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...
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...
BJP’s first list of candidates for UP elections has 11 females, rewards turncoats
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
The much-awaited list of candidates for BJP was finally declared on Monday evening. As expected, the first list of 149 candidates...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
Polling begins amid tight security for 73 seats in UP
Lucknow, (IANS) : Polling for 73 assembly constituencies spread across 15 districts in western Uttar Pradesh began at 7.00 a.m. on Saturday amid tight...
मड़िहान : जहां काम नहीं, कमलापति त्रिपाठी और लोकपति त्रिपाठी का नाम बोलता है
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
मीरजापुर : 'ललितेश मड़िहान के हीरो हैं. उनके यहां से जीतने में कोई दाग नहीं है,' हम मड़िहान बाज़ार में बात कर...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
योगी आदित्यनाथ के शपथ-पत्र में छिपा है उनका सच
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : उत्तर प्रदेश के नए मुख्यमंत्री होने जा रहे योगी आदित्यनाथ की सच्चाई उनके चुनावी शपथ-पत्र में छिपी हुई...
इस बार दरक सकता है आज़म खान का रामपुर क़िला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
रामपुर : इतिहास के आईने में रामपुर एक शहर या ज़िले का नाम नहीं, बल्कि मील के पत्थर की तरह ख़ास है. आज...
Demonetisation may hurt BJP in UP’s Shahjahanpur
By Anand Singh
Shahjahanpur, (IANS): Suresh Khanna, the BJP candidate from Uttar Pradeshs Shahjahanpur, is seeking his eighth consecutive election victory in this urban constituency...
जानिए, बनारस में भाजपा क्यों मुश्किल में है?
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी : उत्तर प्रदेश में शुरू हो चुकी चुनावी प्रक्रिया में जो कुछ विधानसभा क्षेत्र बेहद अहम माने जा रहे हैं, उनमें...
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...
Over 50% voting in UP’s final phase
Lucknow, (IANS): Over 50 per cent polling was reported across 40 seats in the final phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Wednesday with...
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...
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...
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...
UP second phase registers 65% polling
Lucknow, (IANS): Around 65 per cent polling was recorded in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Wednesday, officials said.
"Polling for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,"...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Congress names Priyanka Gandhi as ‘star campaigner’ for UP polls
Lucknow, (IANS) : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will be campaigning for party candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the state...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
बदहाली का नमूना है भाजपा सांसद कौशल किशोर का आदर्श ग्राम
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
ऑंट गढ़ी सौरा/मलीहाबाद: लखनऊ की मोहनलाल गंज संसदीय सीट से भाजपा सांसद कौशल किशोर का गोद लिया हुआ गांव बदहाली का...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three years after Muzaffarnagar riots, no justice in sight for gang-rape survivors
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporters
The Uttar Pradesh government has failed to expeditiously investigate and prosecute the seven cases of gang-rape filed after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Modi divides even electricity into Hindu-Muslim: Akhilesh
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to polarise voters on communal...
SP, Congress to jointly contest UP polls
Lucknow (IANS) : The Samajwadi Party and the Congress will jointly contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly election on 298 and 105 seats respectively, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
भाजपा से अलग चुनाव लड़ेंगे उपेन्द्र कुशवाहा, 18 को घोषित होंगे प्रत्याशी
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी/लखनऊ : केंद्र में एनडीए के घटक दल राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी (रालोसपा) ने उत्तर प्रदेश में आगामी विधानसभा चुनावों में अकेले...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EC’s ‘third eye’ monitoring UP polls
Lucknow, (IANS) : As voting got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the Election Commission is extensively using information technology to ensure free and...
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...
Rahul-Akhilesh to begin joint poll campaign on Sunday
Lucknow, (IANS) : Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint road show here in Uttar Pradesh on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Despite loss, BSP’s politics of social justice is the only antidote to BJP’s communal...
By Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net
The recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP), one of the most populous states in India, has ushered in a...
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,...
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...
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...
BJP takes early leads in UP
Lucknow, (IANS): The BJP took an early lead in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday as officials began counting the millions of votes cast in the...
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...
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...
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...