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...
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...
In UP, political discourse gets distasteful
Lucknow, (IANS): "Gujarat ke gadhe" (donkeys of Gujarat), "Loktantra ke aatankwaadi" (terrorists of democracy), "Behenji Sampatti Party", "Negative Dalit Man"... Political discourse amid ongoing...
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...
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,...
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...
यूपी चुनाव में ओवैसी का ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ फार्मूला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ : तीसरे चरण के मतदान के मद्देनज़र ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) के सरबराह असदुद्दीन ओवैसी ने चुनाव प्रचार अभियान...
UP EVMs were ‘managed’ to favour BJP: Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that voting machines had been "managed" in favour of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and that...
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...
Former BSP heavyweights figure in BJP’s third list for UP
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its third list of 67 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Like...
In UP, Punjab and Goa, increase in MLAs without criminal records
By Prachi Salve
There has been a decrease in the number of members of legislative assembly (MLAs) with criminal records in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and...
Azam Khan says SP will win 380 seats; gets math wrong
Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh's senior minister Mohammad Azam Khan on Friday trashed all exit polls and predicted 380 seats for his Samajwadi Party.
Getting his...
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...
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...
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,"...
Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari joins BJP
New Delhi : Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, 91, and his son Rohit Shekhar on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The two joined the...
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...
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...
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...
Congress-SP will win in UP: Jitin Prasada
By Anand Singh
Shahjahanpur, (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party-Congress grouping is poised to take power in Uttar Pradesh and both parties are gelling well despite minor...
Congress expresses displeasure over SP list for UP
New Delhi (IANS) : Indicating that all is not well in the alliance, the Congress on Friday expressed its displeasure over the Samajwadi Party (SP)...
In UP, the truth is that no Muslim party plays a major role in...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
With UP going to elections this weekend, it is clear that the gloves are off and everyone is either trying to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Will continue to work in UP, says Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): Asaduddin Owaisi, whose AIMIM failed to get a single seat in Uttar Pradesh, said on Saturday that it was a good start...
राजा भईया अंसारी नहीं, इसलिए अखिलेश को उनसे कोई समस्या नहीं है – अफज़ाल...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
गाजीपुर: पांच बार विधायक और एक बार सांसद रह चुके बनारस के अंसारी परिवार के थिंक टैंक कहे जाने वाले अफजाल...
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...
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...
BJP announces second list for UP, ‘star kids’ find place
New Delhi (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Sunday released its second list of 155 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, which...
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....
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...
What happened to Modi’s ‘achche din’, asks Akhilesh
Lucknow (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he urged voters to...
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...
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...
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...
Modi government has lost touch with ground reality, says SP leader
New Delhi, (IANS) : Criticising the policies of the central government, Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Neeraj Shekhar on Thursday said that "it has lost...
बिजनौर : दलित-मुस्लिम एकता में खटास
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बिजनौर: उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के मतदान से ठीक पहले बिजनौर जिले में सांप्रदायिक तनाव है. एक युवक...
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,...
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...
Last phase of UP polls is crucial for Modi, SP, BSP, Congress
By Mohit Dubey
Varanasi, (IANS): The seventh and last phase of polling to pick a new Uttar Pradesh assembly will be held on Wednesday in...
Socrates, demonetisation and UP elections: A ‘walk’ with the philosopher in the streets of...
By Rashmi Bhushan for Twocircles.net
I looked at the weather and murmured, “There are ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”. A voice from behind asked– “Are...
#Elections2017: UP spends least on health, reflects in its ill-health
Oommen C Kurian
With 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has about the same population as Brazil; an economy the size of Qatars -- which...
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...
Congress asks four UP candidates to withdraw in favour of SP
Lucknow, (IANS) : Worried at the confusion in over a dozen seats where both it and alliance partner had named candidates, the Congress on...
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...
Will free UP of corruption, riots: Adityanath
New Delhi, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said he will work to rid the state of corruption and communal riots.
Adiyanath,...
EC cracks whips, transfers officials in UP
Lucknow, (IANS) : Hours before the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday cracked the whip on the...
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...
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...
Parties pull out all stops to win ‘crucial’ western Uttar Pradesh
By Mohit Dubey
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS) : With the crucial first phase elections in western Uttar Pradesh just a week away, all parties have...
अगले चरणों में मायावती मुख्तार अंसारी के दम पर लड़ेंगीं
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
गाजीपुर/ मऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव में जब किसी भी पार्टी ने अपना प्रचार नहीं शुरू किया था, उस समय मायावती ने...
Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Pradhan joins BJP
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party National General Secretary Ashok Pradhan on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with a number of his supporters...
As Mulayam loyalists sharpen knives, fragile peace in SP is again shattered
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : A fortnight ago when the Election Commission handed over the cycle symbol and the party presidency to Uttar Pradesh Chief...
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...
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...
Chairman of Shia Waqf Board criticizes Kalbe Jawad
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Syed Waseem Rizvi, chairman, Shia Central Board of Waqf, has lashed out at prominent Shia cleric and Imam-e-Juma Maulana Kalbe Jawwad...
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...
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...
सम्भल : यहां ओवैसी नहीं बर्क़ का है जलवा
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCirles.net
सम्भल : यूपी के सम्भल में ओवैसी फैक्टर काम कर रहा है. ओवैसी की पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) के उम्मीदवार ज़ियाउर्रहमान...
Adityanath as CM is shocking, says New York Times
New York, (IANS): The decision to pick Hindutva leader Adityanath Yogi as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh shows the BJP thinks "nothing stands in...
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...
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...
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...
Will political ‘imports’ hurt BJP’s bid to end its UP ‘exile’?
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : Will the Bharatiya Janata Party's hopes of ending its 14-year political vanvaas (exile) in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming...
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...
BJP announces first list of candidates for UP, Uttarakhand
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its first list of 149 candidates for Uttar Pradesh polls and 64 candidates in...
BJP will win two-thirds majority in UP: Amit Shah
Vasco (Goa) (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of winning the Uttar Pradesh assembly election with a two-third majority, party President...
After EC, opposition leaders meet President on EVM issue
New Delhi, (IANS): Opposition leaders, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee on the EVM issue and raised concern over...
सहारनपुर : हारकर भी अपना कद बढ़ा गए इमरान मसूद
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर: जनपद की राजनीति में अब काफी ताकतवर हो चुके इमरान मसूद फिर हार गए. इस बार उन्हें 90 हजार वोट...
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...
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...
Congress terms RSS top brass’ comment on reservation anti-Dalit
New Delhi (IANS) : Condemning head of RSS' communications department Manmohan Vaidya's call to abolish reservation, the Congress party on Friday said that BJP and...
Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister
Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...
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...
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...
Sonia’s absence in UP clear sign of generational shift: Congress
New Delhi, (IANS): Remaining silent on party President Sonia Gandhi's absence from poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Wednesday said "it was...
बनारस: यहां भाजपा को आचार संहिता से दिक्कत क्यों है?
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों की तारीख़ें घोषित होने के साथ ही आचार संहिता भी लागू हो गयी है. इसके साथ ही...
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...
Mamata concerned over ‘recent happenings’ in UP
Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed concern over the "recent happenings" in Uttar Pradesh, saying people are "scared" over...
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...
मुस्लिम राजनीति में रसूखदार, मुज़फ्फरनगर का ‘राणा परिवार’
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर: मुज़फ्फरनगर की 6 विधानसभाओं में से 4 चार पर यहां के कद्दावर और रसूखदार 'राणा परिवार' के लोग ताल ठोंक...
UP records 11% polling till 9 a.m. in sixth phase
Lucknow, (IANS): Around 11 per cent of the 1.72 crore Uttar Pradesh voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours on Saturday as...
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...
BJP petitions poll panel against Akhilesh’s smartphone sop
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday petitioned the Election Commission against Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's election promise of providing free...
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...
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...
Muslims produce more children as they are unemployed: Azam Khan
Lucknow, (IANS): Muslims have so many children since they had no other work to do, Uttar Pradesh's Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohd...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
In UP, villages still cry for roads
By Anand Singh
Shahjahanpur, (IANS) : Seven decades after independence, residents of a large number of villages in Tilhar constituency here in Uttar Pradesh continue...
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...
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...
Mood in Lucknow favours SP-Congress alliance
By Anand Singh
Lucknow, (IANS) : If the sentiments at one of the better known tea stalls here is any indicator, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister...
Scared Modi tries to create tension between two religions: Rahul
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying "when he gets sacred, he tries to...
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...
Regional parties show 20% dip in donations above Rs 20,000
New Delhi : Twenty-one regional political parties received a total of Rs 107.62 crore in donations of or above Rs 20,000 in 2015-16, compared with...
यूपी के सांसद : हेमा मालिनी और डिम्पल यादव सबसे फिसड्डी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
उत्तर प्रदेश के महत्त्वपूर्ण जिले मेरठ में 4 फरवरी को जनसभा को संबोधित करते हुए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने कहा था कि...
