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  UP BJP accepts its defeat in bypolls to review the reasons

  National | September 16, 2014 18:35 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh BJP today accepted its defeat in the bye-elections for 11 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in the state and said it would review the reasons behind it.“The responsibility of defeat

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  UP Bypolls: SP leads in nine UP assembly seats

  National | September 16, 2014 11:17 IST

  Lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) Tuesday established an early lead in nine of the 11 assembly seats where bypolls were held.According to Election Commission (EC) officials, SP candidates were leading in nine state assembly

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  Mulayam taking no chance in Mainpuri LS bypoll

  National | September 11, 2014 17:37 IST

  Mainpuri: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav had won Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by an impressive margin just four months ago, but this time in the by-polls he is taking no chance to ensure entry

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  SP's policies divisive and discriminatory, says Adityanath

  National | September 10, 2014 20:09 IST

  Lakhimpur Kheri: Dubbing the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh as the party of “a family”, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today claimed that its policies were “divisive and discriminatory”.Adityanath, the BJP's lead campaigner in UP

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  BJP trying to divide nation through 'Love Jihad' issue: Akhilesh Yadav

  National | September 10, 2014 16:52 IST

  Mainpuri: Terming BJP as the "most cunning" party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today accused it of trying to divide the country by talking about 'love jihad'."I have said this in the past too

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  Cutting across party line, leaders urge government to act fast on Al -Qaeda issue

  National | September 04, 2014 16:20 IST

  New Delhi: Political parties cutting across party lines have reacted sharply to the Al Qaeda video in which Ayman al-Zawahiri had announced the launching of a new branch in Indian sub-continent aimed at creating a

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  Amar Singh meets Mulayam

  National | August 19, 2014 16:39 IST

  Lucknow: After sharing dias with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav earlier this month, former party leader Amar Singh today had a closed door meeting with the national president again at his residence.“Amar Singh had a

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  No possibility of taking Amar Singh back in SP: Ramgopal Yadav

  National | August 18, 2014 8:56 IST

  Mainpuri: Samajwadi Party national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav Sunday ruled out the possibility of taking former party leader Amar Singh back in the party."There is no possibility of taking Amar Singh back in party. So

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  Saharanpur panel report 'politically motivated': BJP

  National | August 18, 2014 11:40 IST

  New Delhi: A probe committee's report Sunday questioning BJP's role in the Saharanpur communal violence of Uttar Pradesh has evoked an outpouring of political reactions, but the BJP has rubbished the allegation as "politically motivated"."We

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  Saharanpur riots: Both SP and BJP are to blame, says Mayawati

  National | August 17, 2014 17:27 IST

  Meerut: BSP supremo Mayawati today lashed out at Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi party for working hand in glove with the BJP in instigating communal riots in Saharanpur that left three people dead.  “Both BJP and

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  Will Lalu-Nitish reunion thaw ice between Maya-Mulayam in UP? Unlikely

  National | August 14, 2014 14:55 IST

  Lucknow: Will RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's political embrace with arch rival Nitish Kumar in Bihar be replicated by Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh? Just days after the former Bihar chief minister

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  Sachin Tendulkar granted leave from Rajya Sabha

  National | August 11, 2014 13:37 IST

  New Delhi: Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P J Kurien today granted leave to cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for rest of the parliament session.Sachin had requested permission to be absent from the house, citing “personal and

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  'Broker' Jaya Bachchan to be blamed for my strained relations with Mulayam, says Amar Singh

  National | August 10, 2014 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: Former SP leader Amar Singh has blamed Jaya Bachchan, Rajya Sabha member and wife of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, for spoiling his relations with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh.Launching a scathing attack on

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  Rajya Sabha adjourned; protest over 100% FDI in railways

  National | August 07, 2014 12:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was Thursday adjourned for 15 minutes Thursday following a ruckus over 100 percent FDI in railways as well as the CSAT row.As the house met for question hour, MPs from

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  Government to convene all-party meet on UPSC row

  National | August 06, 2014 16:01 IST

  New Delhi: Under fire from the Opposition on the UPSC row, Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting on the issue while indicating its unwillingness to postpone the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for

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  Adding political connotation to rally with Mulayam wrong: Amar Singh

  National | August 05, 2014 14:23 IST

  Lucknow: Ahead of a rally where he will share the dais with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh today said it would be “extremely wrong” to add “political connotation” to his

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  Maneka Gandhi pitches for son Varun Gandhi as UP Chief Minister

  National | August 04, 2014 18:28 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister and senior BJP member Maneka Gandhi has pitched for her son Varun Gandhi, who represents Sultanpur in the Lok Sabha, to become the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh."If the Uttar

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  Rajya Sabha adjourned twice during Question Hour on UPSC row

  National | August 01, 2014 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition today created ruckus in Rajya Sabha over the issue of regional language aspirants having disadvantage in Civil Services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) leading to two adjournments during

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  Tej Pratap Yadav- new member of Mulayam Singh's family to join electoral politics

  National | November 28, 2014 11:23 IST

  Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav declared his grand-nephew Tej Pratap Singh Yadav as the candidate for  by-polls to Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency in UP which he managed to win.Tej Pratap Yadav is more popularly

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  'Akhilesh playing politics of vendetta against BJP'

  National | July 27, 2014 14:06 IST

  Lucknow: He is possibly the only one from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh to have the ears of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Accredited with the groundwork for the party's unprecedented success in the