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Ranjit Bhushan

Ranjit Bhushan

Articles by Ranjit Bhushan

Prashant Kishor shaken, but is he stirred? Jan Suraaj fails to move the needle

Jan Suraaj Party boss Prashant Kishor has had a humbling beginning to his fulltime career as a political leader.

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 10:22 IST

Nitish Kumar holds all the cards: What NDA sweep in Bihar election 2025 means

A hoarding outside the JD(U) office in Patna says "tiger zinda hai", a Bollywood reference meaning "the tiger is still alive", featuring chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 07:37 IST

Bihar 2025: NDA set to retain power, Nitish to gain strength | 3 things matter

Chief minister Nitish Kumar with JD(U) leaders.

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 09:14 IST

Why parties back a large number of upper caste candidates in Mandalised Bihar

Officials escorted by security personnel carry electronic voting machines (EVMs) for polling stations in Patna, Bihar.

Updated on Nov 8, 2025 08:00 IST

Will SIR make a difference in Bihar elections? 52 constituencies hold the key

Officials carrying out verification during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Updated on Nov 5, 2025 11:32 IST

Why EC excluded Assam from the state SIR list | Explained

People in a queue to cast their votes for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Baksa district of Assam in September 2025.

Updated on Oct 29, 2025 08:46 IST

Bihar assembly polls: The state where caste bests religion

An artist paints a voter awareness mural in Patna, Bihar.

Updated on Oct 28, 2025 13:03 IST

Why a raging power crisis in Uttar Pradesh is Yogi Adityanath's sternest test

A transformer in Uttar Pradesh. The demand for electricity in India's most populous state has more than doubled in the past decade to a peak of more than 30,000 MW.

Updated on Oct 22, 2025 15:36 IST

Why India doesn’t have Epstein, MLK kind of files that require declassifying

Unlike the MLK and the Epstein Files, India has no defined structure for declassification of files.

Updated on Oct 22, 2025 06:24 IST

US tariff imposition terrible, but India has done well to resist: Trade expert

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 30, announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1

Updated on Jul 31, 2025 09:01 IST

Trump tariffs: Gems & jewellery, electronics and garments will be worst-hit

US President Donald Trump holds a "Foreign Trade Barriers" document as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington DC on April 2, 2025.

Updated on Apr 3, 2025 11:48 IST

What does reintroduction of PAR mean for Manipur and northeast? | Explained

Police and security personnel during a search operation in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts of Manipur.

Updated on Dec 24, 2024 07:23 IST

Assam’s beef ban: The laws, and history of cow protection in India, explained

20 out of 28 states in India have various laws regulating the act of slaughtered cows, prohibiting the slaughter or sale of cow meat

Updated on Dec 14, 2024 14:05 IST

Can controversial judges be removed? The process, explained

Recent incidents have sparked calls for disciplinary action, and even sacking of a judge.

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 11:28 IST

Oppn vs Jagdeep Dhankhar: 10 instances when V-P clashed with Cong, other parties

The Opposition bloc on Tuesday moved a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 09:37 IST

After losing CM seat, Eknath Shinde now targets cash-rich departments

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.

Updated on Dec 8, 2024 11:17 IST

Waqf Board explainer: How much land it owns, its powers

The Central Waqf Council (CWC) is a statutory body operating under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, established in 1964 as per the Waqf Act, 1954.

Updated on Apr 2, 2025 04:30 IST

Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray: Old order humbled in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray with party leader Sanjay Raut, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar.

Updated on Nov 23, 2024 12:43 IST

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly elections: People’s issues missing yet again

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde being garlanded during a public meeting for the state Assembly election in Nandurbar on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 08:31 IST

Has AIMIM’s Owaisi, dark horse in Maharashtra elections, played a winning move?

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi speaks to the media. (ANI file)

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 06:20 IST

Haryana redux: Will rebels again be party poopers in Maharashtra and Jharkhand?

Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena Kopri Pachapakkhadi assembly constituency candidate Eknath Shinde accompanied by state deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and others in Thane.

Updated on Nov 5, 2024 06:21 IST

What’s common in Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections? All in the family

Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, Ajit Pawar, during a roadshow.

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 11:52 IST

Someone screwed up big time: AS Dulat, ex-RAW boss, on India-Canada-US tensions

Former Research and Analysis Wing head AS Dulat. (HT file)

Updated on Oct 22, 2024 05:42 IST

Coaching centre guidelines issued in Jan 2024 brushed under carpet

New Delhi: Students stage a protest after three civil services aspirants died due to drowning at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar area, in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Updated on Aug 7, 2024 13:23 IST

Jobs, Skills and Wages: Has the Union budget got the JSW factor right?

Union Budget comes in the face of stampede-like situations in Mumbai when on July 16 over 25,000 youngsters streamed in for interviews for 2,216 airport loader vacancies.

Updated on Jul 23, 2024 15:41 IST

Lok Sabha polls leave their mark, Union Budget keeps Bihar and Andhra close

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the Union Budget 2024 (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 23, 2024 12:51 IST

SC ruling calls the bluff of Muslim clergy, Hindutva activists: Zakia Soman

Zakia Soman, founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a non-governmental women's rights organisation.

Updated on Jul 13, 2024 10:10 IST

Bypolls set the stage for 3 state assembly elections

Polling officials collect EVM and other election materials at a distribution centre for the Maniktala assembly bypoll, in Kolkata, Tuesday.

Updated on Jul 10, 2024 06:52 IST

‘Bhole Baba’ and the thriving industry of godmen in India

Suraj Pal aka Narayan Sakar alias Bhole Baba, a religious preacher.

Updated on Jul 5, 2024 16:26 IST

New criminal laws: ‘Old wine in new bottles’ says retired SC judge Chelameswar

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar looks at the new criminal laws and whether they are all that different from the old laws

Updated on Jul 3, 2024 12:45 IST

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