Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2017

Samajwadi Party family feud will only boost prospects of BSP, BJP in UP polls

The bruising family feud is politically suicidal for the Samajwadi Party and can only boost the prospects of its two main adversaries — the BSP and the BJP.

Manohar Parrikar's 'RSS teachings' remarks an insult to Army, says BSP chief Mayawati

Taking strong exception to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar giving credit for the decision for cross-LoC surgical strikes to his "RSS teachings", BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday alleged that it amounts to degrading the country's armed forces.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formally appointed as JD(U) president

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Sunday formally appointed JD(U) president, pushing him for a bigger role in national politics

UP polls: Want Akhilesh Yadav as CM if Samajwadi Party comes to power, says Shivpal Yadav

A day after senior party leader Ramgopal Yadav suggested Akhilesh Yadav be made the chief ministerial candidate, Samajwadi Party state president on Sunday said he will himself propose Akhilesh's name for the post of chief minister if the party is voted to power again

UP polls 2017: BJP, SP to win equal number of seats, finds a survey

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh appear to be in a neck-and-neck contest in the state assembly election due early next year, with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) projected to come third, a survey said on Friday.

Is Akhilesh Yadav govt helping Owaisi by stopping him from holding rallies in poll-bound UP?

In the past one year, the UP government denied him permission to hold public meetings more than a dozen times on the grounds that he would deliver incendiary speeches of the kind he had made in the past. But is Owaisi really losing much by not sharing his wisdom at public meetings?

Sonia Gandhi in Varanasi: On Narendra Modi's turf, Cong determined to make a point

Prashant Kishor has ensured that Sonia Gandhi’s posters and banners are seen everywhere in Varanasi and her road show becomes a talking point

Rahul Gandhi to hold 'one-on-one' meetings with party workers to prepare them for UP Assembly polls

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will have a "direct" dialogue with the party's booth-level workers and hand over a memorandum to governor Ram Naik on the prevailing situation in Uttar Pradesh on 29 July

SP, BJP, AAP slam Congress over Sheila Dikshit's pick as CM candidate for Uttar Pradesh polls

SP and BJP have both claimed Congress's decision of naming Sheila Dikshit its chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls would not cut much ice with the voters

Hypocrites of UP: BJP promotes Suresh Rana, Cong props up Imran Masood

Masood is known as a muscleman with huge political and social influence in western Uttar Pradesh. During the Lok Sabha election campaign, he had warned that BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi would be cut to pieces.