New Delhi, January 16: The Babri Masjid demolition is just an incident and there is nothing famous or infamous about it, the Supreme Court said on Monday while listing Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for levelling charges of criminal conspiracy against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani, Shiv ...

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), January 16: After a long break from grassroots politics, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra was back here Monday to supplement brother Rahul's efforts in mobilising votes for the Congress ahead of elections in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka, who has campaigned several times in this Congress borough, ...

Lucknow, January 15: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday released the names of all 403 candidates for the February 8-March 4 assembly elections, with the list comprising more upper castes, backward classes and minority nominees than Dalits. She also announced her party would contest the polls ...

Lucknow, January 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who turned 56 Sunday, lashed out at the Election Commission (EC) for veiling her statues and that of the Bahujan Samaj Party's poll symbol the elephant, saying it was a reflection of the government's "casteist" mindset. Addressing an unusually low-key birthday celebration at the ...

New Delhi, January 11: Amid fierce resistance by the BJP to religion-based reservations, the Election Commission Wednesday asked the government to put on hold the implementation of the 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities in the five poll-bound states till the elections are complete. Last month, just before elections were announced for five ...

New Delhi, January 11: Law Minister Salman Khurshid Wednesday said he did not agree with the Election Commission notice that he had violated the model code of conduct by promising nine percent reservation to backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and will send his reply to the poll panel. Khurshid contended that he ...

New Delhi, January 10: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati tops the list of chief ministers in the five election-bound states with maximum assets worth Rs.87 crore and 46 percent of her ministers have criminal cases pending against them, according to data released Tuesday by an NGO and a non-political organisation. "RTI responses ...

New Delhi, January 10: On the mat over its anti-corruption agenda after induction of tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, the Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday brushed off the controversy, saying "it was a closed chapter" with the membership being suspended. "The party has suspended Kushwaha's membership. For us, it is ...

Agra, January 10: The annual 10-day Taj Mahotsav, which figures prominently on international tourism calendars, has been postponed from Feb 18 to March 16 in view of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, angering both the people and the tourism industry here. The district authorities Monday evening decided to postpone the cultural extravaganza ...

New Delhi, January 10: The Election Commission Tuesday issued a notice to Law Minister Salman Khurshid, whose promise to provide nine percent reservation to backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, if the party won, triggered a strong reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which asked the poll panel to take action ...