Basic Education Minister Anupama Jaiswal's remarks came even as the ruling party's Dalit, OBC outreach programme faces criticism from opposition Bahujan Samaj Party and some BJP leaders, including MP Udit Raj.
The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in 2021.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
The Congress legislator, who is a COVID-19 patient, was the last one to cast his ballot wearing a PPE suit. He came to the assembly complex in an ambulance, the official said.
Kareena Kapoor looks super hot in her upcoming film, Heroine.
Will these names be a part of the Bigg Boss 9 line-up?
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
Be it scenic Kashmir or majestic Swiss Alps, Bollywood's trendsetting winter wear is the A to Z of style and snug. Sukanya Verma looks at its winter fashion over the years.
Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty talk about their movie Singham and their close friendship.
One of the most attractive things in a movie romance is to watch two people fall in love over a date or two.
Former MLA Ranveer Yadav was convicted in a murder case that dates back to 1988. M I Khan reports from Patna.
'It was one of the greatest learnings in my life to see someone like the great Amitabh Bachchan go through such a tough phase.' 'He had been there, done it all and really didn't need to prove himself.' 'Yet, he channelised it all and came out with one of his best performances,' Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com in a fascinating conversation about the films he has made and the actors he has worked with.
Overnight heavy rain in Hyderabad has claimed lives of three children of the same family, caused minor damage to the historic monument of Charminar and left several low lying areas under water.
Sukanya Verma presents the changing faces of Shashi Kapoor.
'I was attracted to Javed because he was exactly like my father.'
Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she is not a 'seasonal flower', in another apparent snipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who recently visited West Bengal. Mamata also said she does not do politics from a 'bed of gold'. Pointing to her life style, she said "I wear hawai chappals because I like wearing them and not because someone says so."
Bollywood is known to make everything look dazzling and dramatic -- suffering, seclusion, hopelessness.
Sukanya Verma tells us how Bollywood gives colours a whole new meaning.
V K Murthy gives insight in Guru Dutt's life.
The Congress, which ended up six seats short of a simple majority in the 90-member Haryana assembly, will meet Governor Jagannath Pahadia in Chandigarh on Friday to stake claim to form the government. "We are going to meet the governor shortly with letters of support from independent candidates and stake our claim," said Pradesh Congress Committee chief Phool Chand Mullana. When queried about how many independents were supporting the Congress, he said, "All of them."
Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.
V K Murthy is credited with providing some of Indian cinema's most breathtaking visual moments in classics like Guru Dutt's Kagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Baazi, Jaal, Chaudavin Ka Chand, Pyasa, 12 O'Clock and Ziddi.
Follow these tips if you want to control your diabetes during Navratri.
The current crop of TV shows have unreal characters that today's woman have a hard time relating to.
The report said people with heavy luggage lost their balance because of which the stampede may have occurred.
This Kannada movie is for those who like love stories.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and several of his ministers and Pradesh Congress Committee chief Phool Chand Mullana figure in the list of 68 Congress candidates for the October 13 assembly polls, which was released by the party on Wednesday. While Hooda will contest from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat, Mullana has been re-nominated from Mulana. Randeep Singh Surjewala, a minister, has been shifted to Kaithal from Narwana that has become a reserved seat.
As many as 37 farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh Chaduni, have been named in a first information report in connection with the violence during the tractor parade that left 300 police personnel injured even as two farmer unions on Wednesday withdrew from the agitation against the farm laws.
V K Murthy is the first ever cinematographer to be chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to films.
The veteran actor created quite a stir with his dance moves and heartwarming speeches during a fundraiser.
Cinematographer V K Murthy talks about his prestigious award.
'He personified the kind of debonair charm, sublime sensuality and unabashed romance women fantasise about,' says Sukanya Verma.
It was a perfect setting for a birthday -- a cake, balloons, flowers and crackers but the birthday boy was missing.
Teleworld Innovation announces a training programme in retail skills.
25 years on, we see how these actors have fared.
Nigaar Z Khan on why modelling has taken a backseat to her new television show Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke.
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