As voting got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the Election Commission is extensively using information technology to ensure free and fair polling, an official said. ....

Gagan Som, brother of senior BJP leader and Sardhana legislator Sangeet Som was detained on Saturday after a pistol was recovered from him, a police officer said. ....

Prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday exuded confidence of victory. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh(UP) Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to the people to cast their ballots in the first phase of state assembly polls. ....

Queues at polling booths in Noida grew longer as the day progressed during the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Saturday. ....

Polling for the phase 1 of the Uttar Pradesh election came to an end at 5 pm. 73 constituencies in 15 districts went to the polls today. ....

The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland Legislature Party (DANLP) on Friday appealed to the National Tribal Action Committee (NTAC) and Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) to lift the indefinite shutdown. ....

Hours before the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday cracked the whip on the bureaucracy and police. ....

The ninth edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon came to a befitting end, as Procam International and India Cares Foundation on Friday announced that through the event an amount of Rs 6.61 crore has been raised in charity that will impact and touch the lives of more than 150,000 people. ....

Shooting of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie "Padmavati" seems to have run into further problems. A former Jaipur royal family has now come out in support of Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which had opposed shooting of the film at Jaigarh fort near Jaipur alleging distortion of historical facts by the filmmaker. ....