Madhya Pradesh: Satna MP on a sticky wicket, BSP plays spoilsportSingh is among the BJP MPs who were fielded by the party in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election. He lost by 4,041 votes to Kushwaha but ha...
24 Apr, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
Increasing instances of Deputy Chief Ministers & their role in balancing equationsThe post of Deputy Chief Minister is gaining prominence in Indian state governments, even though it is not mentioned in the Constitution. A...
15 Dec, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
Amid push for caste census, all 8 Brahmin candidates of Congress lose polls in ChhattisgarhThe Congress's attempt to win over Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Chhattisgarh with a caste-based census and other pre-poll promises has b...
08 Dec, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
Gujarat: Caste and region balance evident in new Bhupendra Patel cabinetNearly 12 districts have found representation in the cabinet. The cabinet has representation from not only OBCs, Patidars, Kolis, SC-STs, A...
13 Dec, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Brahmin not caste but superior way of living life: UP deputy CM Dinesh SharmaWhile campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dhirendra Singh in Jewar, Sharma said he has been travelling across the state ...
06 Feb, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Two sitting MLAs join Samajwadi Party ahead of 2022 UP Assembly pollsAhead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party got a shot in the arm on Sunday when two sitting MLAs, one ...
12 Dec, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
BSP's love for Brahmins only election stunt, says suspended MLABSP MLA Aslam Raini claimed that he had spoken to Brahmins in Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Balrampur, Bahraich, Gonda and Shravasti...
19 Jul, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Jitin Prasada’s BJP entry symbolic; UP leaders wonder about gainThere is speculation that Prasada may be nominated as an MLC and inducted in the Adityanath ministry. However, looking at Prasada’s elector...
11 Jun, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
B S Yediyurappa’s likely visit to Delhi raises hopes of Cabinet expansionKarnataka Chief Minister’s challenge is to induct all the 'disqualified MLAs' into his Cabinet; may skip WEF meet at Davos.
10 Jan, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
BSY may buy more time to rework his cabinet mathTotal recast likely as simple expansion will upset caste, regional representation. The chief minister has vowed to induct into the ministry...
19 Dec, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
Karnataka: JD(S)' Basavaraj Horatti and Congress' MB Patil may not get cabinet berthAll communities stake a claim on deputy chief minister’s post for their MLAs
23 May, 2018, 10.58 AM IST
Sheila Dikshit may be Congress' face in UP pollsThere was a buzz that 78-year-old Dikshit, who ruled Delhi from 1999 to 2014 before being thrown out of power by the AAP could be Congress'...
16 Jun, 2016, 05.02 PM IST
Mayawati picks three Dalits for Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council nominationsMayawati has renominated Satish Chandra Mishra for third term in the Rajya Sabha to signal her party’s commitment to Brahmin-Dalit social e...
21 May, 2016, 04.37 AM IST
Samajwadi Party's upper caste MLAs eyeing greener pastures in BJPAt least two sets of SP MLAs representing the upper caste groups of Brahmins and Thakurs have opened channels of communication with the BJP.
01 Aug, 2014, 07.00 AM IST
SP plans to hold meet to woo Brahmin votersIn an apparent bid to woo Brahmins, Samajwadi Party will hold a "Brahmin sammelan" in the state capital on May 12.
10 May, 2013, 07.37 PM IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav toes Mayawati's line to woo Brahmins of Uttar PradeshIn an apparent effort to woo Brahmins, SP today organised a conference here in which party supremo termed the upper caste community as "tru...
26 Apr, 2013, 10.30 PM IST
- Dhumal in a quandry over in cabinet expansion
Hoping to be inducted in the cabinet, prospective candidates are keeping their fingers crossed, but political circles are abuzz that it may...
19 Jan, 2011, 05.18 AM IST