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 misusing state machinery to manipulate elections’
New Delhi, (IANS) : Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday accused the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party of misusing the administration and its officers...
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...
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...
बनारस : ‘जय श्री राम’ का नारा, मोदी का दौरा यानी भाजपा की जीत
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: ऐसा क्या हुआ कि एक सीट भी मुश्किल से जीतने वाली भाजपा सभी सीटें निकाल ले गयी? बनारस में यह चर्चा...
Muslim women voted for BJP because of triple talaq: Ravi Shankar
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said Muslim women voted for the BJP during the just concluded Uttar...
Samajwadi Party’s troubles will not end with UP election results
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Whatever be the election results, Uttar Pradesh is all set to witness another showdown in Samajwadi Party. SP’s national president Akhilesh...
40% of UP voters undecided, finds poll
By Shreya Shah
Elections for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, Indias largest state -- 138 million voters -- start on February 11, but 40 PER...
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...
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...
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...
BJP aims to breach Mulayam’s fortress as Akhilesh and Shivpal lock horns
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
It would not be wrong to say that the Samajwadi Party, despite all its infighting and power struggles, has a strong...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘Hindu caste coalition helped BJP more than Muslim division in UP’
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi, (IANS): The BJP's success in consolidating Hindu votes of various castes has rendered any division of Muslim votes redundant...
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...
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...
Camaraderie between Rahul, Akhilesh enthuses workers
By Sandeep Pauranik
Jhansi, (IANS): Once political rivals, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav seem to be sharing great...
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...
Rahul’s ‘little down’ an existential crisis for Congress in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): On Tuesday, as Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi described the poll outcome in Uttar Pradesh as "a little down", he...
यूपी : विकास का नारा देने वाले बीजेपी नेता नहीं कर पाए अपने क्षेत्र...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
यूपी का ‘चुनावी संग्राम’ अपने तीसरे चरण में है. इस सबसे बड़े चुनावी अखाड़े में कई सारे वायदों के बीच भाजपा...
UP casts 11% votes till 9 a.m. in 5th phase
Lucknow, (IANS): Around 11 per cent of 1.84 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling on Monday for the...
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...
Rahul hails Yogi’s farm loan waiver
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hailed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to waive off farm loans calling...
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...
Anger against SP, BSP will restore rule of law: Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday lashed out at the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh and called upon the...
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...
Fate of SP-Congress alliance hangs in balance
Lucknow (IANS) : The fate of the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls continued to hang in balance on Saturday, even...
अमरोहा में सपा को भारी पड़ सकती है तुर्कों की नाराज़गी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
अमरोहा : कहते हैं कि 1262 में जब हज़रत सैयद शर्फुद्दीन शाह विलायत यूपी के मुरादाबाद के अज़ीज़नगर आए तो यहां के भटियारों...
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...
UP elections and the missing ‘madam, chacha, neta and babuji’
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : The first phase of the elections to the 403-strong Uttar Pradesh state assembly, that ended on Saturday, was marked...
Akhilesh kicks off election campaign
Sultanpur, (IANS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday kicked off the Samajwadi Party's election campaign by promising to provide better living...
Congress poll manifesto for UP promises 50% quota for women
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Congress party on Wednesday released its manifesto here for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and announced 50 per cent reservation...
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...
Will hold rally against note ban after UP polls: Lalu
Patna, (IANS) : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday said his party will organise a rally against demonetisation in the Bihar capital after the...
Disenfranchised: Muslim representation in UP assembly at historic low
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): For all the focus on Muslims in the Uttar Pradesh elections -- demonised by the BJP and actively wooed by...
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...
BSP is not a position to send Mayawati to Rajya Sabha next year. Will...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
After the humiliating defeat in UP assembly polls, the question of opposition parties mainly SP, BSP and Congress coming together to...
Adityanath government asks sugar mill owners to pay arrears to farmers
Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked sugar mill owners in the state to pay arrears of the previous and current...
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...
UP needs to get rid of ‘KaSaB’, says Amit Shah
Lucknow, (IANS) : Coining an acronym to denote the Congress, the SP and the BSP with the name of the executed 26/11 attacker, BJP...
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...
अयोध्या में राम की नहीं, काम की बात
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
फ़ैज़ाबाद/अयोध्या : इस चुनावी मौसम में राम मंदिर की चर्चा अब हर जगह होने लगी है. भाजपा के दिग्गज नेता अब...