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Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Wisconsin, Michigan: Poll
Also, Biden was leading by 5.5 points in the RealClearPolitics average of Wisconsin and by 7 points in the same site’s average of Michigan.
Suspense over next UP Chief Minister persists
Lucknow, March 17 : The suspense over next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh further deepened on Friday evening, with…
UP : 27 hurt in inter-caste clashes over poll outcome
Fefna Assembly constituency was won by Upendra Tiwari of BJP, who defeated Ambika Chaudhary of BSP.
Modi most dominant leader, says Chidambaram
"The victories in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand have re-confirmed that Mr Narendra Modi is the most dominant political leader," said Chidambaram on his official Twitter account.
Political parties with lesser seats get more vote share
New Delhi, March 11 The BSP, which won only 19 seats out of total 403 seats in Uttar…
UP’s Sahibabad sees highest victory margin, Manipur’s Sagolband lowest
New Delhi, March 11 Uttar Pradesh’s Sahibabad assembly seat saw the winner with highest victory margin of 1,50,685…
UP polls: Mukhtar Ansari wins, son & brother lose
Lucknow, Mar 11 : Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, contesting on BSP ticket, emerged winner from Mau assembly seat in Uttar…
Akhilesh Yadav meets Governor, resigns
Lucknow, March 11 After his Samajwadi Party’s poll drubbing, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met…
BJP to take power in four states: Amit Shah
New Delhi, March 11 The BJP will form governments in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur and the…
UP EVMs were ‘managed’ to favour BJP: Mayawati
Lucknow, March 11 BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that voting machines had been “managed” in favour of…
BJP, Cong-SP alliance confident about UP victory
New Delhi, Mar 10 : Leaders of the BJP and the SP-Congress combine today exuded confidence about victory of…
UP’s 311 MLAs richer by 82% compared with 2012: Survey
There has been an average increase of Rs 2.84 crore in the assets of these 311 members of the assembly since 2012, an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) showed.
Varanasi soaked in poll colours ahead of Holi
Varanasi, March 6 : Call it Varanasi, Banaras or Kashi — the city is little bothered about life around…
Adhohya’s BSP candidate booked in rape case
Uttar Pradesh, 5 March: After six phases of Voting in poll-bound state, BSP candidate from Ayodhya, Bazmi Siddiqui,…
UP results likely to impact Congress thinking on alliances
New Delhi, March 1 : The Congress has much at stake in the outcome of assembly elections in five…
JBT teachers’ recruitment case: HC cancels Chautala’s parole
Justice Vipin Sanghi cancelled the parole granted to Chautala, 82, observing that he was misusing it to attend public meetings.
Congress urges EC to file FIR against Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 : The Congress on Monday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi,…
Rajnath rebuts Akhilesh’s charges on Modi
Varanasi, Feb 27 Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of trivializing…
Campaigning for fifth phase of UP elections ends
Lucknow, Feb 25 : Campaigning for the fifth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh drew to a close…
Education failure, leading reason for UP job woes, isn’t an election issue
The low quality of education in the state (and dearth of jobs) puts India's future workforce at risk and is reflected in UP's high unemployment.
Modi is the biggest threat to Democracy: Kapil Sibal
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP from UP, Kapil Sibal slammed BJP at the temple town of…
In video message, Sonia urges people to vote for Congress
New Delhi, Feb 23 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has not campaigned for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls…
After PM’s graveyard jab, comes Akhilesh’s ‘Gujarat ass’ punch
Rae Bareli/Jalaun, Feb 20 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister…
Non-BJP parties have harmed Bundelkhand: Modi
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 20, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused non-BJP parties of not developing…
UP polls: Congress to file complaint with EC against Modi’s ‘graveyard remark’
New Delhi, Feb 20, 2017: The Congress party on Monday is likely to knock Election Commission’s door for…
Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan formally joins BJP
New Delhi, Feb 19, 2017: Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan, who has also starred in many Bollywood movies, joined…
Polls 2017: Exile of development in UP must end now: Modi in Fatehpur
UP, Feb 19, 2017: Ahead of the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Voting for third phase UP elections gets underway
Lucknow, Feb 19 : Voting for 69 seats in the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections began…
Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya: Minister
Kolkata, Feb 18 : Asserting that the Ram temple will come up at Ayodhya, BJP leader and Union Minister…
UP Elections Phase 3 – The fight between the glory and the glare
Political pundits in Lucknow were found busy on a lazy but speedy afternoon this weekend discussing advantage Akhilesh…
ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PHASE THREE
Source- UP Election Watch and Association For Democratic Reforms 69 constituencies of Central UP will go to polls…
UP doesn’t need to adopt Modi, has enough talent: Priyanka
UP does not want to adopt an outsider, Youths of this state are talented enough to write their own destiny.
