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UP Assembly polls: BJP finalises candidates for first three phases

BJP finalised the names of candidates of 172 seats that are going to polls in the first three phases of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Kamal Nath hails Priyanka, says UP poll results will be surprising

The results of Uttar Pradesh polls will be surprising due to the anger of the people there towards the BJP govt as well as the stellar campaign efforts of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kamal Nath said

Siege mentality cannot be good for the BJP and its leadership

Immediate political damage to the party from the security breach might only be in Punjab, but depending on how the incident is amplified it could become a useful spin for the other state elections.

UP govt declares 4 villages near Nepal border as revenue villages

The Uttar Pradesh government declared four villages located near the Nepal border in the district as revenue villages, an official said on Sunday. District Magistrate of Bahraich, Dinesh Chandra Singh said the decision was taken before the announcement of the general elections to the UP Legislative Assembly. These four villages are Bhavanipur, Tedhia, Dhakia and Bichhia located in Mihinpurwa tehsil of the district. All these villages are Vantangiya villages. The Vantangiya' community comprises people brought from Myanmar during the colonial rule to plant trees. A revenue village is a small administrative region with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets. A village administrative officer is the head officer of a revenue village. Singh said the decision in this regard was taken on January 3 at a meeting presided over by the chief secretary, and the letter was received on January 8. "The people of these villages will now get the benefits of all the schemes of

Amid Covid surge, political parties turn to digital mode for Assembly polls

As Covid cases are rising sharply and the Assembly elections in five states, political parties have cancelled their physical rallies and have turned to digital modes

Assembly polls: February 14 historically been lucky for AAP, says Sisodia

Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia claimed that the party will emerge victorious in the upcoming assembly elections

Will form govt in 4 States, no govt will me made in UP without us: Congress

Congress exuded confidence in forming government in Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur while adding that no government will be formed in Uttar Pradesh without the century-old party.

UP implements Model Code of Conduct; removes hoardings of political parties

The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into immediate effect and several cities in Uttar Pradesh were quick in implementing it as they removed the hoardings and posters of political parties.

UP polls: 58 seats up for grabs in 1st phase; 5th, 6th phase to cover 120

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Saturday announced the poll dates for the 403-member state assembly with the first phase of polling beginning in over a month on February 10

Elections in five states from Feb 10-March 7; results on March 10: EC

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases, the Election Commission announced on Saturday. The counting of votes will be held on March 10. With the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolding, the commission has set new protocols to ensure "Covid safe" elections to 690 assembly seats across the five states, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra told reporters here. He was flanked by election commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey. In Uttar Pradesh, elections will be held in 403 assembly seats in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. Elections in 60 constituencies of Manipur will held in two phases on February 27 and March 3, while polling in Goa (40 seats), Punjab (117 seats) and Uttarakhand (70 seats) will be held on February 14. The Model Code of Conduct has come into effect in the five states with the announcement of elections.

LIVE: Be proud of EVM, over 3.5 bn have used it since 2004, says CEC

Uttar Pradesh to go to poll in 7 phases from Feb 10-March 7; Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa to vote on February 14 and Manipur to vote on Feb 27 and March 3

Over 14 lakh names of people in18-19 age group added in UP electoral roll

Over 14.66 lakh voters in the age group of 18-19 years will be exercising their franchise for the first time in this year's Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, officials said on Wednesday. A total of 52,80,882 voters' names have been added during revision of electoral rolls. The figure comprises 23,92,258 men, 28,86,988 women and 1,636 transgenders, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay Shukla said, while releasing the final electoral rolls here. A total of 14,66,470 names were added in the age group of 18-19 which comprises 27.76 per cent of the total names added, he said. At present, the total number of voters in the 18-19 age group in the electoral roll is 19,89,902 10,62,410 men, 9,26,945 women and 547 transgenders. A total of 21,40,278 voters' names of different categories have been deleted during this revision. Out of these, 10,00,050 names were deleted under the deceased category, 3,32,905 under the shifted category and 7,94,029 under the repeated category, the official ...

Adityanath hits out at SP, says Akhilesh govt was worshipper of Kans

Yogi Adityanath accused Akhilesh Yadav of not doing anything for Mathura and other religious places associated with Lord Krishna, and termed the previous SP government as 'the worshipper of Kans'

BJP to seek people's suggestions to prepare 'sankalp patra' for UP polls

BJP leaders will interact with the people from Monday seeking their suggestions to prepare its manifesto for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Uttar Pradesh BJP's co-media in-charge Abhay Singh said the party's public representatives, including the MPs and MLAs, are already taking suggestions of the public for preparing the 'sankalp patra'. From January 3, members of the party's 'Ghoshna Patra Nirman Samiti' will interact with various sections of the society seeking their counsel, he said. On January 3, Rajya Sabha MP Seema Dwivedi will interact with labourers, academicians and advocates of Allahabad. State minister Atul Garg will seek the suggestions of labourers and people in the tourism sector and footwear industry in Agra. On Tuesday, Pushkar Mishra will be seeking suggestions from businessmen, the film industry and traders while MP Rajesh Verma will be in Saharanpur interacting with woodcraft workers. Rajya Sabha MP Vijaypal Tomar will hold conversations with farm

The 2 P's that led to political slugfest in Uttar Pradesh as poll approach

No one knows the exact truth but the confusion over letter 'P' has led to a fresh slinging match between the ruling BJP and SP in Uttar Pradesh

PM to hold rally on Jan 9 in Lucknow to mark ending of Jan Vishwas Yatra

The Jan Vishwas Yatra has been an effective and successful outreach programme of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to all the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh

BJP names candidates for 3 assembly seats in Banda district of UP

Bahujan Samaj Party's general secretary Satish Chandra Misra on Friday declared candidates for three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh's Banda distrct for the state's upcoming assembly polls. All three Banda assembly seats are presently held by BJP leaders. Addressing a public meeting on Friday in Banda, Mishra named former Leader of Opposition in UP Legislative Assembly Gaya Charan Dinkar as the party's candidate from Naraini assembly constituency, reserved for SC. Dinkar was the Leader of Opposition from 2016 to 2017. "On the directions of 'Behanjee' (BSP chief Mayawati), Dheeraj Rajput will be fielded from Banda and Ramsevak Shukla from Baberu, he said. The Naraini assembly seat is currently held by BJP's Rajkaran Kabir, Banda by Prakash Dwivedi and Baberu by Chandrapal Kushwaha.

IT department raids at Samajwadi Party MLC Pampi Jain's residence in UP

Income Tax officials on Friday morning conducted searches at the Samajwadi Party (SP) MLC Pampi Jain's residence in Uttar Pradesh, claimed SP.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of sports university in UP on Jan 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut on January 2.

BJP conspiring to end reservation by privatisation: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP is conspiring to end reservation in the government jobs by privatisation.