The Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 13 that went to polls on Sunday in the last phase of the general elections. read more

Among the state’s 80 seats, 13 went to polls including Varanasi, Maharajganj, and chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s home turf Gorakhpur. The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party were in alliance in the state. read more

Besides PM Modi -- the BJP candidate from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)-Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance and the Congress, 15 smaller parties have also fielded their candidates. read more

This phase covers all remaining seats in the three states -- Uttar Pradesh (13, including the high-profile Varanasi constituency), Bihar (8) and West Bengal (9) - where polling took place across all seven phases, as well as Madhya Pradesh (8) and Jharkhand... read more

It will be a straight fight between the BJP and the gathbandhan on 10 seats, while in two — Kushinagar and Deoria — Congress’s candidates make it a triangular contest. read more

The detainees, who are from Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Sonbhadra, are associated with a private real estate and investment firm based in Lucknow and Allahabad read more

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief derided the “Gujarat Model of development”. read more

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief derided the “Gujarat Model of development”. read more

On Saturday, hours before the last phase of voting for the Lok Sabha polls begins, the BJP accused the BSP chief of posting tweets to influence voters after campaigning ended for the seventh phase. read more

In 2014, the BJP and allies had won all these 13 seats but this time is faces a tough fight from the BSP-SP alliance. read more

Mayawati was referring to the 1977 elections in which the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was defeated from Raebareli constituency. read more

Women strive to carve out a space for themselves at the traditionally male-dominated campus, with people on both sides of the ideological divide saying that they are raising the issues concerning women students. read more

Rai had moved the apex court on Tuesday seeking protection from arrest till the end of the general election on May 23. The court had agreed to hear his plea on Friday. read more

“Elections are held time and again, politicians come and go, they urge us to vote for them, they become MLAs, MPs or ministers, but we remain wherever we are,” he said, with a note of pessimism in his voice. read more

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday took potshots at the PM and targeted the Election Commission for its alleged inaction in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, which is scheduled to vote on May 19. read more