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India's biggest state holds election in key test of Modi's popularity

India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh begins voting on Thursday in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party.

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Only BSP has iron will to change face of UP: Mayawati

LUCKNOW: Telling people that it is not sensible to keep getting cheated in elections by parties which have done nothing for the poor from both upper and lower castes, BSP chief Mayawati said it was only her party that had the “iron will” to change the face of Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India

UP polls 2022: A wrong decision can make UP a Kashmir, Kerala or West Bengal, says Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: On the eve of the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath urged the voters to make their “big decision” wisely as a small mistake “can make UP the next Kashmir, Kerala or Bengal”.

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UP elections 2022: Over 2 crore voters to seal fate of 623 candidates in 11 districts

LUCKNOW: A population equivalent to that of Sri Lanka is set to decide the fate of 623 candidates in the first phase of 18th legislative assembly election in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

The Times of India

School hijab ban targets India’s Muslims as Hindu hardliners eye key vote

A ban on Islamic veils in schools in a southern Indian state has sparked protests and counter-protests between Muslim and Hindu, raising religious identity issues that have long served the ruling Hindu nationalist party’s electoral agenda as the country’s most populous state holds a critical election.

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Revisiting the politics of social justice in Uttar Pradesh

The regime in the State has no road map to genuinely empower the vast majority of marginalised communities

The Hindu

2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections phase 1 | Over 2.28 crore voters to decide fate of 623 candidates

First phase of 58 seats in western U.P. will reflect impact of the farmers’ protest.

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Uttar Pradesh elections: CM Yogi Adityanath shares another pic with PM Narendra Modi, this time proclaiming victory

LUCKNOW: With less than 18 hours to go to the first phase of voting, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted a picture in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised his hand high, tagging a couplet proclaiming victory.

The Times of India

Daily Dose Ep 966: Congress UP manifesto, Colombia landslides

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Colombia.

Newslaundry

Curtain-Raiser: All eyes on Jatland as UP votes in round one of 7-phase battle

LUCKNOW: Claims and counterclaims on the impacts of farmers' protest, law and order situation and communal division would be put to test as the western frontier of Uttar Pradesh votes in the first phase on Thursday.

The Times of India

MP: Dry days in districts on UP border due to poll

BHOPAL: Sale of liquor in districts adjoining Uttar Pradesh would remain suspended for 48 hours prior to polling and counting for UP assembly elections. Order in this regard were issued by the MP state commercial taxes department on Monday.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Samajwadi Party manifesto promises free petrol to autorickshaw drivers, urban job scheme

Akhilesh vows to make U.P.’s farmers debt-free in 3 years

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 965: BJP’s manifesto for UP, Karnataka hijab protests

Supriti David brings you the news from Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Russia.

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Assembly polls: BJP's plane of lies won't land in UP this time, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday in a rally with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his physical visit to Bijnor was cancelled citing 'bad weather' on Monday, and said, "the BJP's plane of lies won't be able to land…

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Mamata urges people vote for Akhilesh, don't fall for BJP's false promises

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged people to vote for Samajwadi Party and defeat Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

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Priyanka Gandhi slams PM Modi over 'migrant labourers' comment

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusations that Congress gave free train tickets to migrants to leave Maharashtra which lead to the spread of COVID in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and asked if PM Modi wanted the poor to be…

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Indian Hindu hardliner seeking re-election touts record on jobs, crime

Hindu hardliner Yogi Adityanath, who is seeking re-election as chief minister of India's most populous state, touted his record on fighting crime and putting law and order above religion and caste in a rare interview with Western media.

The Times of India

Want Akhilesh Yadav to win in Uttar Pradesh: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

LUCKNOW: West Bengal chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday was all support for SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and said she would like to see his party win the UP elections.

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2022 | BJP switches spouses in candidate list

Several seats have seen sitting MLAs replaced by their spouses in U.P.

The Times of India

UP elections: Mamata Banerjee leaves for Lucknow to campaign for SP, calls for defeating BJP

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday left for Lucknow to campaign for Samajwadi Party (SP) and gave the call to defeat BJP in the coming Uttar Pradesh assembly poll. Banerjee left for Lucknow this evening.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 | Smriti slams Akhilesh for seeking Mamata's support

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already left for Lucknow on Feb. 7 to campaign for Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party

The Hindu

‘Fake samajwadis’ dynastic policies’ stopped ‘river of development’ in Uttar Pradesh before 2017: PM Modi

He praised the Yogi Adityanath government for developing all regions of the State equally without any discrimination.

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BJP govt restored true honour of women in UP: PM Modi

Launching a scathing attack on the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that assault on women was very common during the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh and pointed out that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) restored the true honour of women in the state

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Four held for woman's murder in UP

The police in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district have arrested four people, including a couple, for allegedly killing a 55-year-old woman, officials said on Monday.

The Hindu

Parliament proceedings | February 7, 2022

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha remained adjourned for an hour today as a mark of respect for legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar

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