Centre discriminating against minorities, says Mayawati
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led central government, alleging discrimination against people from minority communities, and warned the...
यूपी चुनाव : 25 मुस्लिम उम्मीदवार जीते, 84 दूसरे स्थान पर
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
भारत में मुसलमानों के लिए कठिन राजनीतिक दौर है. मुसलमान और मुस्लिम राजनीति लगातार हाशिए पर जा रहा है. जिस उत्तर...
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) In a fresh trouble for the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP),...
By Kushagra Dixit
New Delhi, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's "Gujarat ke Gadhe (Donkeys of Gujarat)" jibe might have been meant to score points...
Mayawati ridicules Congress manifesto for UP elections
Lucknow, (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday ridiculed the Congress manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as a "political...
BJP leaders wear their love for saffron at manifesto release
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : Colours have their own charm and significance. In politics, especially in Uttar Pradesh, they enjoy a super special status...
In upcoming phases, BSP to focus on seats where it drew a blank in...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
The battle for Lucknow is almost halfway through, and it is clear that no party is looking at reducing its efforts....
मुज़फ्फरनगर में मुस्लिमों ने संगठित वोटिंग के लिए कमर कसी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर: वोट की कीमत को पहचानते हुए मुज़फ्फरनगर के चर्चित इलाके खालापार के मुसलमान यहां की एक संस्था पैग़ाम-ए-इंसानियत की दावत...
वोटों के लिए रालोद प्रत्याशी ने भाई की करा दी हत्या
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
बुलंदशहर : खुर्जा से राष्ट्रीय लोकदल के प्रत्याशी मनोज गौतम पर इल्जाम है कि उन्होंने राजनीतिक लाभ के लिए अपने सगे...
उत्तर प्रदेश : कैसा रहा पहला चरण, और क्या होगा दूसरे चरण का हाल?
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर : पहली बात मीरापुर विधानसभा से करते हैं. यह निश्चित था कि यह सीट बसपा आसानी से जीत जायेगी क्योंकि...
अमेठी और सुल्तानपुर : गठबंधन का गतिरोध और निषादों का वोट तय करेगा भाग्य
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
सुल्तानपुर/अमेठी - बात सुल्तानपुर से शुरू करते हैं, जहां की पांचों सीटें इस वक़्त समाजवादी पार्टी के पास हैं. लेकिन 27 फरवरी...
Recent election results demand a re-look into the merits of the Electronic Voting Machine
By Mohammed Anis Akhtar for Twocircles.net
The integrity of the world’s largest democracy, India, depends on the reliability and validity of elections, held on a...
बिसाहड़ा की सांप्रदायिक राजनीति को चुनाव में नहीं खींच पाई भाजपा
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बिसाहड़ा (दादरी) : जिस दादरी के बिसाहड़ा हत्याकांड के सहारे भाजपा यूपी के सारी सीटों पर पर चुनाव जीतने का कोशिश...
HC seeks response from UP on alleged Rs 100-crore scam
Lucknow, (IANS): In a fresh trouble for the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has sought response from...
UP voters rebelling against politics of SP, BSP and Congress: Jaitley
Varanasi, (IANS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday claimed a groundswell of support in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said...
Poll panel should clear doubts over EVM: Ram Gopal Yadav
New Delhi, (IANS): Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday said that the Election Commission should clear doubts over electronic voting machines (EVMs).
"We...
Akhilesh urges Modi to postpone budget in view of elections
New Delhi, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to postpone the...
From Noida to Lucknow, BJP faces rebellion ahead of polls
By Brajendra Nath Singh
New Delhi, (IANS) : The BJP is facing a major rebellion in more than a dozen constituencies in Uttar Pradesh over the...
’20 UP ministers, four from Uttarakhand face criminal cases’
New Delhi, (IANS): The new Uttar Pradesh government has 20 ministers with criminal cases against them, Uttarakhand four, and Punjab two, a report said...
UP polls: Candidates confident of win
Lucknow, (IANS) : Prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday exuded confidence of victory.
Talking to reporters...
Now, Bharti and Naqvi say BJP should have fielded Muslims in UP polls
New Delhi, (IANS): Union Ministers Uma Bharti and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday echoed Home Minister Rajnath Singh's stand on the BJP fielding Muslim...
