Samajwadi Party retains Handia assembly seat in by-election

The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday retained the Handia assembly seat by defeating its Bahujan Samaj Party rival by a comprehensive margin of more than 26,000 votes. Voting was......

UP polls: Allies, mother-son fighting each other in Allahabad

Pre-poll allies the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Apna Dal as well as the Congress and the Samajwadi Party are fighting each other on some of the 12 assembly seats in the district while a......

Mayawati distributes portfolios, retains 45

In a late evening developmnent on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati decided to distribute portfolios to her 49-member council of minister, retaining as many as 45 of the portfolios......

Mayawati sworn in as Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Ushering in single-party rule after 14 years, BSP chief Mayawati assumed reins of power on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, heading a 50-member jumbo ministry inducting several persons from the upper......