LUCKNOW: The ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party bagged one seat each in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election to the Graduates’ constituencies on Saturday. Counting is underway in the remaining three constituencies. BJP candidate Manvendra Pratap Singh ‘Guru Ji’ won the Agra Division Graduates’ seat, while SP’s Man Singh Yadav won from the Allahabad-Jhansi … Read more
New Delhi: The opposition is set to raise the Hathras incident in the upcoming Bihar assembly election as well as the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in an attempt to sway Dalit votes in its favour. RJD spokesman Mritunjay Tiwari said the incident – involving the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit girl … Read more
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Friday sought an apology from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his remark that he would not attend the inauguration of the mosque to be built in Ayodhya, replacing the demolished Babri Masjid. In an interview to a television channel Thursday, Adityanath said he couldn’t go for the mosque … Read more
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said those who forget the sacrifices of ‘kar sevaks’ at the time of ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the Ram temple construction in Ayodhyawill be “Ram drohi”. The ‘bhoomi pujan’ event is of the entire country and Hindus. But what is this adamant stand that nobody should get credit, the Sena … Read more
Amar Singh, Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader who almost took “socialism” out of the party’s lexicon due to his proximity to Bollywood and captains of industry, passed away in Singapore after a prolonged illness. He was 64. Singh began his political career with the Congress and was close to former Uttar Pradesh … Read more