In the first phase, 55 constituencies across 10 districts, namely Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Basti, Bahraich, Balrampur, Faizabad, Gonda, Siddharth Nagar, Shravasti and Sitapur, will witness voting. About 925 candidates are in fray for phase I, which will decide the political fate of union steel minister and neo-Congressman Beni Prasad Verma. His son Rakesh Verma is contesting from Dariyabad constituency in home turf of Barabanki.

Phase 1 campaigning ends tomorrow

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The retail investor participation in stock market is growing in smaller towns keeping pace with general financial literacy and awareness.

'Small towns more active on stock markets'

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll trail on Wednesday, a week ahead of the first phase of elections spanning seven phases and ending on March 3.
The campaign has sparked interest among the voters and analysts alike, as Gandhi, who is also chairperson of the UPA at the Centre, and Mayawati, who is UP chief minister, have a certain charisma and verbal firepower which their respective parties believe would boost their

Sonia, Maya add heat to UP

Congress&rsquo; technology poster boy Sam Pitroda on Wednesday said the average growth rate in Uttar Pradesh could be made higher than the national average.

'UP can even better India's growth rate'

Eager to end a political wilderness it has been facing in Uttar Pradesh for the past two decades, the Congress on Tuesday released its election manifesto promising to &ldquo;resurrect&rdquo; the country&rsquo;s most populous state from &ldquo;lawlessness&rdquo; and &ldquo;lack of economic development&rdquo;.

Congress vows tax holidays

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) students&rsquo;-run fund Credence Capital has outperformed Nifty even in the recent choppy waters of equity market. While benchmark Nifty witnessed fall of nearly 14 per cent, Credence generated a return of 5 per cent in its equity fund, while the derivative fund returned a whopping 35 per cent.

IIM-L students' fund outperforms Nifty

The first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election starting on a positive note by clocking 62 per cent polling has prompted the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to ready its wish list for the state&rsquo;s economic development.

CII seeks land reforms in UP

The spirit of democracy in Uttar Pradesh (UP) could not be dampened by inclement weather and it recorded 62 per cent peaceful polling, the highest so far, in the first phase on Wednesday.

UP clocks record 62% polling in Phase -I

As canvassing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll 2012 gathers momentum, the political rivalry between young leaders of two major parties is reaching a crescendo. The run-up to the seven-phase elections spread over the next two months have come as an occasion for Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Singh Yadav to prove themselves as the heir apparent of their powerful political families.

Rahul, Akhilesh test youth power in UP

The nomination process for the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll for phase I voting on February 8 started on Thursday.

Nomination process for phase 1 begins

Seeking to wrest power from the incumbent Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh, principal opposition Samajwadi Party on Friday released its manifesto for the coming, state Assembly poll.

SP poll manifesto seeks to shed anti-English image

The Election Commission is vigilant on the dummy candidates in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll fray, as political parties/candidates have fielded them to circumvent the ceiling on poll expense of Rs 16 lakh in the state.

EC keeps eye on dummy candidates in Uttar Pradesh

Joining the bandwagon of organised retail in apparels, Paradigm retail India is planning to launch 100 &lsquo;Fashion Station&rsquo; stores pan-India by 2015 starting from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Paradigm India forays into organised garment retail

Election times have proved to be good for the mobile handset segment, homegrown mobile company S Spice said on Tuesday.

'Poll-time spurt in mobile handsets'

The nomination process for 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll in phase II voting on February 11 started on Monday.

Nomination for phase II begins

UP chief minister flays poll body for its &lsquo;one-sided&rsquo; decree to hide statues of ruling BSP&rsquo;s elephant symbol and herself.

Cover order is anti-dalit: Mayawati

Mayawati seeks electoral victory as gift from party workers.

BSP declares UP candidates on Maya's 56th birthday

3,600 illicit arms units busted, 3,300 cartridges confiscated.

UP Assembly elections: 1,100 FIRs over model code violations

A leading urology and laparoscopy hospital chain on Thursday announced to invest Rs 120 crore in Uttar Pradesh in the next two years.

Hospital chain to invest Rs 120 cr in UP

The scam in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) implementation in Uttar Pradesh, has so far claimed the lives of four senior government officials.

Probe into NRHM scam gets nowhere

It&rsquo;s no more just about increased subsidy to farmers or pension to the old. Political parties seem to have caught up with the new age, if their election manifestos in Uttar Pradesh are any indication. The youth and their aspirations figure more visibly this time in their pre-poll promises to the electorate of the state, which goes to polls in seven phases spread over next month and March.

Virendra Singh Rawat