
New Delhi: The rift within the Samajwadi Party is out in the open after senior leader Mohan Singh was sacked as the spokesperson after he supported the induction of tainted Bahujan Samaj Party MLA DP Yadav into the party. Singh was shown the door as party spokesperson after he favored the induction of DP Yadav into the party even though Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh had rejected the proposal. However,...

06:21 PM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: In the wake of his pushing for controversial MLA D P Yadav's induction into the party, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday sacked Mohan Singh as national spokesman. "On direction of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mohan Singh has been removed from the post of party's national spokesman. Professor Ram Gopal Yadav has been given his charge," Samajwadi Party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said. The development came after Mohan Singh...

04:41 PM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: Taking part in the Lokpal debate in the Rajya Sabha, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday opposed the Lokpal Bill in the present form and objected on the issue of bringing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the purview of the Lokpal. "We oppose the Bill in present form," said Yadav. "People think the Lokpal Bill will eradicate corruption, which is wrong. We have to...

06:13 PM, Dec 29, 2011

New Delhi: Facing a privilege motion in Parliament over use of derogatory language against politicians, Actor Om Puri on Sunday night apologised for making the remarks at Anna Hazare's fast venue but denied he was drunk at that time. Puri said he regretted calling politicians 'incompetent' and 'illiterate', saying the choice of the words were inappropriate. Puri said he should have used appropriate language for his description of the political...

11:25 PM, Aug 28, 2011

Ram Gopal Yadav had earlier openly condemned Amar Singh. ...

04:09 PM, Jan 12, 2010

The candidature of Dimple Yadav was announced in New Delhi on Monday. ...

04:06 PM, Sep 02, 2009