Praveen Yadav

A Delhi court on Saturday directed the Tihar jail authorities to ensure the safety and security of Praveen Yadav alias Model, an alleged sharpshooter of Ashok Pradhan gang, from the rival gang of Neeraj Bawania and his gang members.

These opinion polls are not merely reflective of the opinions of Indian voters but a strong determinant of their voting behaviour too. The Election Commission of India cannot continue to turn a blind eye to this dubious practice.

Samajwadi leader Akhilesh Yadav, under whose banner Praveen Kumar Nishad won last year's by-election for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, had a pithy comment when the Nishad Party leader joined the BJP today. The BJP, he tweeted, had made a "loss-making deal" and alleged that the Nishad leader had been bribed into making the switch.

The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.

Pravin Nishad, the candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party in Gorakhpur, on Sunday spoke of a "bigger alliance" if the Samajwadi Party, which has pulled off an electoral arrangement with arch rival Mayawati, wins. Under the pact, for the first time in 25 years, the arch rivals are on the same side to stop the BJP march - an understanding that wa...

The 20 AAP MLAs, who were disqualified on the Election Commission's (EC) recommendation for holding office of profit, have withdrawn from the Delhi High Court their earlier plea challenging the poll panel's initial decision to hear the issue.

A 27-year-old accused in the Vyapam scam - related to rigging of entrance examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or MPPEB - allegedly committed suicide at his home in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Wednesday, a day ahead of his appearance before a CBI special court in Jabalpur.

The 25-year-old Narsingh Yadav, who earned a berth for the World Championships after defeating Praveen Rana in 74kg category at the selection trials, expressed confidence of making it to the Rio Olympics as well.

The Indian contingent comprise of Rahul Aware (57kg), Bajrang (61kg), Yogeshwar (65kg), Praveen Rana (70kg) and Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74kg).

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

The BJP today angrily reacted to a raid on its regional office in Varanasi by the Election Commission, in which campaign material was seized.

Under attack from BJP for allegedly adopting a partisan approach against it, election authorities and local administration today asserted that the Lok Sabha polls would be held in a "free and fair" manner in Varanasi tomorrow.

The Uttar Pradesh government's massive crackdown to prevent a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yatra in Ayodhya on Sunday, caused fireworks in Delhi on Monday.

A day after the Samajawadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh launched a massive crackdown on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to prevent them from organising their yatra, the VHP has decided to hold demonstrations in protest from today.

Top leaders of the right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP have been arrested this morning in Uttar Pradesh for insisting that they will defy a ban on an 19-day yatra or tour of the state, meant to culminate in Ayodhya with a demand for the construction of a Ram Mandir or temple for Lord Ram. All entry points into Ayodhya and neighbouring Faizabad...

A Delhi court on Saturday directed the Tihar jail authorities to ensure the safety and security of Praveen Yadav alias Model, an alleged sharpshooter of Ashok Pradhan gang, from the rival gang of Neeraj Bawania and his gang members.

These opinion polls are not merely reflective of the opinions of Indian voters but a strong determinant of their voting behaviour too. The Election Commission of India cannot continue to turn a blind eye to this dubious practice.

Samajwadi leader Akhilesh Yadav, under whose banner Praveen Kumar Nishad won last year's by-election for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, had a pithy comment when the Nishad Party leader joined the BJP today. The BJP, he tweeted, had made a "loss-making deal" and alleged that the Nishad leader had been bribed into making the switch.

The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.

Pravin Nishad, the candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party in Gorakhpur, on Sunday spoke of a "bigger alliance" if the Samajwadi Party, which has pulled off an electoral arrangement with arch rival Mayawati, wins. Under the pact, for the first time in 25 years, the arch rivals are on the same side to stop the BJP march - an understanding that wa...

The 20 AAP MLAs, who were disqualified on the Election Commission's (EC) recommendation for holding office of profit, have withdrawn from the Delhi High Court their earlier plea challenging the poll panel's initial decision to hear the issue.

A 27-year-old accused in the Vyapam scam - related to rigging of entrance examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or MPPEB - allegedly committed suicide at his home in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Wednesday, a day ahead of his appearance before a CBI special court in Jabalpur.

The 25-year-old Narsingh Yadav, who earned a berth for the World Championships after defeating Praveen Rana in 74kg category at the selection trials, expressed confidence of making it to the Rio Olympics as well.

The Indian contingent comprise of Rahul Aware (57kg), Bajrang (61kg), Yogeshwar (65kg), Praveen Rana (70kg) and Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74kg).

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

The BJP today angrily reacted to a raid on its regional office in Varanasi by the Election Commission, in which campaign material was seized.

Under attack from BJP for allegedly adopting a partisan approach against it, election authorities and local administration today asserted that the Lok Sabha polls would be held in a "free and fair" manner in Varanasi tomorrow.

The Uttar Pradesh government's massive crackdown to prevent a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yatra in Ayodhya on Sunday, caused fireworks in Delhi on Monday.

A day after the Samajawadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh launched a massive crackdown on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to prevent them from organising their yatra, the VHP has decided to hold demonstrations in protest from today.

Top leaders of the right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP have been arrested this morning in Uttar Pradesh for insisting that they will defy a ban on an 19-day yatra or tour of the state, meant to culminate in Ayodhya with a demand for the construction of a Ram Mandir or temple for Lord Ram. All entry points into Ayodhya and neighbouring Faizabad...