Azamgarh

Counting began at 8 am under multi-tier security cover. At first, postal ballots will be counted and then EVMs opened.

Lok Sabha bypolls: Voting begins in UP's Azamgarh, Rampur; 19 candidates in fray

Over 35 lakh people are eligible to vote in the bypolls and will be deciding the fate of 19 candidates.

Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan resign from Lok Sabha; to remain MLAs

Akhilesh Yadav had won the Karhal assembly seat in the recently-held assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Besides him, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has four other members in the Lok Sabha, including his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.

It is advantage Akhilesh Yadav in fight against Bhojpuri star Nirahua in Azamgarh

When asked about his decision to contest on this seat, SP supremo Yadav told PTI, 'I have been getting requests from leaders to contest from here. As I had to contest from somewhere and the party decided to field me from this seat, I agreed.'

Samajwadi Party has turned Azamgarh into 'stronghold of terrorism': Yogi Adityanath

The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have crime in their DNA, he said, while addressing an election meeting here in support of BJP's Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua'.

BJP ally ready to offer ticket to Amar Singh to contest from Azamgarh in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is the current MP from Azamgarh seat who defeated BJP’s Ramakant Yadav to win this seat.

Modi accuses rivals of shedding 'crocodile tears' for farmers

Those shedding "crocodile tears" for farmers today should be asked why they did not complete irrigation projects across the nation during their tenure, Modi said.

UP Politics: What's ailing Mulayam Singh's bastion Azamgarh

In the 6th part of CNBC-TV18‘s series What's Ailing Rural India, the team traveled to Mulayam Singh Yadav's bastion Azamgarh to find how a Harijan village backing Mayawati finds itself out of favour with the Samajwadi government.

V2 Retail soars 11%, co opens stores in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

"V2 has launched three more operational stores - two in Uttar Pradesh (Gorakhpur & Azamgarh) and one in Purnia, Bihar," says New Delhi-based retail company.