Independent Uttar Pradesh MLA Ajai Rai and five others were arrested for creating trouble at a hotel in Chetjanj area of Varanasi, police said.
“Independent MLA Ajai Rai and five of his associates have been arrested for creating trouble at New India International Hotel”, ADG (Law and Order) Brijlal told reporters here.
The MLA has been [...]
Samajwadi Party decided not to field its candidates in the forthcoming panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.”During the meeting of the state parliamentary board, which was chaired by state president Akhilesh Yadav, it was decided that the party will neither announce its official candidates nor will it field SP nominees in the panchayat elections,” party [...]
Read More... The Election Commission said that a bye-election would be held on September 23 to fill up a casual vacancy in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
The vacancy has been caused by the resigation of a sitting member, Mr Jugal Kishor, elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly, on June 17. His term of office [...]
LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan said he would concentrate on the problems of farmers and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh after the electoral process was over in his state.
“We are poised to get two-third majority in the Bihar assembly elections and once that is over we will shift focus on Uttar Pradesh for the 2012 [...]
With thousands of Uttar Pradesh farmers gathering in the Capital to stage protests, traffic has come to a complete halt in many of the border entry points. The farmers are protesting against the acquisition of their land for the Yamuna Expressway project.
Police have warned of traffic congestion at various places in the city.
The farmers [...]
Congress has begun the process of selection of candidates for the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and it is likely to be completed by next April, party general secretary Digvijay Singh said.
“The party has started the process of selection of candidates for the UP Assembly elections and its observers are moving in the state,” [...]
Rahul Gandhi took the Mayawati government by surprise when he visited Jikarpur village, the epicentre of the farmers’ stir, on Saturday and expressed his solidarity with the agitators in Uttar Pradesh.
The AICC general Secretary met the agitating farmers who have been demanding higher compensation for their land acquired by the UP government for the [...]
Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh on ruled out the possibility of merger with the Congress. At the same time, he kept the option open for an alliance with that party in the 2012 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Talking to media persons RLD Chief Ajit Singh said at Lucknow this afternoon that the talks [...]
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the move of BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to rename Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar.
On July 1, Mayawati had renamed Amethi after the Dalit leader and declared that it would [...]
Among the political parties, the Congress is the richest. It has an aggregate income of Rs.1,518 crore earned over a seven-year period between the assessment years 2002-2003 and 2009-2010.
For the same period, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party reported incomes of Rs. 754 crore and Rs. 358 crore respectively.
However, the BSP [...]