Uttar Pradesh : Polling in Uttar Pradesh for 15 Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. By-polls for two state assembly seats is also being held. As many as 243 candidates are in fray for the Lok Sabha. In Amethi, incumbent MP and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi faces Kumar Vishwas of the Aam Aadmi […]

Uttar Pradesh : Two people were killed and over a dozen injured when two trains collided in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred near the Obra Dam railway station in Sonbhadra, 410 km from here, on late Wednesday. Officials said the collision took place when Katni passenger train rammed into Varanasi-Shaktinagar intercity […]

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and alleged that he will ditch Uttar Pradesh after the polls. Senior party leader and spokesperson Ashustosh sent out a series of tweets on Monday morning speculating on the seats from where Modi will contest the Lok Sabha […]

New Delhi: The BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi hit out at Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on their home turf Thursday, saying the father and son were following him and holding rallies in Uttar Pradesh on the same day as him but the duo cannot develop UP like […]

Manipal : Abhishek Agnihotri(19), a student of BBM in Manipal University reportedly drowned in the sea at Malpe beach on August 25, Sunday after he was caught amid giant waves.  He hailed from Uttar Pradesh and had been to the beach with his friends when high tides swept him away. Though fishermen pulled him back […]

New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s close confidant and BJP general secretary Amit Shah was on Sunday appointed in charge of politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. In a list of state in-charges, convenors and in charge of its various fronts announced on Sunday, BJP appointed its Andhra Pradesh strongman Bandaru Dattatray as one of […]

Pratapgarh : Controversial Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias ‘Raja Bhaiya’ and seven of his associates have been booked for an alleged conspiracy to kill Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haque in Pratapgarh district. Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul Haq was killed with two others in Balipur village in Pratapgarh district on Saturday night, during […]

Lucknow/Panaji : A highest ever voter turnout marked the staggered Assembly elections in five states which ended today with Uttar Pradesh and Goa joining Punjab and Uttarakhand in breaking all previous records. Counting of votes in the elections in the five states which also included Manipur will be taken up on March six as political […]

Fatepur : At least 31 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a train derailment in northern India. Thirteen coaches of the Kalka Mail passenger train left the rails near the town of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh. Rescue workers and locals arrived to try to free trapped passengers from the badly damaged […]

Kanshiramnagar:  Thirty-two people have been killed and 17 others have been injured in a train, bus collision in Kanshiramnagar district of Uttar Pradesh early this morning. The incident happened at about 2 am when Chhapra Mathura Express collided with a bus carrying a marriage party at an unmanned crossing. The injured are being treated at […]