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  UP Polls: Rahul Gandhi urges voters to elect a govt that will provide jobs to youths

  Politics | February 24, 2017 18:37 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today urged the people of Uttar Pradesh to elect a government that will provide jobs to the youths of the state and works for the welfare of the farmers.

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  UP polls: Amethi’s ‘royal’ battle is more about a fight for ‘honour’

  Politics | February 24, 2017 17:43 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are a matter of prestige for the Congress party. While the party managed to enter an alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party, the road does not appear easy for it yet.

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  Kanpur train accident was ‘conspiracy’ from across the border, says PM Modi

  Politics | February 24, 2017 18:34 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the opposition parties of spreading lies about the government’s November 8 decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to fight menaces like black money, counterfeiting and funding of terror activities.

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  PM doing politics of hatred, his smile missing: Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | March 02, 2017 16:20 IST

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was resorting to the politics of hatred in face of SP-Congress combine challenges to the BJP in the ongoing UP assembly polls.

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  Sonia Gandhi stayed away from UP campaign fearing defeat, says Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | March 02, 2017 16:20 IST

  Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said alleged that the main reason behind Sonia Gandhi staying away from UP campaign was that she feared defeat.

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  ‘I take inspiration from donkeys as they are loyal to their master’: PM Modi hits back at Akhilesh

  Politics | February 24, 2017 17:54 IST

  Hitting back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for his ‘donkey’ remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the criticism of donkeys by the UP CM only reflected his “casteist mentality”

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  'KA for BJP kabutars', to be set free after polls: Akhilesh responds to Amit Shah's 'KASAB' barb

  Politics | February 24, 2017 17:54 IST

  Hitting back at Amit Shah for his KASAB barb, Akhilesh Yadav today said the language of BJP leaders has changed as KA actually stood for kabutar and the people will set their pigeons free in the polls.

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  No bigger ‘Kasab’ in India than BJP chief Amit Shah, says Mayawati

  Politics | February 24, 2017 17:55 IST

  Launching a scathing attack on Amit Shah for his ‘Kasab’ remark, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today said that the BJP chief was the ‘biggest terrorist’ in India.

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  Akhilesh unfit for CM post, should look for job in MNCs: Uma Bharti

  Politics | February 24, 2017 18:21 IST

  Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti has declared incumbent Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav an ‘unfit’ candidate for the top job.

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  Should have fielded Muslim candidates in UP, says Rajnath Singh

  Politics | February 24, 2017 18:21 IST

  Muslims are not considered the traditional vote bank of the BJP, thus the party has not given ticket to even a single Muslim candidate in Uttar Pradesh which has some 19 per cent population. But senior party leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Sin

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  UP Assembly polls: 60 pc voter turnout in 4th phase, says Election Commission

  Politics | February 23, 2017 22:08 IST

  The fourth phase polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held today in 53 Assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts.

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  A day after remark on Rohith Vemula suicide, Varun Gandhi removed from BJP's list of star campaigners

  Politics | February 22, 2017 23:46 IST

  BJP MP Varun Gandhi was on Wednesday removed from the list of party’s star campaigners for sixth and seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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  UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav refuses to take 'donkeys' fight further

  Politics | February 22, 2017 19:14 IST

  Refusing to take “donkeys” fight further, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "out to change his course" as he "knows he has lost the (electoral) battle".

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  UP Assembly elections: 53 seats to go for polls tomorrow

  Politics | February 22, 2017 18:25 IST

  Fifty-three constituencies will see polling on Thursday in the fourth phase of staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

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  KASAB: After SCAM, BJP coins another fancy acronym for Congress, SP and BSP

  Politics | February 23, 2017 6:45 IST

  BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said the people of Uttar Pradesh should get rid of KASAB, in reference to the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

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  Akhilesh Yadav admitted SP-Congress alliance ‘opportunistic’: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | February 22, 2017 17:09 IST

  Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has acknowledged that the tie-up is an "opportunistic" one.

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  Guns over gold: 10 ‘dabang’ female politicians from UP who own firearms worth lakhs

  Politics | February 22, 2017 16:23 IST

  In the affidavit submitted to election commission for the ongoing state assembly elections, a few of them declared ownership of more than one arm.

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  UP polls: Shivpal hints he won’t compromise his ministerial berth if SP retains power

  Politics | February 22, 2017 15:43 IST

  Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav today dropped ample hints that he won’t campaign for the ruling party’s electoral ally -- the Congress in the remaining three-phase.

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  UP polls: Alliance with Congress an outcome of family feud, says Akhilesh Yadav

  Politics | February 22, 2017 10:55 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has revealed why he joined hands with the Congress party to enter the poll fray in the state.

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  PM Modi will lose aura after BJP defeat in Uttar Pradesh, says Lalu

  Politics | February 21, 2017 23:55 IST

  RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lose his aura with the BJP's defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.