Akhilesh Yadav

Exit poll 2017: BJP expected to sweep Uttar Pradesh; where to check election results online

Here are the exit poll predictions for the five states — Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand — where elections were held.

Mar 9, 2017

Gayatri Prajapati gang-rape case: Close aide of absconding Samajwadi Party minister surrenders before Lucknow Police

Head Constable Chandrapal, who surrendered before the Lucknow Police, is one of the seven accused of gang-raping a woman in 2014.

Mar 6, 2017

UP Elections 2017: Akhilesh goes Kejriwal way, asks voters to accept bribe but vote only for 'bicycle'

"I heard that voters are being given money. My advice to you is to keep the money and vote for the bicycle (Samajwadi Party's election symbol)," Yadav said while addressing a rally in UP.

Mar 4, 2017

Who is Gayatri Prajapati: 10 things to know about the SP politician for whom all airports in India are on alert

Prajapati has had an FIR registered against him in a gang rape case and is still contesting polls from the Amethi Assembly constituency in the UP Assembly elections 2017.

Mar 4, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Akhilesh Yadav's minister & rape-accused Gayatri Prajapati's passport to be cancelled

The survivor said Gayatri Prajapati and his associates raped her and also tried to rape her 17-year-old daughter.

Mar 2, 2017

UP elections 2017: From SCAM to KASAB, 5 times name-calling coloured the poll campaigns so far

International Business Times, India, takes a look at some of the more colourful and impactful jibes thrown around in the campaigning phase of the UP Assembly elections 2017.

Feb 23, 2017

Here's why Dimple Yadav is turning out to be the star UP elections campaigner for CM Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party

Through Facebook and Twitter, Dimple Yadav has helped revamp Samajwadi Party's image and evoke sympathy for her husband -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Feb 23, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: From elephants and cows, to donkeys and lions, the state has become a menagerie

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav has mocked Amitabh Bachchan for promoting "Gujarat's donkeys". The target is anybody's guess. But we already have a number of animals relevant to the UP elections 2017.

Feb 21, 2017

UP Polls 2017: Akhilesh Yadav mocks PM Modi, asks Amitabh Bachchan to 'stop advertising for Gujarat's donkeys'

Akhilesh's jibe at Amitabh Bachchan came over a recent advertisement of Gujarat Tourism that featured the veteran Bollywood actor and several donkeys.

Feb 20, 2017

CBI accuses Amanmani Tripathi, son of convicted politician Amarmani, of murdering wife

Sara was allegedly subjected to physical torture by Amanmani, who was arrested in November 2016. He is contesting the ongoing UP polls as an Independent.

Feb 19, 2017

UP Elections 2017 Phase 3 Updates: Third phase of polls sees 61.16 percent voter turnout till 5 pm; EC says polling was peaceful

More than 2.41 crore eligible voters, including 1.31 crore men, 1.10 crore women and 1,026 voters from the third gender, were expected to cast their votes.

Feb 19, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 Phase 3: State prepares for battle of bigwigs

The fate of several sitting and former MLAs, as well as heavyweight candidates, will be sealed in this phase of the elections.

Feb 18, 2017

UP Elections 2017: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra channelled her inner 'Indira Gandhi' in Raebareli, and here's why it stood out

Raebareli is the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is there for campaigning ahead of voting on February 23.

Feb 17, 2017

Assembly elections 2017: Chandrashekhar Kanaujia, Alapur SP candidate, passes away due to heart attack while campaigning in Ambedkar Nagar

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi held a road show and Nukkad Sabha in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Feb 12, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: Rahul-Akhilesh release Common Minimum Programme; Cong VP reacts to PM Modi's 'raincoat' jibe

"PM Modi likes to rake up people's janam patris. He only knows how to Google things. He likes to peek into bathrooms," Rahul Gandhi said in Lucknow.

Feb 11, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: BJP will write off Akhilesh-Congress alliance at its own peril

Akhilesh Yadav's last-minute rise in the Samajwadi Party and allying with the Congress could be a game-changer and put the BJP under bigger pressure.

Feb 11, 2017

Assembly polls: Allahabad HC asks EC to decide over issue of SP's election manifesto

Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned till 9 March, 11 am.

Feb 9, 2017

PM Modi in Ghaziabad: 'Uttar Pradesh can become India's Uttam Pradesh if they choose the right government'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third rally of 12 for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Wednesday in Ghaziabad.

Feb 8, 2017

Assembly and municipal elections 2017: Will Congress-SP and Hardik Patel-Shiv Sena come together against PM Modi?

Arch-rivals Nitish Kumar of the JD-U and Lalu Prasad of the RJD had in 2015 joined hands and countered the BJP's influence in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Feb 8, 2017

Modi's UP mantra: BJP in Lucknow means rich doles for the state | OPINION

The Prime Minister next goes to Aligarh in a couple of days and the speech there will surely be tweaked for some regional specifics, as he did in Meerut.

Feb 4, 2017