Rahul slams PM’s adopted son remark; says relations are not formed by words, but lived up to
Fatehpur, February 17: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is addressing an election rally in Fatehpur today. Priyanka Gandhi…
#UP Polls: Shatrughan Sinha surprised, not a star-campaigner for BJP
New Delhi, February 16: Bollywood’s shot-gun star and Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader Shatrughan Sinha is surprised to find that…
UP polls: Akhilesh in Unnao slams Mayawati, Modi
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 15, 2017: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a scathing attack…
Misdeeds of SP speak in UP, not its work: Modi
Lakhimpur Kheri, Feb 13, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP)…
PM Modi slams Mulayam for gang-rape remark in Badaun
Uttar Pradesh, Feb 11, 2017: In a war to win the battle of Assembly elections 2017, Prime Minister…
EC’s ‘third eye’ monitoring UP elections
Lucknow, Feb 11, 2017: As the first phase of voting got underway in Uttar Pradesh today, the Election…
BSP-SP supporters clash in UP’s Meerut city
Lucknow, Feb 11: As the first phase of polling in UP embarked on Saturday, supporters of the Samajwadi…
#UPpolls2017 Phase 1: Final turnout 63% cast vote in the state
Lucknow, February 11: 63% voters cast their votes on Saturday in 73 assembly segments in the first phase of…
UP elections: Modi, Akhilesh Yadav appeal to vote
New Delhi, Feb 11, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appealed…
Modi mocks Rahul, Akhilesh over alliance
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) Feb 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ridiculed the Uttar Pradesh ruling Samajwadi Party…
BJP front-runner in UP: Rajnath Singh
Lucknow, Feb 10 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the BJP had emerged the frontrunner in…
Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Amethi, Rae Bareli
Lucknow, Feb 10 Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi will kick off her campaign in…
Rahul Gandhi: Modi mocked Uttarakhand tragedy in Parliament for publicity
Uttarakhand, February 9: Launching a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Modiji has…
Notification for final phase of UP polls issued
Lucknow, Feb 9: The notification for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections was issued…
Campaigning for 1st phase of UP polls ends today
Lucknow, Feb 9: Today is the last day for political campaigning and wooing voters for 73 seats of…
Raj Babbar releases Congress manifesto for UP polls 2017
New Delhi, Feb 8, 2017: Congress on Wednesday announced its manifesto for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections which…
Elections 2017: ‘UP stands united’, says Rahul, Akhilesh in Meerut
Meerut, Feb 7, 2017: Ahead of the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi…
No feud in family, Akhilesh will be next CM, says Mulayam
Lucknow, Feb 6, 2017: Rebuking all rumors of tussle within the Samajwadi Party as well as his family,…
Akhilesh, Rahul in Kanpur say Modi is nervous of SP Congress alliance
Kanpur, February 5: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi addressed a joint public meeting…
UP Polls : Rahul Gandhi calls himself as mirror, doab for Saharanpur
Saharanpur, February 5: The battleground in Uttar Pradesh is all set as Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses a public…
About 20% contestants in UP polls first phase have criminal background: Study
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is followed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) (38 per cent), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) (33 per cent), Samajwadi Party (SP) (29 per cent) and Congress (25 percent), says a report by non-profit election watchdog, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Congress releases list of 11 candidates for UP polls
Lucknow, Feb 4 : The Congress on Saturday released another list of 11 party candidates for the seven-phase state…
‘Cycle’ belongs to Netaji, his blessings with us: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow, Feb 4, 2017: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that the Samajwadi Party’s election…
‘Scam’ stands for SP, Congress, Akhilesh, Mayawati: Modi in Meerut
