Uttar Pradesh polls: Smaller parties try to play bigAs past trends in UP indicate, a party needs the support of more than two dominant castes communities -the full support of two and a sectio...
20 Jan, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
BJP to intensify caste outreach, plans gatherings for specific groupsIt has appointed its UP state vice president Dayashankar Singh as the in-charge of OBC Morcha meetings and another vice president, Devendra...
04 Oct, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh reshuffle may follow after changes at centreUP council can have a maximum of 60 ministers. After the death of ministers Chetan Chauhan, Kamal Rani Varun and Vijay Kashyap, there is ro...
07 Jul, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
Most backward castes emerge a game changer in Bihar, UPTheir importance can be understood from the fact that the BJP has made Renu Devi, an MBC from the Nonia caste, a deputy chief minister.
21 Nov, 2020, 12.24 AM IST
High Court stays UP’s move to shift 17 OBCs to SC listThe state government has been asked to file a reply within three weeks.
17 Sep, 2019, 08.38 AM IST
Registrar General of India rejected 50% caste included in UP SC listA letter issued by the social welfare department of Uttar Pradesh said SC certificates should be issued to 17 OBCs.
19 Jul, 2019, 08.15 AM IST
Parties bank on Uttar Pradesh's boatmen community ahead of final two phases of Lok Sabha pollsThe boatmen community is spread evenly across the state and constitutes nearly 13 per cent of the electorate.
10 May, 2019, 01.24 PM IST
BJP wooing UP boatmen to sail through Lok Sabha pollsAccording to party leaders, the boatmen community is spread evenly across the state and constitutes nearly 13 per cent of the electorate.
01 Mar, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
BJP reaches out to MBCs in UP, organises community gatheringsSince the second week of August, the BJP has been holding community gatherings of different MBCs in Lucknow’s Visvesvaraya auditorium under...
13 Aug, 2018, 07.37 AM IST
BJP bets big on non-Yadav OBCs in UP Assembly pollsAmong OBCs, party’s favourite seems to be Koeri community, Kurmi, Lodh-Rajput, Nishad & Jats. Apart from these, BJP wooing Rajbhars, Baghel...
25 Jan, 2017, 07.22 AM IST
Small is big in Uttar Pradesh where the die is 'caste'Come elections, these smaller political outfits make their presence felt in a big way as they can influence the outcome in the high stakes ...
19 Jan, 2017, 01.43 PM IST
UP government gives assent to include 17 Other Backward castes in SC listThe proposal, considered to be aimed at wooing the OBCs in the coming elections, will now be sent to the Centre for clearance, they said.
22 Dec, 2016, 03.12 PM IST
Bihar Polls: BJP brings Non-Yadav, Non-Kurmi ministers from UP for campaigningOn the previous day, Chouhan flew in chopper with Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP’s election co-incharge for Bihar, for campaigning in the third ph...
26 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Demand for declaring fibre market in UP small scale industryHe also urged the Centre to acquire land to set up industries and generate employment in Sultanpur area.
31 May, 2015, 04.33 PM IST
NGO makes demand for declaring fibre market in UP as small scale industryA demand for designating trade in 'baadh', a type of natural fibre used to make bedstead rope, in UP as small scale industry was made today...
31 May, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Niranjan Jyoti: A sadhvi from Uttar PradeshBorn in 1967, Jyoti had unsuccessfully contested on a BJP ticket in the 2002 and 2007 Assembly elections before going on to secure a win in...
09 Nov, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
Lok Sabha adjourned twice amid uproarThe Speaker also called MoS for Home Mulapally Ramachandran to take the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2013 for consideration and passage.
13 Dec, 2013, 01.51 PM IST