UP bypolls: BSP eats into SP turf, gains 2 seats

Tuesday 4 September '07

In another setback for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP succeeded in snatching the Swar Tanda (Rampur) and Farrukhabad seats from it in the bypolls held on August 31.

Bypolls peaceful in Uttar Pradesh

Saturday 1 September '07

The Assembly byelections to three constituencies of Uttar Pradesh—Farrukhabad, Gunnaur and Swar Tanda—passed off peacefully on Friday.

100 days & a ‘Maya’ called development

Monday 27 August '07

It’s not always that a majority Government finds itself on a sticky wicket. Mayawati’s reign started off with a bang with her Government announcing a slew of policy...

BSP gifts prime land to Maya brother’s trust

Tuesday 21 August '07

Chief Minister Mayawati may claim that her family members have nothing to do with the Bahujan Samaj Party...

Property of Dadua’s kin attached

Sunday 19 August '07

Dadua may be dead, but members of his family continue to give the police and administration sleepless nights.

UP will help SCs, STs crack job exams

Friday 17 August '07

The Uttar Pradesh Government is roping in private coaching institutions to help students from the SC, ST, and minority communities...

Frozen in SBI record, account in Motilal’s name

Thursday 16 August '07

Opened in 1897, the account that still has Rs 2,650 remained undiscovered for nearly 76 years

Kidnapping makes UP new insurance market

Tuesday 14 August '07

It’s an idea whose time has come in Omkara country. Insurance companies are now offering cover to businessmen and executives against kidnapping...

Governor tells Agra, Gorakhpur varsity V-Cs to keep off duty

Monday 13 August '07

Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeswar has directed Prof Arun Kumar of Gorakhpur’s Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University and Prof A S Kukla

Mulayam shows confidence in Yadav, Muslim, Kurmi leadership

Wednesday 8 August '07

Post-Assembly poll debacle, Samajwadi Party chalks out a new model of social engineering in Uttar Pradesh

Post-flood, experts fear JE outbreak in eastern UP

Tuesday 7 August '07

Once the flood waters start receding in eastern Uttar Pradesh, experts fear that Japanese encephalitis—which has claimed over 150 lives in the last four months—may assume epidemic proportion.

Woman President was Rajiv’s dream, says Sonia

Tuesday 31 July '07

Explaining why she was keen on Pratibha Patil becoming the President of India, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi said Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi inspired her to increase women’s participation in all spheres of life.

Uttar Pradesh loss: Rahul promises big changes

Tuesday 24 July '07

The failure of the Congress to improve its tally in the UP Assembly elections on his mind, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday indicated large-scale changes in the organisation ...

Defiant Kalyan keeps away from meet

Sunday 22 July '07

BJP vice-president Kalyan Singh took a tough posture on Saturday while refusing to attend a review meeting here to discuss the debacle of the party in recent Assembly polls.

The plot thickens

Sunday 22 July '07

Barabanki isn’t too happy that Amitabh Bachchan had to give up his farmland. But the villagers are glad that the actor is buying more land

Mulayam a/c: Rs 13k in ’77, Rs 35 lakh in ’07

Tuesday 10 July '07

The CBI, which is investigating the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav

Maya floats Rs 25,000-cr farm, job plan

Monday 18 June '07

The Mayawati Government has forwarded a Rs 25,000-crore annual plan to the Planning Commission with an assurance that agriculture would be the top priority of the Government.

UP, Goa: Rajnath to take blame, go soft on Tripathi

Friday 15 June '07

While there is a strong possibility that BJP President Rajnath Singh will not bring any big change in the UP unit

Ambedkar in, JP out in Maya’s rule

Friday 25 May '07

From Mayawati versus Mulayam SinghYadav to the symbol of BSP versus the symbol of Samajwadi Party, the political battle has morphed into a full-scale clash of icons.

Potter’s politics

Sunday 20 May '07

At 100, one of Munshi Premchand’s muses switches political ideology and votes for the BSP

V-C on a ‘slap & discipline’ spree

Saturday 19 May '07

Vice-Chancellor of Gorakhpur Deen Dayal Upadhyay University Arun Kumar is a busy man these days.

Tandon out, backward leader is House chief

Thursday 17 May '07

In its first major reshuffle following a humiliating defeat in the just concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP legislature party on Wednesday replaced Lalji Tandon with veteran backward leader Om Prakash Singh as its leader.

15th House will be richer than last one

Monday 14 May '07

Funds would not be an impediment if members of the 15th Vidhan Sabha want to bring some development to their constituencies.

Tripathi points finger within, blames selection

Sunday 13 May '07

While BJP President Rajnath Singh yesterday stopped short of taking onus for the party’s worst performance in a decade in Uttar Pradesh

Priyanka wins day in Amethi, Rae Bareli

Saturday 12 May '07

Though Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s extensive roadshow failed to translate into any tangible gains for the party in Uttar Pradesh...