BJP to make Narendra Modi’s Azamgarh rally a show of strengthAzamgarh, considered a stronghold of the SP because of a strong presence of Muslim and Yadav voters, is currently represented by Mulayam Si...
06 Jul, 2018, 08.50 AM IST
SP picks Ram Govind Choudhary as leader of opposition for revival in Eastern UPAfter facing defeat in a major part of this belt in the 2017 assembly polls, it has become a difficult task for SP to restore its old base ...
29 Mar, 2017, 01.06 AM IST
48.73% votes cast till 3 PM in phase VI of Uttar Pradesh pollsThere are 635 candidates, including 63 women, vying for laurels. Around 1.72 crore voters, including 94.60 lakh men and 77.84 lakh women, a...
04 Mar, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
Test for Samajwadi Party in Mulayam’s absence as Yogi Adityanath and Ansaris flex musclesBJP currently has only seven MLAs from among the seats going to the polls in the sixth phase on Saturday and the party hopes to improve upo...
04 Mar, 2017, 12.48 AM IST
Will rail projects help BJP fly in Eastern UP?Railways ministry has selected a place near Ghazipur Ghat railway station to construct a cargo centre for perishables.
04 Mar, 2017, 12.27 AM IST
Upper caste support critical for BJP in east Uttar PradeshSP has a few sitting MLAs from upper castes in this region. A prime example is former minister Om Prakash Singh, considered to be SP’s Thak...
04 Mar, 2017, 12.09 AM IST
BSP giving tough fight to SP for Muslim supportThe active campaigning by the Ulema Council leaders in favour of BSP does not augur well for the SP in its bastion in Azamgarh.
03 Mar, 2017, 01.42 AM IST
Poll pourri: Local dons carve out their dens in eastern UPBJP has given tickets to several candidates from Most Backward Castes (MBCs) in the areas under the influence of Ansari brothers.
27 Feb, 2017, 01.16 AM IST
Mukhtar Ansari's QED: Akhilesh's loss or Mayawati's gain ?Mayawati had no qualms in allowing merger of Quami Ekta Dal (QED) in her party for a bigger electoral gains.
31 Jan, 2017, 02.01 PM IST
Poor turnout at meeting puts off Varun GandhiApparently peeved over a low turnout at a public rally in the native village of party MP Harinarain Rajbhar in Ballia, senior BJP leader Va...
08 Dec, 2015, 08.26 PM IST
Three compartments of goods train derailThree bogies of a goods train derailed this morning following which the traffic on the Varanasi-Ballia-Chapra railway line was adversely hi...
02 Dec, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
FIR lodged in BSP leader murder case in Uttar PradeshFIR has been filed against five people, including a local Samajwadi Party leader, today in connection with murder of BSP leader and his fat...
01 Sep, 2014, 05.59 PM IST
UP elections 2012: Over 46% polling recorded till late afternoonBrisk polling was recorded in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with 46.2% of the total 1.92 crore electorate casting their ...
11 Feb, 2012, 04.16 PM IST
UP elections 2012: Polling picks up in UP, 34% exercise franchisePolling picked up in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with 34% of electorate casting their vote in the first six hours of v...
11 Feb, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
UP Elections 2012: Moderate polling recorded in UPModerate polling was recorded in the first four hours of voting in the second phase of UP Assembly polls, with only 19 per cent of the tota...
11 Feb, 2012, 12.54 PM IST
- Second phase of UP polls notification to be issued tomorrow
Notification for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly election would be issued tomorrow with which the nomination process would also ...
15 Jan, 2012, 04.30 PM IST
- BJP burns effigy of Sonia and PM to protest petro-price hike
The BJP unit burnt the effigy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday to protest against the increase...
16 Feb, 2008, 02.44 PM IST