Uttar Pradesh NDA allies ramp up quota demands ahead of 2027 pollsWith the Uttar Pradesh assembly election on the horizon, NDA allies are increasing pressure regarding reservation demands to strengthen the...
12 Jul, 2025, 11.16 PM IST
Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahni turns up heat on INDIA blocMukesh Sahni, chief of Vikassheel Insaan Party, is causing friction within Bihar's INDIA alliance by demanding 60 assembly seats and the De...
05 Jul, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
Parties take positions after Supreme Court sub-classification verdictThe Supreme Court's recent decision to permit sub-classification among Scheduled Castes has incited varied responses from NDA and INDIA blo...
05 Aug, 2024, 12.31 AM IST
BJP's UP unit finding it difficult to defend some remarks by NDA alliesThe BJP's spokespersons in Uttar Pradesh have conveyed to the party's national general secretary BL Santhosh that they are struggling to de...
09 Jul, 2024, 09.53 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh: Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel eyes hattrick in MirzapurAs Patel seeks her third straight tenure from her seat in Mirzapur, caste math and the execution of some central welfare schemes are likely...
31 May, 2024, 11.50 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh: Quashing of OBC order shakes up caste politicsOpposition Samajwadi Party has now vowed to fight for the rights of the Other Backward Classes in the assembly as well as on the streets, a...
01 Sep, 2022, 04.43 PM IST
50 women, 33 Dalits among 125 Congress candidates in UP pollsAt 33, Congress has given the maximum number of tickets to Dalits, followed by 23 OBCs and 20 Muslims. 18 candiates are Brahmins. 88 out of...
14 Jan, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
UP polls: Amit Shah’s big OBC pitch at rally with NishadShah said Congress, BSP and the SP worked only for ‘their own castes’ and no work was done by them either for the welfare of the Nishad com...
17 Dec, 2021, 11.43 PM IST
UP polls: BJP begins seat-sharing talks with Nishad PartyNishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad was part of a Thursday meeting in Delhi that included BJP chief JP Nadda, home minister Amit Shah, nationa...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
NISHAD party chief upset over son’s exclusion from Modi ministryThe Yogi Cabinet is expected to be expanded and decisions regarding new inductees will hinge on the central reshuffle that is considered cr...
08 Jul, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
BJP seeks time as UP allies reach Delhi with demand listApna Dal (Sonelal) president Anupriya Patel met Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday in Delhi. Before that, she had met UP BJP preside...
12 Jun, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Ally Nishad Party asks Centre to resolve farmers issue soon"We are an ally of the BJP. I want to ask it to soon resolve the farmers' issues by talks. Politics is being played with farmers who are fo...
01 Feb, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
Akhilesh Yadav working under Mayawati's 'pressure': Nishad PartyNishad Party candidate Vijay Mishra had won Gyanpur constituency in Bhadohi district.
02 Apr, 2019, 02.08 PM IST
Bihar’s Mukesh Sahni switches over to UPASahni joined the UPA on Sunday in Patna in presence of Yadav and RLSP’s Upendra Kushwaha. Sahni is not disclosing the seat arrangement he h...
24 Dec, 2018, 09.05 AM IST
Has Rahul Gandhi ever used a khaat, asks Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiThe minister who has already begun campaigning with visits to Banda and Sultanpur last week said Rahul was making fun of the poor by holdin...
28 Sep, 2016, 04.34 AM IST
Samajwadi Party tries to woo Thakur community ahead of UP pollsIn a list of 15 nominations, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has allotted four seats to the Thakur community to signal the SP’s commitment tow...
18 May, 2016, 04.11 AM IST
Niranjan Jyoti row: BJP plays OBC-woman card to corner rivalsIt appeared a BJP strategy to put the protestors on the defensive given the twin sensitivities of OBC-woman in the political landscape.
06 Dec, 2014, 12.35 PM IST