Lucknow: Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections started on a slow note with only 7.4 per cent of the total 1.92 crore electorate exercising their franchise in the first two hours. "Polling started at 7 am and in the first two hours 7.4 per cent polling was registered in 59 seats spread over 9 districts amid tight security arrangements," Election Commission sources said in Lucknow. Maximum...
11:23 AM, Feb 11, 2012
The phase two of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on a dull note on Saturday, primarily owing to the chilly weather. ...
09:27 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Azamgarh: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid is at it again. During a rally speech at Azamgarh, the Congress minister raised up the controversial issue of Batla House encounter and said that Sonia Gandhi had tears in her eyes when she heard about it. "When Sonia Gandhi saw pictures of the Batla House encounter, she had tears in her eyes and she ordered a thorough probe," he is heard telling the...
10:57 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday that the BJP wanted a clean and clear government in Uttar Pradesh. "Mayawati's corruption and Mulayam Singh's gundaraj have harmed UP in the past," he said. He added that there was no way the BJP would build an alliance with the Samajwadi Party or the Bahujan Samaj Party. "We would prefer to sit in opposition if we do not get sufficient...
11:01 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Lucknow/ New Delhi: A political storm is brewing over Election Commission's decision to transfer a poll observer, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pawan Sen, who stopped Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra's motorcycle rally near Amethi on Monday. While the Election Commission claims that the order to transfer Sen was issued before the incident, political parties allege that it was done to please the Congress and the Gandhi family. The Election...
12:29 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mau (UP): Accusing the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh of being involved in land-grabbing, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said the Mayawati-led regime was involved in scams of over Rs 40,000 crore. "The present BSP government in the state is involved in land-grabbing and corruption cases. The Mayawati-led government has committed scams of over Rs 40,000 crore," Yadav said while addressing an election meeting...
02:22 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Allahabad: Defending his parting of ways with old friend Amar Singh, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on Sunday claimed that his "return" to Congress came after "advice" to this effect from the expelled Samajwadi Party leader himself. "It was Amar Singh himself who gave me the advice that I should return to the Congress. He reminded me that owing to my family's long association with the party, the Congress to me...
04:12 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Banda: A woman on Saturday hurled a slipper at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at an election rally in Baberu area of the district but it fell short of the leader. Yadav was leaving after addressing the rally when Murti Singh threw her slipper at him but it did not hit him. The woman, who was detained by police, claimed she was a rape victim and Yadav had promised...
09:49 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Barabanki: Wooing voters ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday promised free education, medicines for the poor and waiver of farmer's loan by Rs 50,000 if voted to power. Addressing an election rally, Yadav said the party will also send poor people to foreign countries for treatment on government expenditure. Yadav also promised a ministerial berth to the local MLA in the...
03:27 AM, Feb 04, 2012
CNN-IBN's national bureau chief Bhupendra Chaubey met young Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav during the UP campaign trail. ...
12:28 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Lucknow: As Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi slug it out to win votes, there's another star in the making, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. As he takes over the reins from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, the young leader is confident that his party will do well, but remains non committal as far as an alliance with the Congress is concerned. He also said that...
09:10 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Lucknow: Notification for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was on Thursday issued with which the nomination process also commenced. The sixth phase would cover Assembly seats in the bastion of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) - western UP, besides testing the fate of several stalwarts, including cabinet ministers Ramveer Upadhyaya, Jaiveer Singh, deputy leader of BJP Hukkum Singh, and Rajveer Singh, son of former chief minister Kalyan Singh....
01:25 PM, Feb 02, 2012
From free school dresses to girls to 24 hour free electricity for farmers, the political parties are not leaving any stone unturned in a bid to woo voters. ...
06:18 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Kushinagar: Accusing Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh of misgovernance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday that JD(U), if voted to power, will "transform" the state like Bihar. "The people in the state are reeling under the misrule of Mayawati government. JD(U) could provide a better alternative. If people vote the party to power, the state would be transformed like Bihar," Kumar said, addressing an election rally at Tamkuhi...
10:59 PM, Jan 30, 2012
He was a school teacher, with a love for wrestling. He entered politics and became the Chief Minister of UP. That is a brief introduction ...
06:17 PM, Jan 30, 2012
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