Amar Singh

Year ender 2020: From Pranab Mukherjee, Sushant Singh Rajput to Diego Maradona, prominent personalities who passed away this year

From politicians to sportspersons, authors, musicians and actors, the year 2020 saw some of the biggest stars departing the world.

Amar Singh, ex-Rajya Sabha MP and Samajwadi Party leader, passes away at 64 after prolonged illness

Singh, who was with the Samajwadi Party for a large part of his political career, was once considered one of the most powerful politicians in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi.

Amar Singh passes away: Modi pays tribute to 'energetic public figure'; Akhilesh Yadav recalls his association with SP

Amar Singh was with the Samajwadi Party for a large part of his political career and was regarded as one of the most powerful politicians of his time.

BSP MP Ritesh Pandey raises mob lynching issue in Lok Sabha; says issue has impacted cattle trade, increased farmers’ difficulties

BSP's Ritesh Pandey raised the issue of mob lynching in the Lok Sabha saying it has impacted the cattle trade. He also termed the present government at the Centre as 'Anti-farmer'. Congress's Amar Singh also said the agriculture is in a problem and the farmers were under distress.

At Punjab rally, Rahul Gandhi tells Sam Pitroda he should be ashamed of himself over his remarks on 1984 riots

From disbelief to disagreement, political leaders and journalists react to Mulayam Singh Yadav's praise of Narendra Modi

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav took everyone by surprise on Wednesday, the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha, by congratulating and praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and saying that he wanted to see Modi return as prime minister.

Real war for women to be a politician in our male-dominated set-up; I was called names, harassed: Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada is the former Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Rampur had started the Rashtriya Lok Manch along with Singh after being expelled from the SP

India's VIP prisoners: Jailed politicians, businessmen and godmen get special treatment; have TVs, ordered food at disposal

Many other political leaders and ministers accused of corruption have enjoyed jail privileges previously. For instance, Suresh Kalmadi (CWG scam), Kanimozhi and A Raja (2G scam) enjoyed various comforts during their stay in Tihar.

Amar Singh says BJP should bring an ordinance for building Ram temple in Ayodhya; praises RSS

Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh said on Saturday that the BJP has enough numbers in Parliament and it should bring an ordinance to facilitate the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Amar Singh files police complaint against Azam Khan for threatening daughters with acid attack; FIR registered

Singh claimed that the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader had threatened him and his twin 17-year-old daughters during an interview to a television channel. The Rajya Sabha MP had gone to Rampur on 30 August and asked Khan to "sacrifice" him and spare his daughters.