Ex-BSP MP Brijlal Khabri is UP Cong chiefBrijlal Khabri, a former BSP MP who forfeited his deposit as Congress candidate in the 2022 Assembly polls, has been made the PCC chief.
01 Oct, 2022, 11.22 PM IST
Campaign for fifth phase in Uttar Pradesh concludes; polling tomorrowBackward castes (mainly Kurmis), Brahmins and Thakurs, followed by scheduled castes, especially Pasis, and Muslims form the complex caste a...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
UP Polls 2022: Purvanchal battle to test strength of caste-based partiesBJP has partnered with the Apna Dal (S) and Nishad Party. SP has allied with several smaller parties like RLD, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Part...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
A medley of flavours in UP’s Awadh belt makes it an absorbing battleIn 2017, BJP had won 67 of these, SP 8, BSP 5, Cong 2. Being the largest region of the state after Purvanchal, it has all the poll flavours...
22 Feb, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav to contest From Mainpuri's Karhal seatThe Lok Sabha constituency of Mainpuri has been held by the SP since 1996.
21 Jan, 2022, 03.46 PM IST
Overall development now, not just in pockets: PM Narendra ModiWithout naming it, Modi slammed the Samajwadi Party, saying the it did not "cooperate" with him in his efforts to carry out important works...
17 Nov, 2021, 12.53 AM IST
Believe in uniting not dividing: Yogi Adityanath on any plan to split Uttar PradeshAdityanath on Monday said, "The people of Uttar Pradesh are proud of their history and the state has its own importance in the country. We ...
25 Jan, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Modi's new government takes care of regional balanceUP represented by 8 ministers apart from PM; Maharashtra, Haryana, J'khand get 11 ministerial berths.
31 May, 2019, 10.07 AM IST
Issue of division of Uttar Pradesh back in focusGorakhpur is the hub of eastern UP or Purvanchal, the area which is considered to have lagged behind in development.
27 Feb, 2017, 02.46 PM IST
If BJP is really worried about eastern UP, it should work for separate purvanchal state: MayawatiIn 2011, the then BSP government had got passed a resolution for dividing UP into four parts- Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Paschim UP...
17 Nov, 2016, 07.57 PM IST
Booth jeeta, chunao jeeta, says BJP's National Vice-President Om Mathur"After all, we are a political party. That is why whenever we take a decision, it signals a political message."
09 Jun, 2016, 02.51 AM IST
Samajwadi Party's demand for special status poll gimmick, says Mayawati"Why is SP raising the issue now when it is in power for over a year? Were they sleeping during this period," Mayawati said.
19 Aug, 2013, 04.04 PM IST
Mayawati renews demand to divide Uttar Pradesh into four states"BSP has always been in favour of smaller states for which it had sent a proposal duly passed by the state Assembly on November 23, 2011," ...
01 Aug, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
- Mayawati throws the ball back in centres court on the issue of dividing UP
Chief minister Mayawati has accused the Congress of not being serious about the division of Uttar Pradesh into four smaller states.
20 Dec, 2011, 06.13 PM IST
- States should be neither too big nor too small: Nitish Kumar
Stating that a state should neither be too small nor too big, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar today said he is in favour of carving out smaller state...
21 Nov, 2011, 07.13 PM 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
- Nitish kumar supports Mayawati's stand on four new states out of Uttar Pradesh
Nitish Kumar today lent support to Mayawati's stand to carve out four new states out of UP.
16 Nov, 2011, 05.28 PM IST