Porbandar: Why ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could not win Kutiyana and Ranavav municipality elections in Porbandar district of coastal Saurashtra? The answer lies in the hold of a local Samjwadi Party leader and MLA Kandhal Jadeja's domination over local Maher community voters and consolidation of non-BJP votes in his favour as a challenger to BJP. Kandhal who as an MLA votes for BJP in Rajya Sabha elections and manage to roam free, while number of criminal cases are pending against h...Read More

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav informed the media that he is going to appeal the Election Commission (EC) to send the people of Gujarat campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly election in Uttar Pradesh back. While speaking to media persons at Lucknow he claimed while addressing the media in Lucknow, “They (people from Gujarat) have reached here (Uttar Pradesh) a month ago. Their training was conducted in Lucknow. It was basically ‘training the trainer’. It m...Read More

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said he wished to see Narendra Modi back as prime minister, remarks which left the opposition squirming in Lok Sabha but were greeted by cheers from the treasury benches with the PM acknowledging Yadav's "blessings" with folded hands. "I wish that all members come back to the House," Yadav said during the last sitting of the 16th Lok Sabha, drawing applause from the BJP members who are in a majority in the House. He said...Read More

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has recognised Akhilesh Yadav faction a ‘real’ Samajwadi Party, allotting it the party symbol of ‘Cycle’. Akhilesh faction is entangled in a bitter dispute with his father Mulayam Singh’s faction over the reins of the party, its name and election symbol. “The group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and is entitled to use its name and reserved symbol Bicycle,” news agency PTI quoted the Election Commission as saying in its or...Read More

Lucknow: The hi-tech customised rath of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today broke down after barely covering a kilometre, forcing him to switch to his official vehicle to continue his state-wide tour. After leaving the La-Martinere College grounds and hitting Lohia Path at a stone's throw distance from the venue, the blazing red 10-wheel Mercedes 'rath' developed some technical snag following which Akhilesh shifted to his official SUV. The CM waited anxiously for the repair work to be over...Read More

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Munavvar Saleem's personal assistant Farhat Khan, who was arrested today in connection with the espionage racket, was in touch with Pakistani intelligence operatives for the last 18 years and was leaking sensitive documents and information, police said. "Farhat Khan was in touch with Pakistani intelligence operatives for the last 18 years. He used to be paid Rs 20,000 for the information and documents he shared with them," said a senior police offic...Read More

New Delhi: BJP today described the ongoing feud in the ruling Yadav family in Uttar Pradesh as a "high voltage drama" aimed at keeping the media and public attention away from the "failures" of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. It also latched onto a High Court order, which criticised the state government for not taking adequate preventive health measures, to lash out at the Samajwadi Party and BSP, saying while the state's health has gone done, the wealth of Yadav clan and Mayawati and her kin ...Read More