The upcoming festival of Holi has started causing considerable anxiety in the government, following the possibility of caste tensions and violence during the festival.

In a sudden turn of events, UP chief minister Mayawati has got her Cabinet to approve dissolution of the state Assembly even before counting of votes begins.

With the media in overdrive over government formation in Uttar Pradesh, making and breaking alliances by the hour, the man who should be at the helm of all activity is quietly waiting and watching.

All roads leading to the residence of Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi, who may take the centre-stage in the event of a hung assembly, have been barricaded as vote count began on Tuesday.

Major traf

Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) seemed headed for a rout as early voting trends showed dramatic gains for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party.

BJP and Samajwadi Part

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which might end up as the second biggest group in Uttar Pradesh, will not support any coalition government, BJP leader Muqtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.

With early

In a shocker for the Congress, the party was trailing in all five assembly seats in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh which is represented in the Lok Sabha by party president Sonia Gandhi.

Election Commiss

After conducting one of the biggest Assembly poll exercises in India — an election spread across seven phases over a month with 12.73 crore voters casting their ballots for Uttar Pradesh’s 403 Assembl

After the polls, it is time for prayers, parlours and parleys.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has passed a resoultion recommending dissolution of the 403-member assembly here late on Sunday.

The decision was taken after the chief minister's office got signatures of a