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The Latest Breaking News from Uttar Pradesh

Indian state begins voting in test for Modi's Hindu politics

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is touting Hindu-first politics and big-ticket construction projects to woo voters in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh

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Voters reach polling booths despite cold, foggy weather in UP's Aligarh

Voters reached the polling booths in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh city to cast their votes amid foggy and cold weather on Thursday morning.

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Uttar Pradesh polls: 35.03 per cent voter turnout till 3 pm in first phase

Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 35.03% per cent till 1pm across 58 constituencies in 11 districts during the first phase of the state assembly polls.

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Vote to free country from "every fear": Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi urged people to vote to free the country from "fear" as polling in 11 districts for the first phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh commenced on Thursday morning.

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UP polls: EVMs facing issues replaced in Shamli district

The District Magistrate of Uttar Pradesh's Shamli on Thursday informed that some complaints regarding Electronic Voting Machines have been received from a few polling booths as voting for the first phase of State assembly elections began today morning.

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UP assembly polls: Voting for first phase underway in 58 constituencies

Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections underway on Thursday at 7:00 am.

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Factbox-The key issues in India's upcoming state elections

Uttar Pradesh, the first of five Indian states going to the polls this month, begins voting in a state election on Thursday. Here are some key facts about the elections, and why they are important.

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Modi's party eyes big win as key Indian state votes

Ghaziabad (India) (AFP) - Polls opened Thursday in India's most populous state in a test of the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist agenda in the face of trenchant unemployment, rising inflation and the coronavirus pandemic.

AFP

India's biggest state holds election in key test of Modi's popularity

India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh begins voting on Thursday in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party.

Reuters

School hijab ban targets India’s Muslims as Hindu hardliners eye key vote

A ban on Islamic veils in schools in a southern Indian state has sparked protests and counter-protests between Muslim and Hindu, raising religious identity issues that have long served the ruling Hindu nationalist party’s electoral agenda as the country’s most populous state holds a critical election.

France 24

Revisiting the politics of social justice in Uttar Pradesh

The regime in the State has no road map to genuinely empower the vast majority of marginalised communities

The Hindu

2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections phase 1 | Over 2.28 crore voters to decide fate of 623 candidates

First phase of 58 seats in western U.P. will reflect impact of the farmers’ protest.

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 966: Congress UP manifesto, Colombia landslides

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Colombia.

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Samajwadi Party manifesto promises free petrol to autorickshaw drivers, urban job scheme

Akhilesh vows to make U.P.’s farmers debt-free in 3 years

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Daily Dose Ep 965: BJP’s manifesto for UP, Karnataka hijab protests

Supriti David brings you the news from Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Russia.

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Assembly polls: BJP's plane of lies won't land in UP this time, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday in a rally with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his physical visit to Bijnor was cancelled citing 'bad weather' on Monday, and said, "the BJP's plane of lies won't be able to land…

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Mamata urges people vote for Akhilesh, don't fall for BJP's false promises

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged people to vote for Samajwadi Party and defeat Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

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Priyanka Gandhi slams PM Modi over 'migrant labourers' comment

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusations that Congress gave free train tickets to migrants to leave Maharashtra which lead to the spread of COVID in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and asked if PM Modi wanted the poor to be…

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Turbulent priest: India's anti-Muslim firebrand and possible future PM

New Delhi (AFP) - A monk known for his incendiary anti-Muslim rhetoric leads the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party into elections in India's most populous state Thursday, where a strong win could put him in pole position to succeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Reuters

Indian Hindu hardliner seeking re-election touts record on jobs, crime

Hindu hardliner Yogi Adityanath, who is seeking re-election as chief minister of India's most populous state, touted his record on fighting crime and putting law and order above religion and caste in a rare interview with Western media.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2022 | BJP switches spouses in candidate list

Several seats have seen sitting MLAs replaced by their spouses in U.P.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 | Smriti slams Akhilesh for seeking Mamata's support

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already left for Lucknow on Feb. 7 to campaign for Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party

The Hindu

‘Fake samajwadis’ dynastic policies’ stopped ‘river of development’ in Uttar Pradesh before 2017: PM Modi

He praised the Yogi Adityanath government for developing all regions of the State equally without any discrimination.

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BJP govt restored true honour of women in UP: PM Modi

Launching a scathing attack on the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that assault on women was very common during the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh and pointed out that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) restored the true honour of women in the state

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Four held for woman's murder in UP

The police in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district have arrested four people, including a couple, for allegedly killing a 55-year-old woman, officials said on Monday.

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