BJP trying to end quotas: Mayawati
Sitarganj (Uttarakhand), (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the central government of allegedly trying to do away with the...
मुज़फ्फरनगर-कैराना में अखिलेश, कहा मोदी खुद पलायन कर दिल्ली पहुंचे
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फ़रनगर: सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री और समाजवादी पार्टी के मुखिया अखिलेश यादव ने भाजपा को यूपी में चल रही चुनावी जंग से...
SP legislator alleges threat to life from Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow (IANS) : Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator from Gyanpur in Bhadohi Vijay Mishra dropped a bombshell on Monday alleging that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav...
Akhilesh a tainted leader, a complete failure: Mayawati
Farukhabad (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav a "tainted leader" who...
ओबरा और दुद्धी : कोर्ट ने कहा कि आदिवासी ही लड़ेंगे अपनी ज़मीन पर...
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
ओबरा : सोनभद्र मंडल की दो विवादित विधानसभा सीटों - जिनमें ओबरा और दुद्धी शामिल हैं - पर इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट ने...
Yogi’s ‘No Agent’ rule causes chaos at RTO
Ghaziabad, (IANS): Chaos gripped the Regional Transport Office (RTO) here on Wednesday after it enforced Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's 'No Agent' policy...
In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, it’s a season of slogans
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : A little before an election that is being viewed as a mini-referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's almost three-year...
Dalit politics in Punjab and UP: A study in contrast for BSP
By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net
As Punjab goes to poll on February 4, exactly one week ahead of the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh,...
‘Power, sugarcane arrears, Bundelkhand top issues for UP CM’
New Delhi, (IANS): Listing immediate challenges for the incoming BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, industry body Assocham on Sunday said the new administration needs...
Congress moves EC, demands stern action against BJP
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Congress on Thursday moved the Election Commission (EC) alleging that BJP leaders Keshav Prasad Maurya and Subramanian Swamy had made...
SP-Congress government will represent youth, farmers: Rahul
Rae Bareli, (IANS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance government in Uttar Pradesh post-elections to the state...
SP, Congress tell their nominees to pull out from alliance seats
Lucknow, (IANS): Facing trouble from their candidates who are now refusing to withdraw from the polls, the Congress and the SP on Tuesday cracked...
दंगो में रासुका लगी, अब भाजपा ने थमा दिया टिकट
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फ़रनगर: भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने मुज़फ्फरनगर दंगे के सभी बड़े आरोपियों को यूपी विधानसभा का टिकट दे दिया है. कवाल दंगे...
SP-Congress alliance: Will ‘hand’-shake warm up UP voters?
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : The electoral pact between the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress is a done thing now. But as...
‘Mayawati lost as she limited BSP to herself’
By Sushil Kumar
New Delhi, (IANS): The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had to face a "humiliating defeat" in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections chiefly because...
UP poll outcome will set tone for future politics: Akhilesh
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday sought votes for the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance candidates, saying the tie-up...
In UP, prisons can often be a gateway to the Legislature
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
The relationship between political leaders and prisons in India is complicated, to say the least; but not in UP. With elections...
Now, astrologers predict poll outcome in UP
Agra, (IANS) : With the Election Commission banning opinion polls from February 4, astrologers have taken to predicting the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh assembly...
ऊंचाहार : क्या सपा-कांग्रेस की जंग में कमल खिलेगा?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
ऊंचाहार (रायबरेली) : ‘यूपी को साथ पसंद है, लेकिन ऊंचाहार को हाथ पसंद है’ कांग्रेस इसी नारे पर यहां चुनाव लड़...
What’s in a name? A lot if you are Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow, (IANS): What's in a name? Well, if you are Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, referred to as 'Maharaj-ji' by his disciples and...
Mayawati demanded Rs 8 cr for seat, says expelled BSP legislator
New Delhi : BSP's expelled Sahibabad MLA Amar Pal Sharma, who joined the Congress on Tuesday, claimed he was ousted from the party because he...
नागेपुर : अस्पताल, पानी और काम के लिए कराह रहे मोदी के आदर्श ग्राम...
