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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

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

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

UP polls: PM cites international challenges, says need to make India strong

Addressing a poll rally in Maharajganj, PM Modi said being a big state, Uttar Pradesh has a great responsibility in making India powerful

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.

Crime rate dropped in UP during past 5 years under Yogi-govt: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the crime rate has reduced in Uttar Pradesh during the past five years under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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.

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)"

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

21.39% voting registered till 11 am in 5th phase of UP Assembly elections

Around 21.39 per cent voter turnout was registered till 11 a.m. in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Amethi has never been anyone's bastion, says BJP's Sanjay Sinh

Amethi has never been anyone's bastion, says BJP's Sanjay Sinh

Climate change, promise of clean air and water missing from UP poll agenda

The vital issue of clean air and water is missing from the Uttar Pradesh elections though several cities here often figure in the list of the world's 10 most polluted. Despite clean water and air being the mainstay of life, major political parties, except for the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, have not included the issue of environmental protection prominently in their election manifestos. Even for the parties that mentioned it, the concern for environment remains on paper as everyone is busy talking about Jinnah, Pakistan, vote bank politics and 'pariwarvad' to sway voters to their sides. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has a degree in environmental engineering from Australia but his party manifesto just has a reference about climate issue sans any major announcement to deal with the problem. Even the Congress has touched on some aspects of climate change in its manifesto, but has not spoken of any concrete initiative. The issue hasn't got much ...

UP polls 5th phase: PM Modi pleaded voters to exercise their franchise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to voters to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.

UP elections 2022: Yogi should go on pilgrimage, says SP's Jaya Bachchan

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has asked Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to go on a pilgrimage ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022.

BJP will sweep Prayagraj, win over 300 seats in UP: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

BJP MP Rita Bahuguna on Sunday cast her vote in the fifth phase of the ongoing polls in Uttar Pradesh and asserted that her party would win more than 300 seats in the 403-seat Assembly in the state.

UP elections: People will make 'son of Sirathu' win big, says Keshav Maurya

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday offered prayers at his residence saying that the people will make 'son of Sirathu' win with a big margin of votes as voting for phase 5 assembly polls start

CM Adityanath visits Ram temple in Ayodhya amid UP assembly elections

Amid the ongoing Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday visited the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya.