Jaya Prada

Can Unattached Lawmakers Be Disqualified From House? Court Yet To Clarify

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Thursday August 4, 2016

The grey area on whether an unattached member of the House can be disqualified remains open as the Supreme Court declined to resolve the issue on Wednesday.

Supreme Court Begins Hearing To Re-Look Anti-Defection Law

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 6, 2016

The Supreme Court on Friday commenced hearing to revisit its two-decade-old verdict on the anti- defection law by which a member elected or nominated by a political party continues to be under its control even after expulsion.

Amar Singh Takes a Dig at Azam Khan Over UN Letter

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 13, 2015

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today took a dig at senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for writing a letter to the UN after Dadri mob killing incident, asking him whether he was ready to go to the US again where he was once disrobed during frisking at the JFK airport.

At Chiranjeevi's 60th Birthday, Bachchans, Salman Add Bollywood Tadka

Monday August 24, 2015

It was a toast to the stardom that he enjoys across the nation that on the evening of August 22, the Southern Industry wasn't alone in celebrating actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's birthday as he turned 60. The celebration was attended by a host of celebrities from Bollywood including Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sridevi and Boney K...

Jaya Prada to Make Screen Comeback With Thriller

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 5, 2015

"My character Rani Sahiba is glamorous with grey shades," Jaya Prada said in a statement

Jaya Prada to Join BJP, Says Samawadi Party Never Respected Women

India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday January 15, 2015

Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada says she hopes to be inducted into the BJP, putting behind her what she calls a "very bitter experience" with the Samajwadi Party and its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

I am Here Due to PM Modi's Inspirational Leadership, Says Kiran Bedi: Highlights

India News | NDTV.com | Thursday January 15, 2015

Former top cop KIran Bedi has joined the BJP at the party headquarters, in the presence of party President Amit Shah.

Former Top Cop Kiran Bedi, Actor-Politician Jaya Prada May Join BJP: Sources

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava; edited by Mala Das | Thursday January 15, 2015

Delhi's best known former cop and activist Kiran Bedi is expected to join the BJP today, sources have said. Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Shazia Ilmi could also join the party today, they said.

Friendship Day? Mulayam Appears With Amar Singh, Who He Expelled

India News | Edited by Sugam Singhal | Tuesday August 5, 2014

In what seems to have caused much heartburn in the Samajwadi Party, expelled leader Amar Singh today shared the stage with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at an event in Lucknow, signaling a rapprochement after a bitter political feud.

Pawan Kalyan most searched celebrity candidate on Google

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 17, 2014

Pawan Kalyan, brother of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, has topped the list of celebrity candidates searched on Google.

Key Contestant: Jaya Prada

Elections News | NDTV.com | Thursday April 10, 2014

After representing Rampur in the Lok Sabha for two terms, film actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada is trying her luck from Bijnor constituency, dominated by Jats, Rajputs and Dalits, on the RLD ticket.

Three southern stars hope to win over western UP

Elections News | Written by Ketki Angre | Tuesday September 22, 2015

The film stars are braving rough country to contest the Lok Sabha polls.

Case filed against Jaya Prada for violating model code of conduct

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 9, 2014

A case has been registered against Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Jaya Prada and party's district president Ajit Rathi for violation of Model Code of Conduct in Muzaffarnagar, police said today.

Vote 2014: Amar Singh's move upsets local calculations

Elections News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 11, 2014

The entry of Amar Singh and Jaya Prada in the Choudhary Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has not only surprised political pundits but has upset calculations and poll strategies of major parties in the fray in Agra for the Lok Sabha polls.

Amar Singh, Jaya Prada join Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal

Elections News | Devesh Kumar | Monday March 10, 2014

Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who has remained in political hibernation in the last four years, took his first step towards rehabilitation by joining Union minister Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, or the RLD, today.

Amar Singh, Jaya Prada announce they are joining AJit Singh's RLD: Highlights

Elections News | NDTV.com | Monday March 10, 2014

Former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada today addressed a joint press conference where the two politicians announced they are joining Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal.

