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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicSamajwadi Party

Topic: Samajwadi Party

FIR says Samajwadi Party’s Sambhal MP Barq ‘provoked crowd’ with speech 2 days before clashes

FIR states Barq & son of SP MLA from Sambhal gathered crowd without permission two days before clashes erupted during court-mandated survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on 24 November.

UP bypolls: Five reasons BJP won in Muslim-dominated Kundarki after gap of 3 decades

Muslim population in this SP stronghold is above 60 percent. BJP had previously clinched Kundarki in 1993, when Chandra Vijay Singh emerged as winner.

How ‘sympathy factor’ helped SP’s Naseem Solanki, wife of jailed ex-MLA, clinch win in UP’s Sishamau

Irfan Solanki has been in jail since 2022. He was convicted in an arson case in June & is facing trial in several others. His sway & Naseem’s emotional appeals helped her chances, say experts.

SP wins just 2 seats, loses 2 to dominant BJP in Uttar Pradesh bypolls

The Akhilesh Yadav-led opposition party keep Sishamau and Karhal under its fold, but loses Kundarki and Katehari to BJP.

UP Dalit woman’s body found in field, family alleges killed after she refused to vote SP in bypoll

Mainpuri cops arrest 2 for abduction & murder; death snowballs into political slugfest with BJP accusing Samajwadi Party of creating atmosphere of terror.

Dimple, Shivpal, back-to-back rallies. Why SP called in big guns to campaign in family bastion Karhal

Karhal falls under Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which was represented 5 times in Parliament by Mulayam Singh Yadav. Akhilesh has fielded his nephew Tej Pratap as Karhal bypoll candidate.

‘Men shouldn’t tailor women’s clothes, cut their hair’: UP women body’s proposed safety norms spark row

Opposition parties have slammed the statutory body for having an 'orthodox mindset', adding that the proposal will affect tailors and gym business owners. 

Congress opts out of UP bypolls, bats for ally SP after seat-sharing talks fail

Congress gen secy in-charge of UP Avinash Pande & state unit chief Ajay Rai announced decision day after Akhilesh Yadav said all 9 candidates will contest bypolls on SP symbol.

Haryana debacle hurts Congress leverage. Demanding allies, satraps rear heads as more key polls loom

The defeat in Haryana has weakened the party’s position in seat-sharing talks with allies in poll-bound Maharashtra & Jharkhand, where the INDIA bloc is unable to reach a consensus.

Why cycling enthusiast Mandaviya is grateful to Kamal Nath & a 2nd ‘son’ set to rise over Tamil Nadu

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.