Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, Jan 1: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party plunged into a fresh crisis on Sunday as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav removed his father Mulayam Singh Yadav as the National President, sacked Shivpal Yadav as the state unit head and…

Lucknow, Jan 1: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was on Sunday proposed as the new National Working President of the ruling Samajwadi Party at a meeting called by his supporters. Senior party leader Ramgopal Yadav made…

Lucknow, Dec 30: The political crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) deepened on Friday, with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav serving a show cause notice to his son, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, for indiscipline and the…

Lucknow, Oct 26: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday met Governor Ram Naik amid the bitter political feuding in the state's ruling Samajwadi Party. While what transpired at the meeting is not yet known, the…

Lucknow, Oct 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday asked Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to prove his majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The BJP's demand came amid a deepening strife within the Samajwadi Party, with…

Lucknow, Oct 23: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday ruled out any move to split the Samajwadi Party even as he called himself the rightful successor to his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. The…

Lucknow, Oct 23: In a swift and sudden move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday sacked his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav as a senior minister in his Cabinet. Akhilesh also sacked four other ministers -- Narad Rai, Om…

Lucknow, Oct 14: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said the party's legislators after the Uttar Pradesh elections will pick the new Chief Minister, in a clear indication that his son and incumbent Akhilesh won't be the…

Mathura, June 4: Veteran actress-politician Hema Malini has lashed out at media reports and people who criticised her over posting images from a film's shoot on social media while Mathura was engulfed by violence and tension. She says…

Kolkata, May 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi and Bhutanese counterparts are among several high profile personalities to be invited for Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in here as West Bengal chief minister for a second term…