Narendra Prasad Pandey

The Election Commission has ordered suspension of an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer who was deployed as an observer for West Bengal assembly polls for his alleged misconduct with district officials and misuse of official position among other charges.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived this morning in Varanasi, his constituency, and launched a membership drive for the BJP.

An Uttar Pradesh minister has triggered a major controversy with his remarks on the triple talaq practice which he said was used to "satisfy lust by changing wives". Swami Prasad Maurya, a cabinet minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, said on Friday, "These talaqs have no basis... if someone only for satisfying his lust keeps changing his wiv...

Aditya Nath, Yogi, Chief Minister, says the new nameplate at Lucknow's 5 Kalidas Marg, which Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party occupied for the last five years.

Yogi Adityanath, a five-time parliamentarian seen as the BJP's hardline Hindutva face, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday evening, exactly a week after it won a landslide mandate in the country's most populous state. Mr Adityanath will have two deputies in Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's UP chief, and...

BJP lawmakers present in the Uttar Pradesh assembly took strong exception to Mr Khan's references and demanded that speaker Mata Prasad Pandey immediately expunge Mr Khan's remarks and censure the Uttar Pradesh minister.

More than half of the electorate voted today for the 50 seats that are up for grabs in the third phase of polling in Bihar. The crucial third phase tests Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav on home ground.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 17 more rallies over the next six days in Bihar beginning tomorrow, Schedule for these rallies, ahead of the remaining three phases of polling in the state, was detailed in advertisements placed by the party in newspapers today.

The BJP had to face multiple questions today at party chief Amit Shah's press conference in Patna on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's absence from campaigning for more than 10 days. The period - October 16 to 25 - will lead up to the crucial third phase of the assembly elections.

The first phase of the Bihar assembly elections today saw a voter turnout of 57 per cent. Polling was held for 49 of 243 constituencies on the state, where the BJP hopes to deprive Nitish Kumar of a straight third term as Chief Minister.

In a 'colourful' variation of his "suit boot ki sarkaar" jibe, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with changing clothes, all of different hues, "16 times" during his recent five-day US visit.

From the time Jitan Ram Manjhi was Chief Minister of Bihar in 2014, he gave a series of statements that were at times deeply embarrassing for his party, the Janata Dal (United) back then. Since his ouster from the chair in February, all he has said has been in praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP in the state.

At a mega rally in Patna today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on land acquisition bill, saying he has been forced to bow "to the will of the people".

The stage is set for a massive rally at Patna's Gandhi Maidan today as Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad launch their campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Their ally, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will share stage with them.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says he will send a thank you note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but only when his state receives anything more than a promise. PM Modi has pledged a mega package in central aid of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar and Mr Kumar was responding today to the BJP's criticism that he has not thanked the Prime Minister

The Election Commission has ordered suspension of an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer who was deployed as an observer for West Bengal assembly polls for his alleged misconduct with district officials and misuse of official position among other charges.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived this morning in Varanasi, his constituency, and launched a membership drive for the BJP.

An Uttar Pradesh minister has triggered a major controversy with his remarks on the triple talaq practice which he said was used to "satisfy lust by changing wives". Swami Prasad Maurya, a cabinet minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, said on Friday, "These talaqs have no basis... if someone only for satisfying his lust keeps changing his wiv...

Aditya Nath, Yogi, Chief Minister, says the new nameplate at Lucknow's 5 Kalidas Marg, which Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party occupied for the last five years.

Yogi Adityanath, a five-time parliamentarian seen as the BJP's hardline Hindutva face, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday evening, exactly a week after it won a landslide mandate in the country's most populous state. Mr Adityanath will have two deputies in Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's UP chief, and...

BJP lawmakers present in the Uttar Pradesh assembly took strong exception to Mr Khan's references and demanded that speaker Mata Prasad Pandey immediately expunge Mr Khan's remarks and censure the Uttar Pradesh minister.

More than half of the electorate voted today for the 50 seats that are up for grabs in the third phase of polling in Bihar. The crucial third phase tests Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav on home ground.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 17 more rallies over the next six days in Bihar beginning tomorrow, Schedule for these rallies, ahead of the remaining three phases of polling in the state, was detailed in advertisements placed by the party in newspapers today.

The BJP had to face multiple questions today at party chief Amit Shah's press conference in Patna on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's absence from campaigning for more than 10 days. The period - October 16 to 25 - will lead up to the crucial third phase of the assembly elections.

The first phase of the Bihar assembly elections today saw a voter turnout of 57 per cent. Polling was held for 49 of 243 constituencies on the state, where the BJP hopes to deprive Nitish Kumar of a straight third term as Chief Minister.

In a 'colourful' variation of his "suit boot ki sarkaar" jibe, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with changing clothes, all of different hues, "16 times" during his recent five-day US visit.

From the time Jitan Ram Manjhi was Chief Minister of Bihar in 2014, he gave a series of statements that were at times deeply embarrassing for his party, the Janata Dal (United) back then. Since his ouster from the chair in February, all he has said has been in praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP in the state.

At a mega rally in Patna today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on land acquisition bill, saying he has been forced to bow "to the will of the people".

The stage is set for a massive rally at Patna's Gandhi Maidan today as Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad launch their campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Their ally, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will share stage with them.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says he will send a thank you note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but only when his state receives anything more than a promise. PM Modi has pledged a mega package in central aid of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar and Mr Kumar was responding today to the BJP's criticism that he has not thanked the Prime Minister