Bihar cabinet expansion: BJP gets 15 berths, JD(U) 13; Nitish Kumar's son to debut as ministerBihar's political landscape has shifted with the recent expansion of its cabinet, where the Bharatiya Janata Party claims fifteen ministeri...
07 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Bihar: Nitish Kumar is back in command with NDA cabinet built on social, caste mathNitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth time, leading a 25-member NDA cabinet. The new ministry features a bro...
21 Nov, 2025, 12.46 AM IST
Nitish Cabinet: A mix of veterans, fresh entrants and social balancingNitish Kumar’s tenth-term cabinet blends experience with fresh faces, balancing caste and regional interests. The BJP holds the most seats,...
20 Nov, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
Bihar Election Results 2025: From Tej Pratap Yadav to Khesari Lal, the giant defeats and the nail-biting marginsThe 2025 Bihar election delivered a historic mandate for the NDA, which won over 200 seats, but the results also saw several high-profile l...
14 Nov, 2025, 10.33 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: BJP appoints election in-charges, co-in-charges for 23 states, UTsBJP has appointed Vinod Tawde and Deepak Prakash as election in-charge and co-in-charge respectively for Bihar. Baijayant Jay Panda and Dus...
27 Jan, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh elections: Final phase of polling todayThis phase, which will decide the fate of 613 candidates, covers districts of Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzap...
07 Mar, 2022, 12.52 AM IST
Yogi Adityanath rewards performers, inducts 18 new ministers with an eye on 2022 pollsIt will now be a 56-member Council of Ministers now in UP against a 47-member Council of Ministers earlier.
21 Aug, 2019, 12.01 PM IST
Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in, asked to seek trust vote on May 23Governor DY Patil who administered the oath to Manjhi and 17 ministers at a function at Raj Bhawan directed the new government to seek a tr...
20 May, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Narendra Modi leading by about 25,000 votes in VaranasiNarendra Modi has established a handsome lead of nearly 25,000 votes against his nearest rival Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party.
16 May, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
2,500 Narendras, 3,600 Arvinds to vote tomorrowAn analysis of the Varanasi Lok Sabha voter list shows that there are thousands of voters who share their first names with the major candid...
11 May, 2014, 04.02 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Varanasi, Chennai South tie at highest number of candidatesAmong other constituencies, Dhanbad had 31 candidates, Malkajgiri and Secunderabad 30 each and Muzaffarpur, Bathinda, and Lucknow 29 each.
11 May, 2014, 01.02 PM IST
34 Lok Sabha nominations rejected in Varanasi; 44 left in frayElection authorities have rejected nomination papers of 34 candidates out of 78 contestants in this LS seat, leaving 44 persons in the fray...
25 Apr, 2014, 08.54 PM IST
Varanasi on Priyanka Gandhi’s agendaPriyanka Gandhi may visit Varanasi to pray at the temples of Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman in the city after voting is over in Rae Bareli and...
15 Apr, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Congress working out joint force to topple Narendra Modi in VaranasiIn Varanasi, the constituency where BJP’s prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi is contesting, the Congress is trying to reduce the split...
03 Apr, 2014, 09.59 AM IST
Varanasi in search of a real fightElsewhere in the city, taxi driver O P Dubey, 42, claims to be a regular Congress voter. "Bas ek bar Atalji ko vote diya tha," he admits. B...
23 Mar, 2014, 09.33 AM IST
BSP releases names of all 80 Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar PradeshAkbar Ahmed 'Dumpy' will be BSP's candidate against Beni Prasad Verma in Gonda as per the list of candidates released by the party for all ...
20 Mar, 2014, 06.27 PM IST
- Government initiates action against Prakash Ind; Monnet Ispat & Sunflag under scanner
Govt plans to cancel coal blocks allotted to companies that are selling the scarce resource in the black market or indulging in illegal min...
24 Oct, 2011, 01.51 AM IST