Minority mood in Telangana keeps poll ring guessingTelangana elections: AIMIM is limiting itself to contesting just nine Hyderabad seats while expanding in other states. Some pollsters claim...
26 Nov, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
11 political parties with 91 MPs remain on fence as BJP, Congress sew up alliancesAt least 11 parties with a total of 91 members in Parliament have chosen to remain neutral in the Indian general elections next year, while...
19 Jul, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
New kids on the block: AAP, AIMIM look to offer third force option in Madhya PradeshThe Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP and the Asaduddin Owaisi-headed All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) are looking to fill the space th...
31 Jul, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
Many Muslims in eastern UP say AIMIM's time may not have come in this poll but is option for futureMuslims in Uttar Pradesh have traditionally oscillated between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and that is unlik...
04 Mar, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Polls 2022: Can Jats and Muslims dent BJP's dominance in Western UP?Western UP is seeing new political combinations pitted against old loyalties. Akhilesh-led SP has allied with RLD, led by Jayant Chaudhary,...
13 Feb, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Owaisi factor creates ripple among political parties banking on Muslim votes in UPDifferent castes, including Jatavs, Yadavs, Rajbhars and Nishads, which constitute a relatively small part of the population of Uttar Prade...
26 Sep, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
Asaduddin Owaisi's goodwill or winnability of Mahagathbandhan: Muslim votes hold key in Bihar's Seemanchal region"The local Congress MLA declined to come to our protests against the CAA, fearing it may not be received well by Hindus. Many local leaders...
05 Nov, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
Mayawati’s open support to BJP spells setback for grand secular democratic front in BiharThe RLSP is contesting 104 seats, BSP 80 seats, AIMIM 24 seats and others 40 seats. The 24 seats being contested by the AIMIM are all in th...
31 Oct, 2020, 12.32 AM IST
Bihar elections 2020: Six-party front likely to hurt NDA and Grand AllianceThe general understanding in the GDSF is that the BJP’s “subterranean” game plan is to thwart the bid of Nitish to become the state’s CM ag...
11 Oct, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
BSP moves to woo traditional base in Maha, Haryana and JharkhandThe party, which has been passing through a tough time after its poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh, is going solo in the assembly polls in the ...
14 Sep, 2019, 07.09 AM IST
BJP yet to respond to law panel on uniform civil codeDeadline to send responses ended in 2016 itself but the panel said it would continue to entertain those received even after the December 21...
04 Mar, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
SP-Congress alliance will continue for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Ghulam Nabi AzadWhen asked whether BSP will be part of this grand alliance, Azad said that they are asking all the secular parties to come together and fig...
16 Feb, 2017, 03.43 PM IST
Filing of nominations for 2nd phase of UP polls beginsThe districts going to polls in the second phase are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Sha...
20 Jan, 2017, 01.13 PM IST
UP poll process to start rolling with notification tomorrowThe first phase in Muslim-dominated region could also give bring out the impact of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by As...
16 Jan, 2017, 04.51 PM IST
UP panchayat elections: Jolt for BJP in PM Narendra Modi’s Varanasi, for Congress in Rahul Gandhi’s AmethiThe only solace for the saffron party was that two of its candidates for block development council (BDC) membership won from two wards of t...
03 Nov, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi now eyes Uttar PradeshOwaisi said that he was working to strengthen his party in the state at a time when the ruling Samajwadi Party has "failed to fulfil" promi...
03 May, 2015, 02.34 PM IST
- Vast majority of Muslim MPs to vote for N-deal
Despite Opposition hopes that Muslim MPs might find it difficult to vote for the nuclear deal with an 'anti-Islamic' Bush administration, i...
17 Jul, 2008, 05.48 AM IST