Karnataka : The fate of the fragile Congress-JDS government in Karnataka will be decided today with a trust vote in the Assembly, even as a new twist to the political saga saw the grand old party assert that the JDS was “ready to sacrifice” for the coalition and they wanted either Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara or DK Shivakumar to be the chief minister. A day before the vote, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed to rebel MLAs to return and “expose” the BJP during the debate in the House, but they ruledRead More

Minister Arif Aqueel advised the saffron camp to focus on keeping its own house in order. Bhopal:A senior Congress minister in Madhya Pradesh has said that no one would dare bring down the Kamal Nath-led government and warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against making any such attempts. Arif Aqueel, who represents the Bhopal-North Assembly constituency, said, “Kamal Nath Sarkar ko hatanewala koi paida nahin hua. Agar vo hatane ki koshish karenge to BJP ko teen hisson me batwa denge(No one can dare bring down the Kamal Nath government. IfRead More

The Bharatiya Janata Party has never won the East UP seat, but this time, it is hopeful with Jaya Prada. Jaya Prada had won the Rampur Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and 2009 on SP ticket before joining the BJP. Lucknow:The Samajwadi Party (SP) may field former Kannauj MP and Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple from the Rampur assembly constituency in the upcoming by-election. The seat fell vacant after SP MLA Azam Khan was elected to the Lok Sabha in May. Talks are on within the party to field Dimple fromRead More

The SP-BSP alliance could bag just 15 of 80 seats in the state in the Lok Sabha elections this year, after which the BSP parted ways with the SP. Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party Sunday claimed that results of the upcoming bypolls to 12 assembly seats in the state will spring a surprise and it will grab the lion’s share in the seats. “Booth-level work has already been completed by party workers at most place. Like the bypolls to Phulpur, Gorakhpur and Kairana parliamentary constituencies and the Noorpur assembly seat, the resultsRead More

Rumour mills have been abuzz about a possible reunion of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav ever since the two were spotted in one frame at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence recently. Lucknow: Amid speculations of a possible reunion between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav, the latter has said that he is open to the idea of forging an alliance if his nephew approaches him. Speaking to media persons in Firozabad on Sunday, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP) president Shivpal Yadav said,Read More