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BSP MLA Yakub Qureshi's benami property worth Rs 31 cr seized in UP

BSP MLA Yakub Qureshi's benami property worth Rs 31 cr seized in UP

Rediff.com1 Jan 2024

The seized properties include a hospital building at Bhavani Nagar in Nauchandi and two luxury cars that Qureshi had allegedly purchased in the name of his family members and employees, they said.

In poll-bound MP, Akhilesh attacks ally Cong over caste census

In poll-bound MP, Akhilesh attacks ally Cong over caste census

Rediff.com14 Nov 2023

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav attacked its INDIA block ally Congress on caste census, reminding them that the party did not conduct a caste census when it was in power.

I-T raids SP leader Azam Khan's premises in UP, MP

I-T raids SP leader Azam Khan's premises in UP, MP

Rediff.com13 Sep 2023

The I-T probe is related to some trusts run by Khan and his family members, the sources said.

View: Keeping the Samajwadi flock together

View: Keeping the Samajwadi flock together

Rediff.com9 Jan 2010

The stranglehold of Mulayam's family on the party is at the centre of the debate.

Samajwadi Party to oppose anti-rape bill

Samajwadi Party to oppose anti-rape bill

Rediff.com15 Mar 2013

Rubbishing the anti-rape bill, Samajwadi Party said that it will oppose its recommendations in Parliament and at the all-party meeting.

Mayawati attacks Samajwadi govt for renaming varsity

Mayawati attacks Samajwadi govt for renaming varsity

Rediff.com31 Jul 2012

Former UP Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Tuesday lashed out at Samjawadi government's decision to rename Manyavar Kanshiramji Urdu-Farsi University, saying it was a "politically vindictive act".

LS polls: Meet the prominent contestants in fourth phase

LS polls: Meet the prominent contestants in fourth phase

Rediff.com12 May 2024

Among the keenly watched contests are those involving former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj, UP) and Union ministers Giriraj Singh (Begusarai, Bihar), Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar) and Raosaheb Danve (Jalna, Maharashtra).

3 held for raping IIT-BHU student; Oppn claims accused linked to BJP

3 held for raping IIT-BHU student; Oppn claims accused linked to BJP

Rediff.com31 Dec 2023

The incident took place on the night of November 1. Following the incident, hundreds of BHU students had held a protest on the campus and demanded that the entry of outsiders be banned.

Tolerated Nitish Kumar's Hindi push for INDIA bloc, says DMK's Baalu

Tolerated Nitish Kumar's Hindi push for INDIA bloc, says DMK's Baalu

Rediff.com28 Jan 2024

The DMK leader's reference made was to one of the INDIA bloc meetings in which Nitish Kumar reportedly stressed on use of Hindi.

Samajwadi rift deepens; Akhilesh sacks uncle Shivpal, Mulayam hits back

Samajwadi rift deepens; Akhilesh sacks uncle Shivpal, Mulayam hits back

Rediff.com23 Oct 2016

Ruling Samajwadi Party appeared to be headed for a split on Sunday as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his party supremo and father Mulayam Singh were engaged in an open face-off, sacking each other's loyalists Shivpal Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav.

Samajwadi Party supports separate Vidarbha

Samajwadi Party supports separate Vidarbha

Rediff.com14 Sep 2004

It will contest 25 of the 66 seats in the region, in Maharashtra.

Mandaviya expected to win maiden poll in Porbandar despite issues

Mandaviya expected to win maiden poll in Porbandar despite issues

Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

This is Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's maiden Lok Sabha election, but political experts and voters feel he can easily win Porbandar seat in his home state Gujarat, despite the electorate facing some key issues like unemployment.

Why BJP picked Nayab Singh Saini as new Haryana CM

Why BJP picked Nayab Singh Saini as new Haryana CM

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Saini's elevation as Haryana chief minister fits in with a pattern that has gathered pace in the BJP after the Congress and its allies like the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar began making an aggressive bid to woo the largest group of communities and politically most significant, especially in Hindi-speaking states, by pushing for a caste census.

