Last Updated: April 28, 2024, 23:54 IST The action came after the district administration took suo motu cognisance of Anand’s speech at the rally earlier in the day (Image: PTI) In his address, Anand cited a National Crime Records Bureau report of 16,000 kidnapping incidents in the state and accused the government of failing to … Read more
Uttar Pradesh, with its 80 parliamentary seats, is a key battleground for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Rashtriya Lok Dal in the upcoming general elections. The state will vote in seven phases, with phase 1 already completed on April 19. Mathura is set for polling on April 26, followed by phases … Read more
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has tweaked her policy while selecting candidates for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. Instead of fielding Muslims on seats having a dominant Muslim population in western UP, she has now fielded candidates belonging to non-Muslim communities. The Lok Sabha seats in UP … Read more
LUCKNOW: Politician and convicted gangster Mukhtar Ansari passed away on Thursday night due to a cardiac arrest. Ansari, 63 had been lodged in Banda jail and was serving life imprisonment. Ansari, was brought to the emergency department of Rani Durgavati Medical College at around 8:25 pm on Thursday after he complained of nausea and faintness. … Read more
BJP, which has been constantly working to expand its base among the SC voters, finds itself in an advantageous position with the waning hold of BSP, which once enjoyed considerable support among Dalits in the state. As of now, BSP has not aligned with any party for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and has decided … Read more
New Delhi: INDIA bloc’s doors are “open” for the BSP and it is up to Mayawati to decide if she wants to join the united fight against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls or not, Congress’ Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pande said on Sunday. The Congress general secretary said the Indian National Developmental … Read more
As the ruling and the Opposition camps in Bihar counted anxious minutes and watched over their flock ahead of the all-important floor test in the Assembly on Monday, expelled BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali on Sunday claimed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch sides again if it was politically convenient. Nitish took … Read more
Congress has sought 20 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party, a demand which the regional party found ‘unreasonable’. The two parties are likely to meet again on Thursday to take talks forward, according to some leaders. According to people present at the second formal round of seat-sharing talks on Wednesday, … Read more
Uttar Pradesh-based opposition parties have taken a more nuanced approach to questions regarding attending the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya than the principal national opposition Congress, which has slammed it as “clearly a BJP-RSS event” and said the inauguration is being done for “political gains”. BSP chief Mayawati on Monday, while saying she was … Read more
With Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) striving to regain Panthic support and unite all Akali Dal factions, Punjab-based party leaders feel the environment is not favourable for alliance with former decades-old ally BJP. Akali leaders believe the party would continue its alliance with BSP and may form a grand alliance by joining hands … Read more
