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  Life to be hit on Thursday due to Bharat bandh call by NDA, SP, Left

  National | September 19, 2012 17:04 IST

  New Delhi/Kolkata/Mumbai/Chennai, Sep 19: Normal life in most of the states is likely to be hit on Thursday because of the Bharat Bandh call given by the BJP-led NDA and the Left Front separately to

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  SP opposed to FDI in retail: Akhilesh Yadav

  National | September 15, 2012 16:54 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday announced his Samajwadi Party's (SP) opposition to foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and said "under no circumstances" would the party allow these retail outlets

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  BJP dares SP to withdraw support to centre

  National | September 13, 2012 11:33 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday made light of the Samajwadi Party's (SP) pitch for a Third Front and its criticism of the central government and dared it to withdraw support

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  After 4-hr hostage drama, aggrieved cop releases SP

  India | September 13, 2012 15:01 IST

  Hyderabad, Sep 13: A suspended police head constable on Wednesday kept a Superintendent of Police hostage for four hours protesting alleged harassment by the bosses before freeing him after a high drama.Head constable Giriprasad Sarma,

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  We have sown seeds of Third Front: SP

  National | September 12, 2012 22:04 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 12: Urging all regional parties opposed to the Congress and the BJP to come together, the Samajwadi Party (SP) Wednesday said it had sowed the seeds for a Third Front."We have sown the

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  Jaiswal allocated three coal blocks in hour after becoming minister: SP

  National | September 12, 2012 13:08 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 12: Training guns on Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation, the Samajwadi Party Tuesday held him responsible for allocating three coal blocks "one hour of taking charge"

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  SP, Shiv Sena block quota bill in Rajya Sabha

  National | September 06, 2012 17:00 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 6: Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena today thwarted an attempt in the Rajya Sabha to take up for passage the contentious Bill providing for quota in promotion for SCs and STs in

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  SP, BSP MPs come to blows inside Rajya Sabha over quota bill

  National | September 05, 2012 12:47 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 5: Members of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party almost came to blows inside the Rajya Sabha today,  as the government introduced the bill to provide reservation to scheduled castes and scheduled

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  SP, TDP, Left MPs stage sit-in, demand judicial probe into Coalgate

  National | August 31, 2012 13:09 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 31 :  SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and MPs from TDP and Left parties today sat on a dharna in front of Parliament House to seek a judicial inquiry into coal blocks

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  Mulayam leads non-Cong, non-BJP demand for normalcy in Parliament

  National | September 25, 2012 13:01 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30:  In a near alienation of the BJP, other Opposition parties, including the Left and Samajwadi Party, came together today against continued stalling of Parliament, demanding normalcy and a probe into the

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  SP hails judgement on Chidambaram, BSP says 'no comment'

  National | August 24, 2012 16:13 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 24: Samajwadi Party today said the Supreme Court has taken the “right decision” by dismissing the plea for probe against P Chidambaram in the 2G case, while BSP, another outside supporter of

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  Samajwadi Party disowns Shahid Siddiqui after Modi interview

  National | July 28, 2012 19:35 IST

  Lucknow, July 28: The Samajwadi Party today 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. 

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  SP changing names of districts with 'ill will', says Mayawati

  National | July 23, 2012 20:06 IST

  Lucknow, Jul 23: BSP supremo Mayawati today accused ruling SP of changing “with an ill will” the nomenclatures of districts named after saints, gurus and dalit icons during her regime.“New districts were created during BSP

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  SP, Left, JDS ask govt not to open retail trade to FDI

  National | July 22, 2012 14:47 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 22: Raising the banner of opposition to FDI in retail, UPA supporter Samajwadi Party today joined Left parties and JD(S) in asking the government not to go ahead with the controversial decision

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  Cong, BJP, SP corrupt, hence not passing Lokpal Bill, says Kejriwal

  National | July 13, 2012 17:45 IST

  Bulandshahr, July 13: Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has said political parties are “dipped in corruption” and hence not allowing the Lokpal Bill to get passed. “Political parties like Congress, BJP, SP and BSP are

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  BJP buoyed by UP urban body poll results

  National | July 08, 2012 12:59 IST

  Lucknow, Jul 7: After the drubbing in assembly elections three months ago, BJP in Uttar Pradesh was today buyoed by the success in three-tier urban local body polls.“Despite the defeat in assembly elections, we decided

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  SP govt run by various 'parallel CMs' says BSP

  National | June 24, 2012 19:58 IST

  Lucknow, Jun 24 : Accusing the ruling SP of having failed on all fronts after it assumed office 100 days ago, BSP today alleged that the government was in a state of confusion due to

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  SP backs out from supporting Kalam

  National | June 22, 2012 10:45 IST

  New Delhi, June 15: In a complete U-turn, Samajwadi Party today appeared to be backing out from supporting Mamata Banerjee's proposal to project former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as the presidential candidate. SP general

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  S&P threatens to lower India's rating over political compulsions

  June 12, 2012 11:44 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 12: Global agency Standard and Poor's on Monday threatened to downgrade India's credit rating to ‘speculative grade' saying the roadblocks for reforms are on account of division of roles between Sonia Gandhi and

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  S&P threatens India downgrade, FM rejects rating report

  June 11, 2012 22:08 IST

  Mumbai/New Delhi, Jun 11: Citing division of roles between Sonia Gandhi and ‘unelected' Manmohan Singh, global agency Standard and Poor's today threatened to downgrade India's credit rating on projections which were totally rejected by Finance