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Former UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya (L) joins Samajwadi Party in the presence of the party chief Akhilesh Yadav, in Lucknow, Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Top OBC minister quits Yogi government as UP polls near, 3 BJP MLAs...

Almost minutes after Mr Maurya's resignation, a photograph of him with Akhilesh Yadav was shared on the latter's social...

12 Jan 2022 6:54 AM IST

The BJPs door-to-door campaign drew sharp criticism from the rivals. (ANI representational)

With moratorium on physical rallies, BJP launches 'door-to-door'...

The campaigner will reach out to voters, including women and beneficiaries of different schemes, he said

11 Jan 2022 3:11 PM IST

Goa minister Michael Lobo (ANI)

Michael Lobo resigns as Goa minister, quits BJP

Asked whether he will join the Congress, Lobo said he is in talks with other political parties

10 Jan 2022 12:02 PM IST

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the government needs to answer opposition queries on various issues. (PTI Photo)

After free electricity, Akhilesh promises laptops to students if party...

Yadav said the legal cell of his party will lodge an FIR against the BJP IT cell in-charge for indulging in 'false...

8 Jan 2022 5:20 PM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra with Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar (L) announces the schedule for General Elections to Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, at a press conference in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Five states to vote from February 10 amid COVID curbs, results on...

COVID booster dose must for election officials, rallies banned till January 15

8 Jan 2022 4:46 PM IST

BJP MPs protest against Congress party over Ferozepur incident, in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan.7, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

SC asks HC to preserve travel records of PM Modi's Punjab visit

Centre on Thursday constituted a three-member committee headed by Sudhir Kumar Saxena to inquire into the security lapse

8 Jan 2022 12:37 AM IST

Union minister of state for shipping Santanu Thakur (PTI file photo)

Revolt hits BJP in West Bengal: MLAs quit WhatsApp group

MLAs have left their party's WhatsApp group for not getting posts in the recent rejig in the state unit's organization

6 Jan 2022 8:47 AM IST

States deputy chief minister and home minister, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. (AFP)

Trouble again in Punjab Congress as elections near

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday said he was ready to give up the home portfolio to state unit chief Navjot Singh if...

4 Jan 2022 7:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi checks an open gym equipment on display as he lays the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh state, Sunday, Jan.2, 2022. (AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Yogi plays 'jail-jail' with criminals in UP, says PM Modi

The youths of UP are getting an opportunity to make their presence felt in the sports world, said Modi

3 Jan 2022 3:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the programme to inaugurate & lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Haldwani, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Modi: Congress delayed growth

Mr Modi inaugurated six projects worth Rs 3,420 crores and laid the foundation stones of 17 others worth Rs 14,127...

31 Dec 2021 1:45 AM IST

Union I & B Minister Anurag Thakur (PTI/Kamal Singh)

BJP will win more assembly seats in western UP than last time: Anurag...

Thakur, BJP's UP election co-incharge, expressed confidence that the party will return to power in the state with more...

29 Dec 2021 12:09 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of various developmental projects, in Kanpur, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Modi takes a swipe at Samajwadi party for UP cash haul

The FM said that GST officers had seized more than Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from the house of perfume trader Piyush...

29 Dec 2021 12:57 AM IST