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...

Congress MP alleges caste discrimination in UP

New Delhi, (IANS): Congress member in the Lok Sabha Ranjeet Ranjan on Thursday said Yadavs and some other castes were being targeted in Uttar...

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,...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bengal beef dealers to meet Mamata over UP crackdown

Kolkata, (IANS): Beef dealers in West Bengal wish to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to apprise her of the "harrowing situation" in the state...

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...

मोदी रैली करते रहें और किसान अनशन…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net गाज़ियाबाद : प्रधानमंत्री मोदी इन दिनों अपने चुनावी सभा में किसानों के हित में खूब बोल रहे हैं. बुधवार को भी गाजियाबाद...

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...

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...

‘अल-क़ायदा चीफ़’ के घर का आंखों देखा हाल…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सम्भल : सम्भल का दीपा सराय मुहल्ला… इसकी साफ़-सुथरी चौड़ी सड़क से अभी-अभी मजलिस के उम्मीदवार का काफ़िला गुज़रा है. पास ही एक...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

SP leader Ambika Chowdhary joins BSP

Lucknow (IANS) : Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former minister in the state government Ambika Chowdhary on Saturday switched allegiance to the Bahujan Samaj...

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...

First phase polling in UP ends, over 60% turnout

Lucknow, (IANS) : Barring a few incidents of violence, the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh ended peacefully on Saturday with over 60...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

क़ब्रिस्तान ही नहीं, श्मशान के लिए भी अखिलेश ने दिए 227 करोड़

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net  लखनऊ : प्रधानमंत्री की फ़तेहपुर रैली में भाषण के बाद ‘श्मशान’ शब्द चर्चा में है. ख़ासतौर पर सोशल मीडिया पर प्रधानमंत्री...

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...

‘Grave’ error by PM Modi: Akhilesh Yadav’s government spent Rs 227 crore on crematoriums

By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net Prime Minister Narendra Modi caused a massive controversy during his election rally in Fatehpur Sikri, saying that if there is...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

कुंडा और रामपुर खास : किससे क्या बात करेंगे और क्या लिखेंगे?

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net प्रतापगढ़ : बाबागंज विधानसभा के संग्रामगढ़ गांव में एक मीटिंग आयोजित की गयी है. मीटिंग नहीं है, जनसभा है लेकिन लोग इसे...

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...

संजीव बालियान का आदर्श ग्राम – न एक मुसलमान, और न एक भी पूरा...

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net रसूलपुर जाटान(शाहपुर): मुज़फ्फरनगर के सांसद और केंद्र सरकार में राज्यमंत्री संजीव बालियान का आदर्श ग्राम 'रसूलपुर जाटान' के नाम से जाना...

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...

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...

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...

Big picture: Why the electorate voted against all state governments

By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net A bigger picture emerging after the electoral verdict of March 11, 2017, shows that it was a vote against all five...

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...

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...

Nominations for 6th phase of UP polls begin

Lucknow, (IANS) : The nomination process for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls began on Tuesday, an election official said. Polling for 49...

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...

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,...

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’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...

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...

Success of Apna Dal, Bhartiya Samaj Party shows caste politics well and truly alive...

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net Uttar Pradesh assembly polls have also given chance for two smaller parties to expand their wings. In the caste-ridden Hindi belt,...

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...

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,...

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...

अब साम्प्रदायिकता के सहारे जंग जीतने की तैयारी!

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net फ़ैज़ाबाद/अयोध्या :  यूपी चुनाव के चार चरण बीतने के बाद अब आगे की लड़ाई अयोध्या के सहारे लड़ने की तैयारी चल...

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...

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...

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...

BJP government pushing communal agenda in UP: Mayawati

Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday expressed concern at the "rising caste and communal tension" in the state and blamed...

Going gets tough for Akhilesh as gloves off in SP

By Mohit Dubey  Lucknow, (IANS): The gloves are finally off in the Samajwadi Party (SP), which was badly mauled by the Bharatiya Janata Party in...

Congress backs out from approaching EC over Modi’s remarks

New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Monday backed out from approaching the Election Commission (EC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial "graveyard and cremation...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

सहारनपुर में मायावती : पहले चरण की वोटिंग के बाद सरकार बनाने का जताया...

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर में बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने सरकार बनाने का भरोसा जताया है. भारी भीड़ और प्रथम चरण की वोटिंग...

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...

UP polls phase-3: BJP fields more candidates with criminal past than SP

New Delhi, (IANS): In the third phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls slated for February 19, the BJP has given tickets to more candidates...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

51% polling in UP third phase poll

Lucknow, (IANS): Over 51 per cent voting was recorded in eight hours since polling began for the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly...

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...

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...

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...

मोदी से बौखलाए बसपा की ओर जाएंगे बनारस के दलित

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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...

Akhilesh wins ‘cycle’ war, blow to Mulayam

New Delhi : The Election Commission on Monday recognised the faction led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the Samajwadi Party and allotted...

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

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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,...

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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...

Shivpal to float new party after March 11

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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...

Voting underway in Alapur constituency of UP

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About 20% contestants in UP polls first phase have criminal background: Study

New Delhi, (IANS) : About 20 per cent of candidates in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, where 73 seats will...

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

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Modi regime a government of ‘RSS ka Saath and BJP ka Vikas’: Congress

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

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Samajwadi Party says Budget hopeless, negative

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