New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) It’s been fifty years since it was born — and despite stiff competition from the National School of Drama, independent companies of contemporary theatre, television and cinema — the Delhi chapter of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) has managed to survive.
On Dec 27, the local unit of IPTA celebrated [...]
Ranchi, Dec 16 (IANS) Campaigning for the fifth and final phase of polls to Jharkhand assembly ended Wednesday as 16 constituencies in the Maoist strongholds go to the hustings Friday amid heavy security.
In this phase, 290 candidates are in the fray and their fate will be decided by 3,393,172 voters.
Around 75,000 security personnel and [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday sought to make light of the remarks of party colleague Amar Singh that the party’s defeat in the Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election was due to Mulayam Singh’s over-confidence.
The Samajwadi Party chief said remarks of Amar Singh, a party general secretary, showed that the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The winter session of parliament got off to a chaotic start Thursday with the Lok Sabha being adjourned for the day as the entire opposition united to stage noisy protests against the new sugarcane pricing policy.
The house was first adjourned till 12 noon when opposition members, led by Samajwadi Party [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned Thursday, the opening day of the winter session of parliament, when the entire opposition united to oppose the new sugarcane pricing policy.
The house was adjourned till 12 noon when opposition members, led by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, gathered near Speaker Meira Kumar’s podium [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Protecting the identity and interest of his dwindling community is uppermost in the mind of Charles Dias as he prepares to take oath as a nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha Thursday.
Dias, of Portuguese descent, will take oath along with another Anglo-Indian, Ingrid Mcleod, who has been re-nominated to [...]
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Victorious Congress candidate from Firozabad parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh Raj Babbar Saturday said that efforts were made by ‘certain people’ to persuade actor Salman Khan not to campaign for him.
In an interview to Star News’ weekly programme ‘Jo Kahunga, Sach Kahunga’, Raj Babbar said that Salman came to campaign [...]
Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday virtually disowned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh but blamed the Congress for his party’s humiliating defeats in the assembly and Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh.
‘Kalyan Singh was never a part of the Samajwadi Party, nor is he one today and let [...]
New Delhi, Nov. 13 (ANI): November 10, 2009 will be observed as a Black Day every year by the Samajwadi Party, as on this day it suffered perhaps the biggest ever jolt in its 17-year history.
Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav lost to one time partyman Raj Babbar by [...]
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 12 (IANS) An upset Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, son of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Thursday said his wife Dimple’s defeat in the Lok Sabha by-election here was a verdict against him, but did not rule out a covert deal between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in [...]
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 12 (IANS) An upset Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, the son of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Thursday said his wife Dimple’s defeat in the Lok Sabha by-election here was a verdict against him.
‘The verdict is against me. I had won the seat earlier,’ Akhilesh Yadav said at a press conference [...]
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has termed her party’s sweep of by-polls in the state as a reflection of people’s anger against those who ‘got together and prevented me from becoming the prime minister’.
In a statement issued here Wednesday, a day after the poll results came out, Mayawati said: ‘The [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) While jolting Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the results Tuesday of bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 11 state assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh have come as a shot in the arm for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Chief Minister Mayawati.
The Congress may have received a boost by registering [...]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Enthused after wresting the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat from the Samajwadi Party, the Congress Tuesday said it would contest all the seats in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and form the next government.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said politics in the state was getting ‘polarised’ between the Congress and [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday emerged as the clear winner in by-elections to 11 assembly constituencies while its sworn political adversary Samajwadi Party (SP) suffered a rout.
Even SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Dimple faced a devastating defeat at the hands of Congress nominee Raj Babbar [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Congress candidate and actor Raj Babbar was Tuesday elected to the Lok Sabha from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, defeating Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Dimple by over 85,000 votes.
Celebrations erupted on the streets of Firozabad, which adjoins the Taj Mahal district of Agra, as officials announced that Raj Babbar [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Congress candidate and film star Raj Babbar Tuesday won the Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election, defeating Dimple Yadav of the Samajwadi Party by over 85,000 votes, officials said.
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) The Congress was Tuesday poised to win the Firozabad parliamentary seat with its candidate film star Raj Babbar ahead by more than 30,000 votes against the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Dimple Yadav.
Dimple Yadav is the daughter-in-law of SP chief and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress scored major victories in by-elections for one Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states in which the biggest losers were the beleaguered Left and the Samajwadi Party.
Of the 10 assembly seats in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala and Chhattisgarh, the Congress [...]
Kerala/ WB/ Shimla/ Rajasthan/ Lucknow, Nov 10 (ANI): The counting of votes is on for the by polls to Firozabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and 31 assembly seats spread across seven states held on November 7. The entire process is expected to be completed by this evening.
Meanwhile, the Congress has won all [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Election Commission said Monday it was all set for counting of votes in a Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states that went to the polls Saturday.
The counting of the hundreds of thousands of votes will start at 8 a.m. and most results are expected by noon.
The [...]
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) More than half of the eligible seven million voters cast their ballot Saturday in by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states, with the outcome set to have a bearing on almost all major political parties.
Officials reported serpentine queues in most balloting centres in the Firozabad [...]
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) About 49 percent of the 4.9 million electors in Saturday’s by-elections in Uttar Pradesh turned out to cast their vote in 11 state assembly and one parliamentary constituency.
Even as the state’s chief electoral officer Umesh Sinha described the poll as ‘peaceful and incident free’, a death was reported from a village [...]
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Tens of thousands voted enthusiastically Saturday in by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states, with the outcome set to have a bearing on almost all major political parties.
Officials reported serpentine queues in most balloting centres in the Firozabad parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh as well [...]
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Almost 20 per cent polling was recorded by mid-day for the assembly by-elections in seven states.
Thirty-one constituencies in the States of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chattisgarh are undergoing polls today.
So far, the polling has been peaceful as security forces and para military personnel are [...]
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) An average of 49.37 percent voting was recorded in by-elections to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh Saturday while the turnout in Firozabad parliamentary seat was over 50 percent, officials said.
In Firozabad, where actor Raj Babbar of the Congress is pitted against Dimple Yadav, the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam [...]
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) Tens of thousands voted across Uttar Pradesh Saturday in 11 assembly and one Lok Sabha by-elections, with actor Raj Babbar of the Congress pitted against the daughter in law of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Firozabad parliamentary seat.
By noon, 27 percent voters had exercise their franchise in Firozabad, [...]
Lucknow, Nov 6 (IANS) The by-elections to 11 state assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh Saturday have become a prestige issue for the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), with around 40 ministers deployed to various constituencies to ensure victory of the party nominees.
The ministers, who have been camping in the constituencies for [...]
Ferozabad (UP), Nov 3 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan staged a road show on Monday for actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar, who is contesting by-election from Ferozabad parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a nominee of the Congress party.
Hundreds of Khan’s fans [...]
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 30 (IANS) A massive crowd waited patiently for over two hours to catch a glimpse of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally here Friday in support of party candidate and actor Raj Babbar for the Lok Sabha by-election.
Addressing a huge rally at the PD Degree College ground here, [...]
