News > Uttar Pradesh

February 14, 2002

• Sixty per cent turnout in three states
• BJP ahead in UP, fractured verdict in Uttaranchal: Exit polls
• One killed during first phase of UP poll
• SP workers open fire at Joshi's meeting
• EC's edict on voter identification is largely ignored
• Muslims in western UP give 'fatwas' a wide berth
• The key to Ayodhya
• Ramchandra Paramhans: 'Is Vajpayee threatening me?'
• 'My father Mulayam Singh and his politics'
• Rajiv Shukla: The U-turn in UP
• Polling begins in UP, Manipur and Uttaranchal
• Feared gangster takes up job of demolishing Mulayam's citadel

February 13, 2002

• The unusual campaigner
• It is BJP vs Samajwadi Party in Moradabad City
• Kanpur DM orders arrest of 17 erring polling officers
• Govt planning to modernise madrassas: Joshi
• Terrorist attack during polling not ruled out
• First round will be crucial for the BJP
• 'Perpetrators of this crime must be devoid of religious sentiment'
• Muslim votes may be split in Saharanpur

February 12, 2002

• SP could emerge single largest party: Sushma Swaraj
• SC stays Allahabad HC's order on I-cards
• BJP faces rough weather in Mathura
• Congress candidate likely to win Aligarh

February 11, 2002

• Unravelling of NDA has begun: V P Singh
• Rains wash out PM's Agra rally
• UP polls to have international ramifications: Rajnath
• Milli Council's appeal to Muslims jolts BJP
• Allahabad HC strikes down EC order

February 10, 2002

• Cops probing human bomb threat to CM
• Temple construction from March 15: VHP

February 9, 2002

• Lucknow lukewarm to Amitabh's antics on SP dais
• No post-poll alliances: Mayawati

February 8, 2002

• Temple only after resolving dispute
• Big B attends blood donationc camp
• It's Bihari Babu vs Big B
• Laloo predicts hung assembly
• Laloo has Aligarh crowd in splits

February 2, 2002

• Will Priyanka campaign? The suspense continues
• BJP stands by NDA agenda on Ayodhya
• Party hoppers call the shots in UP
• Varun campaigns for Maneka's party
• Maneka will see reason: BJP

February 1, 2002

• Maneka keeps away from NDA meet in UP
• Congress complains to CEC about Amitabh

January 31, 2002

• Akbar Ahmed 'Dumpy' dumps BSP, joins Congress
• RSS committees to mobilise UP electorate
• Battle of hoardings hots up in Lucknow

January 30, 2002

• With 5539 candidates, UP ahead in numbers game
• UP: High level team to tour sensitive areas
• Case of abduction against UP minister

January 29, 2002

• BJP expels 16 more rebels in UP
• No post-poll alliance with BJP: Mayawati
• 'Ram temple not a poll issue for BJP'

January 28, 2002

• Glut of candidates pose problem for poll officials
• UP congressmen clamour for Priyanka
• EC asks political parties to file statement of accounts

January 27, 2002

• Amitabh won't affect UP electoral outcome: Arjun Singh

January 24, 2002

• Rival leaders shoot it out in UP
• Nomination of Phoolan's husband rejected

January 23, 2002

• Filing of nomination for assembly poll ends
• Rajnath launches campaign in UP; attacks SP
• BJP plans extensive poll campaign in UP
• Two eunuchs to contest elections from Lucknow

January 22, 2002

• VHP free to pursue its agenda: Rajnath

January 21, 2002

• Rajnath Singh files nomination from Haidergarh
• Another minister quits in Uttar Pradesh
• VHP whips up Ayodhya with an eye on the polls

January 20, 2002

• Phoolan's sister to contest LS by-poll from Mirzapur
• BJP completes candidate selection in UP

January 19, 2002

• Congress announces list of 303 candidates for UP
• Mayawati files nomination from Harora

January 18, 2002

• Denied tickets, 3 ministers resign
• BJP list sparks protests in Lucknow
• PM meets Ajit Singh to resolve seat-sharing issue
• Candidates to swear they are not criminals
• Ram Rati Singh SP candidate from Mirzapur
• Amitabh's 'betrayal' irks Congressmen

January 17, 2002

• BJP drops 41 MLAs from UP, Uttaranchal lists
• 56 file nominations on first day
• BJP wants alternative to photo I-cards

January 16, 2002

• BJP allies dissatisfied with seat-sharing deal
• Nominations open for assembly polls
• Phoolan's husband to file nomination from Mirzapur

January 14, 2002

• Will Amitabh rake in the votes for Mulayam?

January 9, 2002

• BSP announces list of 400 candidates

December 28, 2001

• SP's Balram Singh Yadav joins BJP

December 27, 2001

• BJP to contest over 325 seats in UP
• 20 million voters added to UP's poll list

December 26, 2001

• UP elections on February 14, 18, 21

November 21, 2001

• Eunuch to contest UP elections