The Latest Breaking News from Aligarh

After Naresh, now Rakesh Tikait calls for 'anti-BJP' vote in Aligarh

AGRA: Farmers' leader and Bhartiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the "Hindu-Muslim and Jinnah rhetoric will be kept alive in the state only till the assembly elections and cautioned his supporters and farmers "not to be influenced by such divisive statements, meant only for political gains".

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

Uttar Pradesh elections: 6 independent candidates protest rejection of papers in Aligarh

AGRA: Six Independent candidates staged a protest at the residence of Aligarh district magistrate Selva Kumari J on Monday after their nomination papers for the Barauli constituency were rejected during the scrutiny. Of the 13 independent nominations filed for the constituency, six were rejected.

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2022

Uttar Pradesh elections: Behind bars, BJYM ex-office-bearer to contest from Aligarh

AGRA: Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) former office-bearer Vinay Varshney, an undertrial lodged in jail for the murder of Mohammad Tariq during a clash that broke out between anti-CAA protesters and the police in Aligarh’s Babri Mandi area in February 2020, filed his nomination papers, through a relative, as an…

The Times of India · Jan 21, 2022