Mulayam and the Samajwadi Party house of cards

Mulayam and the Samajwadi Party house of cards

Rediff.com21 Sep 2016

How he hopes to retain his fort is anyone's guess, says Nazarwala, the man who called right the 2007 and 2012 UP elections.

BJP MLA in UP gets 25-year jail for raping minor, faces disqualification

BJP MLA in UP gets 25-year jail for raping minor, faces disqualification

Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

Ahsan Ullah Khan, the additional district and session judge of the MP-MLA court in Sonbhadra, also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Gond which would be used in the rape survivor's rehabilitation.

Samajwadi Party to strongly oppose Lokpal Bill

Samajwadi Party to strongly oppose Lokpal Bill

Rediff.com23 Nov 2012

The Samajwadi Party on Friday said it will strongly oppose the Lokpal Bill in Parliament, holding it was against the very basis of democracy.

Phase 4: 76% polling in Bengal, Srinagar records highest turnout in decades

Phase 4: 76% polling in Bengal, Srinagar records highest turnout in decades

Rediff.com13 May 2024

A voter turnout of over 40 per cent was recorded till 1 pm on Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories amid incidents of violence in Andhra Pradesh and reports of poll boycott in some villages of Uttar Pradesh.

BJP names candidates for bypolls, fields SP rebel from Ghosi

BJP names candidates for bypolls, fields SP rebel from Ghosi

Rediff.com14 Aug 2023

The party has fielded Parvati Das for the by-election to the Bageshwar assembly seat in Uttarakhand and Lijinlal G for the Puthuppally assembly seat in Kerala.

'2024 won't be a repeat of 2019 -- at least in Bihar'

'2024 won't be a repeat of 2019 -- at least in Bihar'

Rediff.com18 Apr 2024

'The 2020 assembly election was a Tejaswi Yadav election; whereas this is a Lalu Yadav election. It is his plan.'

Samajwadi MP slams Mulayam as traitor

Samajwadi MP slams Mulayam as "traitor"

Rediff.com5 Feb 2009

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav's insistence on continuing his new found friendship with rebel Bhartiya Janata Party leader and its one time Hindutva mascot Kalyan Singh is apparently going to cost Mulayam his Muslim support.

Can Modi Win A Simple Majority?

Can Modi Win A Simple Majority?

Rediff.com9 May 2024

2019 was the Bharatiya Janata Party's breakout year, when it stretched the boundaries of what was thought possible and ended up with 303 seats on its own steam. Now it is forced to play defence, on a pitch queered by too many variables, asserts Prem Panicker.

Samajwadi Party disowns MP who interviewed Modi

Samajwadi Party disowns MP who interviewed Modi

Rediff.com28 Jul 2012

The Samajwadi Party on Saturday distanced itself from Shahid Siddiqui, saying he is no longer a part of the party two days after his interview with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi made waves.

Raj Babbar plans to start Samajwadi Manch

Raj Babbar plans to start Samajwadi Manch

Rediff.com9 Feb 2006

Babbar has said he wants to promote socialist ideology.

Electoral bonds: Congress flags mismatch in donor, recipient files

Electoral bonds: Congress flags mismatch in donor, recipient files

Rediff.com15 Mar 2024

It also asked why the data shared pertained to a period from April 2019 even though the scheme for anonymous political funding was introduced in 2017.

RLD forms alliance with SP in UP for LS polls, secures 7 seats

RLD forms alliance with SP in UP for LS polls, secures 7 seats

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

SP president Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary announced the tie-up on social media for the elections later this year.

The shocking Samajwadi take on RAPES in UP

The shocking Samajwadi take on RAPES in UP

Rediff.com4 Jun 2014

Amid all-round attack on Akhilesh Yadav government over rape incidents, Samajwadi Party leaders on Wednesday gave weird arguments, saying sometimes when relationship between girls and boys come out in open, it is "termed as rape".

