Bharat vs India also sparked intense debate in 1949: Here is how India got its name in ConstitutionDuring the drafting of India's Constitution, a debate arose as to whether the nation should be officially named 'Bharat' or 'India'. BR Amb...
06 Sep, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi, demands withdrawal of BSF jurisdiction extensionBanerjee told mediapersons that she had invited the prime minister to inaugurate the Global Business Meet in Bengal to be held next year. “...
25 Nov, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
Mamata indicates expansion plans for TMC underway, trips to Varanasi, Mumbai in pipelineWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, indicated that expansion plans for her party...
24 Nov, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
AITC leaders organize sit-in-protest at Azad Maidan in Panaji ahead of Mamata Banerjee's visitA review on Goa government's performance analysis, which AITC called “People’s Chargesheet” was denied permission to AITC today, citing law...
25 Oct, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Congress UP unit vice-president Gayadeen Anuragi joins Samajwadi PartyThe problem of senior leaders choosing to part ways continues to vex the Congress. Its Uttar Pradesh unit vice-president Gayadeen Anuragi j...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
Senior leaders parting ways pester Congress ahead of UP pollsThe latest to bid adieu is Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, the great-grandson of late Congress stalwart Kamalapati Tripathi. This came a few months...
25 Sep, 2021, 07.51 PM IST
Congress Working President’s post mooted as buffer for Rahul GandhiThe move comes amid efforts by top leadership to project a united face and to shield Gandhi’s leadership.
27 May, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
Congress’ three ‘islands of hope’ in Eastern UP can go anybody’s wayOutside Amethi and Rae Bareli Congress has ‘islands of hope’ in Mirzapur, Kushinagar and Maharajganj.
15 May, 2019, 07.31 AM IST
- New PCC chiefs likely in four states
According to sources, Congress leadership may pick a leader from an upper caste community to head the party’s UP unit to replace incumbent ...
03 May, 2018, 09.06 AM IST
BJP springs surprise, Yogi Adityanath to be the new Uttar Pradesh CMState BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was himself in contention for the top job, first announced Adityanath's election.
18 Mar, 2017, 08.26 PM IST
BJP, SP, Congress wooing Brahmins; Team Akhilesh seeking to outdo BJP’s publicity machineryBrahmin voters such as Mishra in this Yadav-dominated constituency, where two Brahmins are in the fray, continue to support the BJP.
13 Feb, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Kamalapati Tripathi's great grandson gives Congress hopeLalitesh, who went to school in Canada and Delhi, was a software sales professional before turning to politics after 2009.
07 Jan, 2017, 12.35 AM IST
When Pranab Mukherjee got a "dressing down" from Indira GandhiMukherjee recollects all these events of the days when Indira Gandhi returned to power in January, 1980 in his just -released book, "The Dr...
12 Dec, 2014, 01.33 PM IST
BJP firms up its future by anointing Amit Shah as its president and institutional faceBy anointing a 50-yr-old as its president & giving him job of talentspotting BJP has indicates it is aware of its responsibility.
14 Jul, 2014, 03.19 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi's Banaras act done with perfectionExperiencing Narendra Modi’s massive yatra down the streets of Varanasi on Thursday, April 24, as he proceeded to file his nomination paper...
25 Apr, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
- BJP's poll dilemma: To name or not name PM
BJP President Nitin Gadkari Toes Sangh Line To Not Name PM Candidate; Advani, Jaitley, Sushma Differ.
01 Sep, 2011, 01.09 PM IST
- Everyone wants to play Brahmin card
Brahmins, politically orphaned and insignificant till only last week, are suddenly in demand.
15 May, 2007, 02.58 AM IST