Why Yogi is the one smiling

Saturday 12 May '07

The shock that the BJP found itself in was in complete contrast to the upbeat mood of its Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath and his camp.

Voters defy dons, Tiwari handed defeat after 21 yrs

Saturday 12 May '07

The man who once terrorised eastern UP seems to have lost his grip over the region.

Every party wants its pound of flesh

Thursday 10 May '07

A day after the final phase of polling, political overtures were the order of the day in Uttar Pradesh. With the exception of the BSP headquarters, offices of other major parties in the state capital saw an unusual flurry of activities

Sister act

Thursday 10 May '07

Considered by many as the most promising scion in the Gandhi-Nehru family, Priyanka Gandhi, during the election campaign tried every means to cement the huge cracks in the organisation of the party in her mother’s and brother’s parliamentary pockets, Rae Bareli and Amethi.

Mangal Pandey village forgotten in 1857 hype

Tuesday 8 May '07

It is the 150th anniversary of the First War of Independence and Mangal Pandey is the toast of the nation. Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mani Shankar Aiyar today flagged off a youth rally from Meerut with much fanfare.

Amarmani, family bank on Brahmin card for a win

Monday 7 May '07

Amarmani Tripathi’s rival for the Lakshmipur seat, RJD’s Kaushal Kishore, had an ace up his sleeve — Nidhi Shukla, sister of slain poet Madhumita Shukla — for last-minute campaigning.

Behen at one place, Maya memsaab at another

Saturday 5 May '07

While her new caste experiment has found acceptance in Fazilnagar, in Dhuriapur it is in tatters

Madhumita’s sister takes fight to Amarmani’s turf

Friday 4 May '07

Nidhi Shukla, younger sister of slain poetess Madhumita Shukla, has hit the campaign trail and challenged Amarmani Tripathi in his own constituency—Lakshmipur in Maharajganj.

PM keeps focus on Muslims

Wednesday 2 May '07

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday promised that his government will ensure that the Muslim youths in eastern Uttar Pradesh get jobs and artisans easy bank loans.

UP’s new Naxals

Sunday 29 April '07

The popular slogan doing the rounds of eastern Uttar Pradesh these days owes its genesis to Nawalparasi district of Nepal in 2004. The link would seem obscure without a reference to Yogi Adityanath.

Why elections sweep aside caste divide for scavengers

Thursday 26 April '07

In eastern Uttar Pradesh, job outsourcing has taken on a casteist hue. Of the 5,000 odd conservancy workers employed in various municipalities...

Differences with Kalyan a rumour: Vajpayee

Thursday 26 April '07

“The BJP works for the self-sustenance of the people, a change which makes a real difference in their lives”

Lucknow’s warm welcome to Rahul

Tuesday 24 April '07

Two days ahead of Atal Behari Vajpayee’s scheduled visit to Lucknow—his Parliamentary constituency—to campaign for party candidates...

In Ram’s name

Monday 23 April '07

He saved me from the ugly attentions of a knife

Who needs a party, when you are single, and ready to mingle

Monday 23 April '07

Akhilesh Kumar Singh is cooling his heels in Kanpur Jail. That, however, has done little to mar his popularity or his poll prospects.

Priyanka jumps to Rahul’s defence, tells Mulayam know your history

Monday 23 April '07

Pitting her brother and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi against UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav...

Rahul will play bigger role in UP: Priyanka

Sunday 22 April '07

Abandoning her convoy to run on the dusty village streets, reaching out to the masses and drumming up support for Congress candidates in Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi is on a roll.

Brahmin vote likely to determine winner here

Saturday 21 April '07

The day BSP leader Mayawati addressed a public meeting at the Government Inter College grounds here, fast food joint owner Rahul Barnwala did brisk business.

Manmohan seeks votes for Congress and a new UP

Saturday 21 April '07

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the end of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is near.

’71 remark will cost Cong votes: Muslim clerics

Tuesday 17 April '07

While the Congress is still looking for a convincing argument to play down Rahul Gandhi’s claim that his family was instrumental in dividing Pakistan in 1971

Warring partymen upset Priyanka in Amethi

Sunday 15 April '07

Furious with infighting amongst Congress workers and party leaders in Amethi and Rae Bareli...

Cong in a shambles in Amethi pocket, says Priyanka can help

Saturday 14 April '07

Despite being a die-hard Gandhi family supporter, Shaelesh Kumari, the Congress’ election-in-charge of Ismailpur Nyaya panchayat in Amethi...

Time for Priyanka to come to party’s aid

Friday 13 April '07

Mobilising workers in its own traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi, represented by party president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi...

Police draw curtains on arrest drama

Tuesday 10 April '07

The party must highlight the stupid blunder of the UPA govt under whose initiative the BJP has been targeted by a Constitutional authority L K Advani Leader of the Opposition