With just a day left for counting of votes, the Samajwadi Party on Monday said it was hopeful of getting a majority in Uttar Pradesh and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will become the next Chief

With the media in overdrive over government formation in Uttar Pradesh, making and breaking alliances by the hour, the man who should be at the helm of all activity is quietly waiting and watching.

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It has been an unusual election in Uttar Pradesh.
The event that once used to be an Eastman colour festival was played out in drab black and white this time. The scene was colourless; voters silent, candidates remained confused. It was only the media that played the poll game to the hilt, while onlookers watched on amused.

Chief electoral officer Umesh Sinha said in Lucknow on Saturday, “This is the first election without even a single incident of violence and minimum complaints, most of which were related to EVM functioning. We had a total of 12.73 crore voters and, of these, 7.53 crore caste their votes in these elections.”

Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Sunday said that it is better for the Congress to forge an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) than join hands with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar

It is the war of words before the war actually ends on Saturday. The BJP, brimming with confidence on Friday, claimed that the Rashtriya Lok Dal would sooner than later join the BJP. State BJP president Surya Pratap Shahi said that the RLD was known to change alliances after elections and would be seen with the BJP again.

The month-and-a-half-long election process in Uttar Pradesh will come to a close with the seventh and final phase of polling Saturday. Sixty Assembly seats, spread over 10 districts, will vote in the state’s Rohilkhand region, where a majority of constituencies are dominated by Muslims.

The month-and-a-half-long election process in Uttar Pradesh will come to a close with the seventh and final phase of polling Saturday.

Sixty Assembly seats, spread over 10 districts, will vote in th

An abducted six-year-old boy was murdered in the old Lucknow city Friday after his father, a trader, did not pay a ransom of Rs 3 lakh demanded by the kidnappers.

The boy, named Shivam, had gone miss

Polling for the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections covering 60 constituencies began this morning amidst tight security arrangements.

Polling on 60 seats in ten districts beg