RSS link, organisational experience, low profile are key factors in choosing BJP state units chiefsThe BJP has selected new state unit presidents for several states ahead of the national president election. The choices emphasize leaders d...
19 Jan, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
How the Patnaiks, despite being 2% of Odisha's population, ruled the state for 45 years, and maybe beyondAs Odisha undergoes polling for the assembly elections, Naveen Patnaik, the incumbent Chief Minister, is aiming to secure his sixth term in...
11 May, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Pramod Sawant sworn in as Goa CM, 8 others take oath as ministersThe BJP has kept caste and community equations in mind in its selection of ministers. While Sawant and Rane are from the Maratha community,...
29 Mar, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
Uttara Kannada: Weak oppn may boost Anant Kumar Hegde's chancesThe BJP has renominated Hegde, 50, for the seventh time while the Janata Dal (S) has fielded Anand Asnotikar (38), a former minister.
23 Apr, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in RadhanpurThe contest in Radhanpur seat of Patan district has become high profile as Alpesh Thakor, one of the three young men- along with Hardik Pat...
14 Dec, 2017, 09.35 AM IST
Fake certificates used to bag jobs meant for Scheduled TribesAn NCST probe finds so-called upper castes continuing to keep thousands of reserved govt jobs using court stay orders as shield.
17 Oct, 2017, 01.08 AM IST
ST Panel summons UP Chief Secretary over fake caste certificates allegationsIt has been alleged that people belonging to Brahmin Naik and Brahmin Ojha castes have taken fake caste certificates of Gond tribe and got ...
05 Aug, 2017, 12.08 AM IST
After oath-taking ceremony, the chief minister Yogi Adityanath holds his first cabinet meetingAdityanath said the composition of his council of ministers is an indication that his government is committed to “sabka saath, sabka vikas”.
20 Mar, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's ministry revamp aimed at readying Congress for 2018 pollsAfter an year of speculation, chief minister Siddaramaiah has categorically told his council of ministers that there will be a reshuffle.
16 Jun, 2016, 09.39 AM IST
Congress to effect Karnataka ministry reshuffle with eye on 2018 assembly pollsKarnataka CM Siddaramaiah has told his council of ministers that there will be a reshuffle, some ministers will be dropped, new ones will b...
15 Jun, 2016, 06.28 PM IST
I like to go to areas where others do not: Sudha Murty Chairperson, Infosys FoundationOn December 16, 1996 that Sudha Murty started the Infosys Foundation as a trus tee alongside NS Raghavan (Infosys cofounder) and GR Naik (f...
16 Dec, 2015, 10.45 AM IST
A look at Modi government's ministers who are media shy and work from the shadowsSome of PM Narendra Modi's ministerial colleagues strike a complete contrast as they shun the limelight and appear to be working in the sha...
24 Sep, 2015, 04.49 PM IST
Yoga opponents should go to Pakistan: Sadhvi PrachiThe comments came by way of Vishwa Hindu Parishad's(VHP) response to All India Muslim Personal Law Board's (AIMPLB) opposition to yoga.
23 Jun, 2015, 06.45 PM IST
Post defeat, Congress set for a revamp in MaharashtraThe Cong leadership has resolved to change the heads of Maharashtra as well as the Mumbai party units but its execution may take some more ...
07 Nov, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
Vinod Tawde to face tough poll debut, but likely to sail throughTawde, who has risen from a ABVP activist to be one of the top state leaders and is among Maharashtra BJP's core group members with Chief M...
05 Oct, 2014, 02.06 PM IST
Here's why Narendra Modi entrusted Young Turks with key jobsDharmendra Pradhan, a BJP general secretary, has got petroleum and natural gas, a heavyweight Cabinet responsibility in the past.
28 May, 2014, 11.12 AM IST
Goa Assembly Election 2012: BJP gives 25% seats to christians in GoaBJP wanted to mitigate its pro-Hindu image in Goa. A fourth of the party's candidates for assembly elections will be Christians.
07 Feb, 2012, 05.25 AM IST