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Rahul Gandhi: Congress' favourite son heading for defeat?
BBC News
The BBC's Geeta Pandey went to Uttar Pradesh to watch him campaign as he tries to inspire voters in the face of polls predicting defeat. Nearly 7,000 people have gathered on a pleasant summer day at the Ramlila ground in the town of Pratapgarh for a ...
Poll not a family tea party, says Priyanka, slams VarunMumbai Mirror

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Shweta Tiwari on life's struggles
Yahoo India News
Hailing from a lower-middle-class family, Shweta was born and brought up in Mumbai (her family hails from Pratapgarh, UP) and studied at the St Isabel's High School, Mazagaon. Her father, a government employee, was trying hard to make ends meet, when ...

Poll not a family tea party, says Priyanka, slams Varun
Mumbai Mirror
Varun's nomination from Sultanpur is expected to help the BJP win at least five more seats in the region: Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Unnao, Machhlishahr and even Allahabad. "Varun has been sent to Sultanpur to end the Gandhi family fiefdom in the region.

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India Today
If I like Modi, what's the problem, asks Raj Thackeray
India Today
If Munshi Premchand or Harivansh Rai Bachchan come from UP, I am ready to put out a red carpet for them, but not for the goons of Azamgarh and Pratapgarh. Q: But you will continue your aggressive stand against them. A: We will not allow them to do ...

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Hema Malini contests in riot-hit area
DAWN.com
From Pratapgarh and Faizabad in the east to Mathura, Bareilly, Bijnore, Allahabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut and Sambhal nearer to Muzaffarnagar, the riots broke out in mostly cities and towns that remained untouched even in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid ...

Indian Express
Two yrs after town's first-ever riots, Kosi Kalan shadow hangs large over Mathura
Indian Express
But before the clashes in western UP that left more than 70 dead, came smaller, more isolated sectarian skirmishes across the state. From Pratapgarh and Faizabad in the east to Mathura, Bareilly, Bijnore, Allahabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut and Sambhal ...

Don't sell land to 'outsiders', says Raj Thackeray
Times of India
Last week at a rally in Ghansoli, Thane, Thackeray stated: "If a great personality like Premchand or Harivansh Rai Bachchan of Uttar Pradesh were to come to Mumbai, I will welcome them with a red carpet. However, I will not tolerate it if goons of ...

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Don't sell land to 'outsiders', urges Raj Thackeray in Raigad rally
Times of India
At his earlier rally in Ghansoli in Thane constituency, Thackeray had stated: "If a great personality like Premchand or a Harivansh Rai Bachchan of Uttar Pradesh were to come to Mumbai, I will welcome them with a red carpet. However, I will not ...

Notification for fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls for UP to be issued on Saturday
Times of India
The other constituencies, where voting would be taking place are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Phulpur, Allahabad, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Shravasti, Basti, and Sant Kabir Nagar, where the process of filing nominations will start on ...

Nomination Process for Fifth Phase of Polls in UP From Saturday
The New Indian Express
The other constituencies are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Phulpur, Allahabad, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Shravasti, Gonda, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Gonda, where nominations will start from tomorrow. "The nominations for these 15 ...

IBNLive
Nomination process for 5th phase of polls in UP from tomorrow
IBNLive
The other constituencies are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Phulpur, Allahabad, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Shravasti, Gonda, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Gonda, where nominations will start from tomorrow. Nomination process for 5th ...

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BJP-Apna Dal tie-up may prove handy for Modi in Varanasi
Oneindia
The electoral alliance materialised only in the last week of March and Apna Dal, which resisted BJP's initial insistence on a merger, settled for two seats -– Pratapgarh and Mirzapur –- the latter being a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes ...

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Business Standard
BJP-Apna Dal tie-up may prove handy for Modi in Varanasi
Business Standard
The electoral alliance materialised only in the last week of March and Apna Dal, which resisted BJP's initial insistence on a merger, settled for two seats -- Pratapgarh and Mirzapur -- the latter being a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes ...

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Widespread dissent marks BJP's ticket distribution!
Kashmir Watch
In the prestigious Lucknow seat in U. P., where the Party President Raj Nath Singh is pitted against a prominent Congress leader and former Party's State President Mrs. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, and that makes a tough fight for him because Mrs. Joshi has a ...

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Hindustan Times
Can Congress biggies pull it off in UP?
Hindustan Times
A random check on the status of the sitting MPs, however, show that the Congress can't be written off in Kanpur (SP Jaiswal), Pratapgarh (Ratna Singh), Dharaura (Jitin Prasada), Kushi Nagar (RPN Singh), Farrukhabad (Salman Khurshid), Barabanki (PL ...

Lok Sabha election begins on high note with over 75% polling in Assam, 85% in ...
Times of India
Malfunctioning voting machines in some places like Ram Thakur Girls' School at Town Pratapgarh, Lal School at Abhoynagar in Agartala, 10 booths in Sonamura subdivision and a booth in Sidhai Mohanpur held up polling for some time. Important candidates ...

Times of India
Polls begin on high note: 75% turnout in Assam, 85% in Tripura
Times of India
Malfunctioning voting machines in some places like Ram Thakur Girls' School at Town Pratapgarh, Lal School at Abhoynagar in Agartala, 10 booths in Sonamura subdivision and a booth in Sidhai Mohanpur held up polling for some time. Important candidates ...

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Minor stripped, abused by guard at government observation home
indiatvnews.com
The guard beat up the boy, stripped and abused him and kept him standing without clothes the whole night while the victim kept crying and pleaded for mercy. The boy wasn't allowed to get back to his cell until morning and before the employees arrived ...

Cong finds 19 winnable seats
The Asian Age
The Congress in UP has categorised its seats on the basis of the winnability factor of candidates. ... According to sources, the 'A' list constituencies where the Congress has a clear chance of winning include Rae Bareli (Sonia Gandhi), Amethi (Rahul ...

Boy stripped, abused by guard at observation home
Times of India
The minor had been referred from Pratapgarh district to be kept at the juvenile home here after he was arrested in connection with a case by the Choti Sadri police. The shocking incident took place on March 20 at the Bal Sampreshan Grah and when the ...

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