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: हम प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा गोद लिए दूसरे गांव जाते हैं तो हम शहर से 25 किलोमीटर की दूरी तय करते...
Modi says glad to see highest number of women in UP assembly
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness to see a new record of highest number of women MLAs elected to...
Regressive to think of using paper ballot again: Anna Hazare
New Delhi, (IANS): Amid allegations of EVM tampering and demands for holding assembly elections by using paper ballot, social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday...
Second phase of UP elections will be a big test for Muslim leaders
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
As the second phase of polling begins tomorrow, all eyes are again focussed on Muslims voters, especially among the 11 districts...
Yogi rejigs bureaucracy, 41 officers transferred
Lucknow, (IANS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh administration on Tuesday transferred 41 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, among them six District Magistrates.
Those transferred...
After HC raps UP official, BJP tears into SP government
Lucknow, (IANS) : The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government following a High Court rap on Uttar Pradesh...
सम्भल में ओवैसी, सपा बसपा पर साधा निशाना
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
सम्भल : मंगलवार को ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तिहादुल मुस्लिमीन (एआईएमआईएम) के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष असदुद्दीन ओवैसी अपनी पार्टी के संभल से कैंडिडेट पूर्व सांसद...
Akhilesh-led SP, Congress, RLD may form Bihar-style grand alliance in UP
New Delhi : A pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh may take shape on the lines of the grand alliance in Bihar, with UP Chief Minister...
Election Commission transfers 23 officers in UP
New Delhi (IANS) : The Election Commission (EC) on Friday transferred 13 District Magistrates and nine Superintendent of Police (SP) and Senior Superintendent of...
6 challenges for the new UP government
By IndiaSpend Team
With 200 million people, equivalent to the population of Brazil, but with an economy the size of Qatars -- which has 2.4...
25.71 per cent voting in Ghaziabad till 11 a.m.
Ghaziabad, (IANS) : Ghaziabad district witnessed 25.71 per cent voter turnout in five assembly constituencies till 11 a.m. on Saturday as the first phase of...
UP Elections: Why Mulayam would be naive to expect Muslims to only vote for...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Why do Muslims vote for Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav?
The obvious answer, at least for some, is that he remains...
योगी आदित्यनाथ के गढ़ में चौतरफा दरार
दो पीढ़ियों की सियासी महत्वाकांक्षाओं के बीच फंसा हिंदुत्व का प्रोजेक्ट
अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net
गोरखपुर: ढाई साल का वक्त आदमी और सियासत दोनों को बदल देने...
Mayawati admits ‘lesser goon’ Mukhtar Ansari into BSP
Lucknow, (IANS) : Mafia don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) along with his son and brother ahead of...
Congress-SP differences on seat sharing will be ironed out: Congress
New Delhi, (IANS) : As deadlock over seat-sharing continued to dog the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Thursday said that...
This is a fight against poverty: Modi on UP polls
Meerut, (IANS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday likened his first election rally in Uttar Pradesh with India's first war of independence in...
BJP seeks EC probe into ‘deletion’ of voters’ names in UP
New Delhi, (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday moved the Election Commission seeking an inquiry into "large-scale deletion" of names of eligible...
निर्णायक भूमिका की तलाश में हैं मेरठ के मतदाता
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : अपने उद्योग-धंधों और उत्तर प्रदेश के व्यापार में मजबूत जगह बनाने वाले मेरठ में भी चुनाव ने ज़ोर पकड़ा है. लेकिन...
Crucial test for SP in UP 3rd phase polling
Lucknow, (IANS): The third phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Sunday will see voting for 69 seats across 12 districts...
We do not discriminate between Ramadan and Diwali: Akhilesh Yadav
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that his government discriminated against a...
There will no discrimination based on religion, caste, gender: promises UP CM Aditya Nath
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi on Saturday said his BJP government will implement Prime Minister Narendra...
BSP will take power in UP: Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): The BSP will form the next government in Uttar Pradesh, leaving the BJP and the SP-Congress alliance at the second and third...
Congress-SP embrace makes its anyone’s game in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : The sealing of the electoral alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) has altered the political landscape in...
