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Next Mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh? Poll dynamics show BJP should sit back and let Opposition ‘unity’ unravel

Two days ago, Amit Shah said that the alliance between Samjawadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will be a challenge for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

UP minister draws public ire for saying Rajputs, Yadavs drink more liquor, protesters hurl tomatoes, eggs at his home

Protesters hurled tomatoes and eggs at the home of UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar for saying that Rajputs and Yadavs consume more liquor than others.

Bihar's students perform street plays against child marriage to end practice in state

A small team performing street plays across this remote and underdeveloped rural pocket of Bihar's Gaya district to educate girls and their parents to say "no" to child marriage.

UP Election 2017: How RSS is working to ensure that the Modi wave is back in the state

RSS has given its last big push at the grass root level to mobilise and convert every cadre and supporter into a potential voter for Modi.

Sheila Dikshit as UP CM candidate? Why it makes sense and what it says about Cong

A mountain of convincing arguments, swanky presentations from the strategist or the most complex caste equations wouldn't have mattered had Dikshit been a charismatic yet problematic leader like Himanta Biswa Sarma.

2017 UP Assembly election: Mobilisation of Thakur votes could be key for BJP, SP

The current conditions have led political parties and analysts alike to turn their attention towards the Thakur votes in the forthcoming UP elections.

Battle lines drawn in Uttar Pradesh, not yet time to write off Congress

Not too far away from the unrelenting political cloudbursts in Uttarakhand, three silent but significant developments have been taking place in Uttar Pradesh

The fine print of the Bihar polls: How ghettoisation of secular votes trumped NDA's firm social coalition

If the Bihar Assembly 2015 polls divided the analyst’s fraternity regarding the eventual result, the final verdict has thrown up even more confounding trends despite the decisive nature of the mandate

'If I am a devil, then Modi is a super-demon': Lalu responds to PM's 'shaitan' jibe

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called RJD chief Lalu Prasad a 'shaitan' (devil), the former Bihar chief minister hit back on Friday saying Modi was a 'super demon'.

PM's Bihar rallies: In Samastipur, Modi says 'paani' and 'jawaani' are assets for Bihar

Saying that the youth Bihar will 'change the state's destiny', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said at a rally in Munger that the people in the poll-bound state should vote to end 'jungle raj'.