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Previous UP govts were not concerned with people's needs, sole agenda was to loot state: PM Modi

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the previous Uttar Pradesh governments, saying those in power earlier were not concerned with faith or people's needs and their only agenda was to loot the state.

The Times of India · Feb 6, 2022

'Mercury rises due to high power tariff': Rakesh Tikait snaps back at UP CM Yogi Adityanath

SHAMLI: Reacting to UP CM Yogi Adityanath's recent "garmi nikal denge" remark, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who was in Shamli on Saturday, said that "the temperature rises because of high power tariff and once the rates are slashed, winter chill will be back in Kairana."

The Times of India · Feb 6, 2022

UP polls: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gives Congress’s youth manifesto to protesting BJP workers in Aligarh

AGRA: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was campaigning in Aligarh on Saturday evening, when some BJP workers purportedly hooted and raised pro-Yogi and Modi slogans.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2022

Why isn’t the Congress nominating a chief ministerial face in Uttar Pradesh?

Newspapers today carried a photograph of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra crossing paths while campaigning in western Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. Unlike the last assembly poll, their parties are not in a pre-poll pact. That, however, does not rule out the chances of an alliance…

Newslaundry · Feb 4, 2022

Parliament proceedings | February 4, 2022

Both the Houses continued with the Motion of Thanks on the President's address for the third consecutive day and are took up Private Members' Legislative Business.

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2022

UP assembly elections: Don't want to be Hema Malini, says RLD's Jayant Chaudhary on BJP's offer for alliance

MATHURA: Days after receiving an offer to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance for the Uttar Pradesh elections, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Tuesday said that he does not want to be like BJP leader Hema Malini in the party.

The Times of India · Feb 2, 2022

Priyanka Gandhi slams Sitharaman for 'UP-type' remark

A row has erupted over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 'UP-type' remark, with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying on Wednesday that people of Uttar Pradesh are proud of their dialect and culture and that there was no need to "insult" the people of the state

Dynamite News · Feb 2, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Youth throws ‘ink’ on Congress star campaigner Kanhaiya Kumar

LUCKNOW: New entrant to the Congress Party and popular Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus Kanhaiya Kumar was taken in for a surprise on his way to the UP Congress headquarters here on Tuesday when a miscreant threw some liquid on him. While Congressmen alleged that the youth had poured acid on…

The Times of India · Feb 1, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: SIT chargesheet against ex-principal in school girl's 'rape-suicide' case

AGRA: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the UP police filed an over 2,000-page chargesheet on Tuesday against the former principal of a Mainpuri residential school in connection with the death of a 16-year-old student, who was allegedly raped and found hanging in a prayer room in the premises in…

The Times of India · Feb 1, 2022

SP announces 10 more poll candidates

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday announced 10 candidates for the ongoing UP Assembly elections including for Lucknow Cantonment seat from which Aparna Yadav -- the younger daughter-in-law of party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

Dynamite News · Feb 1, 2022