Nitish Kumar: Master of the art of changing governmentsThe frequent change of platforms -- from secular socialist to aligning with a right wing party to being upholder of Dalit rights -- may hav...
Bypoll results: BJP, Shiv Sena and Congress lead in one LS seat each, ruling parties get edge in most assembly seatsPolling for three parliamentary seats and 29 assembly constituencies were held on October 30, an exercise being seen as a barometer of the ...
State OBC list bill gets parliament okayIn a four-hour long debate that saw the participation of senior members of various parties, several members tried to underscore efforts mad...
RCP Singh: Saga of the meteoric rise of a Kurmi bureaucrat-turned-politicianRCP Singh entered Kumar's good books in the late 1990s when the then Samata Party leader was the Union Railway minister and the Uttar Prade...
West Bengal: SC, ST issues take centre stage as BJP talks 'paribortan'During his visit next week, home minister Amit Shah is likely to reach out to Matua voters at the sect’s spiritual centre of Thakurnagar, a...
JMM-led alliance thumps BJP in JharkhandThe Raghubar Das government's feat of providing a stable government that lasted a full five-year term in a state where chief ministers chan...
Apna Dal falls in line, accepts 2 LS seats in NDABJP sources said the party wants Apna Dal to contest from Phulpur which has a sizable Kurmi vote bank.
BJP trying to get new allies in TN & other states, tweaking ally strategySources said the SP-BSP alliance and the formal entry of Priyanka Gandhi into politics has made the BJP brass warmer to Apna Dal and SBSP, ...
Little known parties matter in UP's cow belt politicsThe first 2 phases of polling in western UP will decide the electoral fortune of several lesser known political parties representing certai...
Cabinet expansion: From UP to Maharashtra, state-level electoral politics & caste arithmetic were critical determinantsFrom UP to Maharashtra, state-level electoral politics and caste arithmetic were critical determinants of this week’s cabinet expansion. ET...
Hardik Patel to expand movement across nationPatel is already at loggerheads with the BJP-led government in his home state by leading an agitation for reservation for Patels there.
Hardik Patel meets caste leaders in Delhi to consolidate quota agitationPatel quota stir leader Hardik Patel today held a meeting with leaders of several other castes here as part of efforts to consolidate his a...
Abducted by unidentified revolver-wielding men, threatened to quit stir: Hardik PatelPatel resurfaced on Dhrangadhra highway in Saurashtra, almost 24 hours after he gave police the slip from Tainpur village in Aravalli distr...
Hardik Patel to address four rallies in BiharPatidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti convener Hardik Patel will address four rallies in Bihar next month, his aide Abhishek Katiyar said.
Hardik Patel unveils national plans, to organise series of ralliesPatel quota agitation leader unveiled his national plans by announcing the launch of a new outfit which will bring Patels under one umbrell...
UP elections: Whoever becomes CM of UP, Rahul Gandhi will call the shots, says Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal"Whoever becomes the CM, the remote will be in Rahulji's hands," Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal remarked at a media interaction.
- Through the third eye: Kolkata watching
Third Eye shares railway minister Dinesh Trivedi's hope that Didi will 'allow' him to present the railway budget.