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UP Assembly elections: 25% candidates in second phase have criminal cases

According to an analysis released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which has analysed affidavits of 584 out of 586 candidates, nearly 147 have criminal cases

BJP will lose UP, people are tired of their propaganda: Lalu Prasad Yadav

Meanwhile, election campaign for the first phase of assembly polls in western Uttar Pradesh ended on Tuesday evening

BJP 'copy-pasted' pledges made by Congress in its UP manifesto: Priyanka

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP of copy-pasting the pledges made by her party in their Uttar Pradesh poll manifesto which she termed as "dhokha patra".

Akhilesh Yadav's Rampur visit postponed due to bad weather

Yadav was scheduled to visit Rampur to campaign for party candidates Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam ahead of the assembly polls in the state

Fake 'Samajwadi' occupied lands of Dalit, betrayed people of UP: PM Modi

He said every vote to BJP will help in keeping away Uttar Pradesh from riots and mafias

Jobs for the urban poor, 33% quota to women in govt jobs: SP manifesto

The party released its manifesto -- Samajwadi Vachan Patra -- for the coming assembly elections, shortly after the BJP released its own

Delhi liquor shops around UP border to remain closed on Wed, Thurs

The liquor shops on Delhi border located within 100 metres to neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida will be closed for next two days beginning Tuesday evening, due to first phase Assembly polls

UP will see one-on-one fight between BJP, SP with Akhilesh winning: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee, who defeated the BJP in the West Bengal assembly polls last year, said, 'If Yogi Ji comes to power, he will eat you up politically as well as economically'

UP polls: Tharoor says vote to reject 'misrule', send message to Delhi

Making his debut in the UP poll campaign from Noida, the Lok Sabha MP told people not to underestimate the elections as political developments in the state have an impact across the country

UP polls: BJP's plane of lies won't land in UP this time, says Akhilesh

PM Modi on Monday while addressing the Bijnor rally virtually said that his helicopter couldn't leave due to weather conditions, so he thought of holding the rally through video conferencing

UP Assembly polls: A long yearning for a story of infra development

In the second of a three-part series, Nitin Kumar travels through the villages along the Bundelkhand Expressway, where water scarcity and the lack of infrastructure are the key concerns of the people

UP polls: SP fields Subhavati Shukla against Adityanath in Gorakhpur Urban

The Gorakhpur Urban constituency will go to the polls in the sixth phase of the elections on March 3

UP Assembly polls: Smriti slams Akhilesh for seeking Mamata's support

Irani claimed Yadav was seeking support from Banerjee despite her insulting the traditions, culture and food habits of the people of Uttar Pradesh

UP polls: SP, BSP, Congress doing politics of appeasement, says Rajnath

Accusing the SP, the BSP and the Congress of doing the politics of appeasement and spreading hatred among Hindus and Muslims, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the BJP followed the message of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is a family). He also advised the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to do politics of humanity instead of politics based on caste or creed. "SP, BSP and Congress do politics of appeasement. They have always done the work of spreading hatred among Hindus & Muslims, whereas for the BJP, all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jews are brothers... as this country is of sages and mystics, from where the message of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' has gone all over the world," the Defence Minister said while campaigning in the Miranpur Katra assembly segment here. Praising Corona management in the country, he said in 100 years there has not been such an epidemic. Even today countries like Australia and France are battling it, but India not only controlled it ...

UP Assembly elections: BJP ensures Karhal is no cakewalk for Akhilesh

Though the caste equation is completely tilted in favour of Akhilesh, the BJP is banking on non-Yadav OBCs for support

'Fake samajwadi's' dynastic policies' stopped UP's growth before 2017: PM

PM Modi on Monday said the "river of development" had stopped in Uttar Pradesh before 2017 due to the dynastic approach of "fake samajwadis'.

UP Assembly elections: A call for 'badlav' on Mayawati's home turf

This time, says Dalit ideologue Chandrabhan Prasad, expect the unexpected

Connecting rural Uttar Pradesh with the rest: A road too far

In the first of a three-part series, Nitin Kumar explores hope vs reality around Purvanchal Expressway - the promise of job and plight of joblessness

Poll time is boom time for astrologers, pandits in Uttar Pradesh

With the onset of the Assembly elections, business is booming for astrologers and pandits in the Uttar Pradesh.

UP Assembly polls: Mayawati slams SP, BJP for their 'anti-Dalit' policies

BSP Supremo Mayawati attacked the SP and the BJP for their anti-Dalit policies, saying the former changed names of all the institutions named after Dalit luminaries under its tenure.