Samajwadi Party activists disrupt Rahul's public meeting

Samajwadi Party activists disrupt Rahul's public meeting

Rediff.com26 Nov 2011

The trouble arose when the youths entered Udit Narayan Inter College where Rahul's meeting was underway and chanted slogans and distributed pamphlets, official sources said.

Azam Khan gets 2-year jail in another hate speech case

Azam Khan gets 2-year jail in another hate speech case

Rediff.com15 Jul 2023

The case was registered against Khan for allegedly making a provocative speech targeting the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, the then Rampur district election officer and the Election Commission at a rally in the Dhamora area on April 8, 2019 during the Lok Sabha polls.

Phase 3: Over 63% polling amid clashes in Bengal

Phase 3: Over 63% polling amid clashes in Bengal

Rediff.com7 May 2024

A voter turnout of 60.19 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories on Tuesday with sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal.

'Your mother did it': Prashant Kishor's advice to Rahul Gandhi

'Your mother did it': Prashant Kishor's advice to Rahul Gandhi

Rediff.com7 Apr 2024

Kishore said the Congress and its supporters are bigger than any individual and Gandhi should not be stubborn that it must be him who will deliver for the party despite repeated failures.

We only want 3 places: Yogi makes pitch for Mathura in assembly

We only want 3 places: Yogi makes pitch for Mathura in assembly

Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appeared to make a pitch in the assembly for a temple where a mosque stands now in Mathura, saying that Krishna Kanhaiya wouldn't have it any other way.

No entry for media at Samajwadi Party's Bollywood bash

No entry for media at Samajwadi Party's Bollywood bash

Rediff.com8 Jan 2014

Live coverage of a cultural extravaganza in Etawah in the ancestral Saifai village of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has been prohibited by the district administration.

What Unites Pawars And Scindias?

What Unites Pawars And Scindias?

Rediff.com16 Apr 2024

Exigencies of electoral politics and individual ambitions often stoke family feuds and sibling rivalries.

Kalyan was never part of Samajwadi Party: Mulayam

Kalyan was never part of Samajwadi Party: Mulayam

Rediff.com14 Nov 2009

It may be a little late in the day, but Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav had apparently realised the futility of shaking hands with his one time sworn political foe and Bhartiya Janata Party rebel, Kalyan Singh. Mulayam, who had struck a alliance with Kalyan apparently in the hope of building a new backward axis in a caste-ridden Uttar Pradesh, had finally decided to dump the latter.

BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared 13 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls including actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, from Meerut, while replacing sitting MP Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit with state minister Jitin Prasada.

BSP MP, two MLAs join Samajwadi Party

BSP MP, two MLAs join Samajwadi Party

Rediff.com30 Dec 2011

In a major jolt to the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party, its national general secretary Naresh Agarwal and two sitting legislators from Hardoi joined the Samajwadi Party on Friday. "I am resigning from the Rajya Sabha and the post of BSP national general secretary," Agarwal said while addressing a gathering at a function at the SP headquarters in Lucknow. Besides Naresh, his son Nitin Agarwal and Rajeshwari -- both BSP MLAs from Hardoi -- also joined the SP.

Samajwadi Party discards Jaya Prada in talks with BJP

Samajwadi Party discards Jaya Prada in talks with BJP

Rediff.com30 Jan 2015

The actress-turned-neta wants to "serve" and not contest any elections.

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Rediff.com30 Mar 2024

The body was brought to the family's ancestral burial ground, about half a km from their residence, where a grave was dug on Friday near that of Mukhtar Ansari's parents.

'Rahul should not contest from Wayanad'

'Rahul should not contest from Wayanad'

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

'He should not come to Kerala and fight against the CPI which is an integral part of the INDIA alliance'

Price for Samajwadi support = Oust Mayawati

Price for Samajwadi support = Oust Mayawati

Rediff.com14 Jul 2008

That will be the last pound of flesh Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh wish to extract for the support they are giving the dying Congress party. Fortuitously, the Congress too wants a similar outcome.