Prohibition on exit polls extended till March 9
New Delhi, (IANS): The Election Commission on Saturday extended the ban on exit polls for the assembly elections in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and...
सोनभद्र : आरक्षित सीट घोषित होने के बाद पलट गए हैं समीकरण
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
ओबरा : सोनभद्र विधानसभा की दो सीटों द्वारा चुनाव आयोग द्वारा अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए आरक्षित करने के बाद इलाका एक राजनीतिक...
BJP set to sweep five Varanasi seats
Varanasi, (IANS): The BJP is headed towards a clean sweep on five assembly segments in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi.
Varanasi...
यूपी चुनाव में उतरेंगे आसाराम के बेटे नारायण साईँ, बनारस से लड़ सकते हैं...
By TCN News
वाराणसी : आसाराम बापू के बेटे और सूरत की दो लड़कियों के बलात्कार के आरोप में जेल की सजा काट रहे नारायण...
Clash of titans in Varanasi: Modi vs Rahul-Akhilesh road show
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a mega road show in Varanasi on Saturday, the day Uttar Pradesh Chief...
BJP’s victory in UP means only 25 Muslim candidates emerge victorious
By Twocirles.net Staff Reporter
A landslide victory for the BJP in UP elections has come at a huge cost for Muslims representation in the state...
SP-Congress combine may form next government in UP: Survey
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance is likely to gain majority with 187 to 197 seats and around 35 per cent vote...
In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...
UP Elections: BJP’s candidate list will show if they trust turncoats or cadres
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
In two days, BJP is likely to declare its first list of candidates. With this, the internal tussle within the BJP...
Many memorable firsts in 2017 UP assembly elections
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): The long, staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, whose results are to be announced on March 11, would be remembered...
So far, only anti-Romeo squads, brooms in UP: Akhilesh
Lucknow, (IANS): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at the new state government, saying only "anti-Romeo squads and...
BJP manifesto cut-paste job: Samajwadi Party
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party on Saturday claimed that the BJP manifesto -- Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra -- for the Uttar Pradesh polls...
Don’t make criminally charged MLAS ministers in UP, Modi urged
Visakhapatnam, (IANS): A former bureaucrat has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to induct legislators facing criminal charges into the Uttar Pradesh cabinet or...
If BJP wins UP, will consult Muslim women on talaq: Shah
Lucknow, (IANS) : BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday said if his party returned to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will seek the opinion...
Campaigning ends for sixth phase of UP election
Lucknow, (IANS): Campaigning for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ended on Thursday. Voting for 49 seats spread across seven districts...
Education failure, leading reason for UP job woes, isn’t an election issue
By Shreya Shah
Bahraich and Mirzapur districts (Uttar Pradesh): "Path mera alokit kardo, naval prath ki naval rashmiyon se, mere ur ka tam har do,"...
Campaigning for fifth phase of UP elections ends
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) Campaigning for the fifth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh drew to a close on Saturday evening. Polling for...
The UP election is a tussle between Hindutva and Dalit Bahujan politics
By Sanjay Kumar & Badre Alam for Twocircles.net
More than three decades of BSP politics have, no doubt, given political voices to the Bahujan masses....
Suspense over next UP Chief Minister persists
Lucknow, (IANS): The suspense over next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh further deepened on Friday evening, with neither of the Union Ministers -- Manoj...
CPI-M flays BJP’s ‘communal rhetoric’ in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, (IANS): The CPI-M has accused the BJP of taking recourse to communal rhetoric in the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
"The BJP's...
Mulayam’s second daughter-in-law in SP list
Lucknow (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party has fielded Aparna Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's step-brother Prateek Yadav, from Lucknow Cantt.
The party...
Former UP minister gets life for murder
Lucknow, (IANS): Senior minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government Ram Karan Area was on Monday sentenced to a life term in a murder case...
Voting underway in Alapur constituency of UP
Lucknow, (IANS): Brisk voting was reported on Thursday for the lone Uttar Pradesh assembly seat of Alapur, which was left in the polling process...
Old-timers, others miss electoral din in UP’s Agra
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, (IANS) : As campaigning for the first phase of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly elections gains momentum, many old-timers and other...
