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Topic: Mayawati

24 years after guesthouse attack on BSP chief Mayawati by SP workers, all seems forgotten

24 years after alleged bid to attack BSP chief Mayawati at guesthouse, she and SP seemed to have buried their differences.

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. 

Mayawati calls Centre’s move to give 10% quota to ‘weaker’ upper castes an ‘election stunt’

The move, though a 'political gimmick' and 'immature', is welcome, says BSP chief.

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.

The not so science Congress and Rahul loses out in UP

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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.

Visible in Congress swearing-in events, a cleft in opposition camp

Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee were among top opposition leaders who gave the swearing-in ceremonies a miss.

Had Congress allied with BSP, it would’ve won 40 more seats across heartland states

A Congress-BSP alliance would have secured clear majorities in Rajasthan and MP where Mayawati's party upped not only its seat tally but vote share too.

BSP will help Congress form govts in MP and Rajasthan to keep BJP out, says Mayawati

The Congress, which was locked in a see-saw battle with the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, emerged as the single-largest party with 114 seats. Mayawati's...

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No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.