Elections
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U’khand Polls: BJP shows preference for Congress defectors in first list
Dehradun: The BJP in its first list of 59 candidates has once again shown a preference for Congress defectors rather than its own cadres to field in the state polls on February…
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Battle for UP: Yogi’s Hindu Vahini is back in action
Gorakhpur: The Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), founded by Yogi Adityanath in 2002, is back in action. The Vahini that had become dormant after Yogi Adityanath became chief minister, is springing back to activity.…
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Battle for UP: Akhilesh to contest from Karhal in Mainpuri
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls from Karhal in Mainpuri district. According to party sources, a decision was taken at a meeting here on Thursday.…
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Late CDS Bipin Rawat’s brother joins BJP in Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Vijay Rawat, brother of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who recently died in a helicopter crash, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The BJP may field him as…
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Winning Muslim voters’ trust biggest challenge for BJP in second phase of UP polls
Lucknow: The ruling BJP might face a tougher battle on the 55 seats that will go to polls in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election compared to the first…
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UP polls: BJP leader breaks down after being denied ticket, quits party
Mathura: After being denied a ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Satish Kumar Sharma, who resigned from the party on Tuesday,…
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AAP candidate from Ferozepur resigns, joins Congress
Chandigarh: Hours after quitting as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Ferozepur (Rural) constituency in Punjab on Monday, Ashu Bangar was inducted into the Congress by party Chief Minister Charanjit Channi. Channi…
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UP polls: OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya joins Samajwadi Party
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and prominent OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Friday joined the Samajwadi Party along with another rebel minister Dharam Singh Saini. Five BJP MLAs and Apna…
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Battle for UP: Samajwadi party faces problem of plenty
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party, which has been happily inducting leaders from other parties, is now facing the problem of plenty.Too many claimants on every seat and the threat of the seat going to…
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UP polls: Muslims remain tight-lipped even as political cauldron boils
Lucknow: Their silence, this time, is deafening and even unnerving. Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh remain tight-lipped even as the political cauldron boils over with vote bank politics. Talk to any Muslim…
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TRS to take a call soon on campaigning for SP in UP polls: KTR
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday said that his party will soon take a call on campaigning for the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly…
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UP polls: Another BJP minister resigns; 8 MLAs resign in 3 days
Dharam Singh Saini, minister of state (independent charge) for Ayush, Food Security and Drug Administration is the eighth MLA to part ways from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, ahead of the crucial…
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UP polls: Congress gives ticket to Unnao rape victim’s mother
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday released the party’s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The party fielded…
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BJP MLA Mukesh Verma quits in UP; 7 resign party in 3 days
Firozabad: In a fresh jolt to the BJP, Dr. Mukesh Verma, MLA from Shikohabad Assembly constituency here, on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the party alleging ‘lack of respect’ by…
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18 UP ministers will desert Yogi’s Cabinet by Jan 20: Rajbhar
Lucknow: OBC leader Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday claimed that one to two ministers would quit the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet daily and this figure would go up to 18 by January 20.…
