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Notification today for 14 seats in Fifth Phase

Friday 17 April '09

The impact of BJP candidate Varun Gandhi’s detention under the NSA and SP leader Azam Khan’s ire on Mulayam Singh Yadav’s friendship with Kalyan Singh will be tested in the fifth phase of elections in the state.
Mulayam’s take: slump boosting terrorism

Sunday 12 April '09

In its manifesto released on Saturday, the Samajwadi Party, while criticising both the NDA and the UPA, has linked terrorism to economic slowdown and said elimination of boundaries between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will help “eliminate terrorism”.
Battle of stalwarts in the fourth phase

Saturday 11 April '09

The fourth phase of polling in the state will see a large number of political stalwarts slugging it out to make their way to the Parliament. This phase also has the maximum number of parliamentary constituencies.
Amar brought me to SP, Azam brought me to Rampur: Jaya

Friday 10 April '09

Caught in the Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat, SP candidate from Rampur, Jaya Prada, broke her silence on Thursday and said though party general secretary Amar Singh brought her into the party fold, it was Azam Khan who took her to Rampur.
A new gold standard for flood-resistant rice cultivation

Friday 10 April '09

Sitaram Yadav, a farmer based in Gohta village of Mau district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, gives a thumbs up to the flood-tolerant Swarna Sub-1 rice variety.
Azambhai gave me Rampur: Jaya Prada

Friday 10 April '09

Caught in the Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat, Samajwadi Party candidate from Rampur Jaya Prada finally broke her silence...
Kalyan real issue, Amar misleading people, says Azam Khan

Thursday 9 April '09

Samajwadi Party’s Muslim poster boy Azam Khan blamed party general secretary Amar Singh on Wednesday for misleading everyone, saying Azam was angry on Jaya Prada’s candidature for Rampur parliament.
Mulayam’s son eyes net gain

Thursday 9 April '09

“The goal of our political endeavour is to strengthen socialism¿ the youth of our party is fighting for the solution of the burning problems confronting the younger generation of India.”
Kalyan real issue, not Jaya Prada: Azam Khan

Thursday 9 April '09

Azam Khan, the SP’s Muslim posterboy, on Wednesday blamed party general secretary Amar Singh for misleading everyone by claiming he was angry about Jaya Prada’s candidature from Rampur.
Azam Khan too close to Mulayam, can’t act against him: Amar Singh

Wednesday 8 April '09

SP general secretary Amar Singh expressed his frustration with Azam Khan, his powerful detractor in the party on Tuesday, and added that if push came to shove, he would not hesitate to “bid goodbye” to the SP.
With security threats, roadshows hit dead end

Saturday 4 April '09

With Union Home Minister P Chidambaram personally writing to many politicians about the security threat during election campaigns...
Phase III: A third of drama & action

Friday 3 April '09

Over A half dozen defections each from SP and BSP, high stakes for Congress, prestige issue for BJP and Supreme Court barring two candidates from contesting — the third phase of polls in state has all the masala for a blockbuster show.
Will a jail 200 km away put Varun out of focus? BJP says no

Thursday 2 April '09

By booking him under the National Security Act (NSA), the Uttar Pradesh Government took Varun Gandhi out of public sight, but not really out of public mind.
200 km may prove too far a distance

Thursday 2 April '09

By booking him under the National Security Act, the Uttar Pradesh Government took Varun Gandhi out of public sight...
Leaving plush job for netagiri, she is out to fulfill dreams of her father

Tuesday 31 March '09

To realise her father’s dream and expand the area of her work, Anu Tandon joined the Congress in 2006 and is now contesting the Lok Sabha from the Unnao constituency.
Maya used Varun episode to reach the Muslims

Tuesday 31 March '09

By booking the BJP Pilibhit Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act, BSP chief Mayawati has tried to send a message to the minority community that the party is their only saviour.
Neera Yadav joins BJP with husband

Monday 30 March '09

Former Chief Secretary of the state government, Neera Yadav, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday in the presence of party national president Rajnath Singh at a rally in Ghaziabad.
BJP takes in UP chief secretary thrown out by SC

Monday 30 March '09

Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Neera Yadav joined the BJP in presence of party national president Rajnath Singh at a rally in Ghaziabad...
It’s Maya vs Mulayam in Cong-BJP karmabhoomi

Sunday 29 March '09

The part of Uttar Pradesh set to go for Lok Sabha polls in the second phase is the land of Congress icon Jawaharlal Nehru (Allahabad), Samajwadi Party’s Ram Manohar Lohia (Phulpur) and Bhartiya Janata Party’s Ram Janambhoomi movement (Faizabad/Ayodhya).
...But Uttar Pradesh learns from last year

Friday 27 March '09

Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a bumper potato crop for the second consecutive year.
As DM, she closed down 100 arms shops

Wednesday 25 March '09

A young woman IAS officer, Ministhy S, has dared to bring the shutters down on shops of 100 arms dealers and cancelled 70 weapon licences in Mainpuri district......
DM’s anti-arms drive triggered Mulayam’s explosion

Wednesday 25 March '09

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s outburst against Mainpuri DM Ministhy S — he had allegedly said he was “restraining herself since she was a woman”...
Eastern badlands to go first

Tuesday 24 March '09

The 16 Lok Sabha constituencies which go to polls in the first phase are all from the badlands of eastern UP — an area that has often been in the news for wrong reasons.
No hi-tech campaign, BSP relies on Maya magic

Sunday 22 March '09

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today launched her election campaign from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala...
It’s official: Maya wants the Centre, her foreign policy for Sarva Samaj

Saturday 21 March '09

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati has issued a special Lok Sabha election “appeal” to the electorate of Uttar Pradesh....
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