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Voting begins for last phase of UP Assembly polls; 613 candidates in fray

Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Monday morning, with 613 candidates in the fray on 54 seats

Small, marginal farmers rue rising input costs & stray cattle menace

The growing unprofitability of farming is a major reason why alternate employment - or lack of it - is a major election issue in the villages

Pollng for seventh and final phase of UP Assembly polls on Monday

Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections covering 54 seats, including PM Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, will be held on Monday

BJP-led alliance to get 80% seats in Assembly polls: Yogi Adityanath

Attacking the Opposition, he said people have come to know that their sensitivity is only for professional mafia, criminals and terrorists

BJP confident about forming govt in 4 states, impressive gains in Punjab

Underlining that the party ran a scientific and well-organised campaign, Shah said, "We saw Prime Minister Modi's popularity in five poll-bound states was more than that of any earlier prime minister"

Will not leave UP regardless of poll results, says Priyanka Gandhi

The Congress leader made the remarks while addressing an election rally here in Ghazipur which goes to the polls on March 7 in the last phase of the seven-phase UP assembly elections

Akhilesh Yadav will leave state on March 10, says UP BJP president

Akhilesh Yadav, who claims to win 400 seats, will leave Uttar Pradesh on March 10 for London and close down his party office, said State BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh

'Cong misled farmers in name of loan waiver; PM gave them Rs 6k every year'

The BJP leader further asserted that only the saffron party brought the poor, dalits, deprived, exploited sections of the society, women, farmers and youth to the mainstream

Elect candidates who have values of service in their DNA: Shah in UP

The home minister said over the last five years, the BJP worked to remove criminals from politics in Uttar Pradesh and ended the criminalisation of politics in the state

Ration meant for poor usurped by henchmen of SP, BSP in past, alleges UP CM

Yogi made the remarks in reference to the free ration and the vaccine provided by the Central government during the pandemic

Polls in UP 'pro-incumbency', says PM Modi in Varanasi

Varanasi will vote in the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on March 7

UP election: Modi holds roadshow in Varanasi as last phase of polling nears

The crowd chanted "Jai Shri Ram" and "Har Har Mahadev", and showered rose petals as the prime minister's convoy moved through the city to cover a distance of a little over three kilometres

UP polls: Akhilesh only cares for 'one community, one caste', says Shah

Addressing an election in Ghazipur, Shah said the elections in Uttar Pradesh is to secure the future of lakhs of people from the backward and dalit communities of the state

UP polls: Entire world passing through a delicate period, says PM Modi

PM said that thousands of students have been brought back from Ukraine safely under the ongoing Operation Ganga, and those who are still there are being evacuated

SP only party to raise issue of unemployment in polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Yadav, Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri, said there is no special facility for the poor, the educated youth are jobless, while farmers who produce crop do not get adequate price for their produce

UP polls: SP, BSP wiped out in six phases, says Amit Shah in Ghazipur rally

Listing the works done by the incumbent BJP government, Shah said that they freed the state from the clutches of criminals and mafia

20% students not enrolling further, UP to check dropout rate in schools

Nearly 36.8 lakh students -- 18.9 lakh boys and 17.9 lakh girls -- had passed Class 8 in the academic session 2019-20.

Stuck in time warp, UP's carpet hub refuses to be swept under the rug

An industry, unravelling: Work is demanding, pay just enough

UP polls: Mafia will be set free if SP voted to power, says Amit Shah

The SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have been defeated in the first five rounds of polling and now the BJP needs votes to ensure that it gets more than 300 seats, the home minister said

PM silent on key issues like jobs, price rise, social unrest: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi used the hashtag "#KiskeAccheDin", and shared a video in which youth in Uttar Pradesh are expressing their anger and anguish over these issues on Twitter