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  Comprehensive alliance in UP would have altered results dramatically: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | April 03, 2017 16:58 IST

  Calling upon national parties to take the lead in bringing political parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party on one stage, Kumar said that the responsibility lies with the Congress since it is a big national party

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  What transpired at UP BJP MLAs' meeting where Yogi Adityanath was elected CM: Blow by blow account

  Politics | March 19, 2017 8:02 IST

  Yogi Adityanath was elected the BJP legislature party leader at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs.

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  Dinesh Sharma: What we know about UP's deputy CM-designate

  Politics | March 19, 2017 6:58 IST

  Dinesh Sharma will be one of the two deputy Chief Ministers of CM Yogi Adityanath in UP.

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  Yogi Adityanath sworn in as 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; two deputies also take oath

  Politics | March 19, 2017 17:13 IST

  Firebrand Hindutva leader Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh today.

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  Ravi Shastri likens BJP’s UP win to ‘Tracer Bullet’, PM Modi returns favour

  Politics | March 17, 2017 14:53 IST

  Ravi Shastri on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah for the BJP’s landslide victory in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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  EVMs are tamper-proof as ever, allegations 'wild and baseless,' asserts EC

  Politics | March 16, 2017 20:18 IST

  The Election Commission today asserted that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) are fully tamper-proof, as ever.

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  Rajnath to be next UP CM? BJP MLAs to decide on March 18

  Politics | March 16, 2017 21:17 IST

  312 MLAs of the BJP will meet on March 18 to elect the Legislative Party leader.

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  Clamour grows for change in Congress after poll debacle. Who said what

  Politics | March 16, 2017 19:01 IST

  There has been an increase in the number of Congress leaders asking for a change in leadership, albeit not directly blaming party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

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  BJP’s victory in Assembly polls has implications for Sino-Indian ties: Chinese media

  World | March 16, 2017 13:33 IST

  BJP’s landslide victory in state Assembly elections has “implications” for the Sino-Indian ties, said the state-run Chinese media.

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  Who will be the next UP CM? Here are the top three probables

  Politics | March 15, 2017 18:55 IST

  After registering a historic win in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now in the process of zeroing in on a credible face for the post of the Chief Minster.

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  Shocked over massive defeat in UP Assembly polls, BSP to observe ‘black day’ on 11th of every month

  Politics | March 15, 2017 15:59 IST

  Finding it difficult to come to terms with the massive drubbing it got in the UP Assembly polls, BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party will observe ‘black day’ on the 11th of every month.

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  We lost as people of UP preferred BJP over SP, admits Ram Goal Yadav

  Politics | March 15, 2017 14:19 IST

  Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav today conceded that his party lost the UP Assembly elections because the people of the state voted against it.

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  Rajnath Singh denies reports of his taking over as UP CM, says these talks are ‘unnecessary and futile’

  Politics | March 15, 2017 12:08 IST

  Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today denied reports of being a frontrunner in the race for becoming the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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  Archived or deleted? Tweets from official govt handles go ‘missing’ after Akhilesh Yadav’s loss in UP elections

  Politics | March 14, 2017 16:10 IST

  The tweets from official Uttar Pradesh government handles are not to be found anywhere.

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  UP electorate favour only five of eight relatives of former CMs, PM

  Politics | March 14, 2017 8:03 IST

  Only five of the eight candidates in the recently concluded UP Assembly polls, who belonged to the families of former chief ministers and even of a former prime minister, managed to win their seats.

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  Amit Shah to decide UP, U'khand CMs after observers' report

  Politics | March 13, 2017 14:07 IST

  BJP President Amit Shah has been authorised by the party's Parliamentary Board to pick chief ministerial nominees for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur after central observers hold meetings with local MLAs.

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  UP Assembly election results: Modi wave unprecedented in 40 years

  Politics | March 12, 2017 13:33 IST

  BJP won 312 in 403-member Assembly in India’s most-populous state.

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  BJP's win in UP, U'khand will help it in presidential polls: Maths here

  Politics | March 12, 2017 14:31 IST

  BJP's historic mandate in UP and Uttarakhand will help the party in the upcoming presidential election.

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  Election results 2017: How win in UP, Uttarakhand will work in BJPs's favour in Rajya Sabha

  Politics | March 12, 2017 13:56 IST

  The massive victory scored by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections has boosted its chance to become the single largest party in the Rajya Sabha next year.

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  UP election results: CM Akhilesh Yadav submits resignation to Governor Ram Naik

  Politics | March 11, 2017 20:59 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today tendered his resignation to Governor Ram Naik after his Samjawadi Party's massive defeat in Assembly polls.