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...

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...

Now, Congress wants action against Modi, BJP poll symbol cancellation

New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday approached the Election Commission with a complaint and demanded stern action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the...

Stakes high for SP, BJP in Lucknow assembly seats

Lucknow, (IANS): The land of the nawabs here in the Uttar Pradesh capital is all set to elect nine lawmakers for the 17th state...

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...

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...

BJP will withdraw reservation if voted to power, warns Mayawati

Lucknow, (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused the BJP of "deceiving" the people through its "false promises" and warned...

Uttar Pradesh now has 14.12 crore voters

Lucknow : With the Election Commission publishing the revised and final voters list for the state, Uttar Pradesh now has a whopping 14.12 crore voters,...

CEC assures security to Kairana migrants for voting

Lucknow, (IANS) : Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi on Thursday assured full security to the people who migrated from Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh...

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...

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...

BJP to launch ‘aggressive’ campaigning after Shah releases manifesto

By Anand Singh  Lucknow, (IANS) : With barely a fortnight left for the Uttar Pradesh polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to go full throttle...

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...

Attempts being made to turn Western UP into Kashmir: Yogi Adityanath

Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS) : Raking up the issue of "exodus" of Hindus from western Uttar Pradesh, BJP leader Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that...

Why should Muslims vote for SP when it failed on promises made to the...

By Asif Moazzam Jamai for Twocircles.net The Samajwadi Party came to power in 2012 with lucrative promises to the people of Uttar Pradesh. Sixteen points,...

Protest in Ghaziabad over alleged tampering with EVMs

Ghaziabad, (IANS): A group of about a hundred people on Tuesday protested outside District Magistrate Nidhi Kesarwani's office here, demanding that President Pranab Mukherjee...

यूपी चुनाव में मुस्लिम वोटों की ठेकेदारी का टेंडर ओपन

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net यूपी चुनाव में दूसरे चरण की अधिसूचना लागू हो चुकी है. खुद को सेकुलर कहने वाली सियासी पार्टियां सबसे अधिक परेशान...

Yogi as CM is BJP’s message on ‘Hindu Rashtra’: Yechuri

Hyderabad, (IANS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri on Sunday said that by making Yogi Adityanath the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the BJP and...

Modi and Akhilesh are two sides of the same coin: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad-based All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen is contesting UP elections for the first time. Its president Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi was earlier denied permission to...

Akhilesh, Rahul pitch for SP-Congress alliance

Lucknow, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held their first joint show, the latter...

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...

Exit polls will again prove wrong; SP-Congress will win: Lalu

Patna, (IANS): Trashing exit poll projections on likely winners of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said the Samajwadi...

What ails the Congress? The list is too long, and the problems all too...

By Mohammed Zubeer Ahmed for Twocircles.net In the past few decades, the grand old party of India, Indian National Congress has been losing its ground...

Akhilesh has destroyed UP: Modi

Ghaziabad, (IANS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed alarm over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and accused the states...

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...

UP CM Adityanath may face trial following Allahabad High Court decision

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Lucknow : A city-based human rights organisation Rihai Manch has welcomed the decision of Allahabad High Court asking the Uttar Pradesh government...

Mayawati casts vote in Lucknow, claims victory

Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati here on Sunday cast her vote in the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election. Clad...

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...

UP government to form ‘anti-land mafia task force’

Lucknow, (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to set up a task force to tackle the menace of land grabbing in the...

EC tells political parties not to use photos of President, VP, Governors

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Election Commission on Tuesday directed all political parties to desist from displaying photographs of President and Vice President of...

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...

सियासत के चक्रव्यूह में रामपुर का बीड़ी उद्योग

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net रामपुर :  यूपी में राजनीतिक पार्टियों के सिंबल वाली बीड़ियों का जलवा है. कोई कमल छाप बीड़ी छाप रहा है, तो कोई साईकिल,...

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...

