FIR against Azam Khan over 'defamatory remarks' against AmbedkarThe FIR was registered on a complaint by Ambedkar Mahasabha general secretary Amarnath Prajapati at Lucknow's Hazratganj police station Tue...
24 Oct, 2018, 04.10 PM IST
Yogi government 'saffronises' Ambedkar statue, BSP paints it blueThe statue in Dugraiyya village was painted blue by a BSP leader Dalits protested against the saffron colour on it.
10 Apr, 2018, 05.24 PM IST
BJP plans to reassure Dalits attacked by cow vigilantesRSS and BJP workers in remote places have reached out to Dalits to convey that their rights are dear for the party and they will not be har...
02 Jun, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
Why Mayawati's BSP, and not SP, is BJP's main adversary in UP pollsSince the last BJP government led by Rajnath Singh was voted out at the beginning of the new millennium, UP has seen a bipolar polity with ...
07 Jun, 2016, 05.22 AM IST
B'lore Lit Fest: How language, class and ideology have come in way of liberal expressionHistorian Ramachandra Guha, who came forward to support the BLF, says that in today's day and age, politics and ideologies are inescapable
04 Dec, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
Tipu was 'Aurangzeb' of South, says 'Panchjanya'Highly critical of Karnataka government's decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti to "appease" minorities, an article in 'Panchjanya' described ...
23 Nov, 2015, 11.18 PM IST
Gujarat recalls book on BR Ambedkar referring to mass conversion of HindusThe book was introduced as reference reading material to students of class VI-VIII in government primary schools across the state.
12 Aug, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
BJP hits back, says Rahul Gandhi's remarks seek to divide societyBJP said there is no place in society for "such controversial remarks that seek to divide society" and accused Congress of not giving Ambed...
02 Jun, 2015, 10.41 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi government over IIT-Madras row"This system explicitly explains that even today some peoples' rights are being snatched and that there is no social equality in the countr...
02 Jun, 2015, 09.45 PM IST
Bharat Ratna to departed leaders should come within a year of death: CongressCongress suggested that Bharat Ratna should be given to any departed leader within an year of his/her demise to avoid any controversy.
03 Jan, 2015, 10.16 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections: BJP, Congress in tight contest in GhaziabadGhaziabad hosts five assembly seats. Four went to BSP and one to SP in the 2012 UP state polls. Both parties have fielded local politicians...
09 Apr, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
BJP takes the lead in hunting down icons from Sardar Patel to Bhagat SinghPolitics makes strange bedfellows, especially when occupying two ends of an ideological spectrum, as is happening in the co-option of icons...
18 Oct, 2013, 06.58 AM IST
Congress should create leadership space in Dalit community: Rahul GandhiNoting that Dalit empowerment in India has taken place in stages, Gandhi said the first stage involved Dalit icon B R Ambedkar.
08 Oct, 2013, 02.55 PM IST
Ambedkar cartoon row: An act of cowardly populism, says Shiv VisvanathanTwo professionals were abandoned by the education minister in another knee-jerk display of populist politics. The event needs to be analyse...
15 May, 2012, 09.29 AM IST
- UP govt starts draping statues of Mayawati, elephant
Under Election Commission orders, the Uttar Pradesh administration today started draping statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the ruling ...
08 Jan, 2012, 10.33 PM IST
- DMK, AIADMK in poster war in Perambalur
Unrest prevailed in Perambalur, the hometown of Union communications minister A Raja, after a poster war broke out between the DMK and AIAD...
15 Nov, 2010, 03.46 PM IST
- SC issues notice to UP govt on Mayawati statues
The Supreme Court on Monday issued show cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh government for using huge public money for installing statues of ...
29 Jun, 2009, 04.20 PM IST