Chinese Premier in India: SP says India should voice disapproval

Samajwadi Party leader Kamal Faruqui said that India should make it very clear that Chinese incursions will not be tolerated. ...
06:08 PM, May 19, 2013

There is internal fixing among Rahul, Priyanka and Varun Gandhi: SP

As Varun Gandhi staked claim to his father's legacy in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader saying Varun, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi are from the same family and there is an internal fixing among them. ...
03:15 PM, May 17, 2013

Mulayam was involved in Babri Masjid demolition: Beni Prasad Verma

Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma has once again attacked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. This time he has accused Mulayam of being hand in glove with the BJP during the attempt to bring down the Babri Masjid in the early 1990s. He says he has been forced to make the revelation after Mulayam publicly praised BJP leader LK Advani. Beni Prasad had recently apologised after a similar outburst against ...
11:13 AM, May 15, 2013

FTN: Are Indian politicians unable to get out of VIP culture?

Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, returned to India on Monday morning. Khan has accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a "conspiracy" to defame him outside India. ...
11:54 PM, Apr 29, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on Friday predicted that Lok Sabha elections will be held in November 2013, countering the Prime Minister's claims that the government will survive its full term. ...
11:19 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Can the UPA survive till 2014?

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on Friday predicted that Lok Sabha elections will be held in November 2013, countering the Prime Minister's claims that the government will survive its full term. ...
10:39 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Reforms will be supported by all parties: Sandeep Dikshit

Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh backed down a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement and told CNN IBN that he won't withdraw support from the UPA for now. But he added that the Congress betrayed its allies and elections will be held in November this year. Countering Mulayam's statement, Congress Spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit said that the Congress will keep pressing for economic reforms and expressed confidence that all parties ...
05:43 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Mulayam will still continue to support Congress, says Sharad Yadav

JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav said this was not the first time that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was angry with the Congress. He said Mulayam has been disappointed with the Congress for long, but he will still continue to support the party. ...
03:23 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Mulayam says Congress controls CBI, cheats its allies

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has ruled out withdrawing support to the UPA for now. Speaking to Network 18, he slammed the Congress for misusing the CBI and Income Tax authorities to coerce allies. Mulayam Singh also told IBN's Prabhu Chawla that general elections will be held before the end of 2013, possibly in November. ...
03:19 PM, Mar 29, 2013

UP: Jairam Ramesh demands CBI probe into misuse of funds in PMSGY

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh wants a CBI probe in Uttar Pradesh into the misappropriation of funds meant for building rural roads under the government's flagship programme, the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana. Interestingly, the five roads where misappropriation has been detected are in Sultanpur district, and fall in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. ...
08:48 AM, Mar 28, 2013

Congress is a party that betrays everyone, says Mulayam Singh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has again raised the picth for a third front. Speaking at a rally in Etawah he said, "Congress is an opportunist. Whenever elections are around the congress, they first waiver off loans but after coming to power they cheat the poor farmers. Congress is a party that betrays everyone." But congress leader Digvijaya Singh played down Mulayam's remark by saying that he has the ...
09:05 PM, Mar 27, 2013

Is Mulayam Singh Yadav readying for early elections?

As the Samajwadi Party chief urges regional parties to come together, speculations have started making rounds that he might be either preparing a Third Front or getting ready for early elections. As Mulayam prepares his strategy, he has to contend with many imponderables. There is a gaping trust deficit between the SP and the Left parties since Mulayam bailed the UPA out in 2008. ...
11:33 PM, Mar 25, 2013

DMK stays firm; SP says NDA under Vajpayee had better leadership

The DMK is in no mood to reconsider its decision of withdrawing support to the government. "There is no question of reconsidering when the resolution is to be passed day after tomorrow as there are just two days left now. In no ways is India helping the Tamils," DMK leader TKS Elangovan said. With the DMK out, the government is depending on Mulayam and Mayawati and significantly, the Samajwadi Party ...
11:14 AM, Mar 20, 2013

Those not following law and order won't be spared: Akhilesh

Akhilesh Yadav on Friday completed one year as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Talking about the measures being taken to tackle the law and order problem in the state, Akhilesh said: "We are proposing to set up GPS systems on all police vehicles so that their movement can be tracked. Also, I promise to take action against officials who aren't taking law & order seriously." ...
09:34 PM, Mar 15, 2013

UP: Akhilesh distributes laptops to students in Lucknow

Nearly a year since the Samajwadi Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is fulfilling his promise and has begun distributing laptops to about 10,000 students in Lucknow. ...
05:02 PM, Mar 11, 2013

It's frustrating to see no action in rapes cases: Jaya Bachchan

Even as a strong anti-rape law continued to get delayed, more rapes were reported on Thursday. Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan said, "It's extremely frustrating when I see rapes happening and things not reaching to logical conclusion. I feel as bad as those women who have gone through this. ...
01:58 PM, Mar 07, 2013

DSP murder: Fear numbs residents of Kunda

Senior police officers have accepted off camera that the fear of Raja Bhaiya is such that it is getting difficult to record the statements of eyewitnesses. ...
09:48 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Policeman murder: UP police afraid to act under SP government, says BJP

BJP on Tuesday slammed the Samajwadi Party government on Tuesday for the UP DSP Zia-ul-Haq's murder. "The law and order situation is deteriorating in UP. The police are afraid of doing their duty as they fear the government. UP government must change its ways of functioning," BJP leader Vinay Katiyar said. ...
01:53 PM, Mar 05, 2013

UP policeman murder: Raja Bhaiya booked, 2 aides arrested

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who was already under pressure over law and order issues, is facing more heat after his controversial minister Raja Bhaiyya has was booked for the murder of a senior police officer. ...
07:46 AM, Mar 04, 2013

The Last Word: How serious is Mulayam's prediction that LS polls could be held in Sept?

Sources said that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh has asked his party members to prepare for general elections in September 2013. ...
10:11 PM, Feb 05, 2013