आधा प्रतापगढ़ इस बार जाति और शांति पर वोट कर रहा है

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net प्रतापगढ़: प्रतापगढ़ की राजनीति पर बात करने के लिए आपको दो नाम ज़रूर लेने होंगे, राजा भईया और प्रमोद तिवारी. लेकिन इन...

’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...

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...

Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated

By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...

Aligning with SP is Congress’ political bankruptcy: Mayawati

Lucknow (IANS) : Taking on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over corruption and 'tacit understanding' with the BJP, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday said the Congress...

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...

Jamiat leaders to meet Modi, UP CM over ‘worsening communal, political atmosphere’

New Delhi, (IANS): Prominent Muslim body, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Friday expressed grave concern over what it described as the "worsening communal and political atmosphere"...

In upcoming phases of UP elections, MBC voters may swing the tide in BJP’s...

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net In the ongoing UP polls, if there is one party which has played its cards well in attracting votes from the...

Amit Shah to decide UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur CMs

New Delhi,  (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah will take the final call on the names of new Chief Ministers for Uttar...

ये टोपियां कभी रामपुर की शान थीं…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net रामपुर : रामपुर की टोपियों का बेहद ही शानदार इतिहास रहा है. आज़ादी की लड़ाई से लेकर आज तक इन टोपियों के...

उत्तर प्रदेश के 7.5 लाख वोटरों ने किया ‘नोटा’ का प्रयोग

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के परिणाम आ चुके हैं. शायद उत्तर प्रदेश के राजनीतिक इतिहास में ऐसा पहली बार हुआ...

वोटर बोले : ‘वोट उधर करेंगे, जिधर घर-पटीदार का वोट जाएगा’

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी : मलदहिया पर बनारस का पुराना रॉयल इनफील्ड का शोरूम है. खुराना ऑटोमोबाइल्स के नाम से. आसपास लोहे के सामानों का...

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...

61% voting in UP fourth phase polls

Lucknow/New Delhi, (IANS): Over 61 per cent voters exercised their franchise on Thursday across 53 seats in the fourth phase elections to the Uttar...

Law and order in UP worse under SP: BJP

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh had worsened over...

UP: Women winning fewer elections, losing deposits in larger numbers

By Rahul Mohan Sharma  Poor, populous Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have a female Chief Minister -- Sucheta Kriplani from 1963 to 1967...

As Mulayam era ends in SP, Akhilesh’s new makeover leaves Muslims confused

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net Akhilesh Yadav has been accepted as national president of Samajwadi Party and is thus entitled to use its election symbol Cycle...

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...

Preparations completed for Saturday’s vote count in UP

Lucknow, (IANS): Preparations for the counting of votes cast in the seven rounds of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections have been completed, an Election...

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...

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...

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...

Shivpal Yadav meets Yogi Adityanath, triggers speculation

Lucknow, (IANS): Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, who was sidelined in the party and government by nephew Akhilesh Yadav, met Uttar...

People who stood at banks will now queue to reject BJP: Akhilesh

Bijnore, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the people who were forced to stand in queues outside banks...

BJP releases third list of candidates for UP polls

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released the third list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The BJP...

Budget offers nothing for poor, marginalised: Mayawati

Lucknow, (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday flayed the Union Budget and said that it had nothing for the poor...

सपा छोड़ अब कांग्रेस के पाले में खड़े हो गए शाहनवाज़ राणा

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मीरापुर/मुज़फ्फरनगर : 2004 में 25 साल की उम्र मे धमाकेदार राजनीतिक करियर का आगाज करने वाले मुज़फ्फरनगर के कद्दावर मुस्लिम घराने...

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...

Rahul-Akhilesh Varanasi road show cancelled

Lucknow, (IANS) : The much-awaited road show on Friday by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Varanasi...

Congress doesn’t rule out tie-up with Akhilesh-led SP

  New Delhi : The Congress on Friday said that it does not rule out the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP)...

