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TopicAzam Khan

Topic: Azam Khan

In closed-door meet, Akhilesh sets record straight on alliance with Congress, Azam ‘sahab’

SP chief Akhilesh was addressing the concerns of minority leaders over tensions between Saharanpur Congress MP Imran Masood and Saharanpur Dehat SP MLA Ashu Malik.

‘100 cr’ formula to win an election & relief for Azam Khan, unease for SP

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Why SP’s Akhilesh defied Azam Khan and fielded a cleric from Delhi’s Jama Masjid in Rampur seat

Since Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi filed his nomination from Rampur, Azam Khan's bastion, the SP strongman's supporters have accused party of parachuting 'an outsider' into the seat.

How Rampur, Moradabad nominations brought to fore rift within SP’s Muslim leadership

In last-minute decision, party fielded Delhi imam from Rampur as a loyalist of Azam Khan filed his nomination too. SP also changed Moradabad candidate under pressure from jailed leader.

Azam Khan ‘exploring legal remedy’ for disqualification as MLA after ‘hate speech’ acquittal

Additional sessions judge (MP/MLA court) Amit Veer Singh Wednesday called 2022 judgment of lower court convicting Azam Khan in 2019 hate speech case 'illegal'.

Azam Khan bastion Suar goes to BJP ally Apna Dal, strongman’s former aide bests SP by 8700 votes

Suar was formerly held by Azam Khan’s son Abdullah., whose disqualification necessitated the bypoll. While Apna Dal (S) fielded a Muslim candidate, SP fielded former BSP leader Anuradha Chauhan.

Why Rampur turned against Azam Khan & voted BJP — ‘corruption, instigation, economic decline’

This month's bypoll, necessitated by Khan's conviction in hate speech case, saw a Hindu candidate, BJP's Akash Saxena, win in the Muslim-majority constituency for the first time.

‘Modi will remain in power’ — at his 1st rally in Rampur, Yogi asks Azam Khan bastion to vote BJP

No one can claim bias by BJP govt in doling out benefits of welfare schemes, UP CM says in constituency with 50% Muslim population. Urges voters to repeat June Lok Sabha bypoll outcome.

Nawabs’ nemesis, SP’s Muslim face & ‘sexist’ — Azam Khan’s political rollercoaster ride

Lucknow: One of the most prominent leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) — a 10-time MLA, two-time MP from Rampur, and former cabinet minister...

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan gets 3 years in jail for ‘hate speech’ against CM Adityanath

Case was registered against Khan in Rampur on 9 April, 2019 for allegedly making provocative remarks Adityanath and IAS officer Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, the then district magistrate.

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Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.