The guns have fallen silent and the shadow of fear is gradually receding.
Dreaded dacoits have been eliminated and the fear of the bullet has evaporated, particularly in the Bundelkhand region.

In a veiled attack on Election Commission, UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday said its order to cover statues of BSP's poll symbol 'elephant' and those of her own was ‘one-sided, wrong and an insult

They all denounce it but they all practise it too. After the big political parties, it is now the small political parties that have got caught in the web of dynastic politics in Uttar Pradesh.

The Samajwadi Party has declared Akhilesh Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh.

With the ruling BSP bracing up for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday on Sunday will be a low key affair unlike previous years.

To celebrate the 56th bir

Small parties in dynastic politics
Amita Verma
, Jan. 13

Delimitation in Uttar Pradesh has had a piquant impact and for the first time, perhaps, sitting MLAs are being pitted against sitting MLAs from the same constituency.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has questioned the Election Commission (EC) for its intentions in conducting free and fir elections in UP.

In major development, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the transfers of five district magistrates, one DIG and seven senior superintendents of police.

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said his party’s decision to go solo in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will have no effect on the NDA in which it is an alliance partner along with the BJP.