समाजवादी पार्टी मुसलमान विरोधी पार्टी है –शफ़ीक़ुर्रहमान बर्क़

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सम्भल: कभी समाजवादी पार्टी के आधार स्तंभ रहे शफ़ीक़ुर्रहमान बर्क़ अब असदुद्दीन ओवैसी की पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) के...

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...

No evidence to show EVMs can be tampered with: EC

New Delhi, (IANS): The Election Commission on Thursday emphasised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political...

Preparations done for UP’s final phase of polling: EC

Lucknow, (IANS): Preparations for the seventh and final phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly have been completed, poll panel officials said on...

Muslim women and children beaten, asked to leave community park in Meerut

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Meerut: With the appointment of Hindu hardliner Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister, events and actions have started adversely affecting the...

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...

UP’s health variations: From worse than Haiti to better than India

By Oommen Kurian At a time when Indias sex ratio at birth is low and declining -- from 909 (2011) to 887 (2014) -- there...

फूलपुर, प्रतापपुर और हंडिया : जहां सपा और भाजपा ध्रुवीकरण और जातिवाद का लाभ...

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net इलाहाबाद : फूलपुर विधानसभा के वोटर श्याम सिंह बताते हैं, 'सपा का टिकट मुसलमान को, बसपा का टिकट मुसलमान को. हमको आप...

Samajwadi Party says Budget hopeless, negative

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday termed the Budget "hopeless" and said the measures for political funding announced in it will...

20% polling in UP’s 7th phase amid snags, boycott calls

Lucknow, (IANS): Amid technical snags and boycott calls in some polling stations, over 20 per cent voting was reported from the rest of the...

First list of candidates gives BJP a headache; dissenting members stage open rebellion

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net The UP elections are almost upon us; every party is busy releasing its list of candidates. However, given the fierce contest...

A firebrand, saffron-robed Yogi is the new UP ‘Mahant’

By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, (IANS): Yogi Adityanath, the saffron clad, diminutive Chief Minister-designate of Uttar Pradesh, evokes strong sentiments in the eastern parts of Uttar...

Hindu Yuva Vahini points at ‘ISI activities, Chinese incursion, Kashmir situation’ for disrupting church...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Maharajganj: The disruption of Church services at Maharajaganj brought the activities of Hindu Yuva Vahini into the limelight for all the...

यूपी में बुरी हार झेलकर भी अपने मिशन में एक क़दम आगे बढ़ गए...

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: असदुद्दीन ओवैसी का ‘मिशन यूपी’ पूरी तरह से फ्लॉप हो गया. उनकी पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव...

SP candidate’s son shot in UP

Lucknow, (IANS): The son of a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate was shot and seriously injured in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district on Thursday morning, police...

मुस्लिम सियासी पार्टियों के ‘इत्तेहाद फ्रंट’ में नहीं है कोई ‘इत्तेहाद’

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net साल 2015 में उत्तर प्रदेश की चार मुस्लिम सियासी पार्टियों ने इत्तेहाद फ्रंट नाम से एक राजनीतिक गठबंधन का ऐलान किया...

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...

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...

2017 elections promise little cheer for UP’s long-dead Communist movement

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net The story of UP elections over the years is often cited as a textbook study of how the Congress has faded...

We don’t believe in vote bank politics: Naqvi

New Delhi, (IANS) : Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government does not practice vote bank politics and...

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...

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...

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...

BJP wins all Lucknow seats, Aparna Yadav loses

Lucknow, (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday won all five seats in the state capital, including Lucknow Cantonment where its candidate Rita...

देवबंद में भाजपा की जीत, क्या है सचाई?

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net देवबंद/ सहारनपुर : ईवीएम में गड़बड़ी के सवालों के बीच देवबंद चर्चा में है. बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती अपने आरोपो में इसका...

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...

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...

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...

दंगों के बाद क्या होगा मुज़फ्फरनगर में चुनाव का रुख?

