Amid incessant phone calls at 'white house', the popular name for the Yadav residence in Lucknow, Sunita Aron of HT caught up with a proud Mulayam, a happy Akhilesh and a relieved Ramgopal Yadav, the CM-elect's uncle. Early to rise

Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri altered almost the destiny of the BJP in Uttarakhand but fell victim to that of his own by losing in Kotdwar. Vinod Sharma writes.

Just a day before the declaration of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results, SP state chief Akhilesh Yadav indicated possible support from RLD in an interview with Pankaj Jaiswal.

For all our sniggering at the Congress and Rahul Gandhi - for their grand failure in Uttar Pradesh, I have reason to believe that Congress leaders might just be right - without quite knowing what exactly might be wrong. Sujata Anandan writes.

This election is historical because, once again, upper castes have been kept out of power. Vivek Kumar writes.

The writing was on the wall. Gandhis perhaps had read it but not the Congress party. Sunita Aron writes.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) state president Akhilesh Yadav said that the party's government would stake claim to form government after the SP Parliamentary board meeting scheduled on Wednesday.

Mayawati can beat anti-incumbency only if her opponents cut into each other. Varghese K George writes.

While some voter loyalty still forms around narrow caste affiliations, it is now fairly typical for ticket distribution in UP to reflect a rainbow coalition of communities. Barkha Dutt writes.

When actress Hema Malini was campaigning in Lucknow, HT caught up with her. Excerpts from the interview.

In Uttar Pradesh, no one wants to team up with anyone after poll results. Except, maybe, the SP.

In an interview with Pankaj Jaiswal, Mulayam Singh Yadav's Man Friday Azam Khan says he will make sure that the SP fulfils all its promises made to Muslims if it wins the upcoming assembly polls.

You don't have to have your ear firmly on the dusty plains of UP to notice that this round of finger-pointing pertaining to corruption in the other camps is all a bit half-hearted, writes Chanakya.

While the Congress and the SP are looking good, the BSP and the BJP have slipped.