Bihar CM Nitish Kumar proposes 65 per cent quota, finds support from ex-ally BJP"The 50% reservation should be increased to at least 65%. The upper caste already has 10% reservation under EWS. Effectively, with a 65% re...
08 Nov, 2023, 09.27 PM IST
Support of upper castes, OBCs helps BJP win RampurVoter turnout in the assembly bypoll in Rampur was an abysmally low 33% against nearly 57% in Khatauli. While BJP leaders said the turnout ...
10 Dec, 2022, 01.04 AM 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
View: Understanding economies and their role in rendering old models of caste irrelevantWhere do we locate contemporary service providers? By traditional classifications they are the shudras? Does the old varna system still hol...
18 Sep, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
TRS attempts to dent traders’ support to BJP ahead of Hyderabad urban pollsThe strategy, to fill majority posts with representatives of traders’ communities in urban areas, appears to be aimed at denting the prospe...
15 Nov, 2020, 09.55 PM IST
Brahmins as Kingmakers: A glimpse into political scenario in ancient IndiaThe Brahmins would make a king in two ways, one by establishing his genealogy and connecting him to the kings of yore from the solar or lun...
11 Jul, 2020, 10.49 AM IST
Caste major factor in Rajasthan pollsOn the 31 seats where both the Congress and the BJP have fielded candidates belonging to the same caste, there is a direct contest between ...
23 Nov, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
How India favoured the kshatriya feudalism to market-based economies of vaishyasFeudal land-based economies of kshatriyas value Lakshmi as Bhu-devi (tangible land) while market-based economies of vaishyas value Lakshmi ...
14 Oct, 2017, 02.16 AM IST
Bihar polls: Small trader communities like Sao Jis and Telis root for PM Narendra Modi-led BJPThe PM belongs to the Teli community which was accommodated in the 'extremely backward' category just before polls were announced.
08 Oct, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Congress goes all out to woo Muslim votersA group of Congress leaders from the Centre and UP were asked to reach out to influential leaders and families of the Muslim community in V...
12 May, 2014, 05.08 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: AAP no competition to BSP: Mukul UpadhyayClaiming that he has support from all communities in the seat, Upadhyay said a vast majority of Dalits, Brahmins, Muslims, Vaishyas and Guj...
07 Apr, 2014, 04.53 PM IST
Government’s latest ad campaigns: Is it right to blame lalas for corrupt practices?Who Moved My Rice? Surely not the lala, although a recent government ad would want you to believe that.
15 Sep, 2013, 04.14 AM IST
- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati ready to dissolve House?
Mayawati has convened a meeting of all secretaries, commissioners, district magistrates, IGs and SPs, fuelling speculation that she may rec...
15 Dec, 2011, 10.34 AM IST
- UP parties, SP & BSP, playing anti-retail FDI tune
BSP and SP jostle with BJP to capture votes of Banias, the trading community. Stage is set for an intense competitive politics to woo them.
01 Dec, 2011, 04.03 AM IST
- FDI in India: Mayawati says will support nationwide strike against organised retail on December 1
Mayawati says her party would support nationwide strike on December 1, against organised retail.. calls Vasihya community rally on 18 Decem...
30 Nov, 2011, 09.50 PM IST
- Congress seeks full revival in Hindi heartland
Votes Congress lost out after mandal-mandir seem to be returning to it and this could see its full revival in Hindi heartland.
17 May, 2009, 02.32 AM IST
- BJP fields stalwarts in J&K
The BJP on Friday decided to field its three prominent leaders of Jammu and Kashmir - former Union minister Chaman Lal Gupta, state union c...
01 Nov, 2008, 02.50 AM IST