Dinesh Sharma

Journalism started during Mahabharata, says BJP's Dinesh Sharma

Just weeks after Venkaiah Naidu said that plastic surgery was performed by surgeons in ancient times, deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh, Dinesh Sharma made headlines for an equally bizarre statement. It involves broadcast television, Google and Mahabharata. May 31, 2018
Tabassum Hasan

Quick Response: The loss of Kairana LS seat means BJP's golden run has ended

The BJP had won 71 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 when the opposition votes were divided. The fabled Narendra Modi magic will not help the party retain its grip on the state if SP,BSP and Congress stand together and leverage their 50 percent vote share in the state in the 2019 general elections. May 31, 2018
kairana

Kairana bypolls: Election Commission blames heat wave for faulty EVMs

The Kairana constituency seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh in February. His daughter Mriganka Singh, who is now the party candidate, is up against Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan, who is backed by a joint opposition of Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Bahujan Samaj Party. May 28, 2018
monsoon shimla

Summers bring Shimla's water woes to a boil

While the residents are grappling with water woes -- not exactly for the first time -- civic body Mayor Kusum Sadret of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is helming the Municipal Corporation for the first time in three decades since June 2017, is away to China on an official tour. May 28, 2018