Maharashtra govt announces key decisions ahead of elections; death gratuity limit increasedThe Maharashtra government, led by Eknath Shinde, announced several key decisions including increasing the death gratuity limit to 20 lakhs...
30 Sep, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
"Pichda, Dalit and Musalman": UP's Apna Dal (K) and AIMIM form 4th front for Lok Sabha electionsThe alliance has been named PDM (acronym of Picchda, Dalit, Musalman), offering a competing take on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's ...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.27 AM IST
Quit alcohol, win scholarships for kids - Maha villages try new way to kick the habitThese alcohol addicts, residents of Goundare village under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in western Maharashtra, are part of a novel i...
14 Aug, 2022, 10.26 AM IST
Voters reject most 'bahubalis' in UP pollsThese include Dhananjay Singh (Malhani), Vijay Mishra (Gyanpur), Yash Bhadra Singh Monu (Isauli) and Amarmani Tripathi (Nautanwa), son of P...
11 Mar, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
MFIs stare at repayment crisis in rural AssamMired in debt Assam micro borrowers’ indebtedness is more than double the national average.
22 Nov, 2019, 09.00 AM IST
Stress in rural households and loan defaults create woes for microfinance sector in AssamVarious organisations in the upper part of the northeastern state have joined the chorus seeking an inquiry into the operation of microfina...
21 Nov, 2019, 11.05 PM IST
People at times play 'caste card' to get poll ticket: Nitin GadkariPraising PM Modi "for never invoking his caste", he cited examples of a number of prominent politicians who rose above the caste and religi...
17 Sep, 2019, 01.11 PM IST
Jannayak Janata Party offered 40 seats to BSP: Dushyant ChautalaThe comments come after the BSP had on Friday night announced its decision to part ways with the JJP and field candidates on all seats in t...
07 Sep, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
Congress faces backlash as its candidate protests Sanatan Sanstha member’s arrestSanatan Sanstha members have been accused of four bombings in Vashi, Thane and Panvel and in Goa.
22 Mar, 2019, 07.07 AM IST
How Akhilesh put it all together, bit by little bitAkhilesh decided to maintain a safe distance from Congress to keep those party workers in good humour who were unhappy over their alliance ...
15 Mar, 2018, 11.46 AM IST
Amid tensions, activists propose new law against lynchingThe activists, who would unveil the draft on Friday, would write to PM Narendra Modi asking him to introduce the legislation in the forthco...
06 Jul, 2017, 01.11 AM IST
Quota for Dhangars: Ramraje Nimbalkar seeks information from governmentDhananjay Munde pointed out that in the winter session the BJP-led government had said the community cannot get reservation.
20 Jul, 2015, 10.57 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Three Narendras in fray against Narendra Modi in VaranasiAt 79 nominations, this seat has seen one of the highest number of candidates from a single location in this Lok Sabha polls.
25 Apr, 2014, 04.45 PM IST
Samajwadi Party retains Handia assembly seat in by-electionVoting was held on June two for the by-election in which Prashant Singh of SP secured 81,655 votes while Pankaj Tripathi of BSP got 54,838.
05 Jun, 2013, 03.31 PM IST
- In UP's rice bowl, a jailed mafia is pitted against former cop
A former officer of Special Task Force and a mafia lodged in Ahmedabad jail are leaving no stone unturned to wrest this seat from the Bahuj...
11 Feb, 2012, 04.56 PM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: Candidate watch UP phase IIIAs many as 121 candidates contesting in the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have criminal cases pending against them, accor...
09 Feb, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- UP Polls: Smaller parties to play big role in upcoming polls
Small parties may get to make a big splash in UP polls, where most projections suggest that no party is likely to secure a clear mandate th...
13 Jan, 2012, 06.44 AM IST