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HIGH STAKES, KEY PLAYERS

India, March 17 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav, 50, is leading the principal opposition party and the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh against the ruling BJP in the high-stakes 2... Read More


Do-or-die battle for Cong in UP

Lucknow, March 17 -- With only one MP in the outgoing Lok Sabha and two MLAs in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, the Congress faces a do-or-die battle in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections... Read More


Samajwadi Party fields Dharmendra, not Akhilesh, in Azamgarh

Lucknow, March 17 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) released its fifth list of five candidates on Saturday, fielding former Badaun MP Dharmendra Yadav on the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat. It had long been specul... Read More


TIME TO DELIVER FOR NDA ALLIES

India, March 17 -- Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) national chief Jayant Chaudhary, 45, joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only recently after remaining in the Opposition camp for 10 long y... Read More


J&K assembly polls after LS elections

New Delhi, March 17 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) is committed to holding assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir as soon as possible after the Lok Sabha exercise, chief election commissione... Read More


One poll to another, swing infortunes painted new shades

Lucknow, March 17 -- In the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the then U.P. BJP in-charge Amit Shah had, in an informal discussion with newspersons, remarked: "There is an undeniable Modi wave. I ha... Read More


Never too old to vote: 1049 Prayagraj centenarians keen on suffrage

PRAYAGRAJ, March 17 -- With the stage getting set for the largest democratic exercise in the world, the electorate, both young and old, is ready to exercise its franchise in the coming Lok Sabha Elect... Read More


'J&K polls to be held as soon as possible after Lok Sabha'

New Delhi, March 17 -- The assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir will be held after the Lok Sabha polls as organising both simultaneously is not viable from the security point of view, chief election ... Read More


By-polls for Lko East, 3 other assembly seats announced

LUCKNOW, March 17 -- Bypolls for four assembly seats in the state will be held along with the Lok Sabha election, Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Saturday. These assembly s... Read More


Modi accuses Oppn in T'gana of corruption

HYDERABAD, March 17 -- Accusing the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government and the present Congress government in Telangana of being responsible for the plight of the people in the state, Pr... Read More