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Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Unlike Congress, we didn't favour big businessmen, says Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said if the BJP forms a government, the Centre and state government will work together to develop the state.

15 Feb 2017 3:35 AM IST

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Retired UP top officers now start political innings

Some are in poll fray themselves, while others are campaigning for kin, parties

15 Feb 2017 3:41 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban is key in phase two of UP Assembly elections

Impact of demonetisation has been greatest in industrial areas of Rampur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Badaun.

15 Feb 2017 1:33 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: PTI)

Two SP rebels campaign to defeat Akhilesh Yadav in Assembly polls

Jheen Babu is a four-term sitting MLA from Sevta while Rampal Yadav is the SP MLA from Mehmoodabad.

19 Feb 2017 2:52 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. (Photo: PTI)

All eyes on Uttar Pradesh's prestige seats in third phase poll

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have been leading the saffron brigade's campaign.

19 Feb 2017 1:22 AM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav addressing party workers at party office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

UP House to release book on Mulayam Singh Yadav

The book will be released by Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and is titled Mulayam Singh Yadav...

18 Feb 2017 7:09 AM IST

The committee comprises of top leaders including party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

2017: The end of BJP's honeymoon period

2017 was thus the year that began with the spell cast by UP, but also the year that ended with the lesson of Gujarat.

31 Dec 2017 1:05 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during inauguration of a photo exhibition on Indira Gandhis life to mark her 100th birth anniversary celebrations at historical Swaraj Bhawan in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

Sonia Gandhi visits Ganga Ram Hospital for routine checkup

Sonia Gandhi has not been keeping good health and has not addressed any election campaign in Uttar Pradesh.

28 Feb 2017 2:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally at Mau in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

UP polls: PM Modi turns Katappa' for bahubalis'

Mau, incidentally, is the stronghold of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who is contesting the seat on a BSP...

28 Feb 2017 3:21 AM IST

SP candidate from Amethi Gayatri Prasad Prajapati is greeted by his supporter duirng an election rally in Amethi. (Photo: PTI)

Ten SP ministers face tough test

The most controversial minister in the Akhilesh government, Gayatri Prajapati, is caught in a web of circumstances.

27 Feb 2017 3:22 AM IST

BJPs Garima Singh and Congress Ameeta Sinh.

Crucial fifth phase of UP Assembly election today

A total of 1.84 crore voters, including 96 lakh women, will decide the fate of leaders in the fray.

27 Feb 2017 1:58 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Breaking the caste barrier in Rajasthan politics

Though caste politics is common across India, politicians prefer to play it intensely in UP and Bihar.

27 Feb 2017 1:25 AM IST