UP, Feb 4, 2017: Targeting the BJP’s political rivals in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said…
Law and order in UP worse under SP: BJP
New Delhi, Feb 3, 2017: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that the law and order…
UP polls: Rahul, Akhilesh to hold joint roadshow in Agra today
New Delhi, Feb 3, 2017: Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi party…
BSP leader Akhilesh Das joins Congress
New Delhi, Jan 31, 2017: Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, former union minister and BSP leader Akhilesh…
Estranged SP leader Shivpal Yadav to float new party
Lucknow, Jan 31, 207: In a new twist to the war in Yadav family, senior Samajwadi Party leader…
BJP’s Yogi Adityanath spikes fresh row; says India needs Trump’s immigration ban
New Delhi, Jan 31, 2017: In a bid to win the battle of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Firebrand…
Another third front in Uttar Pradesh
Monday afternoon marked another surprise in the political plethora of Uttar Pradesh when Rashtreey Nishad Ekta Parishad announced a…
Mulayam’s end is near, says BJP’s Sanjeev Balyan
New Delhi, Jan 30, 2017: Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Sanjeev Balyan on Sunday racked up…
UP Polls: Will impose curfew in Kairana, Moradabad if I win, says BJP MLA
Jan 30: Ahead of UP polls, BJP MLA Suresh Rana said that curfew will be imposed in Kairana, Deoband…
Priyanka an asset to party: Rahul
Lucknow, Jan 29 : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday that his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was an…
Rahul, Akhilesh term SP Congress Union as People’s alliance for progress, prosperity & peace
Lukhnow, January 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held their…
BJP manifesto cut-paste job: Samajwadi Party
Jan 29: As Bharatiya Janata Party released its Manifesto ahead of UP polls, the Samajwadi Party on Saturday…
UP polls: BJP hasn’t fulfilled its 2014 promises yet, says Mayawati
Lucknow, Jan 28, 2017: Just after Amit Shah accused Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party of plundering…
BJP will construct Ram temple constitutionally: Amit Shah
Jan 28: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto promising to waive off loans of small and marginal…
UP polls: Rahul-Akhilesh to kick off joint campaign tomorrow
Lucknow, Jan 28, 2017: In a bid to win the battle of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with the…
UP Elections: SP-Congress new slogan, ‘UP ko ye saath pasand hai’
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Alliance of Samajwadi Party and Congress has a slogan which will be chanted in…
Priyanka, Rahul in Congress star campaigners list for UP polls
New Delhi, Jan 27, 2017: The Congress party has released its list of 40 campaigners for the second…
Akhilesh Yadav writes to PM Modi, urges him to postpone Union Budget
New Delhi, Jan 27: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to present…
95-year-old files nomination for Agra assembly seat
Agra, Jan 25 , 2017: A 95-year-old woman, perhaps the oldest candidate to file nomination papers, is one…
BJP’s third list for UP polls includes Swami Prasad Maurya
New Delhi, Jan 24, 2017: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced its third list of candidates for…
Sultanpur: Akhilesh kicks off Samajwadi’s poll campaign, says ‘cycle to win this time’
Lucknow, Jan 24, 2017: Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav kicked off his…
Congress SP Alliance: Rahul, Akhilesh to hold 14 public rallies together in UP
New Delhi, Jan 23: Amid overcoming the unrest in Samajwadi Party and after forming an alliance with Congress, Uttar…
UP Polls: Sheila Dikshit takes exit, says time for younger generation to take over
Jan 23: While praising the Congress and Samajwadi party alliance, Congress’ Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh, Sheila Dikshit…
SP-Congress alliance sealed, Congress may get 104-106 seats in UP Polls
Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance sealed Today. According to the Congress sources, say it will get 104-106 seats…
UP Polls: Varun Gandhi, Advani dropped from BJP’s ‘star campaigners’ list
However, Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi is in the list and so is controversial party MP Yogi Adityanath.
