Lucknow: Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra's debut campaign has run into controversy. First his motorcycle cavalcade was stopped by the Election Commission for flouting the rules and then the EC officer who stopped Vadra's cavalcade Pawan Kumar Sen was transferred to Goa. However, the EC maintained that this had nothing to do with the Gandhis and Vadra. It's a bike ride that has landed Vadra into trouble and the Election...
10:06 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Amethi: With the first phase of elections just a week away in Uttar Pradesh and the Congress party is really firing all its cylinders they've also brought in Priyanka Gandhi to charm voters in the last leg of the campaign. The 'Gandhi Ki Aandi' is on in Uttar Pradesh and there's little doubt about who of the three tops the popularity charts " at least in Raebareli and Amethi. Batting...
06:17 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Lucknow: The Congress on Tuesday released its UP manifesto and promised a sub-quota for backward Muslims and even considered one for backward Dalits. This is a move to counter freebies offered by the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP). And the target vote is very clear. Muslims and Most Backward Castes or the MBCs. After promising 4.5 per cent of the 27 per cent Mandal Quota to...
09:51 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Political parties in Uttar Pradesh may claim to be fielding clean candidates but the truth is that one in every 3 candidates is wanted in criminal cases. That is a 10 per cent rise in the number of tainted politicians compared to the 2007 assembly elections. However, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh yadav said, "Our party does not give ticket to any person who has a criminal background." He...
07:26 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Lucknow: Twelve days to go for the first round of polling in Uttar Pradesh and it is pouring sops. The BJP and the Congress released their manifesto on Friday. While the BJP rode the Hindutva plank, the Congress focussed on reservations and unemployment. The Congress wants to increase the sub quota for backward Muslims to 9 per cent while the BJP threatens to do away with the 4.5 per cent...
07:29 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: In poll-bound Lucknow, one person has been arrested after a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered in the Krishna nagar area. Police say that the consignment was coming from Fatehpur. Huge numbers of pistols, carbines, ammunition and country-made pistols have been recovered. The first phase of UP polls takes place on February 8. ...
10:46 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Lucknow: Sunil Verma, a project manager responsible for the upgradation of primary health centres under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), shot himself to death on Monday morning at his residence in Vikas Nagar. Verma is apparently the fourth official allegedly involved in the NRHM scam to kill himself. Three other UP government officials embroiled in the multi-crore scam - BP Singh, VK Arya and VS Sachan - are already...
09:26 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Dehradun: A shoe was thrown at Congress General Secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi during an election rally on Monday in Dehradun. The shoe fell well short of the Congress leader. One person was detained for throwing the shoe. The youth, identified as Kuldip, was immediately taken into custody. As the security personnel and Congress supporters grabbed Kuldip, Rahul Gandhi was heard saying "don't hit him". Rahul Gandhi said that...
05:16 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Lucknow: The cycle which once rode with history sheeters like Atik Ahmed and DP Yadav is now the launch pad for Cambridge-educated Abhishek Misra. The 34-year-old has just quit his job at IIM Ahmedabad to contest the comming Assembly Elections from Lucknow. The Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Lucknow said, "Times are changing. The party is making itself relevant to changing times." The man driving this change is Mulayam Singh...
05:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party is on an image makeover exercise. Once strong opponents of computer education, the party is now promising free PCs and tablets to students. The cycle which once rode with history-sheeters like Atik Ahmed and DP Yadav is now the launch pad for Cambridge educated Abhishek Misra. This 34-year-old has just quit his job at IIM Ahmedabad to contest the upcoming UP elections from Lucknow. Abhishek...
10:15 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Lucknow: The state of UP's health has been exposed by a CAG audit of the National Rural Health Mission. The final report, which is yet to be tabled in the UP Assembly, was submitted to the governor on Friday. The CAG has exposed some shocking details. According to it, over Rs 5700 crore are unaccounted for in the six-year audit period from 2005 to 2011. During this period, purchases were...
09:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Rae Barelly: There are first hints from the Uttar Pradesh poll battlefield that Priyanka Gandhi will make a mark on the political scene. She says she will do what her brother asks her to. Could she be the latest member of the Gandhi family entering the political turf? It is a dream most Congress members have been having for a long time. The sentiment has now been aggravated with Priyanka...
09:10 PM, Jan 17, 2012
The Congress also criticised Election Commission's decision to cover Mayawati's statues and her party symbol, elephant. ...
09:28 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Faizabad: Elections are a bad time to get married as one politician in Uttar Pradesh found out to his dismay. With the Election Commission watching he has had to cut his big fat wedding to size. Pawan Pandey, the Samajwadi Party candidate from Faizabad, has been forced to trim his guest list from 30,000 to 100 after the Election Commission cracked the whip to ensure weddings and public functions aren't...
09:31 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: There is a new race in UP polls with the Congress trying to outbid the Samajwadi Party for the 18 per cent Muslim vote by promising more quotas. The Election Commission has now issued a notice to Salman Khurshid, who is the Minorities Affairs Minister, and also the country's Law Minister for promises he made on the campaign trail in his wife's constituency. His impassioned speech while campaigning...
08:28 PM, Jan 10, 2012
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