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Not just the common man, even big govt fears encroachment of land

A security agency will be hired for a year and it deploy such guards on vacant properties round the clock

Most regional parties grew richer, Samajwadi Party tops the list

Total assets declared by the 39 parties were Rs 1267.81 crore, which increased to Rs 1,320 crore the next year.

Dispirited opposition on overhaul, membership spree to stay afloat

After a crushing defeat in Lok Sabha elections, coupled with leaders leaving for BJP, parties are deploying different straregies to stay afloat

Akhilesh dissolves SP's all units in UP after Lok Sabha polls debacle

The surprise development is being seen as an effort by the SP to recover its electoral base after its poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls when it won just five seats

Former Samajwadi Party leaders Surendra Nagar and Sanjay Seth join BJP

Both Nagar and Seth hailed Modi's leadership and lauded his government's decision to scrap the provisions of Article 370 to end Jammu and Kashmir's special status in the Constitution

Unnao rape survivor critical as truck rams into car; Oppn demands CBI probe

The rape survivor's maternal aunt succumbed to injuries in a district hospital and the others were transferred to a trauma centre in Lucknow, police said

Scindia favourite as race heats up for new MP Congress chief post

The names of leaders including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Home Minister Bala Bachchan, Umang Singhar and Ajay Singh have been making the rounds for some time now

A doomed relationship: Why Mayawati called off alliance with Akhilesh

Mayawati's decision to break alliance with SP is triggered by 'social contradictions', fear of losing Dalit votes

Wearing SP cap with uniform, PAC constable creates flutter by demanding Yogi govt's dismissal

A Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) constable, vacationing in his home district of Etawah, created a flutter recently when he arrived at the collectorate wearing his uniform with a Samajwadi Party (SP) cap and demanded the dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. Munish Yadav, posted in the 49th battalion of the PAC in Noida, wore a red SP cap along with his uniform on Friday and went to the district collectorate carrying a placard reading, "Yogi sarkar ko barkhast karo" (Dismiss the Yogi government). Interacting with reporters, the PAC constable claimed that law and order had collapsed in Uttar Pradesh and incidents of murder, loot and rape were on the rise. Under such circumstances, the governor should dismiss the BJP-led government immediately, he said. Yadav claimed that the country was more important to him than his job. He fled the scene when the police arrived to nab him. Later, Yadav's wife Ruby told reporters that her husband was instigated to go to

SP leader survives Greater Noida shooting hours after killing of another

The incident took place late on Friday night when Brajpal Rathi, the party's district secretary was returning to his house in Eta sector

SP fields Shatrughan's wife Poonam Sinha from Lucknow

Reminding people of Lucknow of the work done in the past by his party, the SP chief appealed to them to vote for Sinha

Mayawati supported me whenever I was in need: Mulayam Singh

The SP and the BSP had first forged an alliance to defeat the BJP in the 1993 Assembly elections

24 years on, Mayawati seeks votes for Mulayam, shares stage in Mainpuri

The SP stalwart returned the favour saying that the BSP chief supported him whenever he was in need.

Samajwadi Party names Phulpur, Allahabad candidates

Last month, BJP MP from Allahabad Shyama Charan Gupta had resigned from the party and joined the Samajwadi Party and is its Banda candidate

SP fields Ram Nishad from Mirzapur

Mirzapur will got to polls in the last phase on May 19

BJP is 'bhyankar jumla party', snatch 'chowki' from 'chowkidar': Akhilesh

Attacking the Congress, Yadav said, "What the Congress intends to do is known to none."

Regional parties to get more LS seats than Cong, BJP: Akhilesh

Replying to a question during a press conference at the SP headquarters here, Yadav said he was not in the race for the top post

SP fields Shalini Yadav to take on PM Modi in Varanasi

Varanasi and Chandauli will go to polls on May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23

BJP creating divisions among people, says Akhilesh

"Mahagathbandhan will bring 'maha-parivartan' (a massive change)," he said

Like BJP, Cong believes in threatening rivals: Akhilesh Yadav

The alliance, which also includes the Rashtriya Lok Dal, has left Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies for the Congress to contest