Aurangabad: Two workers of the Samajwadi Party (SP) were arrested here on Wednesday for extorting Rs 5 lakh from an office-bearer of a local educational institution, police said. The accused were identified as Amitkumar Singh (28) and Prashant Ram Waghare (29), both residents of Aurangabad. According to police, Sunil Eknath Palve (49), a resident of […]
Read MoreLucknow: Samajwadi Party on Thursday retained its Rampur assembly seat, which fell vacant after Azam Khan successfully fought the Lok Sabha polls with his wife emerging victorious by a margin of over 7,000 votes. Khan’s wife and SP candidate Tazeen Fatma won by defeating her nearest rival BJP candidate Bharat Bhushan. While Tazeen secured 79,043 […]
Read MoreAllahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the arrest of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in 27 cases of alleged grabbing of land. A two-judge of justices Manoj Mishra and Manju Rani Chauhan passed the order on a petition filed by the former Uttar Pradesh minister, challenging the FIRs registered between July 13 […]
Read MoreLucknow: The bypoll to the Hamirpur assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh is all set to witness a four-cornered contest, with the BJP, BSP, Samajwadi Party and the Congress fielding their candidates for the election. The by-election, the first to be held after the Lok Sabha polls, has been necessitated due to the disqualification of sitting […]
Read MoreMumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Monday denied a Maharashtra minister’s claim that he would be joining politics soon. On Sunday, state Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Mahadev Jankar announced that Dutt will join his party, Rashtriya Samaj Paksh (RSP), on September 25. The 60-year-old actor, who earlier dabbled in politics as part of […]
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