Uttar Pradesh

KAIRANA: Sitting inside the corner of his grocery shop in the Chowk Bazaar in UP’s Kairana, Varun Singhal, looks taut at the memory of a gory incident that turned his family’s life upside down. His brother Vinod Kumar Singhal was shot dead in full public glare with bullets pumped inside him, a brutal crime that triggered […]

LUCKNOW: Hours after Aparna Yadav Bisht, the younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav said that he hopes that “she will work to save democracy and the constitution”. Congratulating his sister-in-law on her political move, the SP chief told a media […]

NEW DELHI: In a massive setback to the Samajwadi Party (SP) , former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Bisht Yadav on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP in the national capital. A galaxy of BJP leaders led by party chief JP Nadda, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma, […]

NEW DELHI: Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday condemned those questioning party’s candidate Archana Gautam over her dresses and asked them not to pass judgement on those who have worked hard to achieve something in their lives. Gautam, the 26-year-old model and actor, has been facing flak over the audio and visual content […]

CHANDIGARH: In a major political development ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, former Jail Minister in the SAD-BJP government Sarwan Singh Phillaur and his son Damanvir Singh Phillaur resigned from the Congress on Monday and joined the SAD (Sanyukt). The move is expected to boost the poll prospects of the SAD (Sanyukt)-BJP-PLC (Punjab Lok Congress) […]

LUCKNOW: Not even a month to go to polls, and the political scene in Uttar Pradesh is undergoing a massive change. Disgruntled members of parties are opting out of existing setups and making a beeline for greener pastures. Days after several BJP ministers and MLAs resigned, most have subsequently joined Samajwadi Party (SP). Among those […]

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav took a swipe at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the desertions in the BJP saying that had Yogi known how to play cricket, he would have still missed the catch. Addressing a virtual rally at Party headquarters here after inducting rebel BJP […]

NEW DELHI: Fifty women candidates, including mother of Unnao rape victim, figure in the first list of 125 Congress candidates released by Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election. “As promised the list includes 50 women candidates,” said Priyanka Gandhi, who is also in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Congress while releasing […]

LUCKNOW: In a massive jolt to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, state minister Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the party. And no sooner was it done, Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Maurya to the party fold. In his resignation letter […]

UTTAR PRADESH: Uttar Pradesh Police have registered an FIR against Congress leader Imran Masood for violating Covid-19 norms. Masood, the controversial ex-MLA from Nakud assembly seat in Saharanpur district, called a public gathering of his supporters on Monday despite Election Commission of India putting a ban on public rallies till January 15. By calling his […]