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TopicAkhilesh Yadav

Topic: Akhilesh Yadav

The SP-BSP alliance in UP is rare, formidable and perfect

As far as arithmetic goes, a better pre-poll alliance is not possible.

Tejashwi Yadav & Akhilesh meet in Lucknow — try and pull off what their fathers couldn’t

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav met BSP chief Mayawati Sunday, to try and forge an understanding between the parties in UP and Bihar for Lok Sabha polls.

Akhilesh, Maya set to contest 2022 UP assembly polls together

But experts express doubts, say difficult to imagine SP, BSP alliance surviving for 3 more years.

Akhilesh, Mayawati seal SP-BSP pact for Lok Sabha polls, to contest 38 seats each

Both BJP, Congress are 'steeped in corruption', say BSP and SP leaders, leaving Rahul Gandhi-led party out of alliance. 

RLD, partner in UP’s grand alliance, demands six Lok Sabha seats in upcoming elections

RLD's Jayant Chaudhary met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to demand the six seats, though a decision will be taken only after a meeting BSP's Mayawati.

Akhilesh Yadav had approved 13 mining leases without e-tender, CBI says it has proof

The CBI has also dismissed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress’ claims that its probe and raids were ‘politically motivated’.

Mayawati assures Akhilesh Yadav of support amid CBI probe into mining scam

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party is tying up with Yadav's Samajwadi Party in a pre-poll alliance to defeat the BJP in the upcoming general election.

Akhilesh questions CBI raids in illegal mining case, says BJP too may face it some day

Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav said those who want to defeat Samajwadi Party have the CBI on their side.

CBI goes after ‘scam’ from when Akhilesh was CM, day after he pushes tie-up with Mayawati

The CBI’s FIR names public servants, but also says it may probe the mining ministers under the SP govt. Akhilesh Yadav himself held the portfolio in 2012-13.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.