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ्फरनगर : ये शहर अब चुनावों में उतर रहा है, लेकिन सच है कि इस इलाके ने चुनाव के पहले क़त्लेआम...

Voting for 67 seats on Wednesday in UP

Lucknow, (IANS): After an improved voter turn out in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the battle for ballot in the state...

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...

SP announces 12 more candidates in 5th list for UP polls

Lucknow, (IANS) : The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday released its fifth list of 12 candidates for the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly polls...

Akhilesh Yadav moves caveat in SC on EC order

New Delhi : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday moved a caveat in the Supreme Court urging it not to pass any order...

सहारनपुर : सस्ते ​कोचिंग सेंटर और कर्ज़ के भरोसे के साथ आए राहुल गांधी

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर​: ​मसूद परिवार के गढ़ गंगोह पहुंचे कांग्रेस के राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने यहां मंच से युवाओं और किसानों पर...

Marginalization of BJP’s Dalit MPs

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 71 returned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Two returned BJP ally Apna Dal...

Muslim outfits join hands, ask Akhilesh: What have you done for us in the...

By TCN News Terming the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance as opportunistic tie-up, the umbrella organisation of various Muslim outfits—Muttahida Milli Majlis has appealed to Muslims to...

Raj Babbar offers to quit as UP Congress chief

New Delhi, (IANS): Congress Uttar Pradesh chief Raj Babbar on Wednesday offered to quit the post following the partys rout in assembly polls. "I take...

Won’t let BJP to run UP if there’s no winner: Akhilesh

Lucknow, (IANS): Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said he won't allow the BJP to "remote control" Uttar Pradesh in the event of a...

Around 57% turnout in UP polls’ penultimate phase

Lucknow, (IANS): Hundreds of thousands of voters came out to cast their ballots in the penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on...

Dear BJP, spare us the moral high ground: your politics is no different from...

By Mohammed Rehan Ansari for Twocircles.net The UP elections show that Narendra Modi’s charisma and Amit Shah’s strategies rolled over the new-born Samajwadi Party, the...

Shivpal Yadav to form new party after UP elections

By TCN Correspondent The story of the rift within the Yadav family in Uttar Pradesh is both well known and well documented, and adding a...

EC extends deadline for UP exit polls

Lucknow, (IANS): The Election Commission (EC) has prohibited exit polls for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections till 5.30 p.m. on March 9 following the...

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...

Voting ends in Uttar Pradesh fourth phase voting

Lucknow, (IANS): Voting ended on Thursday evening in the fourth phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh covering 53 seats in 12 districts with...

Love jehad to sabka vikas: Can Modi tame Yogi?

By Amulya Ganguli Did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) desist from naming its Chief Ministerial candidate for UP before the assembly polls because it wanted...

Situation in violence-hit UP town limping back to normalcy

Lucknow, (IANS): The situation in Uttar Pradesh's violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri, where an objectionable video on Hindu deities on social media led to communal clashes,...

इलाहाबाद पश्चिम : नई-नवेली ऋचा सिंह क्या कमाल कर पाएंगी?

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net इलाहाबाद: इलाहाबाद की पिछली रिपोर्ट में हम आपको बता चुके हैं कि कैसे साम्प्रदायिक ध्रुवीकरण का लाभ सपा और भाजपा शहर के...

बनारस : कार्यकर्ताओं के विरोध की वजह से रद्द हुआ था राहुल-अखिलेश का रोड-शो

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी : कल यानी 11 फरवरी दिन शनिवार को बनारस में राहुल गांधी और अखिलेश यादव की एक यात्रा प्रस्तावित थी. 9...

Over 50% turnout in first phase of UP polls

Lucknow, (IANS) : Over 50 per cent turnout was witnessed till late afternoon in the first phase of the staggered Uttar Pradesh assembly elections...

