Decode Politics: Why SP dialled down heat to part with 17 UP seats for Cong
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) finally reached a seat-sharing agreement on Thursday, ending days of speculation about their alliance.
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As Yogi govt brings stringent Ordinance to curb paper leaks, a look at similar UP laws from 1990s
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has cleared an Ordinance proposing tough provisions to curb paper leaks and other such irregularities in public examinations in the state.
Disquiet grows in Odisha BJP over bonhomie with BJD as Cong steps up bid for ‘real Oppn’
Minutes after the BJP on February 14 announced Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s renomination to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha despite not having the number in the state Assembly, the ruling Naveen Patnaik-led BJD declared its support to his candidature “for the larger interest of the state’s railways and telecom development”.
Trump struggles to say ‘evangelical’ and muddles up Israel in wild, incoherent speech at Christian event
Donald Trump appeared on stage more than 90 minutes late in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday night, where he delivered a speech that was as wild as it was incoherent.
As ED comes for SP leader over old case in UP, a throwback to the ‘Gangs of Gorakhpur’
On Friday, an alleged bank fraud dating back to over a decade brought the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to the doors of Samajwadi Party leader Vinay Shankar Tiwari. The former BSP MLA is better known as the son of Gorakhpur’s gangster-turned-politician Hari Shankar Tiwari, whose notorious career in the 1970s and 1980s gave rise to a new generation of strongman politicians. Ultimately, it prompted the state government to introduce the 1986 Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act that is still in use.
Visiting Ukraine, Schumer Aims to Pressure G.O.P. to Take Up Aid Bill
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, is traveling to Ukraine on Friday for a visit meant to show American solidarity with a democratic ally under attack by Russia and increase the pressure on Republicans to drop their opposition to additional U.S. aid.
Disquiet grows in Odisha BJP over bonhomie with BJD as Cong steps up bid for ‘real Oppn’
Minutes after the BJP on February 14 announced Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s renomination to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha despite not having the number in the state Assembly, the ruling Naveen Patnaik-led BJD declared its support to his candidature “for the larger interest of the state’s railways and telecom development”.
Amy Brown, wife of GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown, opens up about her abortion for the first time publicly
HENDERSON, Nev. — Amy Brown was a single, ambitious 24-year-old in 2008, a time when she felt invincible.