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AAP has already taken the RTI route to expose corruption in municipal corporations, particularly Lucknow and will be using the information against BJP which holds mayoral positions in 12 out of 14 municipal corporations.

AAP to fight Uttar Pradesh civic polls

No plans for alliance with any party, focuses on 9 cities.

3 Oct 2017 1:14 AM IST

Representational image of an EVM used for voting.

UP civic polls: Names missing from voters' list

Residents of government colonies in Lucknow also said that their names were struck off the voters' list.

27 Nov 2017 1:18 AM IST

In the 2012 BMC polls, Mulund had recorded 38.64 per cent and Borivali had recorded 42.58 per cent voting. (Representational image)

Lucknow votes to elect first woman mayor in 100 years

Lucknow has thrice sent a woman to the Lok Sabha as its representative with Sheila Kaul being elected in 1971, 1980 and...

26 Nov 2017 9:30 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and his wife Rajkumari Devi cast their votes in Allahabad on Sunday morning. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Voting for second phase of Uttar Pradesh civic polls underway

The counting of votes for all phases will take place on December 1 and results too will be declared on that day.

26 Nov 2017 9:42 AM IST

Polling officers collect EVMs before leaving for booth in Nagar Palika Election in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Chaiwala, panwala in race for UP civic polls

Inspired by PM Modi, Shafat Hussain, a chaiwala' is contesting from the Asharfabad ward on a Samajwadi ticket.

26 Nov 2017 6:44 AM IST

The chief minister cast his vote at the polling centre in Kanya Primary Pathshala in ward no. 68 in old Gorakhpur on Wednesday morning. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

UP civic polls: Voting underway for 1st phase; Yogi exudes confidence...

Interacting with media later, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked everyone to exercise their democratic right.

22 Nov 2017 2:12 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also reached a polling station in Gorakhpur and cast his vote. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Voting for first-phase of local body election underway in Uttar...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also reached a polling station in Gorakhpur and casted his vote.

22 Nov 2017 10:56 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti announcing the schedule for the Gujarat Assembly elections, at a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

VVPAT machine, EVMs to be used in Gujarat elections, EC declares

A K Joti informed that a candidate could put a complaint before the RO if he/she had doubts about any defect in the...

3 Dec 2017 7:51 PM IST

Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav at a function in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Knives out for Akhilesh Yadav after UP civic poll fiasco

Party leaders, who spoke on condition of anonymity, squarely blamed party president Akhilesh Yadav for the party's...

3 Dec 2017 5:25 AM IST

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi. (File photo)

Civic polls: AAP, AIMIM make UP debut

The AAP, expectedly, plans to focus on middle class voters and the deprived sections of society for the Lok Sabha...

3 Dec 2017 2:27 AM IST

BSP president Mayawati pays tribute to Buddhist monk Pragyanand who passed away recently in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

BJP tampered with EVMs in civic polls, alleges Mayawati

The BJP secured a massive victory in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh on Friday and the BSP finished a distant second.

3 Dec 2017 1:53 AM IST

BSP and SP accused the BJP of tampering with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the civic polls. (Photo: PTI | File)

'Don't make excuses': BJP dismisses Oppn charge of EVM tampering in UP...

The BSP won just two mayoral posts in Aligarh and Meerut, whereas, Congress and Samajwadi Party failed to win a single...

2 Dec 2017 4:56 PM IST