30 जनवरी के दिन भी लावारिस रही रामपुर की गांधी समाधि
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
रामपुर : आपको जितना हैरानी ये जानकर होगी कि राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की एक समाधि यूपी के रामपुर ज़िले में है,...
SP minister raises doubts on benefits of tie-up with Congress
Lucknow, (IANS): Cracks appeared in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the Saturday vote count for the crucial state assembly elections, as a...
Meet the RSS-backed ‘nationalist’ Muslims campaigning for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya
By Siddhant Mohan, Twocircles.net
‘What’s in a name?’ asked William Shakespeare centuries ago. Azam Khan will disagree.
As journalists, we are used to making calls and...
UP results likely to impact Congress thinking on alliances
By Sidhartha Dutta
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress has much at stake in the outcome of assembly elections in five states, particularly Uttar Pradesh, where its...
BJP credits Modi for UP victory
New Delhi, (IANS): The BJP is set to take power in Uttar Pradesh and the credit for this goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
Stage set for polling in ‘sensitive, crucial’ western UP
Lucknow, (IANS) : The stage is set for the crucial first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, voting for which will begin on...
BSP-SP supporters clash in UP’s Meerut city
Lucknow, (IANS) : Supporters of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) clashed on Saturday in Meerut city of Uttar Pradesh over issues...
Modi vitiating atmosphere during polls: Congress
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his controversial "graveyard and cremation ground", remark alleging him of "vitiating"...
UP third phase registers 12% polling in 2 hours
Lucknow, (IANS): An average of 12 per cent voting has been recorded in the first two hours of polling in the third phase of...
मोदी से बौखलाए बसपा की ओर जाएंगे बनारस के दलित
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी : ठीक मलदहिया चौराहे पर एक बड़ा शॉपिंग कॉम्प्लेक्स तैयार हुआ है. इसमें जूतों का एक बड़ा शोरूम, कपड़ों का ऐसा...
Voting begins on slow note in 51 UP seats
Lucknow, (IANS): Voting in 51 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh began at 7 a.m. on Monday, albeit on a slow...
मझवां : तीन बार के बसपा विधायक के सामने 27 साल का सपा प्रत्याशी
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
मीरजापुर : मीरजापुर मंडल की मझवां सीट से खड़े समाजवादी पार्टी के प्रत्याशी रोहित शुक्ला उर्फ़ लल्लू इलाके के रसूखदार परिवार से...
‘सबका साथ, सबका विकास’ का नारा देने वाली बीजेपी के 304 उम्मीदवारों में एक...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनावों के लिए बीजेपी ने अपनी दूसरी सूची जारी कर दी है. इस सूची में 155 उम्मीदवारों के नाम...
भाजपा के स्टार प्रचारकों में न वरुण गांधी और न कोई बाहरी सितारा
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी/ लखनऊ : आगामी यूपी विधानसभा चुनावों के पहले भाजपा ने अपने स्टार प्रचारकों की सूची जारी कर दी है. भाजपा के...
BJP releases fourth list of candidates for UP polls
New Delhi,(IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the fourth list of nine candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
In the...
UP minister booed at Meerut polling booth
Lucknow, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Labour and Employment Minister Shahid Manzoor faced a hostile crowd in Meerut's Kithaur constituency on Saturday when he visited a...
Brisk voting in 2 hours in UP’s 2nd phase poll
Lucknow, (IANS): Brisk voting is reported in the first two hours of polling in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on...
BJP petitions poll panel, seeks derecognition of SP
Lucknow, (IANS) : The BJP on Tuesday petitioned the Election Commission (EC) against the ruling Samajwadi Party and sought cancellation of its recognition, alleging...
In Noida, many find their names missing from voters list
By Sidhartha Dutta
Noida, (IANS) : There was evident enthusiasm among voters in Noida which went to the polls in the first phase of the Uttar...
BJP list: Rajnath’s son to contest in Noida
New Delhi (IANS) : The BJP on Sunday released its second list of 155 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, fielding Home Minister...
SP-Congress alliance in UP, stage set for triangular contest
New Delhi/Lucknow : Setting the stage for a triangular contest in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Tuesday said it will contest the assembly election along...
