Over 70 pc of 90 newly-elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir are graduatesOver 70 per cent of the 90 newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly are graduates, with some holding advanced degrees. Three doctor...
12 Oct, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
Tried and tested hand, Aitshi tasked with helping AAP sail through troubled watersAtishi, Delhi's youngest woman chief minister, has taken over from Arvind Kejriwal during a challenging period for the AAP. With assembly e...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.01 PM IST
Industrialist Pallavi Dempo first woman to contest Lok Sabha polls on BJP ticket in GoaPallavi Dempo, the first female BJP candidate in Goa, contests Lok Sabha elections from South Goa against Francisco Sardinha, showcasing ac...
24 Mar, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Ex-bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu appointed election commissionersFormer IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu appointed as election commissioners ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Vacancies aros...
16 Mar, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
Bhajanlal Sharma elected Rajasthan CM: All you need to know about the first-time MLABhajanlal Sharma is a first-time MLA from Sanganer. At the meeting, the CM-designate's name was proposed by former chief minister Vasundhar...
12 Dec, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Meet Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, the Deputy Chief Minister and the No 2 in Telangana govtBhatti, a Dalit leader, was first elected in 2009 and his foot march like Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra is credited for the resurgence o...
07 Dec, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
Punjab CM Channi's brother says will fight as independent from Bassi Pathana seatIn its first list of 86 candidates, the Congress on Saturday gave the ticket to party MLA Gurpreet Singh GP from Bassi Pathana (SC) seat. M...
16 Jan, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
Tirath Singh Rawat: An accessible RSS pracharak whose time has comeRawat is known as a man of simple taste, accessible to party workers, the media and the people. His connections in the RSS and BJP has work...
11 Mar, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
48% Bihar candidates are graduates or above compared to 42% in 2015There has been an improvement in the educational qualifications of candidates in this year's Bihar elections as 48 per cent of candidates h...
07 Nov, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
Delhi cabinet approves setting up of 'Sports University': Arvind KejriwalAddressing a press conference, Kejriwal, with his deputy Manish Sisodia by his side, said a bill in this regard was approved by the cabinet...
04 Oct, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
23K vying for 5 peon posts ignites debate in RajasthanUnemployment is widespread in Rajasthan, which voted for the BJP over its job promises in 2013.
10 Sep, 2018, 03.03 PM IST
Gujarat polls: 71% of Phase I candidates have studied only up to class XIIDinesh Shukla, a political analyst, said that India doesn't have any minimum education requirement to contest elections.
02 Dec, 2017, 11.52 AM IST
Kerala govt to sanction funds for Higher Education scholarshipReplying to a submission moved by Anwar Sadath (Cong), the Minister said the Council finds the amount for scholarship from the grant-in-aid...
11 Nov, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
Assam polls: analysis shows varied educational background of candidatesThree of them are 'illiterate' while 140 candidates are postgraduates, the analysis by the Assam Election Watch and Association for Democra...
09 Apr, 2016, 11.32 PM IST
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd to set up university in VadodaraInitially, it will have a School of Technology, with an intake of 150 students, 75 each in mechanical and chemical branches for four-year c...
02 Aug, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
Delhi pharma varsity to be functional from current sessionDelhi Pharmaceutical Science & Research University will be functional from the current academic session, the Delhi government today said.
24 Jul, 2015, 10.14 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh most qualified among four new assemblies; Delhi comes lastAn analysis of qualification of all newly elected MLAs for the four states shows that 67% legislators (155) are graduate in the 230-member ...
09 Dec, 2013, 05.43 PM IST