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Jayant to join Akhilesh, Mamata for joint poll rally in Varanasi on March 3

Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, goes to polls on March 7 during the seventh and last phase of assembly polls in UP

Battle for UP: Leaders descend on Varanasi ahead of final phase of polls

Varanasi will now witness an unusually large congregation of leaders from various political hues as the district goes to polls in the final and seventh phase on March 7.

UP elections: Akhilesh Yadav, ex-ally Raja Bhaiyya spar in Twitter war

A Twitter war has now erupted between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and former Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh a.k.a Raja Bhaiyya.

Battle for UP: Why is BJP not talking about rising prices, says Akhilesh

Yadav also questioned the BJP's claims that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath worked 24 hours a day for the welfare of the poor and the youth

Manipur registers record 88.63 voter turnout for its first phase elections

Female voter turnout at 89.96% outnumbered male turnout recorded at 87.29%

BJP workers attacked my convoy: Ex-UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya

Maurya's daughter Sanghmitra Maurya who is a BJP MP too supported her father's allegation as the Samajwadi Party condemned the alleged attack by power-protected miscreants

Skills, start-ups and sports now part of Manipur's new identity: PM Modi

Addressing a virtual poll rally, Modi also said in the days to come, the BJP government will create a Rs 100-crore Manipur Start-up Fund as well as two special economic zones

BJP will initiate talks with underground groups operating in Manipur: Shah

He also asserted that all smuggling activities will come to an end in Manipur, which will be drug-free within the next five years

SP, BSP have done nothing against wrong policies of BJP govt: Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies

Akhilesh doesn't have strength to stop BJP from winning UP polls: Owaisi

Making an appeal to the electorate to support his Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, Owaisi asked Muslims how long will they remain a football for the SP and BSP leaders

Govt will talk to all militant outfits in Manipur for lasting peace: Shah

Amit Shah announced that the government would talk with all the militant outfits in Manipur and solve the insurgency related problems in the state

PM Modi accuses Congress of nurturing, encouraging militancy in Manipur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of "nurturing and encouraging militancy in Manipur".

Congress couldn't bring an AIIMS to Manipur in 15 years: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah took a jibe at Congress saying that the party could not bring an AIIMS to Manipur in its 15 years of governance.

UP polls seem to be of 'chhalia' versus Ballia, says Akhilesh Yadav

People of Ballia know how many times the BJP has cheated them. They have cheated you so many times that this election is appearing to be of 'chhalia' versus Ballia," said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Poll percentage during five phase voting in UP same as in 2017 elections

Voters' turnout in almost two-thirds of the assembly seats during five rounds of polling in Uttar Pradesh is more or less the same as in the 2017 polls

Priyanka hopes for 'encouraging result' for Congress in UP Assembly polls

Asked about her party's likely support to any other party to form the government, she said it would be considered after the results are announced

BSP's list of candidates for UP polls resembles 'Muslim league': Adityanath

Addressing a series of meetings in the poll-bound state, he said the opposition parties are spreading hatred among communities to increase their votebank

Manipur records 78.3% voting in first phase of polling amid stray incidents

Despite heavy security arrangements and sporadic incidents of violence, Manipur in the first phase of elections to 38 of the 60 Assembly seats reported 78.03 per cent voter turnout

UP polls: BJP hatching conspiracy to end reservation, says Akhilesh

With the high-octane Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls reaching the Purvanchal region of the state, caste factor appears to be gaining prominence

In eastern UP, Priyanka flays BJP over unemployment and inflation

The Congress general secretary slammed the Centre over the now-repealed farm laws which she claimed would have benefitted big industrialist friends of the government at the cost of farmers' hard work