Mata Prasad Pandey elected UP assembly speaker
April 13th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) Veteran Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mata Prasad Pandey was Friday elected unopposed speaker of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly.This would be the second stint for ... Read more...
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63 Muslims elected to 403-member UP assembly
March 8th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) Voters in Uttar Pradesh have elected a record 63 Muslim legislators to the 403-member state assembly in the
just-concluded elections.This is seven more than the ... Read more...
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Gandhi charisma fading? Congress humbled in Rae Bareli, Amethi
March 6th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) The charisma of the younger Gandhis didn't seem to have worked, even in the family pocketboroughs in Uttar Pradesh. In a major setback, the Congress ... Read more...
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Congress humiliated in Rae Bareli
March 6th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday suffered a disastrous defeat losing all five seats in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli constituency, represented by party president Sonia Gandhi in the ... Read more...
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Tainted, billionaire candidates on rise in seventh phase
February 24th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A total of 30 percent of the main candidates in the seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh's assembly eletions have a criminal background, and ... Read more...
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31 percent of UP third-phase candidates have criminal cases
February 14th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS) Nearly 31 percent of the candidates fielded by political parties for Wednesday's third phase poll of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly election have criminal ... Read more...
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Polling gets off to brisk start in UP’s second phase (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IANS) Polling got off to a good start in eastern Uttar Pradesh where 59 constituencies spread across nine districts are holding balloting Saturday in the second ... Read more...
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35pc candidates with criminal cases in UP fourth phase
February 11th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Nearly 35 percent of the major candidates in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls scheduled Feb 19 have criminal background, a report from ... Read more...
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Many UP poll candidates face criminal charges: Study
February 4th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A total of 41 out of the 114 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first two phases of Uttar Pradesh elections Feb 8 ... Read more...
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UP 2012: Unpredictable outcome (Uttar Pradesh Newsletter)
February 4th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) Considering what is at stake, top leaders of all political parties have descended in Uttar Pradesh's poll arena to select its 16th assembly.
However, unlike ... Read more...
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Crime, money power shadow Uttar Pradesh polls
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Thirty-five percent of the candidates in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh elections are embroiled in criminal cases, two groups said Friday.The Association for ... Read more...
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Mayawati suspends legislator
September 29th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 29 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday suspended legislator Jitendra Kumar Singh Babloo from the party for anti-party activities.Babloo is ... Read more...
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Rajnath Singh on hunger strike in Delhi over ‘Tiranga Yatra’
January 25th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu, former BJP President Rajnath Singh went on ... Read more...
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Mulayam’s apology to Muslims a gimmick: Amar Singh
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Aug 1 (IANS) Expelled Samajwadi Party leader and now head of his newly formed Lok Manch, Amar Singh, Sunday attacked his one-time political mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav for shedding "crocodile ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party plans state-wide stir against police atrocities
June 9th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party plans to turn its agitation against alleged police atrocities in a village of Agra district into a state-wide movement if the state government does ... Read more...
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Politician booked for insulting remarks on Sonia, Mayawati
April 22nd, 2009 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh president of the Peace Party of India was booked Wednesday for making offensive comments against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and state Chief Minister Mayawati ... Read more...
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Hindus will avenge NSA against Varun through votes: Singhal
April 21st, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) Hindus will avenge slapping of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi while exercising their franchise, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) ... Read more...
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Politician booked for casteist remarks against Mayawati
April 20th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) A case was filed Monday against Rashid Umar Ansari, the national secretary of the Peace Party of India, for making casteist remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ... Read more...
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