Gorakhpur Lok Sabha MP and firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mahant Adityanath was one of the early voters from his constituency on Saturday as polling began in 49 seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections at 7 a.m. ....

Around 60 per cent turnout was reported in the sixth and penultimate phaseof the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday as voting came to an end on 5 p.m., officials said. ....

Over 1.72 crore voters will on Saturday decide the fate of 635 candidates in the fray for 49 seats in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. ....

A seven-year-old was raped here by the son of the house-owner, who had rented out the accommodation to the victim's family. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a mega road show in Varanasi on Saturday, the day Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are also scheduled to address a similar event in the Prime Minister's Lok Sabha constituency. ....

Taking a dig at the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that during Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's "Khat Sabha" campaign here last year the latter had attacked the ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh to say that there is no electricity in the state. ....

The situation in Uttar Pradesh's violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri, where an objectionable video on Hindu deities on social media led to communal clashes, leaving two injured, is getting back to normal, officials said on Friday. ....

Campaigning for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ended on Thursday. Voting for 49 seats spread across seven districts will be held on Saturday. ....

A local court on Thursday reserved order for March 10 on a plea of IPS officer Amitabh Thakur to summon AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi and Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha member and Samna Executive Editor Sanjay Raut and punish them for an article published in April 2015. ....

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday claimed a groundswell of support in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said the people of Uttar Pradesh were in the "mood of rebellion" against the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). ....