Aditya Nath promises no bias on religion; no harassment of couples
Gorakhpur, (IANS): Promising that there will be no bias in the name of religion and caste, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi on...
मोदी की गाज़ियाबाद रैली : लोगों ने पहना दिया है टोपी —एक नेत्रहीन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
गाज़ियाबाद : ‘लाल मत रंगिय, हरा मत रंगिय, ऐसी रंगिय जैसे बियाह की पगड़िया… श्याम मोहे रंग दो चुनरिया…’ सुरेश की मधुर संगीतमय...
50.4% voting in Ghaziabad till 3.00 p.m.
Ghaziabad, (IANS) : Ghaziabad district witnessed 50.4 per cent voter turnout in five assembly constituencies till 3.00 p.m. on Friday in the first phase...
कई गांवों की तरह बदहाल वरुण गांधी का आदर्श ग्राम
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
सुल्तानपुर : सुल्तानपुर जिले में वल्लीपुर नाम की दो जगहें हैं. एक वल्लीपुर सुल्तानपुर शहर से 25 किलोमीटर दूर है और दूसरा...
Akhilesh Yadav meets Governor, resigns
Lucknow, (IANS): After his Samajwadi Party's poll drubbing, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met Governor Ram Naik and submitted his resignation.
Akhilesh...
17% contestants in fourth phase UP polls have criminal past
New Delhi, (IANS): At least 17 per cent of the candidates in fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections -- where 53 seats...
फिर गहरा सकता है सहारनपुर के मसूद परिवार में टकराव
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर: आसपास के लोग इसे गंगोह घराना कहते हैं और इस घराने में सियासत का क्षेत्रीय वर्चस्व यहां के राशिद मसूद...
यूपी चुनाव : दारुल उलूम का ऐलान, नेताओं के लिए बंद रहेंगे दरवाज़े
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: दारुल उलूम के मुफ्ती अब्दुल क़ासिम नोमानी ने साफतौर पर कह दिया है कि वे दारुल उलूम की परिधि में...
Keshav Maurya and Dinesh Sharma: Perfect foil to each other
Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and two-time Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma -- chosen as new Deputy Chief Ministers...
Picture abhi baaki hai: Awadh, Purvanchal will decide who rules over UP
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
The last four phases of polls have a lot to offer to political parties in Awadh and Poorvanchal region---194 seats, an...
Aditya Nath has been hailed as ‘Anandmath Sanyasi’: Anandmath preached the cleansing of Muslims...
By Shamsul Islam for Twocircles.net
The senior RSS/BJP ideologues lately have been hailing UP chief minister, Mahant Yogi Adityanath as sanyasi (Hindu ascetics) of novel...
Does UP victory make Modi’s return in 2019 smooth?
By Vishav and Saurabh Katkurwar
New Delhi, (IANS): With the BJP sweeping Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and making major inroads into the north east with...
सुनिए मुज़फ्फरनगर से पहली बार वोट करने वाले नौजवानों को
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर : पहली बार वोट करने वाले नौजवानों के मन में सवालों का समंदर है. उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनाव हैं,...
रायबरेली : यहां है कांग्रेस की प्रतिष्ठा की लड़ाई
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
रायबरेली : रायबरेली की जंग बेहद ही दिलचस्प हो चुकी है. कभी कांग्रेस का गढ़ रहा ये जिला इस समय त्रिकोणीय संघर्ष...
People of UP have rejected ‘unholy nexus’ of SP-Congress: Modi
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Expressing confidence that his BJP will get a majority in the Uttar Pradesh elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday...
By roping in Mukhtaar, Mayawati dents her image
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : BSP chief Mayawati has never been known in Uttar Pradesh for political niceties. Yet she caught many by surprise...
Campaigning for UP’s fourth phase polling on Feb 23 ends
Lucknow, (IANS): Campaigning in elections for 53 assembly seats from 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, which will go balloting in the fourth phase on...
Shivpal Yadav not in SP’s list of star campaigners
Lucknow, (IANS) : Former Samajwadi Party (SP) state president Shivpal Singh Yadav does not figure in the list of 40 'star campaigners' issued by...
10.23% voting till 9 a.m. in UP
Lucknow, (IANS): Moderate voting of 10.23 per cent is reported in the first two hours from most places across the 53 assembly seats in...
