A total of 45 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion in the 81-member assembly.
Sohail Raja Hindustani, who has been summoned by the Parliamentary panel probing the "cash-for-votes" scam on August 18, is the man who got the three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs talk to Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Reoti Raman Singh before the trust vote in the Lok Sabha. He is an activist of the Bhartiya Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP. The panel wants to ascertain if he had actually masterminded the operation to trap Amar Singh.
'I am not targeting an individual. I am targeting a culture -- the culture of brokers in the Indian polity,' says Raj Babbar, who has just been thrown out of the Samajwadi Party.
New book claims Amar Singh gave between 20 and 100 per cent of his entire net worth to the Clinton Foundation.
After having taken on the government on the phone-tapping controversy, the party now finds itself in a mess.
While the 16 Congress legislators in the state favoured joining the Mulayam Singh government, a section of the central leadership strongly opposed any such move.
Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh made it to the Working Committee.
"The matter should be inquired by a team of three chief ministers, including Buddhadeb Battacharjee (West Bengal), Nitish Kumar (Bihar) and J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu)," he said.
Mulayam, Akhilesh shout at each other as SP supremo defends Shivpal, Amar Singh.
'I was always a reluctant actress. I still am.'
Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada on Thursday said she wants to join the Bharatiya Janata Party as she is impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
In what may be seen as a message to the electorate that he has a say in the party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday inducted three Cabinet and two Ministers of State (Independent Charge) ahead of next year's assembly elections in the state.
The veteran leader was cremated at his native Bhugterian village amid "Bhim Singh amar rahe" slogans.
From Instagram to X, social media platforms, in the run-up to the polls have seen bitter poster wars and even bitter meme battles for political one-upmanship.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features just a few hundred people, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, bureaucrats and diplomats.
What would Parliament be without these nine ladies?
The Congress on Tuesday suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all the three states though it won three seats in Karnataka while the saffron party pocketed an extra seat in Uttar Pradesh.
After orange and white, Sukanya Verma paints these pages red with the fiery shade that's loved for its striking symbolism in Hindi movies.
Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in the Upper House of Parliament.
Sources said investigators are filing a closure report soon following probe into a complaint filed by Bhushan that the CD was fabricated. A case under section 469 of Indian Penal Code (forgery for the purpose of harming reputation) was registered in mid-April.
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Shivpal Yadav on Friday held talks with defiant nephew Akhilesh at his residence on a "compromise formula" for a possible patch-up.
The presidents were escorted by the President's Bodyguard -- "Rashtrapati Ke Angrakshak".
Vinesh Phogat locked Paris Olympics quota in the women's 50kg category, reaching the final at the Asian Olympic Qualifier without conceding a single point.
'He did some great work and people remember him from so many things, but he should have got some stronger parts.'
Here's looking at the winners.
A look at the wedding reception pictures.
Two Indian seafarers stranded without passports on a cargo ship in Iran's port city of Bushehr since 2019, have been released after the Indian embassy in Teheran issued travel documents, the Maritime Union of India (MUI) said on Friday. The claim made by the MUI could not be independently verified.
'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.' 'It's an ode to Hindi cinema.'
A reward of Rs 5 lakh was handed over those who helped the police identify the vandals who defaced the Amar Jyothi Memorial in Mumbai.
A day after high drama at a key meeting of the ruling Samajwadi Party, its state unit chief Shivpal Yadav on Tuesday said all was well in the party as he visited Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence and was joined in later by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
As if the flak over Samajawadi Party's sudden bonhomie with hardcore Hindutva mascot and rebel Bhartiya Janata Party leader Kalyan Singh was not enough, SP strongman Amar Singh now makes no bones about giving a big hug even to BJP bigwig Lal Kishan Advani.
Kiara and Sid may join the long list of celeb couples, who have chosen the beautiful destination of Rajasthan for their wedding.
Development economist Jean Dreze said the Indian democracy is currently navigating a crisis that is not only limited to the 'recent wave of authoritarianism' but also suppression of opposition voices by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The SP chief said no MLAs or ministers quitting the BJP will be taken into his party anymore.
Rediff.com takes you through the high profile guests at the New Delhi's Tihar Jail
'The haste which PM showed for the temple should also be shown for giving house and pension to poor'
Amar Singh and Ram Dev, sons of Arjun Gopal alias Tshidawa, said their father had suggested the construction of the tunnel to the former prime minister.
Private detective Anurag Singh, the alleged main conspirator arrested in connection with the attempt to access call details of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley, was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody by a Delhi court.
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