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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support BJP candidates in Jaunpur. (Photo: PTI)

UP buffaloes can be traced, not Prajapati, says Modi

Modi attacked the state government for its failure to arrest UP minister Gayatri Prajapati who has been accused of gang...

5 March 2017 7:19 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati at an election rally in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Bureaucratic weathercock signals Mayawati victory?

According to sources, some top officers have even visited the BSP president's family in Delhi to convey our wishes'.

5 March 2017 7:11 AM IST

Aman Mani Tripathi

UP polls: Will sympathy vote secure win for Aman Mani?

Twenty-eight years later, Nautanwa finds itself surrounded by a similar campaign.

4 March 2017 3:06 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav waves at people during an election rally in Ballia district, UP. (Photo: PTI)

Sixth phase campaign ends in UP, rebels worry SP

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has influence in Gorakhpur and some other districts in this phase.

3 March 2017 1:58 AM IST

Rajesh Tripathi

UP polls: How cremation ground led to downfall of a don

Rajesh Tripathi, a minister in the Mayawati govt, left the BSP a few months ago to join the BJP.

3 March 2017 12:25 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav addresses an election rally in Deoria district. (Photo: PTI)

UP polls: Captain Akhilesh faces crucial test in slog overs

Winning in last 2 phases vital to justify his decisions as SP chief.

2 March 2017 1:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in Maharajgan district. (Photo: PTI)

BJP has clinched UP, last leg a bonus, says Modi

The PM referred to a UP government website, which, according to him, states that life in UP is short and uncertain.

2 March 2017 12:47 AM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav addressing party workers at party office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

New party puts focus on caste seeking SC tag

Dhananjay Singh, former BSP MP, is contesting Malhani Assembly seat in Jaunpur as a NISHAD candidate.

1 March 2017 7:07 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: PTI)

UP polls: In last two phases, SP faces rebel trouble

The maximum damage the Samajwadi Party is likely to suffer in eastern UP is due to the Ansari brothers.

1 March 2017 2:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally at Mau in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

UP polls: PM Modi turns Katappa' for bahubalis'

Mau, incidentally, is the stronghold of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who is contesting the seat on a BSP...

28 Feb 2017 3:21 AM IST

SP candidate from Amethi Gayatri Prasad Prajapati is greeted by his supporter duirng an election rally in Amethi. (Photo: PTI)

Ten SP ministers face tough test

The most controversial minister in the Akhilesh government, Gayatri Prajapati, is caught in a web of circumstances.

27 Feb 2017 3:22 AM IST

BJPs Garima Singh and Congress Ameeta Sinh.

UP polls: Amethi's banished' rani fights back after 27 years

Garima Singh, the BJP candidate on Amethi Assembly seat, is certainly not a politician.

26 Feb 2017 1:26 AM IST