Voting begins for 53 seats in fourth phase UP polls
Lucknow, (IANS): Voting in 53 assembly constituencies in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections began at 7 a.m on Thursday amid tight security,...
BJP MLAs to elect new UP Chief Minister on Saturday
Lucknow, (IANS): The newly-elected legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet in the state capital on Saturday to elect the new Chief...
‘BJP’s 2019 poll issue could be performance, employment and development’
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Muralidhar Rao on Wednesday said the party's election issue for the 2019 parliamentary poll could...
UP polls: Poor voter turnout in Noida
Noida, (IANS) : Very few voters turned out in the first hour of voting here on Saturday in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh...
UP Elections: All parties to pay extra attention to districts where they drew a...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Do you win a state election by winning seats across the state, or is it enough to completely dominate a few...
रामपुर : जहां आज़म ख़ान बस्तियां ढहाने की कीमत चुका सकते हैं
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
रामपुर: समाजवादी पार्टी के मुस्लिम चेहरे आज़म खान अपने शहर रामपुर को मॉडल के रूप में विकसित करने का दावा करते...
Mayawati’s campaign turns a new leaf in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : People change with times. In Uttar Pradesh, where voters are being wooed left and right, the most striking election...
विपक्ष में बैठेंगे लेकिन भाजपा से गठबंधन नहीं करेंगे – सिबगतुल्लाह अंसारी से बातचीत
ग़ाज़ीपुर की मोहम्मदाबाद विधानसभा सीट इस बार पारंपरिक खानदानी रंजिश का अक्स बन गई है. एक तरफ़ बसपा से मौजूदा विधायक सिबगतुल्लाह अंसारी खड़े...
UP should give slaughterhouses time for regularisation: Owaisi
New Delhi, (IANS): AIMIM President and Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the Uttar Pradesh government should give time to...
Yogi gives UP’s bureaucracy the jitters
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): For the burgeoning and slack bureaucracy of India's most populous state, peace of mind is the first casualty after the...
बुंदेलखंड : वोट के लिए दलितों को प्रताड़ित कर रहे हैं भाजपा प्रत्याशी
प्रियंका कोटमराजू और अंशु ललित, TwoCircles.net
बुंदेलखंड : 'वोट नहीं दोगे, तो देख लेंगे. सरकारी नल से पानी नहीं पीने देंगे, सरकारी रोड पर चलने...
पूर्वांचल के मुस्लिम वोटों को प्रभावित करने वाले मुख्तार अंसारी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने कल फिर मुस्कुराते हुए चेहरे के साथ अंसारी परिवार की बसपा में वापसी की घोषणा कर...
Campaigning for first phase of UP polls ends, security tightened
Lucknow, (IANS) : Campaigning for the 73 assembly segments that go to polls in the first phase of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections...
Supporting AIMIM in UP will give Muslims capacity to bargain
By Asif Moazzam for Twocircles.net
During the seven decades of independence, we have observed and monitored many political parties closely and hopefully, have understood well...
वोटर बोले : “हम किसी को कैसे बता दें कि किसको वोट देंगे”
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
गाज़ियाबाद : गाज़ियाबाद के गौशाला फाटक से जैसे ही आगे बढ़ते हैं, प्रेम नगर का इलाक़ा शुरू होता है. ये बस्ती...
सेकुलर दलों की गलती से साफ़ हुआ भाजपा की जीत का रास्ता
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव साम्प्रदायिक राजनीति की नई प्रयोगशाला बनकर उभरा है. पश्चिम से लेकर पूरब तक बतौर पत्रकार मैंने अपने चुनावी कवरेज...
Akhilesh slams Mayawati, Modi
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday targeted BSP chief Mayawati and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said only...
Modi regains his mojo — partially
By Amulya Ganguli
The sweeping victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh has shown that Narendra Modi has recovered much of his...
Battle for UP causes collateral damage
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh's revenue has taken a big hit -- first due to demonetisation and now because most government employees...
Dialogues, drama, desperation… cut to UP as action begins
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : The action has begun in Uttar Pradesh. Election strategists, central and state ministers, Chief Ministers from other states and...