In the same breath, the RPI-A leader said, "No one can challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- neither Congress president Rahul Gandhi, nor SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, nor BSP supremo Mayawati."
The CM added the BJP has learnt its "lessons" and exuded confidence it will perform better in future polls.
'This is possibly a long drawn battle and if the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are together in this long battle, a new political picture will emerge in the country.' 'In this battle if we have to sacrifice or give up anything, we are ready.' 'We have to remain cautious against the BJP's attempts to break our unity.' 'We want this alliance to stay.'
In Assam, nearly 27.80 lakh people across 26 districts have been affected by the deluge. The deaths were reported from the Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Morigaon districts. The death toll due to floods and landslides this year has risen to 122.
Swaraj had been liking posts of trolls who have been targeting her on the passport controversy, as part of her unique protests.
As their parties are locked in a fierce battle for Bengal, Tathagata and Saugata Roy, siblings who belong to the BJP and the TMC respectively, answer the same questions put to them about the assembly election.
Khan has been in jail since January after he delivered the allegedly provocative speech at the AMU during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in December last year. He is lodged in Mathura jail.
Once completed, the 10 reactors of 700 MW each will give much needed fillip to the domestic nuclear industry.
Two Pakistan-based operatives of the Indian Mujahideen were arrested in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
Tunnaji Pandey was earlier arrested on Sunday for misbehaving with a girl on board a running train.
'Expect very heavy rainfall at some places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar along with sub-Himalayan West Bengal comprising of Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, including Sikkim, parts of Arunachal Pradesh, and parts of lower Assam, Rangia downward like Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri along with parts of Meghalaya.'
Acting on her father's complaint that his daughter Neetu Chauhan could not have committed suicide but was pushed, police has registered a case against unknown persons, Superintendent of Police Deoria Rajiv Malhotra said.
Presenting the Railway Budget for 2010-11 in Parliament, she said the stations are Ambala Cantt., Bholpur, Ernakulum, Gorakhpur, Jammu, Jhansi, Kharagpur, Kota, Surat and Thane.
Four persons succumbed to severe cold conditions in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll in the state this winter to 117. Two elderly persons died in Gonda district while one death was reported from Sitapur. A constable succumbed to the intense cold wave in Gorakhpur. Najibabad, which recorded a minimum of 2 degrees Celsius, was the coldest place in the state and capital Lucknow, recorded a minimum of 3.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning.
In a memorandum to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday, several NGOs demanded the release of Peoples Union of Civil Liberties organising secretary Seema Azad and her husband, who are currently being held for suspected Naxal links.
Fifty-six months on, the government's record in implementing these schemes and projects has been mixed, report Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana.
According to some of those present in the meeting, Mayawati also referred to the family feud in the Yadav clan, saying after Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger brother Shivpal decided to contest separately the community votes were not transferred to the BSP, and the SP could not even save its "family seats".
The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh battles its own and Opposition over the community's 'victimisation' and alleged preference to the Rajputs. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who joined the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha election, lost to Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar by 2.84 votes.
A Samajwadi Party Member of Legislative Assembly has been booked for setting a woman on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district. According to the police, MLA Sripati Azad, who represents the Sadar assembly seat, set Savitri Devi, a widow, on fire in Rampur Buzurg village following a heated argument.According to sources, Azad was a frequent visitor to the widow's house.The woman, who received serious burn injuries, has been admitted to the Gorakhpur Medical Hospital.
cution' of the Brahmins in the regime of Adityanath, a Rajput, accused of pandering to his caste's interests. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
"Prime Minister Modi is not a leader, he is an actor. It would have been better if Amitabh Bachchan was made the prime minister," she said at an election meeting at the end of her roadshow in Mirzapur.
Ten people were killed and 39 injured, 15 of them seriously, in three accidents involving five passenger trains in Uttar Pradesh amid dense fog and near zero visibility conditions early on Saturday.
With cinestars Jaya Prada and Sanjay Dutt in tow, expelled Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh is all set to formally launch his own party in the new-year.
The CM recently instructed officials to prepare a roadmap for providing local jobs to about two million people, especially in the rural-based industries, such as khadi, dairy, and food processing units and MSMEs.
The tragedy took a political hue with CM Yogi Adityanath suggesting the involvement of SP in 'such mischievous acts'.
'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat escaped unhurt after his car was hit by his security escort vehicle in Delhi on Wednesday while he was on his way to the airport.
'In Kairana, the grand coalition was able to transfer its votes to a Muslim candidate in supposedly an era of anti-Muslim ambience.' 'Given this perspective, the Kairana result seems more significant than that of Gorakhpur and Phulpur a few months ago,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
The seat sharing formula reached between the BSP and SP is not on the basis of who emerged stronger in the previous election.
Exact numbers are not known, but it's estimated that over the last 3-4 years the companies have increased hiring of sales staff from small towns and rural areas by over 20 per cent. In 2010, it will only rise.
Though there was no official word from both the parties, the sources claimed that two Uttar Pradesh-based political outfits will contest 37 Lok Sabha seats each.
The SC asked the Bihar government to file an affidavit on the adequacy of medical facilities, nutrition and sanitation and the hygiene conditions in the state.
Several parts of north and west India reeled under scorching heat wave with the temperature touching 50 degree Celsius in Rajasthan's Churu district on Tuesday, even as the meteorological department predicted very heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya till May 28.
Nation Live editor Anshul Kaushik was arrested on Monday and remanded in 14-day judicial custody.
The case was registered on the directions of the Allahabad High Court under section 120 B IPC (conspiracy) against the Union minister for micro, small and medium industries in Gagha Police station in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday night, Senior Superintendent of Police Aditya Mishra said.
'No one has the right to take the law into their hands whether it is Sanjay Leela Bhansali or anyone else,' Adityanath said.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt may now play a role in politics with the Samajwadi Party on Thursday deciding to field him as its candidate from Lucknow in the Lok Sabha polls. Bhojpuri sensation Manoj Tiwari would be the SP's candidates from Gorakhpur
The issue of division of Uttar Pradesh had been lying dormant till now with major political parties including the BSP preferring silence so far.
He said time has come for freedom of PoK and it would be part of India soon.
