Lucknow : Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Singh Patel was on Wednesday elected to the Lok Sabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, defeating his nearest BJP opponent by 59,613 votes, an Election Commission official said. IANS
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SP heads to victory in Gorakhpur, Phulpur Lok Sabha by-election
Lucknow : In a dramatic turn of events since the 2014 general election, the Samajwadi Party was on Wednesday set to wrest from the BJP the two Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh that had been vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya. As the vote […]
BSP leader’s son shoots himself
Lucknow : The 40-year-old son of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator shot himself at his home in Chinhat area here on Wednesday, police said. Vikas Verma was the only son of Lalji Verma who is a former state minister and legislator from Katehri state assembly seat of Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. Family members […]
BJP trails to SP in UP Lok Sabha by-elections
Lucknow : In a huge blow to the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday took what it said were winning leads in both the Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur that were vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya. With the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) backing its bitter […]
Sukma attack: Rs 25 lakh compensation announced for slain CRPF personnel from UP
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an assistance of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of three CRPF troopers hailing from the state, who were killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. Of this, Rs 20 lakh would be given to the widows of the deceased Central Reserve Police […]
Jaya-Amitabh have combined assets worth Rs 1,000 cr: Affidavit
Lucknow : Actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan has declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 493 crore in her affidavit to the Election Commission (EC). The three-term Rajya Sabha MP of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the affidavit submitted to the poll panel while filing nomination for her fourth straight term has declared that her assets along […]
Jaya Bachchan elitist, can’t be mass leader: Amar Singh
Lucknow : Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh on Tuesday said actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan is a good parliamentarian but an “elitist” who “dislikes people” and can never be a mass leader like Hema Malini, who too is a film actress. “Jaya Bachchan and I have moral differences. She is pro-active in Parliament, takes her files to […]
Warne will bring best out of the squad, says Kaif
Jaipur : Having played in the first Indian Premier League season under legendary leg spinner Shane Warne — now the team coach, Mohammad Kaif is confident that the Australian will bring out the best from the current squad. “Shane Warne has magical abilities; he knows the pulse of players and can bring out the best […]
Two multi-millionaires vie for one RS seat in Jharkhand
Ranchi : The Rajya Sabha election in Jharkhand has taken an interesting turn, with two multi-millionaire candidates — one each from ruling BJP and Congress — pitted against one another for the single seat. On March 23, polling will be held for two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. Of the two Bharatiya Janata Party […]
Four Maoists arrested, bomb-making factory unearthed in Jharkhand
Ranchi : Four Maoist guerrillas were arrested on Tuesday and a small bomb-making factory unearthed in two separate cases in Jharkhand, police said. Police and the Central Reserve Police Force personnel arrested the four ultras — Deepak, Jogindra, Chotu and Urmila — in a joint operation in Palamu district. The bomb-making factory was unearthed in […]