Mulayam Resigns

Former Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia is the latest politician to join the BJP, who pulled off a spectacular win in Uttar Pradesh.

As the Samajwadi Party awaits the Election Commission's verdict on who will get the party's "cycle" symbol to contest the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, a resigned Mulayam Singh Yadav indicated that a split is inevitable with attempts to build a compromise with son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav coming to naught. "Akhilesh came t...

Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. This evening, when Shivpal arrived at his house after a day of unprecedented feuding, Akhilesh refused to meet him.

Hours after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav appeared to have enforced a truce between his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted this evening to say his uncle Shivpal will get back the three important ministries that were taken away from him earlier this week.

Hours after meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Yadav resigned from the state cabinet and as the chief of Samajwadi Party's state unit, indicating a failure of the efforts to broker peace. The Chief Minister is yet to accept it, sources said. The two had a 20-minute meeting last evening in what was seen as a bid t...

With only four working days left in this session of Parliament, the government today tabled its landmark Food Security Bill. Minutes after, the Lok Sabha was adjourned as opposition members converged in the Well of the House demanding that the Law Minister and the Railways Minister, smeared by scandal, resign first.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday came out in support of Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanding that union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma resign over his reported comments against Samajwadi Party supremo.

DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that the DMK has been freed of coalition dharma and that "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills," as five ministers are set to submit their resignations to the Prime Minister today. Meanwhile, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government will push for amendments to the US-sponsored ...

Raja Bhaiya, a politician with a lengthy criminal record, has been accused of conspiracy in a senior policeman's murder in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. He was forced to resign as UP's Food and Civil Supplies Minister yesterday.

The Prime Minister's determination to "stay the course" and implement politically-risky reforms has hurtled his government into a minority.

Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 4 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 3 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

The Prime Minister, who is on his way to Delhi from Iran, has said there is no question of resigning over the alleged "coal-gate" affair. "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister," he said, when asked about his response to the BJP's unrelenting demand for him to quit. "If I were resigning, I would not be here," he said o...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA’s candidate. Sonia Gandhi, UPA president, ratified Pranab's name at a meeting of the Congress’s allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 7 Race Course Road residence today. Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign as Finance Minister on June 24, after the Prime Minister re...

President of India: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, according to sources, will run for President. He is expected to file his nomination papers on June 25, if he is ratified as the UPA candidate at a meeting of its allies today, which has begun. He reportedly remains the first choice of his party president and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi. Cong...

Former Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia is the latest politician to join the BJP, who pulled off a spectacular win in Uttar Pradesh.

As the Samajwadi Party awaits the Election Commission's verdict on who will get the party's "cycle" symbol to contest the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, a resigned Mulayam Singh Yadav indicated that a split is inevitable with attempts to build a compromise with son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav coming to naught. "Akhilesh came t...

Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. This evening, when Shivpal arrived at his house after a day of unprecedented feuding, Akhilesh refused to meet him.

Hours after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav appeared to have enforced a truce between his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted this evening to say his uncle Shivpal will get back the three important ministries that were taken away from him earlier this week.

Hours after meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Yadav resigned from the state cabinet and as the chief of Samajwadi Party's state unit, indicating a failure of the efforts to broker peace. The Chief Minister is yet to accept it, sources said. The two had a 20-minute meeting last evening in what was seen as a bid t...

With only four working days left in this session of Parliament, the government today tabled its landmark Food Security Bill. Minutes after, the Lok Sabha was adjourned as opposition members converged in the Well of the House demanding that the Law Minister and the Railways Minister, smeared by scandal, resign first.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday came out in support of Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanding that union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma resign over his reported comments against Samajwadi Party supremo.

DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that the DMK has been freed of coalition dharma and that "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills," as five ministers are set to submit their resignations to the Prime Minister today. Meanwhile, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government will push for amendments to the US-sponsored ...

Raja Bhaiya, a politician with a lengthy criminal record, has been accused of conspiracy in a senior policeman's murder in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. He was forced to resign as UP's Food and Civil Supplies Minister yesterday.

The Prime Minister's determination to "stay the course" and implement politically-risky reforms has hurtled his government into a minority.

Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 4 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 3 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

The Prime Minister, who is on his way to Delhi from Iran, has said there is no question of resigning over the alleged "coal-gate" affair. "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister," he said, when asked about his response to the BJP's unrelenting demand for him to quit. "If I were resigning, I would not be here," he said o...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA’s candidate. Sonia Gandhi, UPA president, ratified Pranab's name at a meeting of the Congress’s allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 7 Race Course Road residence today. Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign as Finance Minister on June 24, after the Prime Minister re...

President of India: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, according to sources, will run for President. He is expected to file his nomination papers on June 25, if he is ratified as the UPA candidate at a meeting of its allies today, which has begun. He reportedly remains the first choice of his party president and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi. Cong...