Passengers stranded across Jharkhand as Kurmi protest blocks rail routesHundreds of passengers faced disruption in Jharkhand due to rail blockades. The Kurmi community protested for inclusion in the Scheduled Tr...
20 Sep, 2025, 06.17 PM IST
Jairam Mahto, a newcomer to politics, keenly watched by allJairam Mahto, who gained popularity in 2022 for opposing the inclusion of Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages in Jharkhand, founded t...
02 Nov, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
West Bengal Elections: Kurmi face Ajit Prasad Mahato may upset poll math of big partiesSocial activist Ajit Prasad Mahato, a prominent figure in the Kurmi movement, is campaigning in the villages of Purulia constituency in the...
23 May, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Will Bareilly Ka Bazaar continue to be music to BJP's ears?The upcoming election in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, takes on new dimensions as BJP stalwart Santosh Singh Gangwar is denied a ticket after ei...
30 Apr, 2024, 09.06 AM IST
West Bengal minister's vehicle attacked as Kurmi protest targets Abhishek's convoyThe Kurmi community, which is classified as OBC at present, protested for days in April in different districts of the state, including Daks...
26 May, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
Kurmi community's agitation disrupts rail and road traffic in West BengalSeveral organizations of the Kurmi community continued blockade of railway tracks at Khemasuli in Paschim Medinipur district and adjacent N...
09 Apr, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
AIUDF MLA Phanidhar Talukdar joins BJPA day earlier, the MLA from Bhabanipur had quit AIUDF, saying it was in the "larger interest of the people" of his constituency. AIUDF had ...
02 Sep, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
UP polls: Mulayam Singh and Mayawati chase extremely backward castes voters to deny BJP 2014-like sucessWhile trying to keep their core votes together, BJP, BSP and SP, which won the 2012 polls with 29.13% votes, will fight for the non-Yadav, ...
24 May, 2016, 02.34 AM IST
Haryana's Jats to Kerala's Brahmins: Why reservation pleas are being heard all over IndiaAs a debate rages on about whether or how long reservations should continue, ET Magazine shines a light on some of the castes that are up i...
18 Oct, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
Hardik Patel to expand movement across nationPatel is already at loggerheads with the BJP-led government in his home state by leading an agitation for reservation for Patels there.
30 Sep, 2015, 06.32 PM IST
Will support Nitish Kumar for Bihar polls: Hardik PatelHardik said he would support Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state as the JD(U) leader belonged to his comm...
26 Sep, 2015, 11.19 PM IST
Abducted by unidentified revolver-wielding men, threatened to quit stir: Hardik PatelPatel resurfaced on Dhrangadhra highway in Saurashtra, almost 24 hours after he gave police the slip from Tainpur village in Aravalli distr...
24 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Hardik Patel to address four rallies in BiharPatidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti convener Hardik Patel will address four rallies in Bihar next month, his aide Abhishek Katiyar said.
23 Sep, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
Fresh agitation by Patels from tomorrow, says Hardik PatelHardik Patel, who is leading the agitation that plunged Gujarat into violence last week, made the announcement on his return from Delhi.
31 Aug, 2015, 07.23 PM IST
Next round of agitation from Surat tomorrow, says Hardik PatelThe next round of agitation to press for the demand for reservation to Patel community under OBC quota will kick-start tomorrow from Surat.
31 Aug, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
- Congress hoping to repeat 2009 show in UP?
Congress won an impressive 22 seats in UP, leapfrogging BSP and BJP in terms of constituencies won, and remaining only a seat behind the Sa...
14 Jan, 2012, 01.49 AM IST
- Ram Temple no more an issue in Ayodhya
Political outfits may have reaped rich dividends from it in the past but Ram Temple movement is not an issue in Lord Ram's own backyard.
04 May, 2007, 10.30 AM IST