Up Polls 2017
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UP polls: In blow to Mukhtar Ansari, Delhi HC dismisses parole plea for campaigning
National | Mar 02, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court today set aside a trial court order granting custody parole to BSP strongman MLA Mukhtar Ansari for canvassing in the UP Assembly polls.
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UP Assembly elections: 57.36 pc turnout recorded in fifth phase
National | Mar 02, 2017, 04:11 PM ISTNearly 57.36 per cent of 1.81 crore voters today cast their votes amid tight security during the fifth phase of polling in UP Assembly elections.
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UP Polls: BJP's Swati Singh to lock horns with Mulayam's nephew for Sarojni Nagar seat
National | Jan 31, 2017, 04:31 PM ISTThe Sarojni Nagar seat in Lucknow is set to witness a high profile clash in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls. The Samajwadi Party has decided to field Anurag Yadav, who is the younger brother of
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BJP ready to accept UP polls as referendum on demonetisation: Amit Shah
National | Jan 30, 2017, 09:09 AM ISTBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday said the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh "would not be a referendum on demonetisation policy, but if the opposition wanted to play it that way, then the BJP was game for it".
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Post alliance, Congress, SP now quibble over seats in Rahul, Sonia's turfs
National | Jan 27, 2017, 11:24 AM ISTCongress and Samajwadi Party are haggling over seats in Rae Bareli and Amethi, the parliamentary turf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul respectively.
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Priyanka gave final shape to alliance with SP, says Congress
National | Jan 23, 2017, 08:28 AM ISTIn what could be seen as an announcement of Priyanka Gandhi's arrival, several senior Congress leaders on Sunday acknowledged the role of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in striking an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh.
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UP polls: SP, Congress fail to reach consensus over seats, dilute prospect of alliance
National | Jan 21, 2017, 09:12 PM ISTThe much talked about alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Indian National Congress for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections seems to have doomed even before it properly saw the light of the day. Failing
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UP Polls: RLD, allies declare Jayant Chaudhary as CM candidate
National | Dec 30, 2016, 07:37 AM ISTRLD leader and former MP Jayant Chaudhary was today projected as chief ministerial candidate for the party and its allies at a rally at Abairani crossing here.