Poor, populous Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have a female Chief Minister -- Sucheta Kriplani from 1963 to 1967 -- but this pioneering effort has not improved prospects for women in elections. ....

Voting will be held in 67 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections on Wednesday. ....

Seven decades after independence, residents of a large number of villages in Tilhar constituency here in Uttar Pradesh continue making one key demand: better and macadamised roads. ....

At least eight persons were killed when an ambulance rammed into a stationary truck in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh early on Tuesday, police said. ....

Campaigning for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections came to an end on Monday evening at 5 p.m. ....

People change with times. In Uttar Pradesh, where voters are being wooed left and right, the most striking election campaign, although low profile, is of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). ....

The Nepal-India border points in Kanchanpur district were sealed for 72 hours since Sunday evening in view of the state assembly elections in India. ....

In fresh trouble for Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party, police on Monday slapped a case against its MLA Arun Verma after a woman who had accused him of rape was found dead under mysterious circumstances. ....

Campaigning for the second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh for 67 seats will end on Monday evening. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released the names of four more candidates for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. ....