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TopicSamajwadi Party (SP)

Topic: Samajwadi Party (SP)

7 Muslims among BSP’s 25 candidates in UP — a likely challenge for SP-Congress & boost for BJP

Of BSP's 7 Muslim candidates, 4 will fight SP-Congress alliance's Muslim candidates on Amroha, Moradabad, Sambhal & Saharanpur, could lead to counter-polarisation of votes in BJP's favour.

How cross-voting & SP’s failure to keep flock together helped BJP secure 8 seats in RS polls in UP

SP bagged 2 seats. Going by strength of parties in the assembly, BJP would have secured 7 seats & SP 3. However, BJP fielded an 8th candidate at the last moment, forcing a contest.

Shafiqur Rahman Barq,  Samajwadi Party’s MP from Sambhal, dies at 93

Barq was suffering from prolonged illness and was admitted to the Moradabad hospital. He passed away at the hospital this morning.

SP chief whip Manoj Kumar Pandey resigns from post amid voting for 10 Rajya Sabha seats

Pandey submitted his resignation amidst voting for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh with eight BJP candidates and three from the Samajwadi Party in the fray.

Samajwadi Party’s Swami Prasad Maurya quits party, resigns from UP Legislative Council

Maurya's resignation comes a week after he quit as National General Secretary of SP, accusing the leadership of discrimination and not defending him on his comments on Ram Temple consecration.

Another BSP MP bats for ‘INDIA’, says Mayawati out of sync with ‘majority’ view within party

BSP MP Shyam Singh Yadav says many within party are in favour of joining INDIA alliance. However, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has said Mayawati will not join INDIA bloc.

‘Entry of cow eater a violation’ — local VHP leader ‘purifies’ UP temple after Muslim MLA’s visit

Dharmaraj Verma, who contested nagar panchayat polls with BJP support, says invite to SP MLA Saiyada Khatoon was attempt by 'own people' — Hindus — 'to tease' others from community.

MP seat-sharing stalemate puts SP-Congress equations to the test, with possible aftershocks in UP

On Wednesday, SP declared candidates on 22 more seats in MP, taking tally to 31, a move likely to hurt its INDIA bloc ally’s prospects. Congress leaders says SP has no base in state.

2 mobile phones recovered from Prayagraj hotel where Atiq-Ashraf killers stayed. SIT also probing Delhi link

Police looking into Delhi gangster Jitendra Gogi possibly being source of Turkey-made arms used in killing. Meanwhile, UP govt and Opposition are engaged in a political slugfest.

RJ defends Swara Bhasker’s marriage in a 2-word reply to Islamic scholar’s ‘unsolicited advice’

Bhasker and SP leader Fahad Ahmad registered their marriage on 6 January, 2023 in a court – three years after they first met at an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Mumbai.

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Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.