A tale of two minorities: Why India never saw anti-Jainism like Europe's anti-semitismA comparison of Jains in India and Jews in Europe explores why one civilisation enabled coexistence while the other descended into exclusio...
23 May, 2026, 09.29 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath's caste recalibration: BJP expands cabinet to reclaim UP’s social coalition before 2027 pollsYogi Adityanath Cabinet Expansion 2026: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion is a clear political signal. The B...
12 May, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
From Bengal to Assam, Hindutva rewrites the east: BJP's landslide ends era of regional strongmenThe Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved a significant victory in West Bengal, marking a shift in eastern India's political landscape. Regio...
05 May, 2026, 11.39 PM IST
‘Virgin, under 30, Brahmin’: Divorced IITian director at billion-dollar firm puts forward bizarre marriage demands, sparks outrageA divorced IIT graduate and company director at a billion-dollar company sought a virgin Brahmin woman under 30 with no prior relationships...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
SP ignored PDA after taking their votes: Mayawati as Mata Prasad Pandey appointed LoPBahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday took a dig at the SP for appointing Mata Prasad Pandey, a Brahmin face, Leader of Opposition i...
29 Jul, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Jitin Prasada - Brahmin face from UP - returns to Centre after 10 yearsJitin Prasada, a prominent Brahmin face of Uttar Pradesh, returned to the Centre after joining BJP in 2021. He was a minister in Manmohan S...
09 Jun, 2024, 10.40 PM IST
BJP's Brahmin outreach programme in run-up to UP polls draws Opposition flakBJP plans to reach out to people from different walks of life including teachers, engineers, doctors, litterateurs and deliberate on the wo...
05 Sep, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
UP polls: Congress asks BJP, BSP, SP to project Brahmin CM face to prove love for communityThe BJP had announced on Thursday that it will organise a series of conferences for the "enlightened class" in all 403 assembly constituenc...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.57 PM IST
BSP stresses on Brahmin-Dalit unity to put up ‘Unified Front’Rajya Sabha MP and the party’s Brahmin face, Mishra, flagged off BSP’s poll campaign by holding a convention for Brahmins. Such conventions...
24 Jul, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
BJP, SP, Congress wooing Brahmins; Team Akhilesh seeking to outdo BJP’s publicity machineryBrahmin voters such as Mishra in this Yadav-dominated constituency, where two Brahmins are in the fray, continue to support the BJP.
13 Feb, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
All contenders like BSP, SP BJP and Congress eye Brahmin votebank in Uttar PradeshBSP fared badly in the reserved seats as well during the Lok Sabha polls where it drew a blank- and hence the party feels it needs to convi...
27 Sep, 2016, 12.58 AM IST
Congress targeting Brahmin vote that went to BSP, SPMayawati has been consistently wooing Brahmins since 2007, when her social engineering formula helped her storm to power with absolute majo...
15 Jul, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
Sheila Dikshit set to become Congress face for UP pollsElection strategist Prashant Kishor had recommended that Dikshit should play a major role in the party's poll campaign in the state as she ...
14 Jul, 2016, 01.40 PM IST
Mulayam's SP and Mayawati's BSP playing tug of war over brahmins in UPBoth have held conventions, announced sops, and given tickets to more Brahmin candidates in recent weeks.
02 Jul, 2013, 04.57 AM IST
- Mayawati woos Brahmins in run up to elections, projects SC Mishra as leader
Hoping for a repeat of the successful Dalit-Brahmin combination in the forthcoming assembly elections, Mayawati has started to woo the uppe...
13 Nov, 2011, 06.15 PM IST
- Mayawati brings out her Brahmin face from wildernesss
Chief Minister Mayawati would be inaugurating the Shakuntala Mishra University for the disabled named after Satish Chandra Mishra’s mother ...
11 Nov, 2011, 05.22 PM IST
- Everyone wants to play Brahmin card
Brahmins, politically orphaned and insignificant till only last week, are suddenly in demand.
15 May, 2007, 02.58 AM IST