Karpoori Thakur conferred with Bharat RatnaPresident Droupadi Murmu made the announcement on Tuesday, a day before his birth centenary. Thakur was a two-time Bihar CM and served once...
06 Feb, 2024, 01.02 PM IST
What BJP's faceless victories signal for the opposition partiesThe victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in three state assembly elections shared a common feature: the absence of a declared chief-...
04 Dec, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
Kovind is not another Kalam, BJP's symbol backed with substanceRam Nath Kovind's election may be purely symbolic for a BJP trying to please lower castes, but it is not empty symbolism devoid of substanc...
05 Aug, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
Caste factors cloud Hindutva mascot's appeal in western UP?Som, a two-term MLA from the Sardhana assembly seat in Meerut district, had hit the headlines for his alleged links to the 2013 Muzaffarnag...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Who rules? India has last word todayAll eyes are on the 13 seats of east UP where PM Modi, contesting from Varanasi, is expected to power BJP but where the saffron outfit is u...
19 May, 2019, 08.10 AM IST
After Yogi Adityanath's elevation, RSS says it has no say in selection of CMsReplying to a specific question on choosing Adityanath, a swayamsevak, as Chief Minister, RSS Joint General Secretary Bhagaiah told reporte...
19 Mar, 2017, 02.13 PM IST
- Soccer-Fun-loving wolf named as World Cup mascot
SOCCER-WORLDCUP/MASCOT:Soccer-Fun-loving wolf named as World Cup mascot
22 Oct, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Under grand alliance, it will be return to 'jungle raj': Amit ShahEarlier, addressing a rally in Katihar in Bihar's Seemanchal region, "Bihar will see a tsunami of development" if NDA comes to power in the...
04 Oct, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
Congress sceptical of Lalu Prasad accepting Nitish Kumar's primacyDespite Lalu endorsing Nitish Kumar as CM candidate, Congress in Bihar is sceptical about RJD chief's intentions.
25 Jun, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
Yadavs & Muslims may tip scales in Jamui against Ram Vilas Paswan’s sonIf the Muslims who account for over 10% of the electorate were to back Bhaskar along with the Yadavas, the RJD nominee will find himself in...
08 Apr, 2014, 05.16 AM IST
LS polls 2014: Samajwadi Party promises panel to look into reservation for poor among upper castesSP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, a product of Mandal and Mandir-Masjid politics, has long been making a pitch for reservation to Muslims and m...
03 Apr, 2014, 09.52 AM IST
- I’m a Brahmin & Congress’s general secretary: Rahul Gandhi to party
Sources said that Rahul's UP polls review saw leaders speaking of the need to fashion a "base vote" like Yadavs for Samajwadi Party and dal...
14 Apr, 2012, 11.07 AM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: Caste matrix in AwadhThe caste and religious profile of the 13 districts do not display any uniformity, and, hence, exhibit a differential voting pattern.
02 Feb, 2012, 06.45 AM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: Rahul Gandhi reduces celebrated technocrat Sam Pitroda into a caste mascotThe avowedly caste-averse Rahul Gandhi has stunned many by reducing celebrated technocrat Sam Pitroda into a caste mascot for UP polls.
02 Feb, 2012, 05.48 AM IST
Assembly elections 2012: Rahul resurrects 'Rajiv man' Pitroda for UP pollsSam Pitroda released Congress manifesto in Lucknow to identify himself with party heir-apparent's determined, if desperate, dash in UP.
01 Feb, 2012, 11.26 AM IST
- Nitish, the Chanakya who wins Bihar hands down
Engineer-politician Nitish Kumar blended his secularist ideology with pragmatic politics and combined the development plank with innovative...
24 Nov, 2010, 04.02 PM IST
- The right shade of saffron
BJP’s struggle has been to make itself be seen as viable party of governance.
09 Feb, 2009, 02.01 AM IST