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Page 6 - Assembly Elections 2017

Subhash Velingkar to dissolve rebel unit, ready to work as RSS swayamsewak

Velingkar faction had differences with BJP over Medium of Instruction for elementary education

Subhash Velingkar to dissolve rebel unit, ready to work as RSS swayamsewak
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 7:49 PM IST

BJP, BSP look to make dent in SP-stronghold Azamgarh-Mau region

While BSP targets Muslim votes, BJP hopes to gain non-Yadav backward castes votes

BJP, BSP look to make dent in SP-stronghold Azamgarh-Mau region
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 7:07 PM IST

BJP to pay for fielding 'baagi' & 'daagi' candidates: Mayawati

Mayawati said people of UP will celebrate Holi of communal amity and brotherhood after elections

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Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 5:20 PM IST

UP polls: SP, BSP, Congress will get electric shocks on March 11, says Modi

Modi's remarks came amid war of words on supply of electricity in the state

UP polls: SP, BSP, Congress will get electric shocks on March 11, says Modi
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 4:22 PM IST

UP polls: Akhilesh junks Modi's claim of ISI role in Kanpur train mishap

Ghazipur is the Lok Sabha constituency of Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha

UP polls: Akhilesh junks Modi's claim of ISI role in Kanpur train mishap
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 3:42 PM IST

How SP-INC alliance is taking its campaign door to door in Varanasi

The stakes are high in PM Modi's constituency Varanasi and the alliance is giving it a strong push

How SP-INC alliance is taking its campaign door to door in Varanasi
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 2:59 PM IST

UP Polls: Varanasi to be battleground for Modi, Rahul, Akhilesh, Mayawati

Stakes are particularly high for the BJP in the Prime Minister's Lok Sabha constituency

UP Polls: Varanasi to be battleground for Modi, Rahul, Akhilesh, Mayawati
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 2:39 PM IST

Curfew in UP's Lakhimpur after communal clashes over 'objectionable' video

Tension had gripped the city after the video which allegedly hurt religious sentiments went viral

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Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 2:03 PM IST

In Manipur, ethnic conflict overshadows lowest infant mortality rate

The economic blockade has overshadowed all other issues this election year in Manipur

In Manipur, ethnic conflict overshadows lowest infant mortality rate
Updated On : 03 Mar 2017 | 9:29 AM IST

Modi should waive off farmer's' loans if he really has 56-inch chest: Rahul

Rahul also accused Modi of trying to spread hatred

Modi should waive off farmer's' loans if he really has 56-inch chest: Rahul
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 7:34 PM IST

BJP urges EC to deploy women police to examine veiled women voters in UP

BJP said, there is a possibility of false voting

BJP urges EC to deploy women police to examine veiled women voters in UP
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 6:00 PM IST

UP polls 2017: Not doing any work is PM's biggest 'karnama', says Akhilesh

Yadav's retort came against the backdrop of Modi's comment

UP polls 2017: Not doing any work is PM's biggest 'karnama', says Akhilesh
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 5:40 PM IST

UP polls 2017: From 300-plus rallies to just two this time for Mulayam

From 300-plus rallies to two this time for Mulayam Singh Yadav

UP polls 2017:  From 300-plus rallies to just two this time for Mulayam
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 12:17 PM IST

BJP will repeat its 2014 Lok Sabha poll feat in UP polls: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley hit out at Opposition for targeting BJP for not having a chief ministerial face for UP polls

BJP will repeat its 2014 Lok Sabha poll feat in UP polls: Arun Jaitley
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 3:50 AM IST

Streaks of Red surface in Varanasi

While haggling with a rickshaw-puller near the Kedar Ghat for a fare to the BJP office, they come in to sight. It was a group of not more than three dozen people, many of them greying, a few even elderly men, carrying red flags and marching briskly along the Godawlia-Lanka Road, the first motorable road running parallel to the ghats. They were led by two men on a motorcycle, the elder of them, a Muslim, was on the pillion carrying the hammer-sickle-and-star flag of the Communist Party of the India (Marxist), or the CPI(M).Those walking were holding flex banners and posters of Ajoy Mukherjee, a trade union leader contesting the cantonment Assembly constituency. Mukherjee, representing the Communist Party of India (CPI), is the lone Bengali candidate in the fray among the three constituencies of the city, with BJP's seven-time MLA Shyamadeo Roy "Dada" Chowdry not getting a ticket this time from the neighbouring Varanasi (South).As the procession passes through Bengali Tola, where the ...

Streaks of Red surface in Varanasi
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 12:22 AM IST

Assembly Elections 2017: BJP dims BSP's chances among core voters

BSP is unlikely to repeat its 2007 performance as skepticism abounds on Mayawati's intentions

Assembly Elections 2017: BJP dims BSP's chances among core voters
Updated On : 02 Mar 2017 | 12:19 AM IST

UP has decided to send 'adopted son' back to Gujarat: Mayawati

People of UP will give mandate to their own daughter, says Mayawati

UP has decided to send 'adopted son' back to Gujarat: Mayawati
Updated On : 01 Mar 2017 | 9:56 PM IST

PM Modi has accommodated more parties in his lap: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh also criticised the note ban implemented by the Centre

PM Modi has accommodated more parties in his lap: Akhilesh Yadav
Updated On : 01 Mar 2017 | 8:51 PM IST

Only debate is if BJP will get 2/3rd or 3/4th majority in UP, says Modi

Modi said on March 13 the state will celebrate 'Vijay Holi' by forming majority government

Only debate is if BJP will get 2/3rd or 3/4th majority in UP, says Modi
Updated On : 01 Mar 2017 | 7:24 PM IST

PM Modi's jibe at Rahul Gandhi over 'coconut juice' remark

Rahul said that he would extract juice from coconuts and export it to London

PM Modi's jibe at Rahul Gandhi over 'coconut juice' remark
Updated On : 01 Mar 2017 | 6:12 PM IST