SBSP, an NDA ally in UP, plans to contest 153 seats in Bihar after talks with BJP failed. It keeps door open for alliances with smaller parties to form a new front.
Hours after Yogi Adityanath unveiled a bronze statue of King Suheldev, the Samajwadi Party announced a gold statue after it comes to power in the future.
District-level committees will now look into 4,191 unrecognised Islamic elementary schools (maktabs). SIT was formed in 2023 to look into charges of foreign funds' misuse by madrasas.
Om Prakash Rajbhar, president of SP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, faces BJP’s Kalicharan Rajbhar and BSP’s Shadab Fatima in UP’s Zahoorabad constituency.
In an interview with ThePrint, SBSP chief OP Rajbhar says BJP won't accept his demands, describes his meeting with Swatantra Dev Singh as a 'courtesy visit'.
OBC leader makes controversial statement, saying the two dominant communities consume the most amount of alcohol, not his own Rajbhar community as alleged.
The currency dropped as much as 0.7% to 93.28 per dollar, after a public holiday Thursday. The central bank has been intervening to support the currency, with traders citing its presence Friday.
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