'Delhi gang-rape pained me': Salman Khurshid dedicates poems to the braveheart

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday December 20, 2013

Pained at the brutal assault and gang-rape of a young paramedic student in Delhi last year, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has penned some poems to pay "tribute to her soul and to her parents".

Kangana Ranaut met courtesans of Nagpada for Rajjo

MekhlaS | Monday October 28, 2013

Kangana Ranaut, who plays a nautch girl in Rajjo, says to get under the skin of her character, she met some of the courtesans of Nagpada, a place in South Mumbai.

Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit to get Lacchu Maharaj Award

Alpan Saxena | Friday August 23, 2013

Film actress and Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan, along with actress Madhuri Dixit, will be getting the prestigious Lacchu Maharaj award this year.

Sridevi@50: 10 things you didn't know

Riya Chakravarty | Tuesday August 13, 2013

As Sridevi celebrates her 50th birthday, we bring you a special gift. Here are 10 things about Sridevi that only a true fan would know.

Rituparno Ghosh was curious about life after death

Riya Chakravarty | Sunday June 2, 2013

For master storyteller Rituparno Ghosh, who died on May 30, 2013 , the craft of Wicca - a modern pagan and witchcraft religion - was a "great draw" as it appealed to his intellectual side.

Officials remove beacon from actress-politician Jaya Prada's car

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 14, 2013

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Prada on Saturday said the beacon of her vehicle was forcibly removed by some government officials and threatened to raise the issue in Parliament.

Maharashtra Governor forwards Sanjay Dutt's pardon plea to state home department

India News | Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday March 31, 2013

A pardon plea for actor Sanjay Dutt by Member of Parliament Jaya Prada and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was forwarded by the Maharashtra Governor to the state home department seeking its opinion on March 28, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said today. On Tuesday, Ms Prada and Mr Singh had met Governor K Sankaranarayanan requesting him to pard...

Sanjay Dutt breaks down, says won't apply for pardon

Riya Chakravarty | Thursday March 28, 2013

Sanjay Dutt broke down as he addressed the media this morning, saying he had not applied for a pardon and would abide by the decision of the Supreme Court, which has given him four weeks to surrender.

Blog: What's in a name? Ask Zaibunissa Kazi and Manzoor Ahmed

Mumbai News | Written by Ketki Angre | Wednesday March 27, 2013

So Amar Singh and Jaya Prada went to the Maharashtra Governor's office to ask him to pardon Sanjay Dutt. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has already said that he 'was of an impressionable age'. This impressionable age, for the record, was 33 years. Jaya Bachchan says he's suffered enough for 20 years. She too wants to go to the governor....

1993 Bombay blasts: Jaya Prada, Amar Singh meet Maharashtra Governor, request pardon for Sanjay Dutt

India News | Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Tuesday March 26, 2013

Member of Parliament Jaya Prada and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today met Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan in Mumbai and requested him to pardon actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Supreme Court in a case linked to the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Jaya Prada to meet Maharashtra Governor to seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt

India News | Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from agencies) | Monday March 25, 2013

Across political parties, the campaign to save Sanjay Dutt from doing jail time is gaining momentum.

'Who amongst us has not followed girls?': Sharad Yadav's shocker during anti-rape bill debate

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday March 20, 2013

While Parliament was debating tough, new laws for crimes against women today, several politicians made remarks that were not only shocking and unflattering, but also undermined the seriousness that the new anti-rape bill called for.

Anti-rape bill cleared by Lok Sabha, many ministers, MPs missing

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday March 19, 2013

The Lok Sabha this evening cleared a draft law to punish rape and other sexual crimes against women, introduced in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a student on a Delhi bus.

Jaya Prada loses cool, threatens to slap reporter

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 12, 2013

Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada on Tuesday lost her cool and threatened a reporter to slap him when she was asked a question regarding her relations with Samajwadi Party, with which she was associated earlier.