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The Latest Breaking News from Uttar Pradesh

India's future: Will more Modi mean less for Muslims, women and the media?

The fate of Muslims, women and the media are just three of the issues under the spotlight in India's regional elections. The northern state of Uttar Pradesh perhaps best sums up what's at stake. It has been ruled by PM Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP for the past five years but…

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A closer look at Uttar Pradesh, Indian PM Modi's political laboratory

More than 180 million voters in five Indian states are eligible to vote for new assemblies from this Thursday. The month-long process will be a key test for the ruling BJP of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He wants to keep control of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India's most…

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Will Hathras rape case cast a shadow on election in district?

“We voted for the BJP in 2017 (Uttar Pradesh elections) and 2019 (Lok Sabha elections) because it seemed to be a nationalist party...we have no problem with (PM Narendra) Modi-ji; our displeasure is with (CM) Yogi Adityanath because injustice was done to our sister in his regime,” said Ravi Kumar…

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Daily Dose Ep 967: Phase 1 polling in UP, Ashish Mishra gets bail

Supriti David brings you the news from Uttar Pradesh, the Reserve Bank of India, the Supreme Court and China.

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Assembly Elections 2022: UP records 57.79% voter turnout till 5 pm in the first phase

Uttar Pradesh recorded 57.79% voter turnout till 5 pm in the first phase of Assembly elections.

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U.P. Assembly elections | BJP govt. needed to keep State riot-free, says PM Modi

Saharanpur constituency will go to polls in the second phase on February 14

The Hindu

Local elections in key Indian state to test Modi’s popularity

Residents of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, are voting in polls that could be bellwether of BJP’s hold.

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Vote on unemployment, inflation, crimes against women: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the people of Uttar Pradesh should vote on issues of unemployment, inflation, poverty, crime against women and Dalits.

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U.P. Assembly polls | Vote BJP to prevent U.P. from becoming Kerala, says CM Yogi Adityanath; Pinarayi Vijayan responds

His appeal to voters draws sarcastic retort from CPI(M)

The Hindu

Modi hails Yogi govt, BJP policies, but was ANI interview in violation of MCC?

A day ahead of polling for the first phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on an interview with ANI’s Smita Prakash, and while it may not have been in direct violation of the model code of conduct issued by the election commission, the broadcast…

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections | Over 60% turnout recorded in phase 1

58 seats recorded 63.47% voting in the 2017 election; highest turnout recorded in Kairana, which saw a high-pitched campaign.

The Hindu

Indian state begins voting in test for Modi's Hindu politics

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is touting Hindu-first politics and big-ticket construction projects to woo voters in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh

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Voters reach polling booths despite cold, foggy weather in UP's Aligarh

Voters reached the polling booths in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh city to cast their votes amid foggy and cold weather on Thursday morning.

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Uttar Pradesh polls: 35.03 per cent voter turnout till 3 pm in first phase

Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 35.03% per cent till 1pm across 58 constituencies in 11 districts during the first phase of the state assembly polls.

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Vote to free country from "every fear": Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi urged people to vote to free the country from "fear" as polling in 11 districts for the first phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh commenced on Thursday morning.

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UP polls: EVMs facing issues replaced in Shamli district

The District Magistrate of Uttar Pradesh's Shamli on Thursday informed that some complaints regarding Electronic Voting Machines have been received from a few polling booths as voting for the first phase of State assembly elections began today morning.

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UP assembly polls: Voting for first phase underway in 58 constituencies

Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections underway on Thursday at 7:00 am.

Reuters

Factbox-The key issues in India's upcoming state elections

Uttar Pradesh, the first of five Indian states going to the polls this month, begins voting in a state election on Thursday. Here are some key facts about the elections, and why they are important.

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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.

France 24

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.

The Hindu

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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Daily Dose Ep 966: Congress UP manifesto, Colombia landslides

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

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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

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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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