
Ignoring objections raised by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and his son, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday announced candidates for 325 of the 403 Assembly seats and ruled out alliance with any party for the upcoming polls. In a press conference here, the SP patriarch released the list of[Read More…]

A youth in Varanasi on Thursday hurled a pamphlet at the cavalcade of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while he was touring his constituency. The incident took place around noon in Kabir Nagar locality of Varanasi. Prime Minister visited the place to inspect the laying of underground electricity cables and installation[Read More…]

With Assembly polls on the doorstep, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a few hundreds of projects to woo voters. He inaugurated 910 projects, laid foundation stones of 13 projects, distributed free laptops among 26,000 students, and gave cheques to 91, 125 beneficiaries of the Samajwadi Pension[Read More…]

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology for calling the Bulandshahr gang-rape incident ‘a political conspiracy’. The Supreme Court accepted the apology. “Respondent No 2 (Azam Khan) has given an unconditional apology and has expressed his sincere and heartful remorse,” the bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra[Read More…]

After their recent all round poor performance in elections, Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh are feeling a chance in pegging back the important state in their favour by aligning with the Samajwadi party. The feeling is that demonetisation will decisively halt BJP and bolster its prospects in the upcoming Assembly[Read More…]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BJP’s Parivartan Sabha in Bahraich district via phone as his helicopter could not land at the venue due to fog and clouds. PM Modi once again appealed to the people to start using mobile banking following the demonetization move. PM emphasized on the use[Read More…]

The Centre has on Wednesday claimed that burning of municipal solid waste in the open could have largely contributed to the discolouring of Taj Mahal, reports PTI. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said that a number of studies have been carried out[Read More…]

37-year-old Ghasi Ram got so frustrated with his wife, who had refused to sleep with him for over a decade, decided to do away with the trouble. In India, usually, that would be a very ominous situation for the wife but not in this case. Ghasi Ram, who had come[Read More…]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Samajwadi Party leader and an eastern Uttar Pradesh strongman Amanmani Tripathi in a case involving the mysterious death of his wife Sara Tripathi. Sara had died in a car crash on National Highway-2 when the couple was on their way to the National[Read More…]

Uttar Pradesh, the most populated state of the country is all set to go for elections in a few months. Ruling Samajwadi Party’s chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has formally launched the party’s election campaign from Ghazipur on Wednesday in order to woo the electorate. Early this month, UP chief minister Akhilesh[Read More…]

After the disastrous train accident in Uttar Pradesh that took lives of almost 145 people and left over 200 injured on Sunday, doctors involved in the treatment of injured are helping survivors to reunite with their kin with the help of most popular instant messaging app WhatsApp. Notably, many of[Read More…]

A four-year old died on a bank’s premises while her father was waiting in a queue in front of an ATM for her treatment in Banda in Uttar Pradesh. Dharmendra Varma had been trying for few days to withdraw money from the ATM for his daughter’s treatment, PTI reported. Dharmendra’s[Read More…]

A bank in Mohanlalganj, 25 km from Lucknow, handed over a bag packed with one rupee coins against Rs 2000 (in old denomination) to a 60 year old lady. After standing in the queue for long hours, Sarju Devi handed over the 2000 rupee to the cashier. The cashier returned[Read More…]

BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh while speaking at party’s Parivartan Yatra in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh warned, “Those using muscle power to terrorise people… hum dekhenge ki usne kitna mas ka doodh piya hai.” Rajnath claimed that the “self-respect of mothers and sisters is being looted” in the region and promised that[Read More…]

In an interesting twist to the rift in Yadav clan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav called his son, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, and brother Shivpal Yadav to his home and asked them to bury the hatchet. Shivpal was fired by Akhilesh a day earlier and after a day full of clashes[Read More…]

The Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav sacked Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. The announcement came less than an hour after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked his uncle Shivpal Yadav from his council of ministers. Ram Gopal has said that being with Akhilesh means being with the winning side.[Read More…]

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday expelled MLC Udayveer Singh for six years after he incurred the wrath of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for writing a letter against SP’s ruling family. Udayveer had written a letter to SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav, asking him to step down from the[Read More…]

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said the party’s chief ministerial candidate will be decided by elected party legislators after the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “SP legislature party will decide on the name of chief minister,” said Mulayam, indicating that his son and current chief minister Akhilesh[Read More…]

Going all out to woo Dalits in the run up to 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party of exploiting the community for their ‘own political interests’. In an address at Dhamma Chetna Yatra Samapan programme in Kanpur, Amit[Read More…]

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attending the Dussehra festivities in Lucknow, saying “had there been elections in Bihar, he would have slayed Ravan there.” Akhilesh also backed Rahul Gandhi’s controversial ‘dalali’ remarks against PM Modi on surgical strikes saying the Congress[Read More…]

You could be charged with sedition if you refuse a Rs 10 coin in Uttar Pradesh. The district magistrate (DM) of Pilibhit, Masoom Ali has said that those refusing to accept the Rs 10 coin could be charged with sedition. Earlier there were rumors in parts of UP that the[Read More…]

Amar Singh has been appointed as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday. Party president Mulayam Singh in a handwritten letter to Amar Singh said, “I hope in the coming days you will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.” In the ongoing storm in[Read More…]

In a seemingly similar incident to 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots where communal clashes erupted after a “harassment” incident between the Jat and Muslim communities, another city in Uttar Pradesh is witnessing similar situation. Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh saw tension brewing on Friday, after three male members of a Muslim family were shot[Read More…]

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Friday night, his decision to return all portfolios of uncle Shivpal Yadav and re-induct Gayatri Prajapati as Cabinet minister. The announcements were made after the “four-point” compromise formula worked out by Mulayam Singh Yadav who said, “There can be no division in the party, till[Read More…]

Here is a four point four-point compromise formula of the Samajwadi Party that brokered the truce in the Yadav Pari’War’. 1) Gayatri Prasad Prajapati to be minister again, but will get different portfolio. 2) Shivpal to get back his portfolios and also be state President. 3) Akhilesh to have an important say in ticket distribution.[Read More…]