Rekha Gupta-led Delhi Cabinet of BJP govt balances representation of major communitiesThe newly elected Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, includes representation from all major communities. Key appointments...
21 Feb, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
Rekha Gupta ticks all the boxes for BJP Delhi CM postRekha Gupta has been selected as the BJP's choice for Delhi Chief Minister, addressing representation gaps and community outreach. She brin...
20 Feb, 2025, 02.54 PM IST
Bihar ministry expansion: 31 take oath; 16 from RJDTejashwi Yadav had declared that he would like to expand his social base from MY to every caste and community in the state. The new governm...
16 Aug, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
Delhi court grants bail to AAP leaders Atishi, others in defamation caseHowever, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal failed to appear before the court Friday.
07 Jun, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
Pilot factor shows in Gehlot cabinetThey took oath on Monday a week after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot took charge after Congress returns to power i...
25 Dec, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
Congress says Sitaram Kesri belonged to OBC, targets PM Modi"Kesri was a Bania OBC from Bihar and not a Dalit. However, when has the PM allowed facts or truth to stand in the way?" Congress spokesper...
18 Nov, 2018, 08.28 PM IST
RSS urges voters to vote in large numbersBJP’s local unit reaches out to influential people in Kashyap, Gujjar, Saini, Brahmin & Bania communities.
25 May, 2018, 08.36 AM IST
Patel, Shah kings of Gujarat's MSME sector: StudyThe study also reveals that apart from Patidars and Banias, communities like OBCs, STs and Brahmins have made forays.
21 Mar, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
Mayawati rules out alliance with any political outfit in PunjabBSP supremo Mayawati ruled out alliance with any political party in the Punjab assembly election scheduled for early next year.
15 Mar, 2016, 07.44 PM IST
Bihar decides: Here's how PM Modi's communication may ruin Nitish Kumar's caste equationThe large billboards in major city centres across Bihar suggest a keen contest in the upcoming assembly elections.
14 Aug, 2015, 08.29 AM IST
Delhi polls: BJP dumps Modi electioneering model & projects Kiran Bedi; close contest likely with AAPIs Bedi an effective answer to BJP’s leadership crisis in capital? Not completely. All the radio jingles and hoardings are still only about...
25 Jan, 2015, 07.13 AM IST
Delhi elections 2015: Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP breaks rules of identity politics, dents core vote bases of BJP & CongressTraditionally, the upper castes of Delhi had voted for the BJP in sizeable numbers, particularly the Punjabi Khatri and the Bania communiti...
23 Jan, 2015, 06.59 AM IST
Bania community reviving tradition of starting new accounting books on DiwaliThese books are called chopdis and it is a tradition in the bania community to mark the start of the new year at Diwali by opening new acco...
22 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
From politics to policy, medicine to IT, India’s mercantile class spreads wingsAlways away from the arc lights, they have used the muscle of money to ensure that irrespective of who reigns, it is they who control the s...
17 May, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
Congress in dilemma: Which MP to dropWhich of the seven sitting MPs from Delhi should be dropped is the question agitating the minds of the Congress managers who have been task...
12 Mar, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
- Money talk: Love or money?
While working on her new novel Aftertaste, Namita found out that all the myths were true — it was indeed money, and not love, that lay at t...
09 Jul, 2010, 12.30 AM IST
- CM showering praise on Dalits
In perhaps the most emphatic reiteration of her core Dalit agenda in recent times, chief minister Mayawati said she was immensely proud of ...
16 Mar, 2010, 06.20 AM IST