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Kumar Uttam

Kumar Uttam

Kumar Uttam covers politics and public affairs. He has been a journalist for 15 years.

Articles by Kumar Uttam

BJP lawmakers get an earful from Rajnath Singh. It is PM Modi’s message

Rajnath Singh’s reprimand is timed days before the government attempts to push the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that fast-tracks citizenship for religious minorities living in neighbouring countries

Updated on Dec 3, 2019 11:58 IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019| Tribal versus Tribal: BJP sees another chance in Jharkhand

BJP won this seat for the first time in 2014, and it was one of the only five seats that BJP won in the tribal dominated Kolhan region, which accounts for 14 of the 81 assembly seats.

Updated on Dec 2, 2019 24:08 IST

Sudesh Mahto: Man who wants to be a kingmaker in Jharkhand

Mahto, who is often clad in jeans and shirts and wears sport shoes, kept making headlines with his flamboyant lifestyle, political moves and fiery speeches in the state assembly.

Updated on Dec 1, 2019 01:25 IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019| Our message for voters is stability and security: Raghubar Das

Raghubar Das, 64, is the first chief minister of Jharkhand to complete a full five-year term.

Updated on Nov 27, 2019 01:10 IST

Rajya Sabha to today take up bill for protection, welfare of transgenders

The Lok Sabha has passed ‘The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019’ and the upper house will take it up for discussion and passage.

Updated on Nov 20, 2019 05:29 IST

BJP releases first list of 52 candidates for Jharkhand polls, CM Raghubar Das to contest from Jamshedpur

Chief minister Raghubar Das is the BJP candidate from the Jamshedpur East assembly seat in the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand.

Updated on Jul 20, 2020 19:36 IST

Moment of fulfilment: LK Advani on Supreme Court’s Ayodhya ruling

BJP patriarch LK Advani said on Saturday he stands “vindicated” and feels “deeply blessed” as he welcomed the Supreme Court’s “historic judgement” on the Ayodhya land title dispute.

Updated on Nov 9, 2019 19:36 IST

Amid deadlock, BJP remains firm on Fadnavis as CM

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Updated on Nov 8, 2019 20:10 IST

Why going will not be easy for Devendra Fadnavis, were he to return

The Sena is giving the BJP sleepless night by sending feelers to another Maharashtra-based party the Nationalist Congress Party and others to explore the possibility of forming a government without the BJP.

Updated on Nov 8, 2019 04:50 IST

‘Just hold the scalpel...’: What Sushma Swaraj told docs right before surgery

Sushma Swaraj, 67, who died of a heart attack on August 6, underwent the transplant in December 2016.

Updated on Nov 5, 2019 12:10 IST

‘Need a separate cadre, time zone for Arunachal’: CM Pema Khandu

CM pema Khandu at a function in Itanagar.

Updated on Nov 3, 2019 21:41 IST

Arunachal Pradesh to set up museum for World War II artifacts

Monpa tribe dancers perform their traditional mask dance during the 2nd day of Tawang festival at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

Updated on Nov 3, 2019 21:44 IST

Fadnavis likely to meet Shah in Delhi tomorrow amid Maharashtra stalemate

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to visit New Delhi on Monday to meet Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah

Updated on Nov 3, 2019 15:47 IST

Why Shiv Sena may drag feet on govt formation in Maharashtra

It has been speculated that the relations between the two allies might worsen over a “50-50” power-sharing formula.

Updated on Jul 15, 2020 01:33 IST

J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik shifted to Goa; Murmu to be first LG of Jammu-Kashmir UT

Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik has been appointed as Governor of Goa

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 15:30 IST

‘Form Haryana govt but…’: Uma Bharti messages against Gopal Kanda support

Gopal Kanda was a minister in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda cabinet back in 2012 when he was accused of abetting suicide of an air hostess who worked in MDLR airlines that he had launched.

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 11:09 IST

How kingmaker Dushyant Chautala might lose the crown: 10 Points

Jannayak Janata Party leader Dushyant Chautala is meeting with newly elected party MLAs, at his residence in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 07:59 IST

Poised for another term, CM Devendra Fadnavis set to make history

Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, celebrates his victory, in Nagpur on Thursday.

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 01:02 IST

Manohar Lal Khattar delivers, but his lustre dims

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar addresses the audience during an election campaign in support of BJP candidate Sudhir Singla from Gurugram constituency ahead of Haryana Assembly polls, at New Colony Dussehra Ground, in Gurugram.

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 24:31 IST

PM Modi lauds Khattar, Fadnavis for work

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address his supporters after the party's victory in both Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls, at BJP HQ, in New Delhi.

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 20:07 IST

In PM Modi’s victory speech, many messages to political pundits and Sena

PM Modi addresses BJP karyakartas at BJP headquarters in New Delhi after the results were declared for Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls.

Updated on Jul 14, 2020 03:39 IST

Assembly election result: In thank you note, PM Modi and Amit Shah reveal BJP’s next move in Haryana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is garlanded as he arrives to addresses party supporters after Haryana and Maharashtra election results at party headquarters, in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, October 24, 2019. (Photos by Burhaan Kinu/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 14, 2020 03:24 IST

BJP, JD(U) may not tie up for Jharkhand assembly elections

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar

Updated on Oct 23, 2019 04:54 IST

Thank you PM, says Abhijit Banerjee; calls meeting Modi ‘unique experience’

This year’s Nobel Prize winner for economics, Abhijit Banerjee, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on October 22, 2019.

Updated on Jul 13, 2020 15:33 IST

‘Explored all options for peace before 370 move’: Rajnath Singh

Defence minister Rajnath Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had explored various alternatives to bring peace to Jammu & Kashmir.

Updated on Oct 19, 2019 19:09 IST

‘Already a great deal of normalcy in Kashmir Valley,’ says Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Updated on Oct 20, 2019 01:24 IST

BJP seeks to expand base in ally Shiv Sena’s stronghold

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and CM Devendra Fadnavis in Navi Mumbai in September.

Updated on Oct 19, 2019 11:01 IST

For BJP, turncoats key to breaching Sharad Pawar’s citadel

Shivendraraje Bhosale, a legislator of the Sharad Pawar led outfit, crossed over to BJP.

Updated on Oct 17, 2019 19:35 IST

For BJP, turncoats key to breaching Pawar’s citadel

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Updated on Oct 17, 2019 18:34 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: Why and how Devendra Fadnavis emerged as BJP’s top pick

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at the election rally of BJP candidate for Chinchwad assembly constituency in Pune, on Thursday,October,10, 2019.

Updated on Oct 11, 2019 07:21 IST

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