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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.

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

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

Not casteism, UP now wants to move on highways of development: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Uttar Pradesh no longer wants to be driven by casteism, rather it wishes to move on highways of development.

UP elections: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav says crime control his top agenda

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has finally sent out a strong and clear message that crime control will be the top agenda for the Samajwadi Party if it forms the government after the Assembly elections.

UP elections: Akhilesh Yadav not forming govt in UP, says Raja Bhaiyya

Independent legislator, Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiyya) has said that Akhilesh Yadav should clear his wrong notions as the Samajwadi Party is neither winning nor forming the government in UP.

Yogi and Kejriwal could enter national politics

Kejriwal has successfully used the media to equate political change with himself, leaving other parties wondering how a small party like AAP gathered finances needed to contest Punjab elections.

UP Assembly polls: EC bars BJP candidate from campaigning for 24 hours

The 24-hour ban from campaigning for Raghvendra Pratap Singh, who is contesting the polls from the Domariyaganj Assembly seat, begins from 6 am on Monday

UP Assembly elections: Around 55% voting recorded in fifth phase

Police said voting was largely peaceful, barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda seat where Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked by some people

People have made all three Cong rivals indolent in UP: Priyanka Gandhi

Addressing an election meeting here, Vadra also accused the three parties of only being interested in taking people's votes on the basis of caste and religion while caring little for them

PM Modi promises to serve Varanasi till dying day, takes swipe at Akhilesh

PM Modi said it will be a privilege to serve people of Varanasi till his dying day, alluding to a remark by SP leader Akhilesh Yadav that people come to the city in their final days

LIVE updates: Ukraine agrees for talks with Russia on Belarus border

News live updates: As the West imposed more crippling sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, 240 more Indian nationals returned home safely. Catch all the live updates here

UP Assembly polls fifth phase: 53.98% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

A voter turnout of 53.98 per cent till 5 pm was recorded on Sunday as the polling across 61 constituencies is underway for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections

Fate of 5 Yogi ministers hangs in balance in 6th phase of UP polls

Five ministers of the Yogi Adityanath government will face acid test in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls to be held on March 3.

People have decided to send 'babaji' back to his 'math': Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the people of Uttar Pradesh have decided to send 'Babaji' back to his 'math', apparently referring to CM Yogi Adityanath

UP Assembly election is between 'Parivarwadis' and 'Rashtravadis': PM Modi

As the polling for the fifth phase of the Up polls is underway, PM Modi said that this time the state Assembly election is between "Parivarwadis (dynasts) and Rashtravadis (nationalists)"

Affidavits reveal love for firearms among candidates across parties in UP

More and more politicians are now displaying their love for firearms. A scrutiny of affidavits filed by candidates in Lucknow and Prayagraj reveals their penchant for weapons.

UP polls 5th phase: Over 46% polling recorded in 61 assemblies till 3 pm

Over 46 per cent polling was recorded till 3 pm on Sunday in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts. Polling has been peaceful so far barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda assembly seat where SP candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked by some people, police said. Party workers claimed that Yadav sustained minor injuries in the attack. SP state president Naresh Uttam and national spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhury have given a written complaint regarding the Kunda incident to the Election Commission. According to the Election Commission of India's voter turnout app, the polling percentage till 3 pm is 46.28. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.24 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase. While Amethi recorded 46.35 per cent voting, Ayodhya saw 50.60 per cent, Bahraich 48.66 per cent, Barabanki 45.55 per cent, Chitrakoot 51.67 per cent, Gonda 46.706 per cent, Kaushambi 48.70 per cent, Pratapga

UP elections a fight between dynasts, diehard nationalists: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh elections are a fight between the dynasts and diehard nationalists, which the opposition parties do not understand. Addressing his second election rally of the day in Deoria, Modi attacked previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, saying they shut sugar mills and didn't clear dues of sugarcane farmers. Whereas the Yogi Adityanath government modernised sugar mills and facilitated ethanol blending, which fetched about Rs 12,000 crore for the state, the PM said. The Assembly constituencies in Deoria district will go to the polls in the sixth phase of the elections on March 3.