Mulayam Singh

EDITORIAL COMMENT | Till Kin-dom Come

Once upon an anti-nepotism time, senior Congress leader Margaret Alva’s son Nivedith was denied a party ticket to contest the Karnataka assembly polls. The party line trotted out then was that coddling one’s kin was a no-no....

Amar Singh declares assets worth Rs 37 cr

Express news service Posted: Nov 07, 2008 at 0946 hrs IST Lucknow, November 7: SP general secretary Amar Singh has revealed that he and his family members have movable and immovable properties and valuables worth around Rs 37...

Uncertainty over SP-Congress tie-up for Rajya Sabha elections

— Photo: Subir Roy Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and parliamentary party leader Ram Gopal Yadav filing papers for the Rajya Sabha elections in Lucknow on Thursday. Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav is at left....

Amar Singh files nomination for second Rajya Sabha term

Lucknow, Nov 6 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was among the front runners for a second term in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh and filed his nomination papers amid much fanfare here Thursday.

'Obama moment' for India still a long shot

6 Nov 2008, 0504 hrs IST, Rajeev Deshpande,TNN NEW DELHI: A senior minister, a member of Congress's core group, had a question as he considered the Obama miracle. India had a brush with an Obama moment long ago when for a brief...

Cong faces threat from UPA allies

By Our Special Correspondent New Delhi Nov. 4: At least three UPA constituents — the Samajwadi Party, RJD and the LJP — are attacking the Congress in the middle of a tough electoral battle against the BJP. While the Mulayam...

Kanpur December 8, 1992 - 254 dead

The massive crowd was puzzling. Some people standing on the roofs in the Kanpur neighbourhood assumed that lottery results had been released. Over the next five days, rioters ravaged the predominantly Muslim area, killing at...

Vatoli incident: Mulayam for CBI probe

Visits Vatoli and Bhainsa along with party MPs Amar Singh and Jayaprada Photo: G. Sanjeev Reddy Solidarity visit: Samajwadi Party MPs Jayaprada, Amar Singh and party president Mulayam Singh Yadav at Bhainsa in Adilabad district...

SP protests destruction of Sardar Patel statue

NEW DELHI: Alleging that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and the Pratapgarh District Magistrate were involved in the destruction of a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Samajwadi Party on Saturday urged the Centre to...

Hectic lobbying begins in J&K

BY SHUCHISMITA Jammu Nov. 1: With the electioneering going on in full swing, the scene is really boisterous in Jammu region amid hard lobbying for the tickets for different political parties. Defections are the flavour of the...