida sector 45, demanding higher compensation.
12 Dec, 2011, 10.07 AM IST
- What will happen if UP is split?
What will happen if UP is split into four parts? What will the administrative units look like? What will the chessboard of politics in thes...
18 Nov, 2011, 12.41 PM IST
- Tainted ministers tarnishing CM’s image: Hazare
The presence of a number of tainted ministers in the state Cabinet is tarnishing the clean image of newly-appointed chief minister Ashok Ch...
27 Dec, 2008, 02.10 AM IST