Azamgarh, India News

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's sister and party's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Monday expressed her opinion on the ongoing controversy between Salman Khurshid and the Election Commission of Khurshid, in the eye of a storm over his "violations of model code of conduct" imposed by the ECI by speaking about Muslim quotas in the ... (more)

Nine communally sensitive and crime-prone districts in east UP, known for mafia dons and political heavyweights , go to polls today.

Azamgarh In an apparent bid to woo the Muslim electorate, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said pictures of the Batla House encounter case had brought tears in the eyes of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

The Uttar Pradesh elections got off to a slow start Wednesday with people reluctant to move out early morning due to the cold and incessant rain in several parts of the state, where 55 assembly constituencies go to polls in the first of seven rounds.

Allahabad/Azamgarh/Sitapur, Feb 7 : Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has accused Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav of being a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , as he wants to maintain a political diplomacy with them.

Azamgarh , Feb 7: Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district.

Diamond jewellery worth around Rs 33 lakh went missing from a Burrabazar shop on Saturday morning.

New Delhi, Feb 3 : Energised with the Supreme Court order on the 2G spectrum case, Team Anna will begin its second round of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh from February 5 to awaken the voters on the Jan Lokpal, land acquisition and other issues ahead of the Assembly polls.

Lucknow, Feb 3 : The number of millionaire candidates in Uttar Pradesh has almost doubled in the last five years with about 41 per cent of them contesting on 59 Assembly seats in the second phase of elections in the state to be held on February 11 being crorepatis, National Election Watch claimed here today.

There are over 190 small parties in Uttar Pradesh registered with the Election Commission.

India's 63rd Republic Day was celebrated with the usual gaiety in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, with Governor B.L. Joshi taking the salute at a colourful parade in front of the Council House here.

As a disparate Bharatiya Janta Party looks to a Kushwaha to steal OBC votes to reach the third spot in the Uttar Pradesh poll table, a desperate Congress is attempting to pick Muslim pockets to push the BJP to the fourth place.

New Delhi. Jan 18 An 11-year-old boy who saved eight of his school mates from a burning van in Uttar Pradesh, and a 14-year-old girl who rescued her brother from the Maoist attack in Chattisgarh are among the 24 children named for the National Bravery Awards this year for their exemplary acts of courage.

Azamgarh: Condemning the attack on Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Samajwadi Party state President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said such incidents should not be repeated in democracy.

Mahuwara Khurd , Jan 15: He can't walk without support but that hasn't stopped Amarnath Rajbhar from helping others stand on their own feet.