UP elections: A look at the jailed mafia dons contesting the elections
Economic Times
The 43-year-old scion of the Bhadri royal family in Pratapgarh has been an independent legislator for the past 15 years, despite intense political volatility in the state. His Thakur identity often draws support across party lines, even as he is listed ...

Kalam the master, ignites Srijan the pupil
IBNLive.com
“I belong to a generation which has grown up being inspired by a scientist-cum-administrator-cum-leader-cum-President. We are all proud of his achievements. So being his, then working under him and then co-authoring with him and now managing some of ...

The Hindu
In Focus: Mayawati's mantra: ekla cholo re
The Hindu
Brijesh Mishra 'Saurabh' is one such BSP MLA from Garhwara in Pratapgarh district. It's a different matter that Garhwara seat has ceased to exist after the delimitation of constituencies, but Saurabh was a contender for a BSP ticket from Pratapgarh ...

Parties welcome ex-royals with open arms
The Asian Age
Once in every five years, and sometimes even earlier, they are forced to leave their palatial homes and give up their royal way to seek votes from the man on the street that rarely disappoints them. Though the rule of the royals was abolished decades ...

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Cong vision document promises overall development of UP
Times of India
Pitroda highlighted the points of the vision document and said Congress aimed at bringing UP's glory back to its rightful place in the country. The document has nine main points categorized as 'Nav Uttar Pradesh Ke Nav Aadhar'.

UP Polls: Cong's vision for Nav Uttar Pradesh
Times of India
VARANASI: Senior Congress leader and Union minister Ajay Maken, along with AICC Secretary Mohan Prakash, released the party's vision - Nav Uttar Pradesh 2020- for the UP assembly election 2012 on Friday. Talking to media persons, Maken highlighted the ...

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Daily Bhaskar
Notification for fourth phase of UP polls issued
Daily Bhaskar
Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farukkhabad, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts would be held on February 19. "More than 1.72 crore voters are ...

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Notification for fourth phase of UP polls issued
Expressindia.com
Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farukkhabad, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts would be held on February 19. "More than 1.72 crore voters are ...

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Khurshid: Bigger role for UP CLP leader
Deccan Chronicle
Union minister Salman Khurshid indicated Tuesday night that UP CLP leader Pramod Tewari could play a “bigger role” after the polls, reports from Pratapgarh said. Addressing a poll meeting in Mr Tewari's constituency, Mr Khurshid suggested the CLP ...

Oneindia
Notification for fourth phase of UP polls issued
Oneindia
Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farukkhabad, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts would be held on February 19. "More than 1.72 crore voters are ...

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Notification for fourth phase of UP polls issued
Hindustan Times
Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farukkhabad, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts would be held on February 19. "More than 1.72 crore voters are ...
Fourth phase of UP polls on Feb. 19The Hindu

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UP polls: Notification for fourth phase issued
IBNLive.com
Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farukkhabad, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts would be held on February 19. "More than 1.72 crore voters are ...

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Firstpost
Parties renege on promise; there's no escaping criminals in UP
Firstpost
Manoj Tiwari (Pratapgarh) – There is a non-bailable warrant against Tiwari in a murder case. He has been declared absconding. Besides that he is facing involvement in over a dozen other criminal cases. Haji Alim (Bulandshahr) – Alim is facing a ...

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UP leads list of fake universities
GreaterKashmir.com
The others are Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh, Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area, Khoda, Makanpur, Noida Phase- II and Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya Vrindavan, ...

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Independents struggle to impress voters
Deccan Herald
As major political parties keep no stones unturned to mobilise the electorate in their support, Independent candidates, who, with the passage of time, have been reduced to a sorry minority in the state Assembly, are striving hard to scrape through UP's ...

UP: Mafia-Turned-Politician Atiq Ahmed Files Nomination
Outlook
Meanwhile, Ahmed's attempts to revive his political career have failed miserably. He had fought the 2009 Lok Sabha elections as an Apna Dal candidate from Pratapgarh in which he stood fourth in terms of votes polled and ended up forfeiting his deposit.

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For power, 'Rajas' bow before the 'prajas' in UP
Deccan Herald
Many of them have been winning from their respective assembly constituencies for the past several years, like Raghuraj Pratap Singh who has won from Kunda seat in Pratapgarh district four times as an independent candidate.
Rajas in race to serve the peopleTimes of India

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Mid-Day
Failed contraception results in 3 kids and a bladder stone
Mid-Day
Last Monday, Ansari -- a mother of six and a resident of Pratapgarh in UP -- was finally relieved, when the stone growing in her bladder, and the 12-year-old copper-T intra-uterine device (IUD) that caused it, were removed surgically by a team of ...

Congress announces 29 names, tally reaches 387
Times of India
LUCKNOW: Congress on Tuesday announced the names of 29 candidates for UP assembly election. The Congress and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) have so far declared 387 candidates (352 candidates declared by Congress and 35 of RLD).

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Zee News
Poonam Pandey calls Baba Ramdev 'Buri Nazar wala'
Zee News
Md. Isha - pratapgarh(up) Good sense of humor.. But she should apologize for giving such stupid statement.. A guy is fighting for us and we are making fun of him.. Guys stop following her in twitter. She will stop the non sense. ...

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