'Chappal Phaad Ke': From welfare to wave, what cost TMC in West BengalBJP has ended 15 years of TMC rule in West Bengal, securing a majority by appealing to women voters with welfare promises and highlighting ...
04 May, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
TMC West Bengal candidate list: Mamata Banerjee announces full list of candidates for 294 seats ahead of assembly electionsAs West Bengal gears up for assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress announced its candidate list, a critical exercise to maintain domina...
17 Mar, 2026, 09.41 PM IST
Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi to contest from Jorhat; party releases first list for Assam pollsThe Congress has unveiled its initial list of 42 candidates for the upcoming 2026 Assam Assembly elections. APCC chief Gaurav Gogoi will co...
03 Mar, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
Karnataka: Lingayat & SC/ST MLAs hold meetings to exert pressure on AICC to consider them for leadership, Cabinet berthsLingayat and SC/ST MLAs are holding meetings in Bengaluru. They aim to pressure the AICC leadership for a Chief Minister post. They also se...
04 Feb, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
Different culture, different factors: Issues swing widely across six regions in Madhya Pradesh ahead of pollsThe state, which witnessed first non-Congress government as early as in 1967, has been a BJP bastion for last two decades. The Congress tal...
11 Oct, 2023, 11.42 PM IST
Karnataka: Amit Shah to visit Ballari on Thursday as BJP eyes 10 ST assembly seats in five districtsTogether Ballari and Vijayanagar districts have 10 assembly seats and seven of them are reserved for SC/STs. These are crucial for the BJP ...
22 Feb, 2023, 01.51 PM IST
Karnataka may move House resolution to urge Centre to include its SC/ST quota law in 9th scheduleA Cabinet decision itself would have been enough, but the BJP is planning to place the subject before the House to amplify its effect and d...
12 Feb, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
After increasing quotas, BJP in Karnataka plans ST-SC ralliesBJP is aggressively wooing members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) ahead of assembly polls in the state, which are set...
06 Nov, 2022, 11.49 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee's cabinet may have more women, SC/ST ministersThe final decision on the new cabinet will be taken by Mamata Banerjee, after she takes oath on Wednesday as the chief minister for the thi...
04 May, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
Former BJP, BSP men among 15 Congress candidates for Madhya Pradesh bypollThis early announcement, even without waiting for the Election Commission to announce the poll schedule, came after PCC chief Kamal Nath an...
11 Sep, 2020, 11.17 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee holds first meeting of SC, ST MLAs since coming to power 8 years agoWest Bengal won the first prize of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation on Tuesday for its performance for SCs...
02 Jul, 2019, 10.22 PM IST
Rajya Sabha polls: AICC keeps fingers crossed on eve of Ahmed Patel re-election bidThe party received NCP’s official support on Monday but later in the day one of its two MLAs said that he will vote for BJP.
08 Aug, 2017, 01.14 AM IST
26.5 per cent votes till 11 AM, sporadic incidents in Jharkhand pollsAll the 13 seats are spread over the six Maoist - affected districts of Palamu, Gumla, Lohardaga, Chatra, Garhwa and Latehar.
25 Nov, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
First phase Jharkhand polls underway, 12 per cent polling till 9 AMVoters, particularly women in large numbers, were seen standing in front of booths across 13 constituencies as voting progressed smoothly &...
25 Nov, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
Govt trying to dilute reservation policy: Sharad YadavJD(U) President Sharad Yadav today hit out at the Centre accusing it of trying to "dilute" reservation policy for OBC/ ST/SC.
08 Jul, 2013, 09.55 PM IST
- SC, ST BJD MLAs in a fix over voting on reservation bill
Opposition Congress put 40 SC and ST MLAs of the ruling BJD in a fix in the state Assembly.
03 Apr, 2013, 10.52 PM IST
Scheduled castes occupy lower rung of socio-economic ladder: Naveen PatnaikAdmitting that there are many SC families at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, Patnaik said about 1.5L dalit youths would be imparte...
25 Aug, 2012, 07.05 PM IST