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Connecting rural Uttar Pradesh with the rest: A road too far

In the first of a three-part series, Nitin Kumar explores hope vs reality around Purvanchal Expressway - the promise of job and plight of joblessness

Charanjit Singh Channi to be Cong CM face for Punjab polls: Rahul Gandhi

The other main contender for the party's CM face was Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Jat Sikh face.

Never lived for any post: Sidhu; hails Channi's elevation as Punjab CM

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said he never lived for any post and hailed the decision of making Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief minister of the state.

PM for Adityanath as UP's CM, says will make up for time lost in pandemic

Prime Minister Modi indicated that Yogi Adityanath is the BJP's choice as the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, saying if his government is formed again he would make up for the time lost

Sonia Gandhi not among Congress' star campaigners for Rae Bareli poll phase

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who represents the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, does not figure among the party's star campaigners for the fourth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh

Goa polls: Congress releases manifesto; assures resumption of mining

The Congress released its manifesto for upcoming Goa Assembly polls, and senior party leader P Chidambaram promised resumption of mining activities in the coastal state if his party comes to power.

Punjab polls: BJP questions Rahul's locus standi to name Cong CM face

The BJP questioned the locus standi of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to announce his party's chief ministerial face for Punjab Assembly polls, saying he doesn't hold any position in party right now.

EC notice to BJP Uttarakhand for tweeting morphed photo of Harish Rawat

The said tweet has since been removed

Congress set to announce chief ministerial candidate for Punjab on Sunday

Punjab will go to the polls on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

Battle for UP: On protest for 26 years, ex-teacher to contest against Yogi

'I am contesting against Yogi Adityanath and will also distribute pamphlets in Karhal against Akhilesh Yadav'

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Congress candidate booked for sedition

Ajay Rai, the Congress candidate from Pindra Assembly constituency in Varanasi, has been booked for sedition

Battle for UP: BSP fields Muslim candidate against Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in seven phases between February 10 and March 7 to elect 403 members of the state Assembly.

Uttarakhand polls: Rahul Gandhi performs 'Ganga Aarti' in Haridwar

He posted on Twitter three videos of himself participating in the 'Ganga aarti' amid 'Har Har Gange' chants by the huge crowd present there

Haridwar: Congress will give LPG cylinder in less than Rs 500, says Rahul

'We will provide medical facilities at your doorstep... We had promised loan waiver for farmers in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Punjab and we did that,' he added

1,304 candidates in fray for February 20 Punjab Assembly elections

As many as 341 candidates withdrew their nomination papers on the last day of withdrawal

Punjab polls: Party will decide who will be face of campaign, says Cong MP

He also said that elected MLAs have the right to elect the Chief Minister

CM's face to decide whether 60 contestants become MLAs: Navjot Sidhu

Without naming any party, Sidhu made the remark ahead of the announcement of the Congress' CM face by Rahul Gandhi on Sunday

India does not have a PM but a king: Rahul Gandhi in Uttarakhand

Addressing a rally, 'Uttarakhandi Kisan Swabhiman Samvad', in Kichha here, Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of leaving farmers on roads for a year amid Covid pandemic

Poll time is boom time for astrologers, pandits in Uttar Pradesh

With the onset of the Assembly elections, business is booming for astrologers and pandits in the Uttar Pradesh.

UP polls phase I: 15 illiterate candidates, 125 educated till Class 8

Among the candidates in fray, 125 are educated up till Class 8, while 15 have declared themselves to be illiterate, according to polls reform advocacy group ADR