Upa Mulayam

• Opinion: Mulayam, Akhilesh And UP's Descent Into Chaos

  Reflecting on Uttar Pradesh (UP), it is tempting to borrow the title of Ahmed Rashid's 2008 book "Descent into Chaos". A murder a day, an egregious crime a week, BJP politicians being picked out and killed, policemen targeted and murdered by criminals with astonishing brazenness - UP has become a byword for lawlessness. It was not as if India's mos...

• Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh Yadav in 11-party front to battle Congress, BJP in Lok Sabha polls

  11 parties today decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections together to provide an alternative to the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA.

• Mulayam Singh Yadav's party disagrees with government's u-turn on ordinance

  The government today withdrew a controversial ordinance to protect convicted law-makers, a decision driven largely by its vice-president Rahul Gandhi. An important ally, the Samajwadi Party, said it disagrees with the change in policy.

• Congress ready with Food Bill, but BJP wants PM statement on missing coal files first

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to make a rare speech in Parliament if the UPA's Food Security Bill is debated in Parliament today, hours before she formally rolls out the landmark scheme in three Congress-ruled states, Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand.

• Food Security Bill introduced amid protests over killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistanis

  The UPA government introduced the Food Security Bill in Parliament Wednesday amid slogan shouting and protests by the Opposition over the killing of five Indians by Pakistanis on Tuesday morning.

• Akhilesh decision on IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal correct, final: Mulayam Singh Yadav

  Durga Shakti Nagpal case: Despite a national uproar over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Nagpal Shakti, the decision to remove her from her office in Noida is "final and correct," said Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief of the ruling Samajwadi Party and father of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

• Durga Shakti effect in Parliament? Mulayam's party says will vote against Food Bill

  Monsoon session: In 16 working days of a short monsoon session of Parliament, the government hopes to push 44 Bills, including five ordinances.

• Truth vs Hype: The house of Yadavs

  After playing cat and mouse with Mulayam Singh Yadav for six years, the UPA looks all set to close the CBI's investigation into whether he and his family amassed crores of assets way beyond their earnings.

• Mulayam meets PM, wants 10 changes in food security ordinance: sources

  Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has reportedly told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that his party will not support the Food Security Bill unless his amendments are incorporated.

• Why the Food Security Bill is good politics, bad economics

  The Cabinet will today discuss and clear an ordinance that makes the Congress-led UPA government's ambitious Food Security Bill a law. But many feel that its implementation is not going to be easy.

• Food Security Bill not discussed at UPA meet after Mulayam's criticism

  Despite earlier statements and expectations, the UPA's coordination committee, which includes leaders of the different parties in the ruling coalition - met this evening but did not discuss how to introduce the Food Security Bill as quickly as possible, claimed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. The bill will give rice at Rs. 3 per kg to th...

• UPA dinner diplomacy: Who sat where

  Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was the cynosure of all eyes at the UPA anniversary function last year, was conspicuous by his absence tonight.

• Sonia Gandhi's speech at UPA-II's report card release: full text

  UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today came down heavily on main opposition party BJP for disrupting Parliament proceedings and preventing crucial legislations from being passed at the UPA-II's report card release.

• At UPA-II's report card release, Sonia Gandhi backs Prime Minister, slams BJP

  Through the day today, his government's fourth birthday, Dr Manmohan Singh's performance as Prime Minster was under intense scrutiny. The BJP questioned his leadership and a minister suggested he had had his run as PM.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to present UPA's fourth report card tomorrow

  Under attack from the opposition over corruption and lack of governance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the fourth and last report card of the UPA-II government tomorrow, sources said on Tuesday.