UP polls

UP polls: No confusion no mistake, only cycle only Akhilesh, Dimple Yadav tells voters

Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav and its Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Thursday jointly campaigned for the party's candidates in Kanpur.

Feb 09, 2017, 21:45 PM IST

Assembly Elections: High-decibel campaign with stalwarts in action ends in west UP

Campaign in the first of seven phased Assembly elections ended today in 73 seats of western Uttar Pradesh where Prime Minister Narendra Modi staked his all in the fight against SP-Congress alliance and BSP making it essentially a triangular contest.

Feb 09, 2017, 18:56 PM IST

Rural areas to get 24x7 power supply after assembly elections: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said rural areas of the state will get round the clock power supply after the Assembly polls.

Feb 09, 2017, 18:48 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi blasts Akhilesh Yadav, says women feel unsafe under Samajwadi Party govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed alarm over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and accused the states ruling Samajwadi Party of sheltering criminals.

Feb 08, 2017, 21:23 PM IST

BSP, Samajwadi Party nominees' supporters clash in UP's Hathras; one killed, five injured

One person was on Wednesday killed and five were injured as supporters of Samajwadi Party and BSP candidates clashed near Manakpur township here.

Feb 08, 2017, 20:47 PM IST

Won't accept any person as SJP candidate: Election Commission

No person would be treated as authorised office bearer of late Chandra Shekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party till it proves that it has held internal elections, the Election Commission has ruled.

Feb 08, 2017, 20:23 PM IST

BJP's Yogi Adityanath accuses Akhilesh Yadav of protecting mining mafias in Uttar Pradesh

Gorakhpur MP and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mahant Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of protecting and patronising mining mafia in the state.

Feb 08, 2017, 16:31 PM IST

UP polls: Alternate regime of the Samajwadi Party, BSP has ruined Uttar Pradesh, says Amit Shah

Lambasting both the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Wednesday said that 15 years of alternate rules by the two regimes has ruined the state."The alternate rules of the SP and the BSP has ruined UP. 

Feb 08, 2017, 16:15 PM IST

Narendra Modi addresses rally in Ghaziabad, questions Akhilesh Yadav over women's safety in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed a Bharatiya Janata Party's Vijay Sankalp rally in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.

Feb 08, 2017, 14:12 PM IST

Shivpal Yadav won't form new party: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Nearly a week after expressing his displeasure over Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav asserted that his brother and former party president Shivpal Yadav will not float a new party. 

Feb 07, 2017, 11:31 AM IST

After SP-Congress alliance, BSP, BJP rework strategy in western Uttar Pradesh

With the SP-Congress alliance going strong after initial hiccups, BSP and BJP have been forced to rework their strategies in the western belt of Uttar Pradesh where Muslim voters are a major force to reckon with.

Feb 07, 2017, 10:09 AM IST

Ahead of UP Polls, Subramanian Swamy says Ram Mandir will be built through legal process

Elucidating on his recent remarks on the contentious issue of the construction of the Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly polls in the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday taunted the Congress Party of finding lacunae in everything they say and do.

Feb 07, 2017, 09:13 AM IST

UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav to address rally in Meerut today

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday to address election rallies in Meerut. 

Feb 07, 2017, 08:56 AM IST

BJP MP Virendra Singh takes dig at Rahul Gandhi-Akhilesh Yadav's roadshows; PM Narendra Modi bursts out laughing - Watch video

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections results will be declared on March 11.

Feb 06, 2017, 20:40 PM IST

SP with Congress' help will get more than 300 seats: Akhilesh

Predicting a victory between Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that the coalition between the two parties will win with an overwhelming majority in the polls and get more than 300 seats in the 403-member House.

Feb 06, 2017, 19:52 PM IST

Mystery over seat-sharing at Maharajpur, Kanpur Cantt continues between Samajwadi Party, Congress

Even after the intervention of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the two parties appear to have been unable to settle the seat-sharing arrangement over Maharajpur and Kanpur Cantt Assembly seats.

Feb 06, 2017, 19:44 PM IST

UP polls: Venkaiah Naidu meets EC, accuses Akhilesh Yadav of misusing administration

Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday accused the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party of misusing the administration and its officers for manipulating the Uttar Pradesh polls.

Feb 06, 2017, 15:17 PM IST

Man held with Rs 3.75 lakh cash in poll-bound UP

UP Assembly elections will be held from February 11 to March 8 in seven phases.

Feb 06, 2017, 13:08 PM IST

UP polls: BJP delegation to meet Election Commissioner today

With barely a week left for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to commence, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman and MA Naqvi will meet Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Monday. 

Feb 06, 2017, 10:26 AM IST

UP govt all failure; gundaraj, jungleraj in state: Amit Shah

Launching a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party, BJP President Amit Shah today said that the Uttar Pradesh government has failed on all fronts and alleged there are "gundaraj and jungleraj" in the state and now corruption-ridden Congress has joined hands with the ruling party.

Feb 06, 2017, 09:57 AM IST