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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
TopicUP elections 2022

Topic: UP elections 2022

Exit poll results: AAP sweeps Punjab; BJP to retain UP, Manipur; rest hung

Congress has a fighting chance in Uttarakhand and Goa, BSP biggest loser in Uttar Pradesh.

Akhilesh Yadav’s challenge: No regional party has ever unseated BJP government in polls

BJP on its own has never dislodged any regional party in assembly polls, except the Samajwadi Party in 2017. The converse is also true but without any exception.

Varanasi South seat has Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, but PM Modi is ‘missing’ BJP MLA’s only hope

BJP is pulling out all stops to ensure Varanasi South doesn’t become a spoiler in PM’s LS constituency. NDA had won all 8 segments here in 2017. But MLA issue is a larger problem.

Yogi govt has rid UP of ‘mafia & machhar, gang wars & Japanese encephalitis’, says Anurag Thakur

Union minister Thakur, who is also BJP’s co-incharge for UP polls, says his party has focused on law & order, development, claims SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ‘has changed seat’ fearing defeat.

Flags, posters, roadshows: Glimpses from Varanasi ahead of last phase of voting in UP

On Friday, PM Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in his constituency amid cheering crowds showering rose petals. He is also scheduled to address a rally Saturday.

PM Modi raised India’s pride, even Pakistanis grab Tricolour to escape Ukraine, says KP Maurya

Before last phase of UP polls, Keshav Prasad Maurya talks about BJP’s chances, its focus on development and welfare of all, but says slogans like 'Jai Shri Ram' will continue.

Yogi’s cows, Modi’s houses, Akhilesh’s jobs: Why this is a more ‘normal’ Uttar Pradesh election

Caste is back, after 2014, 2017 and 2019. Joblessness is the new nationalism and religion. Too many poor people are hurting as they pay for cow protection.

In UP’s Mau, gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s sport-shooter son is using ‘clean’ image to gun for votes

Mau constituency, which goes to vote on 7 March, has been gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s stronghold since 1996. He has won the seat five consecutive times.

Mamata Banerjee, Jaya Bachchan take stage at SP’s power-packed rally on PM’s turf Varanasi

The eight assembly segments under Varanasi district are among the seats that will vote during the last and seventh phase on 7 March. The votes will be counted on 10 March.

How BJP war room on Modi turf Varanasi is building buzz about party, reaching every voter

BJP's digital war room in Varanasi comprises 100-odd volunteers housed in a three-storey building at Gulab Bagh area. It connects party workers, officebearers and volunteers.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.