Uttar Pradesh

'BJP will achieve the target of more than 300 seats in the country and if we combine allies, we will get over 400 seats. In Uttar Pradesh, we will get over 74 seats,' Adityanath said. (Photo: File)

Unlike West Bengal, violence wasn't reported in last 6 phases in UP: Adityanath

Yogi exercised his right to vote in Gorakhpur accompanied by his party's candidate Ravi Kishan.

19 May 2019 11:58 AM

Akhilesh said the behaviour of the district administration in Varanasi and Gorakhpur is 'not conducive'. (File Photo)

UP govt misusing machinery to make Gorakhpur BJP candidate win: Akhilesh

In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, Akhilesh alleged that district administration is 'biased'.

19 May 2019 9:26 AM

Polling officials at a distribution centre in Varanasi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

No contest in Modi’s Varanasi

SP-BSP alliance hopes to consolidate Opposition votes.

19 May 2019 3:30 AM

BJP's discontented ally's chief wants to thrash BJP wokers with shoes

The SBSP is a BJP ally in UP, and had won four seats in the 2017 UP Assembly elections.

18 May 2019 8:11 PM

Opposition parties are pitching for a joint anti-BJP front to steer the next government. (Photo: ANI twitter)

After Rahul, AP CM meets Akhilesh, Mayawati in coalition-building effort

Naidu drove straight from Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh airport to the Samajwadi Party office.

18 May 2019 6:02 PM

The accident happened near Devkhari village which comes under the Bangarmau police station. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

5 dead, over 30 injured as bus rams tractor on Lucknow-Agra Expressway

The incident happened when a bus carrying passengers from Delhi to Bihar overturned after ramming into a tractor trolley.

18 May 2019 11:11 AM

Noida Police on Friday registered a case against e-commerce giant Amazon for allegedly hurting 'Hindu sentiments' after rugs and toilet seat covers with pictures of Hindu gods were available for sale on its US website. (Photo: File)

Cops file complaint against Amazon for ‘hurting sentiments’

An online campaign to 'boycott Amazon' was initiated by several social media users Thursday over the issue.

18 May 2019 8:59 AM

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister appealed to the people to vote for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance so that it can form the government at the Centre. (Photo: ANI)

Will bring better scheme than Cong's 'Nyay' if voted to power: Mayawati

The BSP leader claimed that BJP would be ousted from power in the Lok Sabha elections.

17 May 2019 5:13 PM

Priyanka held a roadshow in Mirzapur to show the strength of the party before campaigning ends for the last leg of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls this evening. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Amitabh Bachchan would have been better pick for PM: Priyanka's jibe at Modi

Priyanka was seen waving and smiling to the cheering crowd under the scorching heat.

17 May 2019 2:56 PM

Mayawati's latest barb adds to the war of words between Modi and the former chief minister. (Photo: ANI)

Modi bribed, threatened Varanasi voters; why EC not keeping an eye on it: Mayawati

In Hindi tweet, she claimed that outsiders are luring and threatened people in Varanasi to vote for PM.

17 May 2019 1:11 PM

Smriti Irani accuses Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in a public meeting. (Photo: File)

Offers namaz in Amethi, visits temple in MP for votes: Irani slams Priyanka

The Union minister said the Congress government formed in MP in December has failed on all the fronts.

17 May 2019 9:59 AM

Thirteen parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi, will go to polls on May 19 in the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections. Results will be announced on May 23. (Photo: PTI )

'Ganga Ma will punish you': Mayawati trains guns at BJP

Mayawati went on to say that Congress' 'bad policies and rule' led to the emergence of SP and BSP.

16 May 2019 6:11 PM

Shah said that Congress was thinking of removing sedition law which the BJP would never allow. (Photo: ANI)

Nobody can take away Kashmir from India till BJP is alive: Amit Shah

'Omar Abdullah said that Kashmir should have a separate Prime Minister. How can a country have two Prime Ministers?,' Shah asked.

16 May 2019 5:37 PM

The Prime Minister also accused the alliance of pushing the state in the direction of naxalism. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Aware of defeat, SP-BSP at each other's throats: PM Modi in Mirzapur

Prime Minister said the parties have increased their "daily dosage" of hurling abuses against him.

16 May 2019 4:23 PM

The Prime Minister said that the young voters of the country are convinced that only BJP government can fulfil their dreams. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Those with limited seat dreaming of becoming PM: Modi slams Opposition

He said the voters have already guaranteed a majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

16 May 2019 2:48 PM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while addressing a public gathering. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn wants to stop PM as he works for the oppressed: Adityanath

Reviving the 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' stance, he urged UP to vote for Modi for the work he has done for the people of the state.

16 May 2019 1:49 PM

The Prime Minister opined that he expected Mayawati to slam Mamata Banerjee over the latter terming people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as 'outsiders'. (Photo: ANI)

Modi promises grand Vidyasagar statue, as battle with TMC intensifies

Modi again accused Mamata's party of violence during Amit Shah's Kolkata road show.

16 May 2019 1:44 PM

Among the books doing well are "The Real Modi" and "Narendra Modi: Ek Sakaratmak Soch", according to booksellers in the temple town. (Photo: Amazon.in)

'The Real Modi', 'Modi: Ek Sakaratmak Soch': Books on PM in demand in Varanasi

Several autorickshaws plying in Varanasi can been carrying a poster of Modi's poll campaign, bearing slogans like 'Modi hai to mumkin hai'.

16 May 2019 1:30 PM

The local unit of the Congress had made elaborate arrangements to pull in the crowds for the roadshow, a party leader said. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Priyanka Gandhi holds mega roadshow to strength Congress in Varanasi

Priyanka began by garlanding the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya at the gates of the Banaras Hindu University.

15 May 2019 8:28 PM

BSP candidate from Ghosi Atul Rai (Photo: Facebook)

Mayawati, Akhilesh close ranks for rape-accused BSP candidate in UP

Atul Rai has been vociferously supported by party members and his sycophants claiming that he is being “framed” in a false case.

15 May 2019 6:51 PM