Maharashtra Congress set for overall taluka-to-district revamp under 'Sangathan Srujan Abhiyan'The Maharashtra Congress is undertaking a significant organisational revamp. This initiative focuses on strengthening the party at the gras...
05 Apr, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
OBCs real productive force, not aware of own strength, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi downplayed PM Modi's political challenge, asserting Modi is merely a show and the real issue lies in backward communities not ...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
Rise of outsiders: Ex-AAP minister Rajendra Pal Gautam gets key Congress postRajendra Pal Gautam, ex-AAP minister, is now chairman of AICC's Scheduled Castes department. This follows a trend of appointing 'outsiders'...
05 Jun, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
BJP seeks ban on actor Shivarajkumar''s movies, ads, & billboards until end of LS pollsBJP urges EC to ban Shivarajkumar's Congress campaign ads to ensure fairness in elections. Geetha is contesting from Shimoga. Raghu highlig...
22 Mar, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
UP BJP OBC wing plans programs to train, expand cadre ahead of 2024The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) OBC wing in Uttar Pradesh (UP) is preparing its members to promote the party's work for the welfare of t...
06 Oct, 2023, 10.51 AM IST
'Not INDIA but East India Company', says BJP's Ashwini Choubey"Snakes leave crawlers. The East India Company had looted the country and now they have changed the name India and are trying to loot the c...
19 Jul, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
Lok Sabha member Arun Sao appointed Chhattisgarh BJP presidentAccording to political experts, there might have been a consensus to opt for the OBC face in view of the next year elections as the communi...
09 Aug, 2022, 03.50 PM IST
Most Uttar Pradesh parties trying to woo backward class and women votersSince 2014, the BJP has been successfully getting the votes of a large section of OBC voters and it is working hard to maintain the lead. T...
23 Dec, 2021, 08.09 AM IST
Polls still all about caste & religionIn 2014 Lok Sabha polls, more than 60% of Brahmin and nearly 50% other forward caste voters supported BJP/other right-wing parties.
25 Mar, 2019, 12.25 PM IST
From prison to top post? Chhattisgarh CM front-runner is BaghelWhen Baghel took over, Congress was still reeling from the shock of losing nearly its entire frontline leadership in the Jhiram Ghati Maois...
13 Dec, 2018, 05.56 PM IST
Rajasthan pollcard: Vasundhara Raje as BJP CM face offers a fragile truceEven as there are no easy solutions to intra-party tussles, BJP is finding it tough to balance caste equations amid its reachout to the bac...
22 Jul, 2018, 10.45 PM IST
Gujarat Congress makes it ‘caste grievances’ against BJP’s ‘Hindutva plank’The BJP’s recent rift with Patels, its core supporters, has given Congress an unexpected opportunity to forge a new social rainbow with Dal...
23 Oct, 2017, 01.54 AM IST
After Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, BJP now sets eyes on Congress-ruled KarnatakaWe are systematically chipping away at the Congress votebanks, particularly the dalits and the OBCs who form Siddaramaiah’s AHINDA platform...
14 Mar, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
BJP makes separate wing for OBCsBJP made organisational changes and also announced for the first time formation of a separate wing for the Other Backward Castes.
03 Jul, 2015, 09.22 PM IST
- Govt announces 27% quota to OBC in allotment of petrol pumps
The oil ministry has announced to reserve more than a quarter of new petrol pumps, a coveted money-spinning business, for Other Backward Cl...
20 Jul, 2012, 06.51 PM IST
- No dilution of women’s bill: Cong
Congress said that it was under “no pressure” from its allies to make changes in the Women’s Reservation Bill. The party said that the gove...
18 Mar, 2010, 03.39 AM IST
- Sulking Bhujbal seeks to befriend Thackeray again
With the existing situation in Maharashtra offering little political capital for a start-up, restive politicians have begun looking at the ...
04 Oct, 2008, 04.35 AM IST