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Modi to rename Adampur Airport, where the S-400 is stationed, after Guru Ravidas in dalit outreach movePrime Minister Narendra Modi will rename Adampur airport as Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport. This move honors the revered saint Guru Ravidas an...
Punjab Congress leadership race sharpens amid AAP’s welfare pushPunjab Congress is experiencing intense internal competition for leadership. Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Charanjit Singh Channi, and Parta...
Whether Dalit polarisation will reap benefits in Punjab has to be seenOf the 117 seats, 34 (one-third) seats are reserved for the scheduled castes. Among the reserved seats, eight of the 34 reserved seats have...
Change in Punjab polling day shows importance of Dalit votes in statePunjab was originally scheduled to go to polls on February 14, but the poll panel, on representation from various political parties, deferr...
Sidhu could not bear to see a Dalit as CM: AAPThe Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress chief because he "could not bear to see a Dalit Chief Mi...
Making sense of Congress' choice of Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab CMPunjab's dalits saw an assertive, new leadership in the form of Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan. This fuelled the 'leaderless' third ...
Amid reports of Sidhu being made Punjab Congress chief, Manish Tewari gives composition of populationRecently, a section of the media reported thatNavjot Singh Sidhu was likely to be announced as the PPCC chief by the party high command.
Will Dalits continue to stay with Modi or move back to BSP fold?With identity-based politics staging a comeback in the assembly elections, especially in UP, the verdict will provide an opportunity to ass...
Cutting across party lines, rebels strike it big in PunjabWhile SAD, in power for 10 years, is trying to combat antiincumbency by bringing in new faces, Congress’ decisions are mainly based on inte...
Election Commission asks AAP to furnish its poll manifestosThe matter was raised by the Election Commission recently in a meeting with representatives of the political parties in poll-bound Punjab.
Arvind Kejriwal announces AAP's Punjab Deputy CM to be a DalitAAP is being seen as a serious contender in the state that has given four MPs to the party in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Arvind Kejriwal to release AAP's 'Dalit manifesto' soonAs per 2011 Census, Punjab's over 88 lakh SC population accounts for nearly 32 per cent of the total population of the state, the highest p...
Dalit math at play behind PM's hand-wringingThose elections are slated for 2019. But Modi's recent remarks of concern about Dalits are an attempt to cut losses before assembly polls i...
Atrocities against Dalits, overactive Gau Rakshaks changing equations in PunjabJust when political parties are according top positions to their Dalit leaders in the run-up to the elections, the number of atrocity cases...
AAP planning separate 'Dalit Manifestos' for Goa, Punjab and GujaratParty leaders told ET that in Punjab, which has India's largest population of people born into the Scheduled Castes, the AAP will release i...
Politics over performance: Here's another take on Smriti Irani's relocation to the textiles ministryDalit politics will occupy centrestage in the next round of polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Irani, right or wrong, is not someone who is...
Mayawati rules out alliance with any political outfit in PunjabBSP supremo Mayawati ruled out alliance with any political party in the Punjab assembly election scheduled for early next year.
SC/ST Commission asks govt to probe desecration of Ambedkar statueBagga mooted the idea of preparing a list of the statues of icons installed at different places in Punjab and set up area vigil committees ...
UP Assembly Elections 2012: Amid polls, it's Beni vs Punia in CongressUnion steel minister Beni Prasad Verma picked the first day of voting in UP to claim credit for Congress's improved traction with the backw...
- Quota may backfire on Cong in Punjab
Ordinarily, the quota debate in the BJP and divergent perceptions in the saffron camp over the issue, should have been a cause of relief fo...