As voting for 67 seats in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is hoping to repeat its 2012 performance in the region. ....

Facing trouble from their candidates who are now refusing to withdraw from the polls, the Congress and the SP on Tuesday cracked the whip and asked the candidates to immediately pull out from the race where the alliance has declared joint candidates. ....

Activists of the All India Hindu Mahasabha on Tuesday protested the celebration of Valentine's Day outside a plush mall here. ....

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) of "institutionalising gangsterism" in Uttar Pradesh. ....

Uttar Pradesh's revenue has taken a big hit -- first due to demonetisation and now because most government employees are out on election duty. ....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe alleged irregularities in the cleaning up of river Ganga by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam. ....

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. ....