On Tuesday, the last day of campaigning, BSP candidate Manbir Singh was hoisted onto the pedestal of the same statue, at PG College here, to slogans of “Gurjar Samrat Mihir Bhoj, amar rahein” and benevolent

Neha Singh Rathore first caught attention during the Bihar Assembly elections of 2020 with her song Bihar mein ka ba (what does Bihar have), and has not looked back since. The artiste talks about her

Widely acknowledged as a ‘champion of peasants’, Charan Singh, who was UP’s 5th CM and the first one who went on to become the PM, has been credited with creating a new political class encompassing

A five-time MLA and one of the seniormost leaders of the state, Barman had been dropped as health minister for unspecified reasons in 2019, and had been bristling since

Deepika Padukone reflects on Gehraiyaan, how husband Ranveer Singh has rubbed off on her and the meaning of success and failure in an ever-evolving film industry.

Farah Zia writes: Pakistanis claim Lata Mangeshkar's music as much as Indians own Mehdi Hasan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

D Raja writes: The Budget for 2022-23 is another reiteration of Modi government’s tilt towards corporate and big business houses. It gives a heavy impetus to the private sector and neglects the public and social

Sushil Kumar Modi writes: Union budget has demonstrated commitment towards supply-side reforms. It strives to initiate a dynamic growth engine that shall sustain itself

Xi Jinping is seemingly with Vladimir Putin against the US, but the relationship between the countries is complex; their interests do not always converge. The situation in Ukraine is fluid, and all parties are hedging

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Chairman Vivek Johri, in an interview, says the Budget has introduced provisions for enabling restriction of fake input tax credit (ITC) and it will help catch those

As per the 2011 Census, Christians number 1.26% of the state's population, and there has been no MLA from the community in the Punjab Assembly in recent times.

With nephew Abhishek Banerjee now the undeclared heir apparent and the face of the next generation TMC, Mamata Banerjee has tried to placate the old brass by giving it leeway over candidates for the coming

Goa CM Pramod Sawant, who took over after the death of the popular Manohar Parrikar, is up against not just the lingering Covid effects, anti-incumbency and internal dissension, but also high-voltage campaigns by new entrants

Allu Arjun's amplified swagger defines Pushpa: The Rise. This is a hard film to resist.

Himanshu writes: Expenditure on social welfare, agriculture and rural infrastructure is the best strategy in an economy struggling with low demand and investment

C. Raja Mohan writes: Delhi has its own interests to keep in mind. It will struggle to tread the middle ground as Russia-China and US-led blocs consolidate their global coalitions

Janaki Nair writes: Whether Muslim women choose to wear the hijab or not, they deserve their space as citizens of this democratic republic

While the Punjab voter is famously fickle, often springing a last-minute surprise, there's no mistaking the anger on the streets of Malwa.

On January 31, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry barred the transmission of Malayalam news channel Media One citing 'security reasons'. Hours later, the Kerala High Court granted a stay, allowing the channel to continue functioning.

Karnataka hijab row: What is the new order issued by the state government on uniforms? What was the trigger?

Exclusive for Subscribers from Monday to Friday: The Indian Express UPSC Key February 7, 2022 will help you prepare for the Civil Services and other competitive examinations with cues on how to read, how to

Apart from around 60,000 Muslim voters, the Nizamabad seat has a sizeable number of Yadav (75,000) and Dalit (68,000) voters, besides around 35,000 upper castes (Brahmins and Thakurs).

Despite Punjab having the highest concentration of Dalits in the country of any state and despite as many as 34 reserved seats out of a total 117 in the state (more than 30%), Channi is

As west UP, the only region of the state where the RLD has a credible chance of making an impact, heads to polls in the first phase on February 10, Jayant Chaudhary gives a wide-ranging

Youth employment rates have plummeted across all states, explaining why the young are out on the streets demanding jobs