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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicUP elections 2022

Topic: UP elections 2022

In the ‘battle of Bundelkhand’, BJP, BSP and SP have a new weapon — election tickets

BJP, BSP and SP all have a chance in the 3rd phase of UP elections. Dalit and Yadav communities in this region could make all the difference.

What do UP voters want? This is what they told me about cow, Covid, Kashi

You soon realise that ‘good law and order’ in UP is a euphemism for ‘putting Muslims in their place’.

BSP fighting UP polls with ‘full might’ to usher in ‘achche din’, says Mayawati

Speaking in Jalaun district, the BSP supremo Monday dubbed Congress as 'strongly casteist', BJP as 'pro-capitalist' and accused Samajwadi Party of giving a freehand to criminals.

Polling underway in 55 assembly seats in second phase of UP elections

Prominent faces in this phase include Dharam Singh Saini, who switched to SP before the polls, senior SP leader Mohammad Azam Khan and UP’s Finance Minister Suresh Khanna.

Those involved in appeasement politics can’t be ‘true socialist’: Rajnath Singh attacks SP

Launching an attack on the Samajwadi Party, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said 'merely having such a name does not make one Samajwadi'.

Key to India’s biggest election? Creating jobs for people of UP, not jobs in UP

Politicians in UP promise that they will end out-migration. But one wouldn't bet on their chances against hundreds of years of economic history.

Move over M-Y alliance, Hindu-Muslim binary. Parties in UP polls stitching micro castes

Sarvjans for the BSP, non-Yadavs for the SP, and OBCs for the BJP—how political parties in UP election hope to gather more votes.

Women are voting more, but in UP, they are literally pushed out of campaign spaces

Congress, BJP, SP— all talk about ‘nari shakti’, but this is where women stand. Literally.

Polling begins for 58 assembly seats across 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh

The first phase of battle for Uttar Pradesh began Thursday morning. Leading the campaign for the BJP, PM Modi pitched for a 'double-engine' govt for fast-paced development in the state.

Farm loan waivers, 20 lakh govt jobs — Congress promises UP in its poll manifesto

Releasing the manifesto, Priyanka Gandhi said wheat & paddy will be purchased at Rs 2,500 per quintal and sugarcane at the rate of Rs 400 per quintal after Congress comes to power.

On Camera

Hrithik Roshan & Jr NTR in Janaab-e-Aali is exactly what a dance-off should not be

Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.