West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Key Issues: Jobs distress, welfare politics and identity battles shape high-stakes TMC vs BJP contestWest Bengal Election 2026: West Bengal is voting in its 2026 Assembly elections. The political battle is intense, focusing on economic hard...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
Amit Shah tables Delimitation Bill in Lok Sabha amidst nationwide protests by Opposition, southern statesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Delimitation Bill in Lok Sabha amid protests, with southern states alleging a population-based red...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
BJP takes the driver’s seat, but must stay the course set by NitishWith Nitish Kumar stepping down as Chief Minister, Bihar is entering a new political phase that strengthens the role of the Bharatiya Janat...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
Tej Pratap Yadav Mahua Election 2025 Results: Trends show Lalu’s elder son trailing in third spot, major upset loomsTej Pratap Yadav Mahua Election Result 2025: Trends show the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) securing a strong lead in several constitue...
14 Nov, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
Hasanpur Election Result 2025: JD(U)’s Raj Kumar Ray vs RJD’s Mala Pushpam; Who is winning?With Tej Pratap no longer contesting from what had become a “safe seat” for the RJD, the JD(U) is aiming to reclaim the constituency by fie...
14 Nov, 2025, 03.04 PM IST
BJP ally TDP seeks clarity on SIR, says exercise shouldn’t link to citizenship or burden votersTelugu Desam Party has reservations about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. TDP submitted a representation to the Election...
15 Jul, 2025, 11.26 PM IST
Ordinance has been brought to investigate corruption of AAP, says Minister Meenakashi LekhiHer remarks came after Kejriwal said that he will seek the support of the leaders of the Opposition parties against the Centre's Ordinance ...
22 May, 2023, 07.04 AM IST
Demand for work under NREGS hits 8-month HighAccording to rural development ministry data, 26.3 million individuals opted for work under the scheme in February, up 1.7% from the previo...
02 Mar, 2023, 12.57 AM IST
Battle for Bihar ends today: 78 assembly segments spread across 19 districts to go to polls in the final phase of electionsThese constituencies fall in north Bihar, the area bounded by the Ganga in the south.
07 Nov, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
When governors break moulds, who pulls strings?The case of Puducherry’s lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi micro-managing the elected executive has been a sore point in Centre-state relation...
16 Nov, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
BJP skips Mandal talk, keeps core voter happyTwo key OBC policies -increasing the salary bar for creamy layer and the OBC headcount in caste census still await the Centre's action.
02 Mar, 2017, 12.09 PM IST
Is Congress' decimation and left's slide towards oblivion last nail in anti-BJP front?Congress’s abject performance and Left’s slide towards oblivion in once-impregnable West Bengal could sound the death knell for dreams of a...
20 May, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Bihar elections: PM Modi and Nitish Kumar's war has no limits as ads become new battlefieldAn all-out war is being fought on billboards, newspaper pages & other media in the state ever since PM Modi announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore ...
10 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Allies flag BJP's Bihar sloganNDA allies in Bihar — LJP and RLSP — have expressed concern to BJP brass over the slogan ‘Abki baar BJP sarkar'. This slogan is being used ...
17 Jul, 2015, 03.21 AM IST
With folding up of Centre's powers for grants-in-aid, Bihar now has less money to feed poorOn June 4, Nitish Kumar reiterated that Centre should honour earlier commitments, and release Rs 12,000 crore due to the state under BRGF.
05 Jul, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
XXL or XS: What's a good fit? Data on large vs small states is inconclusive on who performs betterIndeed size XXXL or XL may not always be a bad thing if one looks at the evidence. Further distribution of good vs bad governance appears t...
24 Feb, 2014, 11.01 AM IST
- Nitish wants oil PSUs to invest in eastern states
It’s East v/s West over energy security. Eastern states - Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal - have demanded a share in fossil fuel t...
26 Aug, 2006, 02.20 AM IST