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Uttar Pradesh: First phase nominations for 8 Lok Sabha seats conclude, stage set for 3-way fight

Lucknow, March 27 -- The stage is set for a three-cornered contest among the Bharatiya Janata Party led-NDA, the Samajwadi Party-led INDIA bloc and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as the filing of nominatio... Read More


Apna Dal (K) stakes claim to three seats, SP makes counter-move

Lucknow, March 20 -- The Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) led by Krishna Patel on Wednesday decided to contest the Phulpur, Mirzapur and Kaushambi Lok Sabha seats, causing a flutter in the Samajwadi Party-led IN... Read More


BJP, SP candidate lists show contrasting strategies

Lucknow, March 3 -- The BJP's announcement of party candidates for 51 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday has set the stage for a contest between the ruling NDA and the opposition I... Read More


NDA gets a boost, INDIA suffers setback ahead of Lok Sabha battle

Lucknow, Feb. 28 -- The victory of all its eight candidates in the Rajya Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh has come as a major boost for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) while cross-voting... Read More


BSP MPs eyeing greener pastures, Mayawati fumes

Lucknow, Feb. 26 -- With Bahujan Samaj Party MPs looking for greener pastures to retain their Lok Sabha seats, party chief Mayawati has hit out at those jumping ship. "The party has decided not to gi... Read More


Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council poll on March 21, another NDA vs INDIA bloc contest in the offing

Lucknow, Feb. 24 -- Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the Samajwadi Party-led INDIA bloc are set for a faceoff in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election from Uttar ... Read More


Rajya Sabha polls: Smaller parties bask in attention from big players in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Feb. 23 -- Smaller political parties have become much sought after by the two main players - the BJP-led NDA and the SP-led INDIA bloc - for the biennial election to 10 Rajya Sabha seats in U... Read More


Lok Sabha polls: As SP-Congress forge alliance, Muslim factor to watch out for on 24 seats in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- The Samajwadi Party-Congress seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha election may have raised expectations in the alliance that it will consolidate the Muslim vote and fortify the INDI... Read More


PM Modi lauds Yogi's governance, says others can learn from Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Feb. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath got a pat on the back from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of over 14,000 projects worth over Rs.10 lakh crore at the Ground-Breaking ... Read More


300 temples @ rRs.r150 cr: Ayodhya flagship kindles Mission Renovation

Lucknow, Feb. 10 -- The flagship moment of the BJP's temple politics may have been the inauguration of the grand Ram Lalla shrine in Ayodhya, but the momentum surely does not end with it. More than 3... Read More