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Matchmaker slams divorced, IITian for demanding ‘virgin Brahmin bride under 30’

He’s 37 and divorced, and yet he wants a woman with no past.
Updated on Apr 22, 2026 05:59 pm IST

‘Indeed from upper caste’: Cong's Udit Raj on US argument on Indian oil refiners

Udit Raj stressed on the caste of Indian oil refiners, not naming names.
Updated on Sept 01, 2025 04:46 pm IST

Brahmins have played pivotal role in nation- building: U.P. dy CM Pathak

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak was speaking at an event in Panchkula, Haryana. (HT file)
Published on Apr 28, 2025 05:42 am IST

‘Vile scumbag’: Union minister on Anurag Kashyap's Brahmin remark

On April 17, Anurag Kashyap slammed the protests around the film "Phule", a biopic on social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, questioning why films depicting caste issues get banned in India.
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 12:09 pm IST

‘Brahmin genes’: What's the controversy that divided social media?

Anuradha Tiwari
Published on Aug 27, 2024 09:16 am IST

Bengaluru CEO flexes 'Brahmin genes' in controversial post, slammed as casteist

Bengaluru CEO Anuradha Tiwari is in the middle of a casteism row
Published on Aug 23, 2024 10:29 am IST

Mata Prasad Pandey: ‘Why BJP, BSP afraid of my Brahmin identity?’

Leader of opposition Mata Prasad Pandey with Samajwadi Party MLAs (Deepak Gupta Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 07:40 am IST

Akhilesh adds ‘B’ to his PDA formula, names Mata Prasad Pandey as LoP

Samajwadi party senior leader Mata Prasad Pandey being welcomed by party MLAs after becoming the leader of the opposition at UP Vidha Bhawan in Lucknow on Sunday. (Deepak Gupta/HT)
Updated on Jul 29, 2024 05:46 am IST

Rajasthan CM attends cluster meeting in UP to woo Brahmin voters

Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath meets Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, in Lucknow on Friday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Feb 24, 2024 05:14 am IST

Rajasthan polls: Royal families, caste politics influence Dhundhar’s power play

Dhundhar has 32 seats and the power in the region has changed hands between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress (HT Archive)
Updated on Oct 28, 2023 07:52 pm IST

Congress releases first list of 55 candidates for Telangana assembly election

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and current party chief Mallikarjun Kharge (File Photo)
Updated on Oct 15, 2023 11:08 am IST

Karnataka polls 2023: A Brahmin factor at play

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In the past week, some commentators in Kannada newspapers also wrote that the BJP may install a Brahmin chief minister if the party wins a majority or comes close to forming a government in the May 10 elections.
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 01:59 pm IST

BJP’s ‘cadre’ candidates file nominations in ministers’ presence

BJP’s Lucknow mayor candidate Sushma Kharkwal, the wife of a retired army personnel and an old party hand, also filed her nomination in the presence of senior party leaders (HT photo)
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:27 am IST

Afternoon brief: CJI's WFH permission for lawyers amid rising Covid cases

Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud (Sanjay Sharma)
Published on Apr 05, 2023 01:07 pm IST

NCERT deletes portions related to RSS, Mahatma Gandhi & Godse in new books

The reference to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) being banned after Gandhi’s assassination has also been removed from history books (Representative Photo)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 01:59 pm IST

Daily brief: Manoj Muntashir's video on anti-Brahmin posters at JNU

Walls of JNU defaced with anti-Brahmin slogans in New Delhi.
Published on Dec 04, 2022 09:04 pm IST

'Brahmins represent the head of India': Manoj Muntashir's video on JNU posters

Manoj Muntashir released a video protesting the defamation of the Brahmins.
Published on Dec 04, 2022 07:57 pm IST

'Brahmins too…': Congress leader's abuse goes viral, he says words twisted

KK Mishra said he is also a Brahmin but can't defend his caste people when they do something wrong.
Updated on Sept 21, 2022 11:26 am IST

BJP expels OBC leader who said ‘Brahmin priests fool people, loot money’

Madhya Pradesh BJP leader said Brahmins make young women sit in the front row and send elderly women to the back.
Published on Aug 21, 2022 07:18 am IST

BJP forms 4 member committee for Brahmin outreach, ahead of UP Assembly polls

Representative image 
Published on Dec 27, 2021 03:48 pm IST

Karnataka govt to remove textbook content that hurt feelings of Brahmins

The Karnataka Government has instructed removal of contents from the class 6 social science textbooks after the Brahmin Development Board complained it was “insulting” to the Brahmin community.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 03:34 pm IST

Congress leader’s T-20 move to aid UP Brahmins. Narrow mindset, says BJP

File photo of Congress leader Jitin Prasada. (Photo @BrahamSamvad)
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 06:03 pm IST

Realty firm’s sales pitch ‘only for Brahmins’ sparks outrage in Trichy

The realty firm claimed the wording in the newspaper advertisement was unintentional.
Updated on Oct 23, 2019 10:12 am IST

Assam singer Zubeen Garg apologises for remark against Brahmins

Singer Zubeen Garg has apologised for his remarks against Brahmins.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 07:00 am IST

After Marathas, now Brahmins to protest in Mumbai for reservations

Brahmins in Maharashtra have warned of protests in Mumbai if their demands including reservation for the community is not given (Representative Photo))
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 12:30 am IST

Rajasthan assembly elections: EC notice to Congress’ CP Joshi over ‘Brahmin’ remark

The Election Commission today issued notice to Congress leader CP Joshi on a BJP complaint over his ‘Brahmin’ remarks made a poll meeting ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections (File Photo)
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 11:31 am IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi chides, CP Joshi apologises over ‘Brahmin’ remark

Congress President Rahul Gandhi
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 06:02 pm IST

After 27 years, Bihar Congress gets a Brahmin president

Madan Mohan Jha’s appointment comes a year after Ashok Choudhary was removed as Bihar Congress president in September 2017. Choudhary was accused of trying to engineer a split in the Bihar Congress by allegedly alluring them to join the JD(U).
Published on Sept 18, 2018 10:30 pm IST

Gujarat speaker calls Dalit icon Ambedkar, PM Modi ‘Brahmins’, faces flak

Roadside vendor sell portraits of Ambedkar ahead of his birthday in Pune on April 13, 2018.
Updated on Apr 30, 2018 10:08 pm IST

Brahmins attacked in Tamil Nadu as Periyar statue vandalism triggers violence, protests

A statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, was vandalised in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 07, 2018 10:05 pm IST