The Latest Breaking News from Uttar Pradesh

Kiren Rijiju accuses Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha

NEW DELHI: Law minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha by allegedly not accepting his bust at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India · Feb 24, 2022

Uttar Pradesh elections: Mafia ordered officers’ posting in SP regime, says Rajnath Singh

GORAKHPUR: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that during the BJP-led government's rule in UP, the economy of the state grew three-fold as "we are running a triple engine government". In Akhilesh Yadav's government, officials were posted on the instruction of mafia, he said.

The Times of India · Feb 24, 2022

EC notice to Congress leader over ‘bury Yogi, Modi’ statement

The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to Congress leader and candidate from Pindara in Uttar Pradesh Ajay Rai for prima facie violating the Model Code of Conduct by calling on voters to “bury” U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Hindu · Feb 23, 2022

All eyes on Lakhimpur Kheri in phase 4 of Uttar Pradesh polls

The 59 Assembly constituencies going to the polls in Uttar Pradesh on February 23 are said to be BJP strongholds

The Hindu · Feb 22, 2022

Yogi’s remarks about Kerala lacked propriety: Pinarayi

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath’s remarks about Kerala lacked propriety.

The Hindu · Feb 22, 2022

UP police says Umar Gautam tried to change India’s ‘population demography’. Where’s the evidence?

Days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party presented its election manifesto, the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra. In it, the party promised to amend the state’s anti-conversion law to introduce a minimum imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1…

Newslaundry · Feb 22, 2022

‘Shoot them’: Indian state police accused of murdering Muslims and Dalits

Ahead of key Uttar Pradesh elections, state police accused of being ‘mercenaries’ of hardline Hindu nationalist government

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2022

Cops conducting raids in UP for suspects who planted IED in east Delhi

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's Special Cell is conducting raids in Bareilly and other areas in Uttar Pradesh in pursuit of the suspects who planted an improvised explosive device at the Ghazipur flower market in east Delhi on January 14.

The Times of India · Feb 21, 2022

Turnout indications: on polling in Punjab, U.P.

A fragmented polity depresses turnout in Punjab; Uttar Pradesh’s polls indicate a closer battle.

The Hindu · Feb 21, 2022

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections | 61.61% turnout in third phase

In the 2017 Assembly polls, the turnout for these seats, which had gone to polls in the third phase, was 62.21%, the EC said

The Hindu · Feb 21, 2022