Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Lucknow: Polling for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts would be held on Thursday that would decide the fate of several stalwarts, including firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti. More than 1.56 crore voters would seal the fate of 829 candidates in Firozabad, Kanshiram Nagar, Etah,...
Lucknow: Brisk polling continued in the third phase of UP Assembly elections for 56 seats in 10 districts with 47.05 per cent of the over 1.75 crore electorate exercising their franchise till the late afternoon. Sultanpur district recorded maximum 50 per cent polling, whereas minimum 44.88 per cent was registered in Jaunpur. “Voting began...
LUCKNOW: UP’s third phase of polls promises to have a bit of everything: dynasty and royalty, crime and corruption. There are former bureaucrats in the ring as well as politicians snared in sex scandals. In the fray are seven ministers and 29 sitting MLAs. And at stake is the prestige of the Nehru-Gandhi family...
Lucknow: Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 59 seats in 10 districts would be held tomorrow. This will decide the fate of two state presidents, 31 MLAs and 24 former ministers. More than 1.92 crore voters are expected to cast their votes to seal the fate of 1098 candidates...
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati at a rally in Varanasi on Friday attacked the Congress government for not releasing the funds asked for development projects in the state. Mayawati said the State Government is not being given funds by the Central Government. “We have started many schemes for development with...
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh voted today for 55 seats over 10 districts in phase one. It’s a keen battle, especially between the ruling BSP and a resurgent Congress, and one that is likely to set the tone for what will happen over the next 25 days and six more phases in this make or...
Bathinda: Gidderbaha, an Akali stronghold, in Bathinda Lok Sabha segment is witnessing a bitter electoral contest where pride is at stake for Punjab’s two junior Badals, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and his estranged cousin and ousted finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal. Manpreet Badal, running for the fifth consecutive time from here (but...
Lucknow: BJP vice-president Kalraj Mishra has denied reports that he had ruled out senior party colleague Uma Bharti as a contender for the post of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister since she was an outsider. Mr Mishra added that the party’s Parliamentary Board, which is the highest decision making body, will decide the Chief Ministerial...
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has declared a public holiday on January 30 when election to the 117-member state Assembly will be held. All offices of the state government, boards and corporations, educational institutions and other offices would remain closed on the day of polling, an official spokesman said. The offices of the Punjab government...
NEW DELHI: The BJP feels the damage done to the party’s image in Uttar Pradesh by inducting tainted former BSP leader Babu Ram Kushwaha has been controlled to some extent by putting on hold his entry into the party and also by the fact that the long drawn poll schedule in the state will...
KAPURTHALA: Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Punjab voters to vote out the Badal government that only focuses on benefiting those who run it. Addressing a rally, the Congress president lashed out at the SAD- BJP team for blocking the state’s development. Addressing her first rally in Punjab, Sonia invoked Guru Nanak to connect with...
Badal (Muktsar): The onions are peeled, tomatoes chopped. Minced chicken sits in a glass bowl and clarified butter in the refrigerator . His kitchen is a model of neatness. For six decades, cook Midha Singh, 76, has rustled up a success story in the Badal kitchen, feeding his masters lip-smacking food. But when last...
NEW DELHI: Keen to better the party’s performance in Uttar Pradesh, Congress has decided to give special focus on reserved constituencies as well as the seats from where it has fielded Dalit candidates in the state. Rahul Gandhi on Saturday had a strategy meeting with party leaders to finetune Congress strategy in Dalit dominated...