Naga sadhus, traditionally from privileged castes, welcomed Dalits and tribals during this Maha Kumbh. Over 20% of newly initiated sadhus w...

Former BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha chief Sanjay Paswan supported the Supreme Court's decision allowing sub-groups in the SC reservation but ...

NCP chief Sharad Pawar had recently publicly expressed his unhappiness over Thackerays decision to hand over the Elgar Parishad probe to th...

It also noted the Land Acquisition Bill has portrayed the BJP an "anti-farmer party" which might also have repercussions in the Bihar polls.

NDA is making efforts to woo the backward and Dalit castes, who constitute almost 33% of the population, by using Kushwaha, Paswan and Manj...

Most of these women are from the Dalit and Maha-Dalit sections of the society and they have been trained through the Common Service Center ...

Sable, a former journalist and Dalit leader of the party from Pimpri in Pune district, had contested the 2009 Assembly elections.

A day will come when Nitish Kumar will be left alone in JD-U. There is no democracy in JD-U and even legislators are thrown out of the part...

Manjhi said BJP was welcome to support him but claimed he did not discusses politics in his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With backing of Muslims, EBCs and MahaDalits, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar does not mind breaking up alliance with BJP and feels confident of goin...

BJP seems to be proactively engaged in programmes that could stand it in good stead if its alliance with JD(U) is called off.

Launching her campaign, Mayawati cautioned large crowds at her two rallies in Sitapur & Barabanki against Cong's "divide & rule" policy.

More than 56% voted in the first of the six-phase Bihar assembly polls. Turnout in the 47 constituencies, likely to be revised upwards, is ...

In a state where politics is mainly driven by caste considerations, chief minister Nitish Kumar is flaunting the development card which, he...

Congress is toying with the idea of projecting Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate in the next Bihar assembly ...

Turfed out by the electorate in Bihar, former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan is now making a desperate bid to reclaim his status as a form...

In a move that is certain to spell trouble for Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, JD(U) leader and Bihar chief minister Nitish K...