AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday dubbed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as two sides of the same coin.
Over 2,000 illegal firearms and 165 kg of explosives have also been recovered while preventive action taken against 4.40 lakh people who are likely to disrupt peace during the polls, the Uttar Pradesh
As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur
From singing songs to frying "puris" and making emotional appeals, the candidates fielded by various political parties in the Uttar Pradesh polls are making every effort to woo the voters
Districts going to polls in second phase are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Budaun and Shahjahanpur
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, has accused the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh of misappropriating donations contributed by the common man for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya
Citizens in Kanpur will receive a message "Kanpur Votes On 20 Feb" when they will purchase milk packets and bread packets from next week.
In a series of tweets, the Chief Minister said that the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has paved the way for the self-reliance and prosperity of 2,87,000 Annadata farmers of the Etah district
Apart from extra vigil by the central forces and police, round-the-clock watch will be kept on social media.
More details are awaited; further probe into the matter is underway
UP CM Adityanath said that the state suffered massive negligence in terms of infrastructural development under the Samajwadi party government.
In the last of three-part series, Nitin Kumar looks at how jobs, education and health remain concerns even though locals are upbeat about UP's infrastructure push
What is certain is that the centrality of UP to India's political story has been confirmed
Voters exercised their franchise in 11 western Uttar Pradesh districts on Thursday.
Voting is scheduled to take place on February 14 on 55 assembly seats of the state, spanning the nine districts of western UP
The roof collapsed on Thursday evening during repair work on the sixth floor of Tower-4 of D-block
Action against Jitendra Tiwari was initiated by the UPCC on the recommendations of president of Prayagraj district Congress committee
The SP chief raised concerns over the reports of EVMs not functioning properly at several booths during the first phase of polling.
Notably, Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Ajay Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that took place last year on October 3
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said "peace has replaced the 2013 situation" in Muzaffarnagar and the poll result will be different this time