SP-Congress alliance fails over seat sharing issue
New Delhi, Jan 21, 2017: The alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress fails over seat sharing issue as…
Feud between Yadav family was fixed drama: Mayawati
Lucknow, Jan 21, 2017: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday slammed Yadav family by saying Samajwadi…
UP polls: Senior SP leader Ambika Chaudhary joins BSP
New Delhi, Jan 21, 2017: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Ambika Chaudhary on Saturday joined the Bahujan…
Huge cash, liquor pour in 5 poll states
New Delhi, Jan 20, 2017: Even after the whole nation is struggling with the epidemic, announced by Prime…
Akhilesh’s list of 191 seats for UP polls includes Shivpal
Lucknow, Jan 20, 2017: The Samajwadi Party on Friday announced its first list of 191 candidates for the…
UP polls: Posters in Varanasi show Rahul as Krishna, Akhilesh as Arjun
Varanasi, Jan 19, 2017: With Samajwadi Party and Congress hooked in finalising the poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh,…
Hand can even purify the lotus mired in slush, Congress tells BJP
New Delhi, Jan 17 : Congress, making light of the BJP’s demand seeking withdrawal of its ‘hand’ election…
‘Bicycle’ and ‘Hand’ will fight together in UP polls
New Delhi, Jan 17, 2017: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday ended all speculations by saying that…
Akhilesh says ties with my father ‘unbreakable’
Lucknow, Jan 17, 2017: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that…
UP Polls: After Akhilesh won ‘cycle’, Sheila Dikshit says, Will step down if asked
New Delhi, Jan 16: Congress party’s chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Sheila Dikshit on Monday said that she…
UP Election 2017: BJP announced names of 149 candidates
New Delhi, Jan 16: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the list of 149 candidates for the…
Will contest against Akhilesh if he does not relent: Mulayam
Jan 16: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said he was prepared to contest against his son…
Posters of Priyanka-Dimple fuel alliance speculation
Lucknow, Jan 14, 2017: Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Akhilesh Yadav wing of the Samajwadi Party…
Mulayam’s son grabs public eye for riding in Rs. 5 cr Lamborghini
Lucknow, Jan 14, 2017: The ruling Samajwadi Party has racked up yet another controversy after patriarch Mulayam Singh…
BJP’s game plan to dismantle Samajwadi Party boomerangs
Amar Singh being rewarded with ‘Z’ category security instantly after the split of Samajwadi Party into two factions…
Demonetization has wounded 99 percent Indians: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 19: Hitting Modi government over demonetization, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrested that the decision has…
Atiq’s search for a safe and settled seat
Strongmen and gangsters in Uttar Pradesh are fond of claiming safe seats when it comes to elections, and…
Atiq Ahmed- from savior to survivor in SP
Google him out and you will get to know what the don turned politician Atiq ahmed has achieved…
Will BJP use Rita Joshi as a face for CM?
Amidst all political drama going on within the first family and the hustle and bustle of the in-house…
UP straddled in politics, Maya and Mulayam opposed the ban on currency notes
Unlike other cities of the country, Lucknow also witnessed the same hustle and bustle by engraved citizens who…
A repaired rath and an engineered party, Akhilesh set to roll his yatra again
UP CM Akhilesh yadav is all set to roll out the second phase of his Rath yatra in…
We will remain united and defeat communal powers: Mulayam Yadav
After Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav speech, Samajwadi Party’s (SP) national President Mulayam Singh Yadav took…
Akhilesh set to start his Yatra, unveils his quirky Rath
A red Mercedes bus of 10 wheels with a big photograph of the chief minister riding a bicycle,…
SP trying to stitch another grand alliance in UP
UP SP chief and senior leader Shivpal yadav’s meeting with Ajit singh on friday had raised eyebrows in…
UP Polls: BJP playing on Ram Mandir and National security sentiments
With assembly elections in the country’s biggest state of Uttar Pradesh a few months away all the political…
Green light for Ram Museum in Ayodhya, grant increased to 225 crores
Ahead of UP polls, any discussion or talk about Ram temple in Ayodhya will spark a political turmoil.…
Modi is famous for false promises and Samawadi party is a punctured cycle ,says Rahul Gandhi
While campaigning for UP polls,Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi compared the ongoing Samajwadi party’s family power tussle to…
Krishna’s answer to Anupriya and BJP- We are not alone
Apna Dal’s national President Krishna Patel showed her might and surprised both BJP and Anupriya who are busy…
BSP VS BJP- From EXIT to ENTRANCE
Although the BJP leaders are in a jubilant mode after the arrival of senior Brahmin leader Brijesh Pathak…
The clash of the Mauryas
June 2016- “Keshav Prasad Maurya is far more junior to me and he has just started his career,…
Another Swami for BJP but he is not a seer
# Will Swami be a savior? # Is BJP aiming for an overdose of OBC politics in UP?…
Congress appointed Raj Babbar new Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President
Raj Babbar replaces Nirmal Khatri as Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President. Khatri, yesterday resigned from the Uttar Pradesh Congress…
RSS holds three-day meet in Kanpur
Kanpur, July 11 A three-day high-level meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) opened here on Monday, and…
Want UP’s development than root away Samajwadi Party: Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Monday addresses a party workers convention in Uttar Pradesh’s…
Need to preserve massive goodwill of 2104, says PM Modi
Comparing the massive goodwill that BJP received in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, especially in Uttar Pradesh, to…
Rajnath Singh to be the Prime Face of BJP in UP Election?
Union Home Minister Rajnath singh will have a major role to play in BJP’s UP Elections Campaign, being it…