Page 55 - Assembly Elections

Reckoning with a divided India

No matter who wins the Assembly elections, the idea of India has already lost

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

Over 9,500 militants surrender, peace restored in Northeast: Amit Shah

Amit Shah said that with the initiative of the Modi government over 9,500 militants of various outfits in the northeastern region have surrendered and peace has been prevailing in Manipur

Manipur polls: Amit Shah vows to end Kuki militancy problem in 5 years

As the problem of Bodo militancy was solved in neighbouring Assam, no Kuki youth will have to carry arms anymore, Shah said in an election rally in Manipur's Churachandpur district

Assembly polls: Uttar Pradesh records 9.10% voter turnout till 9 am

Polling is underway in 59 Assembly seats which are spread across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.

UP polls: 59 Assembly constituencies to vote in 4th phase on Wednesday

The high-decibel campaigning for this phase ended on Monday as sparring among political rivals intensified during the last-minute canvassing

UP Assembly polls: Need tough leader for difficult times, says PM Modi

In Manipur, Modi said the BJP's "double-engine" government has laid strong a foundation for Manipur for the next 25 years

Minus Congress, no third front can fight BJP: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Any political alliance or third front without the Congress cannot fight the BJP, J&K Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday, accusing the saffron party of "shaking the basic foundations of the country by its divisive policies. She said the assembly elections are part of the democratic process and holding it in Jammu and Kashmir is not a favour to its people. Without the Congress, no alliance or third front can succeed in defeating the BJP. The Congress has played a pivotal role in building this nation over the past 70 years and there is no alternative to the Congress in the country, she said, winding up her five-day tour of Jammu province. Reacting to the reports about Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's bids to forge an anti-BJP front ahead of the 2024 general elections, Mehbooba said what the Congress and other governments build over the past seven decades is being sold by the BJP which needs to be dislodged in the interest of the ...

LIVE: Britain sanctions five Russian banks, three individuals

'Any assets they hold in the UK will be frozen and the indivuals concerned will be banned from travelling here,' UK PM said of the individuals being sanctioned

Opposition misleads people over border dispute with China: Rajnath Singh

Addressing an election meeting at Banshi Bazar in the Sikanderpur area of Uttar Pradesh, he said, "The opposition parties are misleading the country regarding the China dispute"

UP polls: This is an election to save democracy, says Akhilesh Yadav

Taking a jibe at BJP leaders, he said that small leaders of the BJP tell small lies, those who are big tell bigger lies and those who are 'tallest' leaders tell the biggest lies

UP Polls: Not in politics to grab power, but build nation, says Rajnath

Ahead of the polling for phase four of Uttar Pradesh elections, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, that the BJP will not allow the trust of the people of the country to be broken

Akhilesh swears by God to protect terrorists, not Constitution: JP Nadda

In an election meeting in Deoria's Rudrapur, Nadda accused former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of seeking to withdraw during his tenure cases against terrorists involved in several terror attacks

Manipur to be linked with Myanmar, Thailand, to be gateway of East Asia: PM

PM Modi said that Manipur would be the gateway of the East Asian countries for which the railway connectivity is being extended in the northeastern state

Vote for BJP as this poll to decide Manipur's future for next 25 years: PM

PM Modi said the BJP's "double-engine" government has laid strong a foundation for Manipur for the next 25 years.

Modi equating cycle' with terrorism' is an attack on poor: Kejriwal in UP

'If we get the opportunity to form the government or any anti-BJP camp forms it I will get all my guarantees (promises) fulfilled by whoever forms the government'

OBCs, Dalits didn't get full benefit of reservation under BJP: Mayawati

BJP government did not give full benefit of BSP's schemes to the poor, labourers as well as Dalits, tribals, Other Backward Classes and minorities, said Mayawati

UP polls: BJP gave step-motherly treatment to Raebareli, says Sonia Gandhi

Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing them of mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Congress will protect Manipur's history, culture, language: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress will build more women-controlled 'Ima markets' and give one-third reservation to women in the state

UP Assembly polls: 'Gurus' of BSP sitting in BJP, says Akhilesh Yadav

Assembly elections are being held in Uttar Pradesh from February 10 to March 7 in seven phases to elect all 403 members of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly