Political signals from Bihar suggest that Samrat Choudhary could play a pivotal role in the transition. As a prominent OBC face of the BJP,...

Kurmis and Kushwahas have become the decisive force behind Nitish Kumar's 10th swearing-in, with their assembly representation reaching rec...

As the assembly elections approach, the NDA is making a bold move by nominating a diverse slate of Kushwaha candidates. This tactic seeks t...

Karakat in south Bihar, known for its Leftist leanings, has seen a unique political battle between the Kushwaha and Kurmi castes. The area ...

While Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may be the strongest party in the Bihar ruling alliance, the BJP believes that its roa...

The merger is likely to boost Kumar’s efforts to keep two key caste groups of Bihar — Kurmi and Kushwaha — together. In Bihar, the two grou...

Kushwaha replaces Rajya Sabha member Bashistha Narayan Singh who had expressed his inability to continue as the party’s Bihar president on ...

Political circles had indicated that Kushwaha may merge his Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) with the ruling Janata Dal (United), and he w...

Hardik admits he has some affection for Congress but wants to work for whosoever is a strong candidate against BJP.

Nitish’s designs of making a robust foray into UP may have got its biggest social engineering jolt when Amit Shah appointed KP Maurya as th...

He added that Buddhists celebrate April 14 as `enlightenment' day . “I know that there is no specific evidence to prove Ashoka's date of bi...

The 'grand alliance' got more support from the electorate of SC communities than the NDA, notwithstanding Paswan and Manjhi always being se...

It will be an acid test for the BJP-led NDA in the 49 assembly seats that are going to polls in the first phase of Bihar elections on Monda...

As per the list, RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s sons Tejashwi Prasad and Tej Pratap will contest the Raghopur and Mahua seats respectively.

In seeking to make the BJP more socially inclusive, the current leadership of the party is only taking forward a process, if boldly, that g...

Like it or not, caste continues to underpin electoral behaviour. This is so particularly in Bihar and UP, with the exception of ‘wave’ elec...

Had JD(U) and RJD been separate, it would have been easier for NDA to win the elections- Upendra Kushwaha