Exclusive

Publication

Byline

U.P. past under scanner: After 10 elections, count of candidates fell in 2019

PRAYAGRAJ, April 25 -- After 10 consecutive Lok Sabha elections, the last Lok Sabha elections, in 2019, saw a decrease in the number of candidates in Uttar Pradesh, a scrutiny of the Election Commissi... Read More


Candidates play development card to woo new urban voters

PRAYAGRAJ, April 25 -- All political parties in Prayagraj are specially vying to get the backing of the voters of the erstwhile 207 villages that post delimitation have recently become part of Sangam ... Read More


Percentage of girls passing UP Board Class 10 exams on steady rise

PRAYAGRAJ, April 22 -- Girls in Uttar Pradesh are taking full advantage of the academic opportunities available to them as UP Board statistics reveal a continuous increase in the pass percentage of gi... Read More


Prayagraj region: In nine out of 17 LS polls, only winners, runners-up could save deposits

PRAYAGRAJ, April 22 -- Of the 17 Lok Sabha elections held from 1952 to 2019, there are only nine elections in which the deposits of candidates who won, or, ended up runners-up on Prayagraj parliamenta... Read More


Election eccentrics: Candidates who keep coming back

PRAYAGRAJ, April 22 -- The poll battleground each time has some tenacious independent candidates who resort to unique ways to emerge winners. They, however, end up as the ones who are always in the fi... Read More


Has NOTA been altering influence of smaller parties, independents in Prayagraj?

PRAYAGRAJ, April 19 -- Since the inception of the NOTA (None of the Above) option on the poll ballot, it has notably outperformed numerous small political parties and independent candidates during the... Read More


School Chale Hum: Twin effort to educate kids and elders in U.P.

PRAYAGRAJ, April 18 -- In the current academic session, 2024-25, adults too will repeat the slogan of School Chale Hum, besides small children. Officials of the UP Basic Education Department have ins... Read More


Young Saroj is here to avenge father's 2019 defeat!

PRAYAGRAJ, April 17 -- Aged just 25, Pushpendra Saroj has entered the political fray as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Kaushambi parliamentary seat. This young graduate from Queen Mary University of... Read More


Mahakumbh-2025: UPSTDC sprucing up facilities in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ, April 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (UPSTDC) is revamping and sprucing up facilities at two of its hotels- Hotel Rahi Ilavart and Rahi Triveni Darshan-in Pra... Read More


UP DGP reiterates guidelines to prevent custodial deaths

PRAYAGRAJ, April 14 -- Upset over incidents of custodial deaths in Uttar Pradesh, UP DGP Prashant Kumar has issued strict instructions to all police commissioners and district police chiefs spelling o... Read More