6 months ago
Congress to thrash out strategies in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 24 - All newly elected Congress MPs are set to converge here Saturday for an open house session to discuss strategies and thrash out the party's course of action to fight back the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party - in Uttar Pradesh. Declared as an occasion to felicitate the 21 newly elected MPs, the meet will be presided over by All India Congress Committee - general secretary Digvijay S ... read more

9 months ago
45 percent vote in third phase in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 30 - The country's most populous state Uttar Pradesh recorded 45 percent voting in the third phase of elections Thursday, Election Commission said. More than half of the state's 22.3 million voters chose to stay away from polling. Officials said that no untoward incident was reported from any of the 15 constituencies that went to polls. The state capital Lucknow recorded another ... read more

9 months ago
Maximum candidates from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh third phase
Lucknow, April 29 - With as many as 41 candidates in the fray, Lucknow has the maximum number of contestants among the 15 constituencies that go to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh Thursday. 'That is the highest number of candidates in any single constituency so far,' said an Election Commission official. 'This is the first time we had to install three electronic ... read more

9 months ago
Former PM's grandson talks education to seek votes
Lucknow, April 29 - Raising the academic standards in Uttar Pradesh and transforming it into an education hub are the electoral promises of Congress Lok Sabha candidate for Fatehpur seat, Vibhakar Shastri, the grandson of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. 'Although it's true that of late several education institutions have come up in Uttar Pradesh, in terms of imparting quality educatio ... read more

9 months ago
Key contests in round three of Election 2009
New Delhi, April 29 - The following are the key contests for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday: * Gujarat - Gandhinagar: L.K. Advani -, Suresh Patel - and Mallika Sarabhai - Panchmahals: Shankersinh Vaghela - and Prabhatsinh Chauhan - Patan: Bhavsinh Rathod - and Jagdish Thakor - Kheda: Dinsha Patel - and Devisinh Chauhan - Vadodara: Satyajit Gaekwad - and Balakrishna Shuk ... read more

10 months ago
Arjun Singh 'shocked' at denial of party ticket to children
New Delhi, April 20 - Senior Congress leader and Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Monday vented his deep disappointment over his son and daughter being denied the party ticket, saying he was shocked at what the party had given him in return for his loyalty. In an interview to NDTV, Singh said the Congress party did not differentiate between 'honour and humiliation'. Asked whether ... read more

11 months ago
V.P Singh's son to contest Lok Sabha election
New Delhi, March 6 - Former prime minister V.P Singh's son Ajeya Singh will contest the Lok Sabha election from Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh as a Lok Janshakti Party - candidate. LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan, the minister for chemicals and fertilisers, made the announcement here Friday. On his part, Ajeya Singh announced the merger of Jan Morcha party, formed by his father, with the LJP. 'I take t ... read more

1 year ago
Former prime minister V.P.Singh cremated with full state honours
Allahabad, Nov 29 - The last rites of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh were performed Saturday with full state honours here on the banks of the Sangam, the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers. Amid chanting of Vedic hymns, his eldest son Ajeya Singh went around the funeral pyre before lighting it and consigning the body to flames. As the flames ro ... read more

1 year ago
Funeral procession of former Prime Minister starts
Allahabad, Nov 29 - Grief-stricken mourners lined the streets Saturday as the body of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh was carried out of his ancestral home at the start of the funeral procession here. A large number of politicians, cutting across party lines, including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and others - both clos ... read more

1 year ago
V.P. Singh to be cremated Saturday noon
Allahabad, Nov 28 - Former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh will be cremated Saturday noon on the banks of the 'Sangam', the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers in Allahabad, it was announced here. The body of Singh, who died after a prolonged illness at Delhi's Apollo Hospital Thursday, was flown in here by a special aircraft Friday afternoon. Uttar Pra ... read more