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SP to turn aggressive on Muslim issues

The Samajwadi Party is preparing to adopt an aggressive posture on issues related to Muslims and the party will put the Congress in the dock on this issue.
According to party sources, the Samajwadi leadership now plans to reconsolidate its base among Muslims and repair the damage that had been done to it, following the brief alliance with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh.

Small parties low on electorate, high on politics

They are here for all seasons, before elections, during elections and even after elections. They may lack electoral presence but they have ample political presence. Smaller parties in Uttar Pradesh have lost their credibility but are financially going great guns. These parties hitch on to bigger political bandwagons whenever the latter need moral support and jump off the same when the deed is done.

Rahul says he’ll wed ‘bahut jaldi’

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi indicated on Wednesday he was all set to marry “very soon”.
While interacting with people in Amethi in the morning, he casually asked an elderly man if he wanted anything. The answer: all he wanted was to see his MP married.

UP police fumes as Rahul enjoys meal

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi once again sent the UP police into a tizzy when he walked into a popular restaurant in the state capital unannounced for a meal.
The Congress MP was returning to Delhi from Amethi when instead of heading towards the airport, he made his way into the city and entered the popular Aryan restaurant, located in front of Raj Bhavan.

Azam might return to SP on Mulayam b’day

The script for the formal return of Mr Azam Khan to the Samajwadi Party has been finalised.
The Mushawarat Council set up by Mr Khan has said that his return to the Samajwadi fold was in the “larger interests of the Muslim community”.
According to party sources, the script for his return gives him an “honourable” opportunity and upholds his self-respect.

FIR against Rakhi for show entrant death

A FIR has been lodged against Bollywood starlet Rakhi Sawant and six others for forcing Laxman Prasad Ahirwar into depression and subsequent death.
The FIR was lodged at the Prem Nagar police station in Jhansi district on Friday evening, ADG Brij Lal told reporters in Lucknow.

2 Maya ministers face graft charges

Two Cabinet ministers in the Mayawati government are in trouble over corruption charges.
UP Lok Ayukta, Justice N.K. Mehrotra has served a notice on the two ministers, along with a copy of the complaint received by his office, asking them to explain the charges.

Rahul lands up in surprise UP visit

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi once again sent the UP government into a tizzy on Thursday when he suddenly arrived in Lucknow on a secret visit.
Mr Gandhi landed at the Amausi airport late on Thursday afternoon by a commercial flight and headed straight to a resort in Chinhat, on the outskirts of Lucknow, where a training camp for Youth Congress activists was underway.

Hanuman is a netizen

Lord Hanuman has finally become a netizen. The lord not only has a profile on Facebook but also has a website of his own called www.sankatmochan.org that allows virtual “darshan”.

SP revokes expulsion of Azam

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday revoked the expulsion of Mohammed Azam Khan, paving the way for his return into the party of which he was one of the founder members.

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