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PM Modi, his friends 'broke backbone' of employment sector: Rahul Gandhi

The fifth phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh will take place on February 27 when 60 assembly constituencies will go to the polls

Akhilesh slams BJP over inflation, says fuel price set to rise after polls

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav attacked the ruling BJP over inflation, saying the government will increase the fuel price once the Assembly elections are over.

Non-Congress govts kept UP backward, forced people to migrate: Rahul Gandhi

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi said he has been working only for the billionaires, who do not give employment

Uttar Pradesh polls: OBC leadership on test in the remaining phases

Almost all parties have put OBC leaders at the helm of their campaigns and the last three phases will test their popularity

Manipur Assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi to campaign from March 1

Manipur will go to the Assembly polls on February 28 and on March 5. The counting of votes will take place on March 10

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: 1,137 cases of poll violence in 4 phases

Meerut tops the list among the districts with 51 cases of poll code violation followed by 45 in Jhansi

Mayawati rejects speculation over BSP-BJP tie-up, says she's nobody B team

The speculation was triggered by a recent remark by Union Home Minister that Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party remained relevant in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and will get Dalit votes

No electricity on Holi, Diwali but always on Eid, Muharram in SP govt: Yogi

UP CM Adityanath claimed the Akhilesh Yadav government did not provide electricity to people on Holi and Diwali, but there was always power on Eid and Muharram

Oppn sees development works in Ayodhya, Kashi through communal lens: PM

PM Narendra Modi took a swipe at rival political parties alleging they see development works in Ayodhya and Kashi through communal lens.

No 'baahubali' can be seen even using telescope: Shah praises UP govt

BJP had promised to improve law and order in the 2017 election campaign and Adityanath, after becoming the chief minister, has eradicated mafia elements

BJP govt promised commoners will fly but sold airports, airline: Akhilesh

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the BJP government, saying it had talked about enabling slippers-wearing commoners to travel by planes, but ended up selling airports and airline.

UP polls: Voters have blessed BJP in first four phases, says PM Modi

The prime minister was addressing an election rally for Amethi and its neighbouring Sultanpur districts

UP politicians rely on caste, religion to get votes: Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka said the focus on caste and religion in UP politics has made politicians complacent, making them sideline the real issues.

Nawab Malik's arrest 'unfortunate', meant to influence UP polls: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday morning said that it is very unfortunate that whatever is happening in Maharashtra is aimed to influence the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Aaditya Thackeray to pitch Shiv Sena's ideology ahead of phase 5 UP polls

Ahead of the fifth phase of UP Assembly polls, Aaditya Thackrey, grandson Balasaheb Thackeray will convey his party's ideology to the people later on Thursday here in Siddharthnagar district.

57.83% voter turnout recorded in fourth phase of UP Assembly elections

The fourth phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday witnessed a voter turnout of 57.83 per cent, according to the data released by the Election Commission.

Fourth phase of UP Assembly elections records around 60% polling

With the completion of the fourth round of polling, 231 Assembly constituencies out of 403 in the state have been covered

UP's economy grew 3-fold during last 5 years; BJP real samajwadi: Rajnath

In an apparent dig at the Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, he said, 'The BJP is real samajwadi as the meaning of samajwad is to free society from fear, hunger and corruption,'

Good of Shah to acknowledge BSP will get Dalit votes, says Mayawati

Shah had recently said in a television interview that Mayawati remained relevant in Uttar Pradesh, where the fourth round of polling for the assembly took place on Wednesday

LIVE: Russia begins evacuating diplomatic staff from Ukraine, says report

The United States and its allies sought to step up sanctions pressure on Russia on Wednesday over the deployment of troops in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine