Candidate shuns luxury, campaigns on buffalo in poll bound Uttar Pradesh
Stirred by poverty in villages and rising fuel prices, a candidate has decided shun the use of costly vehicles and is seeking votes by riding a buffalo in the Basti Sadar assembly constituency of Utta
Mayawati switches to Mulayam as prime target
In an attempt to ensure a multi-cornered electoral battle in UP, BSP supremo Mayawati is set to launch a spirited campaign against Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party.
The BSP, which is said to
Uma an outsider in Uttar Pradesh, won't be CM: Kalraj Mishra
BJP Vice-President Kalraj Mishra, who is one of the front-runners for the chief ministership of Uttar Pradesh if some miraculous results give his party the mandate, has ruled out Uma Bharti occupying
BJP may get 75 seats in UP polls, says RSS
The RSS assessment of the coming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, differs from that of the BJP.
While the BJP is hopeful of taking its tally in the politically important stat
IB predicts just 160 seats for Mayawati
In bad news to the ruling BSP in Uttar Pradesh, state Intelligence told chief minister Mayawati that her party would at best get 160 seats, well short of the magic figure of 203 seats in the 403-stron
NRHM scam: CAG finds anomalies in spending of about Rs 5,000cr
The CAG probing the NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has found anomalies in spending of around Rs 5,000 crore under the scheme in about two dozen districts of the state.
The state health department failed
Cong to meet the same fate in UP as Digvijay did in UP: Bharti
A day after being fielded as a candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday said she will work for the defeat of Congress in the state the way she made Digvijay
Priyanka Gandhi steps into political limelight
Priyanka Gandhi joined the election campaign in the country's most politically important state, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, injecting sparkle into a tightly fought race and overshadowing her brother Rah
Priyanka winds up Amethi, Raebareli tour
Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday winded up her three-day tour of the twin parliamentary constituencies of Rae Bareli and Amethi exhorting party workers to strengthen the hands of
Mayawati should think before hitting out at EC order: Quraishi
Talking tough, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati should think before criticising the EC order to cover her statues and BSP's poll symbols