Accusing the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh of being involved in land-grabbing, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the Mayawati-led regime was involved in scams of over Rs 40,000 crore.

BSP involved in land-grabbing, corruption: Mulayam

Press Trust of India

Two days after the first list of candidates was announced, the Congress in Goa is facing rebellion within the party as the aspirants who were denied tickets have decided to part ways with the organisation.

Cong's first list of candidates in Goa sparks rebellion

Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed BJP's 'India Shining' slogan, maintaining that those espousing such an idea never visited the poor in the villages and workers and understood their plight.

Rahul slams BJP's 'India Shining' campaign

After a slow start due to rain, polling for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections picked up by the afternoon with 28.35% of the over 1.70 crore electorate exercising their franchise.

UP polls: Over 28% turnout in first six hours

Caste and not religion is a major player in the February 11 assembly election in this eastern Uttar Pradesh district&nbsp;which has been in limelight due to the alleged involvement of its youths&nbsp;in terror activities.

Caste major player in Azamgarh polls

In a bind over largescale dissidence in the party ahead of March 3 Goa Assembly polls, Congress poll managers are pulling all stops to placate the dissenters who have raised the banner of revolt after being denied tickets.

Cong in tailspin over dissidence in Goa

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) BJP has finalised the names of six more candidates for the March 3 Goa assembly elections.

BJP announces 6 more candidates for Goa polls

The fate of the annual Goa Carnival is hanging in balance as the Election Commission is yet to give its nod to the flamboyant public display owing to the model code of conduct being in place for the March 3 Assembly polls.

Goa EC yet to okay annual Carnival event

Alleging large scale anomalies, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded a high-leel probe into all recruitments done during the five-year-regime of the BSP government.

BJP demands probe into BSP recruitments in UP

Claiming that it will get absolute majority on its own, Samajwadi Party today said it will not ally with any political party in forming the next Uttar Pradesh government.

We will get absolute majority, says SP

Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections started on a slow note with only 7.4% of the total 1.92 crore electorate exercising their franchise in the first two hours.

2nd phase polling starts on dull note in UP

Moderate polling was recorded in the first four hours of voting in the second phase of UP Assembly polls, with only 19% of the total 1.92 crore electorate exercising their franchise amidst stray incidents of violence.

Moderate polling recorded in UP

Twenty-one workers belonging to SP and BSP have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a clash in Katra Bazar area after polling for Assembly elections on February 8, police said today.

Over 20 BSP, SP workers arrested for clash

In Uttar Pradesh's rice bowl, it is an encounter of a different kind. A&nbsp;former officer of Special Task Force and a mafia lodged&nbsp;in Ahmedabad jail are&nbsp;leaving no stone unturned to wrest this seat from the Bahujan Samaj Party.

In UP's rice bowl, it's jailed mafia vs former cop

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said Mayawati government was more sympathetic towards &quot;rich builders&quot; than poor farmers and charged BJP, SP and BSP with only serving their respective &quot;vote banks&quot; when in power in Uttar Pradesh and ignoring the common man.

BJP, SP, BSP only serve vote banks when in power: Rahul

Although only two more days are left to file nominations for the March 3 Goa polls, Congress is yet to announce its four candidates even as the party is facing trouble from Trinamool Congress which is absorbing the rebels.

Goa polls: Cong's decision on 4 candidates on hold

BSP Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Rawat along with over 15 other supporters today joined Samajwadi Party in Hardoi.

BSP MP, over 15 other block leaders join SP

The 2G spectrum, CWG scams and the Anna Hazare movement may be burning issues at the national level, but it is bad roads, rampant power-cuts and acute shortage of fertilisers that are the main poll issues in these twin pocket-boroughs of the Nehru-Gandhi family.

Bad roads, power cuts main poll issues in Bareli, Amethi

Congress in Goa is in a bind as the aspirants who have failed to secure party tickets are vowing to queer the pitch for the official nominees for March 3 Assembly polls.

Rebels galore in Cong for Goa polls

The BJP and Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party (MGP) alliance has promised to raise the social security benefit for elderly from the current Rs 1,000 per month to Rs 2000, if voted to power.

BJP woos women, elderly ahead of Goa polls

A case of violation of model code of conduct has been lodged against former UP Assembly speaker and BJP's candidate from Allahabad (South) constituency Keshri Nath Tripathi, whose supporters allegedly assaulted a police official when he objected to their blocking a road.

Poll code violation case against former UP speaker

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