For Akhilesh, Mulayam’s actions and words remain the biggest hurdle in UP polls

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net Chief Minister and National President of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav summed up his feelings during a rally in Etah district on...

‘Hindu exodus’ not an election issue in Kairana

By Brajendra Nath Singh Kairana (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS) : The so-called "Hindu exodus" from Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh, which had grabbed headlines, is a...

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...

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...

40% polling so far in 2nd phase of UP polls

Lucknow, (IANS): Over 40 per cent voting was recorded in the second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh till afternoon on Wednesday. Maximum voting was reported...

Attack on policemen, shows ‘jungle raj’ in UP: Yechury

New Delhi, (IANS): Expressing outrage over right-wing outfits attacking police stations in Agra, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said there was a...

Yogi’s two most controversial decisions also most popular: Survey

New Delhi, (IANS): Unaffected by media outrage over the ban on illegal slaughterhouses and the creation of "anti-Romeo" squads, residents of Uttar Pradesh say...

Over 57 per cent voting in UP polls fifth phase: EC

New Delhi, (IANS): Over 57 per cent voting was recorded during the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on Monday, the Election Commission said. "Till...

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,"...

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...

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...

‘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...

राजेंद्र अग्रवाल का बदहाल आदर्श ग्राम, जहां सांसद जी सिर्फ़ शादी-ब्याह में दिखते हैं

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मेरठ: शहर से 12 किलोमीटर दूर गढ़ रोड पर गांव भगवानपुर चट्टावन. मुख्य मार्ग से डेढ़ किलोमीटर लिंक रोड पर चलने...

Congress names 25 candidates for UP polls

Lucknow, (IANS) : The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 25 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Prominent persons who made it to...

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...

BJP firebrand leader Yogi Adityanath is new UP CM

Lucknow, (IANS): Gorakhpur Lok Sabha MP Yogi Adityanath was on Saturday named as the next Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in a meeting of the...

No dispute between Akhilesh and me, says Mulayam

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said there were no differences between him and his son and Uttar Pradesh...

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...

With no end to feud, Mulayam-Akhilesh look for life beyond the ‘cycle’

By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: Attempts at striking some sort of a patch-up or compromise between the warring factions of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP)...

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...

This is one Akhilesh project that may be spared Yogi’s axe

By Mohit Dubey   Lucknow, (IANS): At a time the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh is reviewing schemes launched by former Chief...

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...

BJP cheated people to come to power, Akhilesh alleges

Lucknow, (IANS): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of cheating...

Campaigning for 1st phase of UP polls ends Thursday evening

Lucknow, (IANS) : Campaigning for the crucial first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh for 73 seats will end on Thursday evening, an election official...

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...

Scanty voting so far in first phase of UP polls

Lucknow, (IANS) : Voting started at a slow pace in the 73 assembly constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning. The turnout in...

Akhilesh hits campaign trail, lashes out at Modi, Maya

Sultanpur, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav kicked-off the assembly poll campaign for the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday and urged the...

SP announces 209 candidates, Akhilesh accommodates Mulayam’s men

Lucknow (IANS) : The ruling Samajwadi Party on Friday released its first and second lists for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, within a span...

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...

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...

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...

Yogi may be senior in age, but still backward in work: Akhilesh

Lucknow, (IANS): Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi, saying he "may be...

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...

Pihani’s story: Why promises Of UP’s politicians rarely changed over 15 years

By Saumya Tewari  Pihani, Uttar Pradesh: For 16 years, Kailash Rai (not his real name), 49, has been commuting six hours every working day between...

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...

BJP takes poll management, ground work to next level in UP

By Mohit Dubey  Lucknow, (IANS) : If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could pride itself on professional poll management in the run-up to the 2014...

BJP hopes Maharashtra win will boost its prospects in UP

By Mohit Dubey  Lucknow, (IANS): Perked by its success in the Maharashtra civic polls, the BJP has decided to use it for a "major political...

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...
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