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Powered by brand PM Modi and RLD tie-up, Hema Malini in lead role again in MathuraHema Malini pocketed 53% of votes in 2014 LS polls, rising to a staggering 61% five years later, although her victory margin dipped. RLD ha...
'Dream girl' Hema Malini becomes 'Mother India' as she harvests wheat ahead of Lok Sabha pollsWith around 35 per cent of its voters belonging to the Jat community, Mathura presents Hema Malini as the frontrunner for the constituency....
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The role of money power in politics has only increased with time and this is reflected in the wealth of elected politicians. For all his an...
How Manohar Lal Khattar became Haryana’s ‘fourth Lal’Written off by politicians early on in his political journey, Khattar has had the last laugh.
BJP banking on ‘Mano’ magic in HaryanaFrom 47 seats in the last election, when it came to power in Haryana or the first time, it’s now chasing Mission 75, the target set by Amit...
Some people misleading Jat quota movement: Ajay SinghAjay Singh today said some people are misleading the ongoing agitation by Jat community members for quota even as he underlined the need fo...
Stones pelted at Haryana Minister O P Dhankar's houseThe official said tension prevailed in the area and police and paramilitary forces were trying to bring the situation under control.
Explaining BJP’s Jat problem and the reservation bogeyBJP’s conundrum is that its 2014 victory in Haryana was powered by Jat votes but the Jat reservation bogey has its leaders in a fix.
I am walking in the footsteps of Balasaheb Thackeray: Hardik Patel"Politics is very bad in our country. Every politician is from a particular community, he wins based on their votes, and then ruins the cou...
Sanwar Lal Jat -- Vasundhara Raje confidant and a local stalwartThe 59-year-old professor-turned politician has been a five-time MLA and till recently held the Water Resources portfolio in Rajasthan gove...
Haryana Jat leader Birender Singh finally gets his dueGrandson of illustrious peasant leader Chhotu Ram, Singh has been a five-time MLA and served as a cabinet minister in Haryana three times.
Jats in a bind: Be loyal to Ajit Singh or buy into Narendra ModiAs western UP goes to polls on Thursday, the numerically preponderant and politically volatile jats are a community torn from within.
Hisar: Haryana Janhit Congress' Kuldeep Bishnoi pitches in a multi-cornered fightBishnoi is pitched in a multi-cornered contest against INLD's Dushyant Chautala, Congress candidate Sampat Singh and AAP's Yudhbir Singh Kh...
ET Analysis: Polarisation in UP’s sugar belt helps BJPHafiz Abbas, a representative of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind that oversees several relief camps in the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar region, is an angry m...
Haryana 'Shoshit Samaj' opposes inclusion of Jats in OBC listHaryana "Shoshit Samaj" staged a demonstration in protest against decision to include Jats in the OBC category, and claimed the Congress hi...
Ashok Gehlot's populist policies fail to yield dividendsAshok Gehlot may have the image of a politician with his ears to the ground but his populist policies and programmes have not yielded divid...
Toxic caste politics allowed Muzaffarnagar riots to spin out of controlMuzzaffarnagar, an avoidable riot, earned two distinctions: one, severity of Hindu or, Jat, backlash; two, the movement of riots to rural a...
What makes Haryana the land of social contrastsTall tales of wealth creation spurred by proximity to Delhi apart, Haryana is home to a series of bad news reeking of a feudal social order.
- Jindal’s Khap of woe overflows
Congress has asked Kurukshetra MP Navin Jindal to explain his position on khap panchayats. Mr Jindal had supported khap panchayats for thei...
- Time for Cong to grab Jat bull by the horns
Congress has been struggling to control controversies created by the Jat community in Haryana.